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The Nottinghamshire Registration Service is split up into 5 different Registration Districts, each district holds their own local records.
 
The Nottinghamshire Registration Service is split up into 5 different Registration Districts, each district holds their own local records.
  
Because boundaries have changed several times over the years, it is often advisable to make a telephone enquiry to establish which Register Office holds the records you require, the main offices for each district are listed below,they can direct you to an alternative office if required.
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Because boundaries have changed several times over the years, it is often advisable to make a telephone enquiry to establish which Register Office holds the records you require, the main offices for each district are listed below, they can direct you to an alternative office if required.
  
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Gazetteer.html Genuki Registration Districts]
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Gazetteer.html Genuki Registration Districts]
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==Photo Offers==
 
==Photo Offers==
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
  
 
*North Nottinghamshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=779 Chrissie Smiff]
 
*North Nottinghamshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=779 Chrissie Smiff]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyNottingham.htm#PageTitle IGI Nottinghamshire]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyNottingham.htm#PageTitle IGI Nottinghamshire]
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*[http://www.charliespage.co.uk/index.html Sharon and Ian Charles Website]  
 
*[http://www.charliespage.co.uk/index.html Sharon and Ian Charles Website]  
*[http://www.geocities.com/ian_charles_uk/pollbookindex.htm 1754 Poll Book For the Town of Nottingham.]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/ian_charles_uk/pollbookindex.htm 1754 Poll Book For the Town of Nottingham]
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*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/strays07.htm Nottinghamshire Stray Marriages in Lambley]
 
*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/strays07.htm Nottinghamshire Stray Marriages in Lambley]
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lost-mansfield/lmmisc/quaker1.htm Index of Mansfield Entries in Local Quaker Registers to 1837]
 
*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lost-mansfield/lmmisc/quaker1.htm Index of Mansfield Entries in Local Quaker Registers to 1837]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/par/Hiprindex.htm Hickling Parish Records]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/par/Hiprindex.htm Hickling Parish Records]
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Parish.htm Some Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Parish Records]
 
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Parish.htm Some Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Parish Records]
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*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/preg01.htm Some Nottinghamshire Parish Records]
 
*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/preg01.htm Some Nottinghamshire Parish Records]
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/notts/nottinghamshire_workhouses.htm  Nottingham Workhouses]
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/notts/nottinghamshire_workhouses.htm  Nottingham Workhouses]
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp Southwell Union Workhouse]  
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp Southwell Union Workhouse]  
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*[http://www.rfkm.org/history_226252.html Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum]
 
*[http://www.rfkm.org/history_226252.html Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum]
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*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/au/articles/convict_research.html Transportation of Convicts to Australia]
 
*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/au/articles/convict_research.html Transportation of Convicts to Australia]
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/pubs/others.htm Old Pubs, New Pubs and Alternative names]
 
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/pubs/others.htm Old Pubs, New Pubs and Alternative names]
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*[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/archdeaconry/parishes/clerks-1730-1864.phtml Parish Clerks, Proctors & Schoolteachers, 1730-1864]
 
*[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/archdeaconry/parishes/clerks-1730-1864.phtml Parish Clerks, Proctors & Schoolteachers, 1730-1864]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ron.britton/hucknalltorkardhistory/index.htm Hucknall Torkard History]
 
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ron.britton/hucknalltorkardhistory/index.htm Hucknall Torkard History]
  
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=nottinghamshire Gravestone Photographs]
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=nottinghamshire Gravestone Photographs]
*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk Images of Nottingham Nottinghamshire Old & New].
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk Images of Nottingham Nottinghamshire Old & New]
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*[http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/england.htm Alan Godfrey Maps]  
 
*[http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/england.htm Alan Godfrey Maps]  
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/churches/index.htm Nottinghamshire Church Photographs]
 
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/churches/index.htm Nottinghamshire Church Photographs]
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*[http://www.photo-ark.co.uk/html/map1.ntt.html Nottingham and Newark Town Map dated 1835]
 
*[http://www.photo-ark.co.uk/html/map1.ntt.html Nottingham and Newark Town Map dated 1835]
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*[http://www.bassetlawmuseum.org.uk/projects/bassetlaw.asp?page=welchman Bassetlaw Museum to enable the purchase and digitisation of 20,000 negatives taken by professional photographers Edgar Welchman and Son of Grove Street, Retford between 1910 and 1960.]
 
