Eakring, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
EAKRING, a parish, in the union of Southwell, South-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 3¾ miles (S. S. E.) from Ollerton.

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:

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

Eakring - St. Andrews. Monumental Inscriptions listed alphabetically, surname, forename, age and date died, date starting 1707, with the War memorial of those killed in 1914-1918, those wounded, and those who served from Eakring. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.97, pages 11-17, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

1801 Census - Eakring. Census of Eakring taken on 10 March 1801, showing given name, and surname head of household, and number of males, and females in each household. This was done for taking ac account of the population of Great Britain. Taken from Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 8603, transcription in Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 95, page 3-5, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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 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
Eakring in GENUKI