Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
RAVENSTONE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport, county of Buckingham, 2½ miles (W. by S.) from Olney.

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.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Baptist
 * Independent/Congregational

Genealogy From Periodicals
Clarke, Sheila M. Does Anyone Else Out there Belong to Joseph? Family tree of Joseph Robbins (Robins) 1742 Northampton All Saints and Sarah Lyon of Clifton Raynes, Buckinghamshire. and descendants some of whom were born in Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire. Surnames Butlin, Watson, Ward, Clarke. Article dated 1742-1932, and is to be found in Footprints, vol.18,no4, pages 44-46, Family History Library Reference 942.55 D25fo vo.18.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Buckinghamshire 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
Ravenstone on GENUKI