Misson, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Mission, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records. Also see: Mission, Lincolnshire.

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 with the hamlet of Newington. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Misson St John the Baptist is an Ancient Parish which included Newington and part of the parish boundary forms the county boundary with neighbouring Wroot, Lincolnshire and Haxey, Lincolnshire. The village and civil parish of Misson is in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, Misson Springs to the north of Misson village forms the northernmost part of Nottinghamshire see Misson Wikipedia

RAF Misson operated from 1960-1963 see RAF Misson Wikipedia

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

Misson St John the Baptist

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1636-1965 Marriages 1636-1954 Burials 1636-1961 Bishop’s Transcripts 1600-1865

Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

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

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

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

Websites
Mission in GENUKI