Kelham, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
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Averham with KelhamAverham with Kelham KELHAM (St. Wilfrid), a parish, in the union of Southwell, N. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Newark. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Averham.

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Kelham St Wilfrid is a 14th century church in the village and civil parish of Kelham in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire. Nearby Kelham Hall is nowadays the Newark and Sherwood District headquarters Kelham Wikipedia

The Southwell and Nottingham Church history Project are researching the history of the church and parish Kelham St Wilfrid

The church of St Wilfrid has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1663-1964 Marriages 1663-1984 Burials 1663-2003 Bishop’s Transcripts 1603-1852 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.

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.

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 Jurisdictions, Parishes K-N to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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