Bramcote, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BRAMCOTE, a parish, in the union of Shardlow, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Nottingham.

Additional information:

Bramcote was originally formed as a chapelry within Attenborough, Nottinghamshire Ancient parish.

Bramcote St Michael and All Angels was built in 1861 as an Ecclesiastical parish church.

Bramcote 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.

After 1935 Bramcote registration was part of Nottinghamshire registration.

Shardlow registration District GRO volumes : XIX (1837-51); 7b (1852-1946); 3A (1946-74).

Registers are now held at The Register Office, Royal Oak House, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AR. Tel: 01332 256526/35/36. Fax: 01332 256525. E-mail: registeroffice@derby.gov.uk

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bramcote St Michael and All Angels

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1562-1947 Marriages 1576-1954 Burials 1562-1902 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1857 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

Bramcote - St. Luke's, and Bramcote - St. Michael's and All Angels. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions both inside and outside the church, dated from 1769 giving surname, given name, date of death, age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 59, pages 4-13, Family History Library 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
Shardlow Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

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
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Websites
Bramcote in GENUKI