Start your family history journey

A beginner’s guide to researching your roots in Clowne, North Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Welcome to your Past

Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve hit a brick wall, this guide will help you trace your family’s story. We’ve focused on resources relevant to Clowne and the surrounding areas of North Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire – the places your ancestors likely lived, worked and worshipped.

Research Guidance
Record Access
Tree Building
Local Connections

How Clowne Local Historical Society can help

We’re not just signposting you to resources – we can actively help with your research. Our volunteers have direct access to the major genealogy platforms and years of experience researching local families.

We have access to multiple different geneaology sites which all hold a rich amount of historical information relating to the local area and beyond.

Ancestry

  • Building Family Trees
  • Births Marriage & Death Records (BMD)
  • Cencus Records

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  • Research tools
  • Cencus Data
  • Parish Records

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  • Military Service Records
  • Pension Records
  • War Diaries

British Newspaper Archive

  • Local Newspaper Articles
  • Obituaries
  • Photographs of Servicemen

Ancestry

Find My Past

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Research Partner:

We work alongside Barlborough Heritage Centre on family history research for the local area.

If you have Clowne connections and need help tracing your family, get in touch – we may already have information on your ancestors.

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