Keyworth, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Keyworth, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
KEYWORTH (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Bingham, N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles (S. S. E.) from Nottingham. There are places of worship for Independents.

Additional information:

Keyworth St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish about 6 miles south east of Nottingham.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project history of the church Keyworth

The parish church of St Mary Magdalene has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Keyworth Wikipedia

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Nottinghamshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Nottinghamshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Emigration
Bailey, Bryan. Letter Regarding Assisted Emigration from Keyworth to the Cape. A letter regarding William Pike and his family wanting assistance to emigrate from Keyworth to the Cape dated November 1819. His wife's name is not listed - children are Thomas, Sarah, William Elijah, and Rose. Article available at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref C/QA/CP 5/1/6/29, and also in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol.107, page 56, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Poor Law Unions
Bingham Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Nottinghamshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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Websites
Keyworth in GENUKI