*[http://www.bassetlawmuseum.org.uk/projects/bassetlaw.asp?page=welchman Bassetlaw Museum to enable the purchase and digitisation of 20,000 negatives taken by professional photographers Edgar Welchman and Son of Grove Street, Retford between 1910 and 1960.]
  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/notts.html A Wealth of Genealogical Links for Nottinghamshire]
 
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/notts.html A Wealth of Genealogical Links for Nottinghamshire]
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/ Old Nottinghamshire - History and links]
 
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/ Old Nottinghamshire - History and links]
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*[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/default.htm Nottinghamshire History]
 
*[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/default.htm Nottinghamshire History]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engntt/ Nottinghamshire Genweb]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engntt/ Nottinghamshire Genweb]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdriver/news/Transportations.html Convicts transported from Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions to Australia]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdriver/news/Transportations.html Convicts transported from Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions to Australia]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nttsue/NTTpostDeathNotices1943.html Nottingham Evening Post Death  Notices December 1943]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nttsue/NTTpostDeathNotices1943.html Nottingham Evening Post Death  Notices December 1943]
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*[http://home.clara.net/daibevan/LookupExch/notts.htm Nottinghamshire Look Up Exchange]
 
*[http://home.clara.net/daibevan/LookupExch/notts.htm Nottinghamshire Look Up Exchange]
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*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm Lost Village Sites of Nottinghamshire]
 
*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm Lost Village Sites of Nottinghamshire]
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/memorial/index.htm The Ashfield War Memorial Project]
 
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/memorial/index.htm The Ashfield War Memorial Project]
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*[http://www.barnby-in-the-willows.org.uk/ The History of Barnby-in-the-Willows]
 
*[http://www.barnby-in-the-willows.org.uk/ The History of Barnby-in-the-Willows]
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Bnprindex.htm Bingham Parish Records]
 
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Bnprindex.htm Bingham Parish Records]
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*[http://www.broxtowehundred.co.uk My Broxtowe Hundred Journal]
 
*[http://www.broxtowehundred.co.uk My Broxtowe Hundred Journal]
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*[http://www.bunnyvillage.org.uk/index.htm Census & Parish Records for Bunny Village]  
 
*[http://www.bunnyvillage.org.uk/index.htm Census & Parish Records for Bunny Village]  
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*[http://www.carltoncensus.co.uk/index.htm Carlton-in-Lindrick]
 
*[http://www.carltoncensus.co.uk/index.htm Carlton-in-Lindrick]
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*[http://www1.greasleyparish.com/ Greasley Parish]
 
*[http://www1.greasleyparish.com/ Greasley Parish]
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*[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/Greenhalgh%20village.htm Greenhalgh Web]
 
*[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/Greenhalgh%20village.htm Greenhalgh Web]
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*[http://huthwaite.org/genealogy/ Hucknall-under-Huthwaite]
 
*[http://huthwaite.org/genealogy/ Hucknall-under-Huthwaite]
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*[http://www.jacksdale.org.uk/ Jacksdale and Westwood]
 
*[http://www.jacksdale.org.uk/ Jacksdale and Westwood]
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*[http://keyworth-history.org.uk/census/index.htm Keyworth History]
 
*[http://keyworth-history.org.uk/census/index.htm Keyworth History]
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*[http://groups.msn.com/KingsClipstoneCommunity/ Kings Clipstone Community]
 
