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Leicestershire Genealogy

 
Description

"Leicestershire, inland county of England, bounded N. by Notts, E. by Lincolnshire and Rutland, SE. by Northamptonshire, SW by Warwickshire, and NW. by Derbyshire; greatest length, about 44 miles; greatest breadth, about 40 miles; area, 511,907 acres, population, 321,258."
from Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887

Genuki - Leicestershire
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Neighbouring Counties
 
Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Warwickshire
Leicestershire GenWeb
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find local resources and reference information
Archives and Libraries
 
The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Leicestershire Libraries
Leicestershire Lookup Exchange
request free lookups of censuses, parish registers
held by individual volunteers
Local Genealogy Societies & Groups
Cyndi's List - Leicestershire
largest private collection
of genealogy links on the web
 
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Genealogy Record Sources

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Directories
huge resource by University of Leicester; of local and trade directories from 1750 to 1919
Probate
132,800 records including baptisms/christenings, burials,
marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists and wills.
Surname Lists
provides surnames being researched and email address of researcher
Births, Deaths, Marriages
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Message Boards
post and read about Leicestershire genealogy with other researchers
Cemeteries

Parish Registers

free internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records,
which have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist church registers
War Memorials
Roll-of-Honour - Leicestershire
Leicestershire war memorials and rolls of honour
 
UK Electoral Rolls
search over 100 million people in UK electoral rolls
Censuses
 
1841-1891 Census transcriptions by volunteers
 
 
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