Useful sites for Lincolnshire family
historians
http://www.lincsheritage.org/index.html
The Heritage trust of Lincolnshire exists ’to
protect, preserve, promote and present the rich heritage of the County’. This
clear and attractive site has a mailing list for news and press releases, and
there is useful information about relevant publications. Explore places
connected with your ancestors using the informative ‘Village Tours’ feature.
Contact
site for family and local history. Latest entries updated daily. Searchable by
place (town/village) and people. You must be a member to search People. Paid
members can state their interests and be e-mailed about new entries.
http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=6726&PageID=35697
This site for North Lincolnshire is under
development – watch this space! It already includes their programme of events,
and is worth keeping an eye on.
http://www.btwebworld.com/northlincs/library/family.htm
A workaday but very useful site which is good on
library holdings and has ’House History and ‘Military Ancestors’ pages with
useful links. For the beginner there is a ‘Ten Top Tips’ feature to get you
started.
http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lccconnect/culturalservices/archives/home.htm
The Lincolnshire Archives site has ‘Family
History’ pages, with good coverage of sources held in different categories.
Lots of detail, and overall very informative.
British
Association for Local History site is of most interest to members, but has some
links of interest.
http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/index.html
“Local
History Magazine’s” directory of groups, giving contacts and details of regular
periodicals.
Webrings
link similar sites in ‘rings’, forming a concentration of sites on a particular
subject. Each Ring is created and maintained by an
individual web site owner called the RingMaster. RingMasters determine the look
and feel of the Ring, approve and manage member sites, and encourage other
sites to join.
Follow
the links to the appropriate pages. This is a good way to trace small personal
and local sites.