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Lincoln Branch


Understanding Granny's Photo Album


Saturday 14 February 2026

02:00PM -

Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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with Horace Liberty

A look at the first one hundred years of photography through ordinary family photograph albums.

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Purgatory: A condition or place of spiritual cleansing and purification


Saturday 14 March 2026

02:00PM -

Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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with Brian Hodgkinson Thus is described the state of Purgatory in the Oxford English Dictionary; a place situated between Heaven and Hell where souls...



Planning and Organising Family History Research


Saturday 11 April 2026

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Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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with Helen Tovey Make your life simpler, and get better research results – with a simple research plan and a set of steps to keep your family history...



Treading the Boards


Saturday 9 May 2026

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Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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with Neil and Sandra Wright Theatres and actors flourished in Lincolnshire in the period 1730 to 1850 and this talk will describe their exotic world....



The Great Northern Railway in Lincolnshire


Saturday 13 June 2026

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Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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with David Ingleby A look at the extent of the Great Northern Railways coverage in Lincolnshire and some of the staff who worked for the company in t...



Nurse Beatrice Mary Spurr


Saturday 11 July 2026

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Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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with Mark Gamble Miss Scarlett loves Colonel Mustard - the unlikely tale of a Great War Nurse, Beatrice Mary Spurr, of Lincolnshire, and Major James ...



Lincoln Training College (now Lincoln Bishop University)


Saturday 8 August 2026

02:00PM -

Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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with Dr Jack Rhoden Introduction to key themes and case studies from the early history of the female teacher training college, with an emphasis on th...



Annual Branch Outing


Saturday 12 September 2026

02:00PM -

Venue: Lincoln Branch - TBA

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Commonwealth War Graves in Canwick Cemetery with David Ingleby A walk around Canwick (old) Cemetery to learn about how the Commonwealth War Graves C...



Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project - Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined


Saturday 10 October 2026

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Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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Dr Rory Waterman (Nottingham Trent University), who led the AHRC-funded project 'Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures' 202...



Mapping solutions for Family History


Saturday 14 November 2026

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Venue: Lincoln Branch - Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln

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with Dr Sophie Kay Maps aren’t just beautiful, they’re also really useful – and they offer a wealth of superb problem-solving routes for family histo...


Lincoln Branch

About us

All meetings are from 1.45-4.00 p.m. at Queen’s Park Community Hub, South Park, Lincoln LN5 8EW on the second Saturday of the month unless otherwise stated. Car parking available, and on major bus routes. Non -members are welcome to all of our branch meetings, which are free to attend. We have an outing each year to a place of interest in or close to Lincoln.

We have a speaker to present a family, social or local history subject each month. With our bookstalls available to all, and our Library for Members

Please join us after for refreshments and a chance to speak to others who share this fantastic pastime!

Most of our meetings are also being streamed by Teams, To join please email your interest to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. quoting your name and membership number if you have one, joining details will then be sent to you. Subject to the speakers agreement, our meetings are also recorded and then made available after the event in the Member Only Area for a limited period.

How to find us

How to contact us

Branch Contacts

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Phone contact    Tracey Fairhurst   07941245322

Social Media      https://www.facebook.com/groups/502385882018390

Your Lincoln Branch Committee are

Chairman: Tracey Fairhurst
Secretary: VACANCY
Treasurer: Amanda Lee
Programme Secretary:
Georgina Collingwood
Committee Member:
David Ingleby
Committee Member: Lynne Johnson

If you would like to join Lincoln Branch Committee, please make it known to one of the committee members, we look forward to hearing from you.

If you have any thoughts or suggestions of speakers you like to see, or topics you’d like covered please let one of the committee members know and we will do our best to please, but unfortunately can’t promise!

Lincoln Branch Gallery

A collection of images including local views, family photographs and copies of ephemera has been provided here by members and non-members. If you have any photos of interest that you'd like to share, please contact the webmaster and we'll do our best to include them. Click on an image to view in full size.
 

 

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