Rutland Genealogy Records

Find your Rutland ancestors, genealogy and family history with these links to resources and records available online. Parish records, cemeteries and more.

Archives

• The Record Office
  The official archives for Rutland. See what records they hold and how to access them.

Births, Marriages & Deaths

These Rutland parish registers contain over 400,000 records from 50 parishes.

• Rutland Baptisms 1538-1916
• Rutland Marriages 1538-1931
• Rutland Burials 1538-1991
• Langham Parish Registers 1559-1725
  You can view PDFs of baptisms, marriages and burials at the bottom of the page.
• North Luffenham Parish Registers 1572-1812
  These records are in an online book that you can search and download.

Cemeteries

• Find A Grave
  There are almost 10,000 burial and cemetery records for Rutland.
• Rutland Gravestones
  Quite a few gravestone images for some Rutland towns and villages.

Census

• 1939 Register
  This census alternative has over 16,000 results from Rutland. Search by person or address.

Forums

• RootsChat Rutland
  Find others researching in your area and get help with your research, or offer to help.

Heraldry

• Visitation of Rutland 1618-19
  Containing pedigrees and an index of names at the back of the book.

Historical Directories

• Rutland Historical Directories
• Gazetteer and Directory of Rutland 1846
  This is a combined directory. The places in Rutland are marked with an * in the index.

Local History

The Rutland Magazine is an illustrated journal devoted to the history, antiquities, biography, dialect, folk-lore, legend and genealogy of the county.

• Vol. I 1903-4
• Vol. II 1905-6
• Vol. III 1907-8

Maps

• Old Maps of Rutland
  Quite a few maps from the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s.

Military

• Rutland Roll of Honour
• Rutland War Memorials
  This site is archived, but the info is still available. Some of the images don’t load; just click where the image would be to enter the relevant page.

Societies

• Rutland Local History & Record Society
  History of some places and some online records.
• Rutland FHS
  The family history society that covers Rutland.

Wills & Probate

• Calendar of Wills 1510-1652
  A list of wills deposited at Northampton relating to Rutland.
• Rutland Probate Index
  An index of records held at the Northampton Record Office covering the years 1462-1857.