Scofton-with-Osberton, St John the Evangelist, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Parish History
The Parish was formed in 1833 from the Ancient Parish of Worksop St Mary and St Cuthbert, Nottinghamshire

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project are researching this church and parish Scofton-with-Osberton St John the Evangelist

The church of St John the Evangelist has been designated as a grade II listed bulding 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [Nottinghamshire Probate Records|Yorkshire 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