Rolleston, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
ROLLESTON (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Southwell, partly in the N., and partly in the Southwell, division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 4½ miles (W. by S.) from Newark; containing, with the township of Fiskerton.

Additional information:

Rolleston Holy Trinity is an Ancient parish in the Newark and Sherwod district of Nottinghamshire and includes Fiskerton within the parish boundary.

The parish Church of Holy Trinity has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Rolleston 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
Rolleston Holy Trinity parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1559-1973 Marriages 1560-2007 Burials 1560-1901 Bishop's Transcripts 1600-1846 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

Rolleston - Holy Trinity. A transciption of memorial inscriptions of Holy Trinity, inside and outside the Church, giving surname, given name, date of death, and age at death, beginning in 1677 onwards. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 63, pages 24-28, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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 Records 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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Websites
Rolleston or Rollestone in GENUKI