2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Gainsborough Library
Cobden Street
Gainsborough
Lincolnshire
DN21 2NG
Tel: 01427 614780
Fax: 01427 810318
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Thomas Brown, Community Librarian
Opening hours:
Monday: 0900 - 1900
Tuesday: 0900 - 1700
Wednesday: 0900 - 1700
Thursday: 0900 1700
Friday: 0900 - 1900
Saturday: 0900 - 1230
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
No
Fee-based?
Provided by local Record Office?
Contact: Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street, Lincoln. LN2 5AB
Tel: 01522 525158
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
None
5. Census returns
Bound Photocopies:
Blyton 1851
Corringham 1841, 1851, 1861
East Stockwith & Walkerith 1841, 1851, 1861
Gainsborough 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871
Heapham 1841, 1851, 1861
Lea 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871
Marton 1841, 1851
Morton 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871
Microfilm
1881 reels 24, 25, 26 RG11/3287-3298. Covering Gainsborough and some surrounding villages
1891 Census reels for West Lindsey and Isle of Axholme.
Microfiche
1901 reels RG13/3101-3116: Glandford Brigg (Brigg, Winterton, Barton, Scotter, Misterton), Gainsborough, Marton. Reels RG13/4417-4421 Thorne (York)(West Riding) Epworth, Crowle, Swinefleet. Plus Surname Index
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Mostly Kellys and Whites between 1826 and 1937
6(b) City and Town Directories
Range from 1844 1975, incomplete.
Some sections relating to Gainsborough of other directories from 1784 (photocopied)
6(c) Telephone Directories
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7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
1999 2001 inclusive, bound.
7(b) Poll Books
Lincolnshire 1818 and 1824
Lindsey 1841
North Lincolnshire 1852
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1988, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire sections only.
9. Unpublished Indexes
Brace Gainsborough News. Notes and card index chronological order
Index of Family History Society microfiche kept at Gainsborough Library
Gainsborough News. Card index (after Brace) incomplete
Roll of Honour, both World Wars
Monumental inscriptions: All Saints Gainsborough, Blyborough Churchyard, Coxs Hill Cemetery Gainsborough, Fillingham Churchyard, Gate Burton Churchyard, Marton Cemetery, Morton Churchyard, Morton (Thonock Corner) Graveyard Gainsborough, Newton-on-Trent Cemetery, North Marsh Cemetery Gainsborough, Pilham Churchyard, St. Margarets Churchyard Marton, Stow Churchyard, Torksey Churchyard, Upton Churchyard, Willoughton Churchyard.
10. Parish Registers
Cotes-by-Stow 1601 1812
Corringham 1647 1812
Elsham 1561 1812
Frodingham 1599 1837
Gainsborough 1564 1813. Also index of burials 1813 1890
Gate Burton 1599 1812
Heapham 1558 1720
Knaith 1609 1812
Lea 1599 1812
Marton 1599 1812
Torksey 1575 1812
Upton-cum-Kexby 1565 1812
Winteringham 1627 - 1712
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Lincolnshire Life. 1961- . With indexes
Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire Transport Review
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
13. Other material
Gainsborough News from 1867. microfilm and (run incomplete) bound copies
Map collection (card indexed)
Local cuttings, ephemera and pictures files.
Various Microfilm:
Adam Starks newsbook
Gainsborough Enclosure Award
Gainsborough Leader Feb-Dec 1904
Gainsborough Leader Jan 1905 Mar 1906
Gainsborough: Influence of physical environment on growth of town
Journal of proceedings Wharton
Maps of the town and port of Gainsborough
North Bassetlaw and North Lincs Gazette 1880
Gainsborough and Epworth Press No. 2 1854
Gainsborough Flash Dec 1923, April 1924
Retford, Rotherham and Gainsborough Dispatch Nov 1933 Jan 1933
Parish Registers 1641 1812. Occupations Index
14. Guides to Collections
Gainsborough Local Studies: List of books, pamphlets etc. Compiled by Library staff. 1965
15. Local Record Offices
Register Office, Richmond House, Richmond Park, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincs DN21 2RJ. Phone 0845 300 1400. fax 01427 612312
Other information
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