Nottinghamshire Family History

Trace your Nottinghamshire ancestors from the 1500s onwards with this list of family history, genealogy and local history links and resources.

Archives

• Nottinghamshire Archives

Births, Marriages & Deaths

• England BMDs
• FreeBMD
• Nottingham Marriage Licences 1754-1770
• Nottinghamshire Parish Records

Burials & Cemeteries

• Nottinghamshire Monumental Inscriptions
  Inscriptions of burials found on graves and in churches.
• Beeston St. John the Baptist Burials
• Billion Graves
• Carlton, Gedling & Redhill Burials
• Nottingham Church (Rock) Cemetery St. Ann’s Valley Index Archived
• Nottinghamshire Burials (Interment)
• Plumtree Church Burials

Census Records

• Census 1841-1921
  Search the census records from 1841-1921, plus the 1939 Register all at once.
• FreeCen
  Has a good, but not complete, selection of free records to search and view.

Criminals and Convicts

• Criminal Ancestor Records
• Nottingham Prison 1881 Census Archived

Electoral Registers

• Electoral Registers 1832-1932
• Nottingham Poll Book 1754 Archived

Forums

• RootsChat Nottinghamshire

Heraldry

• Visitations of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614

Historical Directories

• Hodsons Nottingham Directory 1814 Archived
• Nottinghamshire Historical Directories
• Pigot’s Nottinghamshire Directory 1830 Archived
• White’s Nottinghamshire Directory 1832
  It also includes a gazetteer and the history of the county.
• Glover’s Directory of Nottingham 1843

Local History

• Bygone Nottinghamshire Book
• Domesday Book Nottinghamshire
• Genuki Nottinghamshire
• Nottinghamshire History Archived
  Nottinghamshire History provides local historians and genealogists with a wealth of material on all aspects of the county’s history and acts as a gateway to other useful online resources.
• Old Nottinghamshire Archived
  Old Nottinghamshire has some church photos, parish histories, directories and some gravestone information.
• Our Mansfield
• The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire

Maps

• Old Nottinghamshire Maps

Medical and Hospital Records

• Nottingham General Hospital 1881 Census Archived
• Nottingham Hostpitals History Archived
• Nottingham Lunatic Asylum 1881 Archived

Military Records

• 45th Foot Nottinghamshire Records
• British Military Records
• Kirby War Memorial Archived
• Nottinghamshire WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honour

Newspaper Archives

• British Newspaper Collection 1710-1953

Occupations

• Coal Mines in Nottinghamshire 1880
• High Sheriffs of Nottingham
• Lost Pubs of Nottinghamshire

Photos and Postcards

• Inspire Picture Archive
  A unique resource of over 30,000 historical images of Nottinghamshire including bygone shops, favourite places to visit, historic sites and events.
• Old Photos of Nottingham

Poor Law Records

• Nottingham Workhouse Records
• Union Workhouse York Street 1881

School Records

• Memories of Cottesmore School 1951-55
• School Admission Registers 1870-1914
• School Teachers in Nottingham 1813-1900 Archived

Surnames

• Most Common Surnames in 1881

Wills and Probate

• Archdeaconry Wills for the Deaneries of – Retford, Newark, Nottingham & Bingham