Misson, Lincolnshire Genealogy

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

'''This parish is partly in Lincolnshire and mostly in Nottinghamshire. For information and records, see Misson, Nottinghamshire'''

Parish History
MISSON, a parish, in the union of Doncaster, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 2¾ miles (E. N. E.) from Bawtry. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Misson St John the Baptist see Misson, Nottinghamshire is the Ancient parish referred to as partly in Lincolnshire due to the parish boundary and county boundary failing to be aligned. There are no records in Lincolnshire for the Nottinghamshire parish.

Church Records
Misson parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Lincolnshire Archives.

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Misson Nottinghamshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lincolnshire 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain