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Links and Information Sources

The detail in this section should provide you with further sources of information. If you know of other information or links that could usefully be listed here, please contact us.

Quorn Village Website

My Leicestershire Digital Archive

A Leicester University site containing historical information relating to Leicestershire. Includes photographs, video & audio recordings, directories and much more.
www.myleicestershire.org.uk

Genealogy Sites

www.familysearch.org - Family Search for births and marriages prior to 1837
www.lrfhs.org.uk - Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society
www.findmypast.co.uk - the government site for census returns, births, marriages, deaths etc. Mainly English records
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk - the main government site for Scottish census returns, births, marriages, deaths etc.
www.genuki.org.uk - a very comprehensive family history site
www.cyndislist.com - another family history site
http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Quprindex.htm - Guy Etchells has produced an index to the marriages from Quorn Parish records from 1576 to 1837
www.lazylizard.com.au/liz/rparky.htm - an Australian site by Liz Parkinson, dealing with the Parkinson family from Quorn, which have Gamble and Chapman connections.

Ancestry.co.uk

www.ancestry.co.uk - Main website
Court, Governmental and Criminal Records
Birth, Marriage and Death Records
Military Records

Other Useful Sites

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk - Public Record Office, National Archives
www.cwgc.org - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.local-history.co.uk - museum links from Local History On-line
Wikipedia Villages in England - Villages in England by County
Quorndon_records - Searchable version of the Quorndon Records by George Francis Farnham
Historical Directories of Leicestershire - A collection of Leicestershire trade and street directories
www.morsecodebeaumanor.com - Intercept Operators at Beaumanor between 1940 and 1946

Leicestershire Museums Guide

The most comprehensive guide to museums in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Using the information in the guide you can plan short trips to individual museums or whole days out to take in a group of neighbouring museums. More information here.

Local and National Addresses

Leicestershire Registration Service
County Hall
Leicester Road
Glenfield
Leicester
Leicestershire LE3 8RN
Phone: 0116 265 6580

Leicester City Register Office
The Register Office
Town Hall
Town Hall Square
Leicester
LE1 9BG
Tel: 0845 045 0901

General Register Office
Certificate Services Section
General Register Office
PO Box 2
Southport
PR8 2JD
Phone number: 0300 123 1837

Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society
Membership Secretary
Mrs Angela Slater
7 Faire Road
Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8EE

Research Centre and Library
Unit 4B
Pilot House
King Street
Leicester
LE1 6RN

Leicestershire Records Office
Long Street
Wigston Magna
Leicester
Leicestershire LE18 2AH
Phone: 0116 257 1080

Loughborough Library (housing the Local History Section)
Granby Street
Loughborough
Leicestershire
Phone: 01509 212 985





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