Halam, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
HALAM (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Southwell, Southwell division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 9½ miles (W. by N.) from Newark.

Additional information:

Halam St Michael is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire formed in 1715 from Southwell, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of the church Halam St Michael

The church has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1559-1905 Marriages 1559-2008 Burials 1559-1932 Bishop's Transcripts 1603-1849 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

Halam St. Michael's. A transcription of memorial inscriptions inside and outside the church, dating from 1721, giving surname, given name, date of death, age. Original is held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/13, and the transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol 64, page 10, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Southwell 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Halan in GENUKI