Yellow Belly Index (YBI)

This database is an index of Lincolnshire people. Unlike the people in the parish records, census or strays this list contains people who appear in any record related to Lincolnshire. We were going to call it the “Lincolnshire People Index” but some other societies have similar named indexes and we wanted something different.  Nobody seems absolutely certain where the term “yellow-belly”  comes from. There is an article in the December 1996 Journal (reference Vol 7, No 4, Page 202) which lists sixteen different derivations (some not very politically correct) but we would like to think that it is an affectionate term for a resident of Lincolnshire.

Note that full details of each entry including the source may be found in the Members Only Area (MOA) and so is only available to members of the Lincolnshire FHS who have registered to access the MOA. You will be asked to logon to see the full information for each entry. Members are advised to search the YBI from the MOA Indexes menu for instant access to documents.