Family History
FAMILY HISTORY
*New to the Reference Library*
A new Family History Resource is now available in the Reference Library at Grimsby Central Library.
The Reference Library has recently subscribed to a new genealogical web page which provides more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 collections. This service is exclusive to the Reference Library and can only be accessed on their computers found on the first floor at the Grimsby Central Library.
Items of interest include:-
England and Wales Census Records - trace your ancestors through five decades of U.K. census records.
U.K.and IrelandParish and Probate Records - Explore 15 million birth, marriage, death, probate and burial names from historical parish registers between 1538 and 1837.
Englandand WalesBirth, Marriage and Death Indexes - An alphabetical list of the above events.
Exclusive Online Pallot Index - Images of four million London-area parish records of baptisms and marriages between 1780 and 1837 (before civil registration records).
New YorkPortArrival Records - Find out about Irish ancestors who travelled to America between 1846 and 1851.
We have copies of the following Parish Registers on microfiche for the Deaneries listed below:
Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Haverstoe
Yarborough
Louthesk
West Wold
For more information or to make a booking contact Grimsby Reference Library on: 01472 323603
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CD ROMs
The Reference Library hold a selection of CD ROMs to help with family history research. These include Soldiers Died in the Great War, National Burial Index, Army Roll of Honour World War II and the Vital Records Index (birth, christening and marriage records from selected parishes in the British Isles). For the full list of our CDs please see our separate page on CD ROMs.
Census Returns
The censuses of 1841 through to 1901. The 1881 and 1891 returns are also held on microfiche. The 1881 microfiche census information is available in various forms as:-
- enumerated
- birthplace
- census place
- alphabetical by surname
Printed surname indexes available for 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891. Census enumerators' returns for a large number of north-eastern Lincolnshire parishes are available on microfilm.
Lincolnshire Directories published by either White's or Kelly's:-
1826, 1842, 1849, 1855, 1856, 1861, 1863, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1882, 1885, 1889, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1905, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1933, 1937.
Grimsby Directories in most cases including Cleethorpes:-
1852, 1860, 1870, 1877, 1880, 1886, 1890, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1906, 1910, 1922, 1923, 1935, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1971.
Electoral Registers
Grimsby 1901 to date
Cleethorpes 1918 to date
General
Standard reference works including:
- Dictionary of National Biography
- Who Was Who
- Genealogical Research Directory
- Genealogist's Encyclopaedia
- Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers
GRO Index
GRO Index (Births, Marriages and Deaths, formerly known as the St Catherine's House) Index
The GRO Index or General Register Office index consists of the quarterly indexes to civil registrations of births, marriages and deaths from 1837- 2001. The indexes provide the details needed to apply for Birth, Marriage or Death certificates at registry offices in England and Wales.
The separate indexes for births, marriages and deaths are arranged by quarter year - March, June, September and December - according to the date of registration. Each quarter is arranged alphabetically by surname.
From 1984 onwards the indexes are no longer arranged in quarters but run in one continuous annual sequence organised alphabetically by surname.
If you wish to use the index it is advisable to Book a Fiche Reader in the Reference Library as machines are in great demand.
Please ring (01472) 323635/323603
For more information on the Indexes please ring the number above or email Jennie Mooney.
Helpful Guides
Making Use Of The Census by Susan Lumas
Discovering Your Family History by Don Steel
Links to family history websites. See useful links.
International Genealogical Index
The IGI 1992 edition, prepared by the Mormon Church from parish registers for the whole of the British Isles on microfiche and on CD ROM. The 1984 edition is also available. Link to website at http://www.familysearch.org
Memorial Inscriptions
We have transcriptions, made by the Family History Society, of inscriptions from over one hundred churchyards and cemeteries within the area.
Name indexes have also been compiled for the Ainslie Street and Scartho Road cemeteries in Grimsby and for the Cleethorpes cemetery.
A list of memorial inscriptions held by the library is available for consultation on request. We also have available on microfiche indexes to the Scartho Road and Cleethorpes cemeteries.
Newspapers
The Reference Library holds a selection of the local papers that were produced in the 19th and 20th centuries.
An alphabetical card subject index for the latter part of the 19th century giving the title of articles, date, page and column is available for most local newspapers.
Since the 1960's cuttings have been made from the Grimsby Evening Telegraph on a wide range of subjects classified by place and then subject. These can be photocopied. Please ask staff for details.
Parish Registers
A number of registers have been transcribed and published. The series published earlier this century by the Lincoln Record Society and by Phillimore are held at Grimsby together with individual parish transcripts including St James, Grimsby 1538-1812.
A list of parish registers held by the library is available for consultation on request.
Periodicals
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Family Tree |
1985 onwards |
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Geneologist's Magazine |
1929 onwards |
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Lincolnshire Family History Society Magazine |
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Poll Books
Before 1872 poll books recorded votes cast at parliamentary elections.
Lincolnshire poll books for 1723, 1807, 1818 and 1823.
Lindsey poll books for 1832, 1852, 1862, 1865 and 1868.
Publications
A range of local history publications are available for sale in the Grimsby Library. In the Reference Library we also have family history scrolls for sale at £3.95. These make ideal presents for those tracing their ancestors. Find out more.
Closed on public holidays
Please note that research is only undertaken at the discretion of staff as we do not have a dedicated researcher.
Opening Hours
Bookings for microfilm readers and the internet can be made by either telephoning (01472) 323635 or by e-mailing Customer Services