*[http://groups.msn.com/KingsClipstoneCommunity/ Kings Clipstone Community]
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Lenprindex.htm Lenton Parish & Priory Records]
 
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Lenprindex.htm Lenton Parish & Priory Records]
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*[http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/ Lenton Times]
 
*[http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/ Lenton Times]
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lost-mansfield/ Welcome to Lost Mansfield]
 
*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lost-mansfield/ Welcome to Lost Mansfield]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brianfjohnson/Cuckney/Cuckney.htm Norton Cuckney]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brianfjohnson/Cuckney/Cuckney.htm Norton Cuckney]
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/data/churchdatabase/index.htm Nottinghamshire Parish Church Database]
 
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/data/churchdatabase/index.htm Nottinghamshire Parish Church Database]
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*[http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/ Churches of the Diocese of Nottingham & Southwell]
 
*[http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/ Churches of the Diocese of Nottingham & Southwell]
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*[http://www.stpetersnottingham.org/history/city.htm Nottingham, the City - St Peter's Church, Nottingham, England on-line Magazine]  
 
*[http://www.stpetersnottingham.org/history/city.htm Nottingham, the City - St Peter's Church, Nottingham, England on-line Magazine]  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/ash.burials.html Parliament Street Chapel & Burial Ground, Sutton-in-Ashfield]
 
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/ash.burials.html Parliament Street Chapel & Burial Ground, Sutton-in-Ashfield]
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*[http://www.winthorpe.org.uk/village-history Winthorpe Village History]
 
*[http://www.winthorpe.org.uk/village-history Winthorpe Village History]
  

Revision as of 15:27, 28 January 2008

Newstead Abbey submitted by Julie - Darksecretz


Nottinghamshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)


Nottinghamshire


County town: Nottingham

Other major towns: Hucknall, Mansfield, Sutton in Ashfield, Beeston, Worksop, Arnold and Newark-on-Trent


Home of Robin Hood, and Lord Byron the poet, located in the East Midlands and bordered by Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire.

Noted for its collieries and textiles, Nottingham lace being the finest around. Other notable manufacturers are Raleigh Bicycles, Jesse Boot (the Chemist), John Player.

Nottingham’s famous inhabitants include Robin Bailey (actor), Eric Coates (composer), Torville and Dean (ice skaters) and Harold Larwood (Cricketer).

The Nottinghamshire Registration Service is split up into 5 different Registration Districts, each district holds their own local records.

Because boundaries have changed several times over the years, it is often advisable to make a telephone enquiry to establish which Register Office holds the records you require, the main offices for each district are listed below, they can direct you to an alternative office if required.


Register Offices

The City of Nottingham

The Register Office
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FP
Tel 0115 9475665
e-mail office.register@nottinghamcity.gov.uk


Ashfield District

Basford Register Office
"The Woodlands"
Highbury Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 9DA
Tel: 0115 9271294

  • Handwritten certificates (modern) while you wait, if they are not too busy.


Sutton-in-Ashfield District

Sutton Centre
High Pavement
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 1EE
Tel 01623 457677


Bassetlaw District

County Council Offices
Chancery Lane
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 6DG
Tel 01777 708631


Mansfield District

Mansfield District Register Office
County Council Offices
Dale Close
100 Chesterfield Road South
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG19 7BD
Tel 01623 476564

  • Typed certificates while you wait, also will do scans of the register if the condition is not to frail.


Newark and Sherwood District

Newark District Register Office
County Council Offices
Balderton Gate, Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1UW
Tel 01636 705455


Rushcliffe District

Rushcliffe District Register Office
The Hall
Bridgford Road
West Bridgford
Nottinghamshire
NG2 6AQ
Tel 0115 9815307


Record Office Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.


Record Office Lookup Contacts

  • Nottinghamshire Archives Kite Runner NOT during Sch Holidays



Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.

  • Balderton, Newark, Farndon, Coddington, Hawton Rosie Knees


Links


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OPC


Archives



Family and Social History



Maps & Photographs



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