Hi Verna If you go to google , select maps and enter Eastwood to East Retford it gives just over 37 miles (by Road) I gather that apprenticeship records of this time frame were largely a private affair between the apprentice and master so are unlikely to have survived but happy to be corrected on that Depending on the advice you get from others I would make contact with Notts Records Office and ask if they have anything on apprenticeships This may help in that respect http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/ Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Hello Listers > > I have a young ancestor from East Retford who appears in the 1841 Census > as > an apprentice to builder John Roberts. Would it be possible to find > apprentice records for him and where would I find them. Also if I did > manage to locate them what could I expect them to show? On another note > is > Eastwood Nottinghamshire close to East Retford Nottinghamshire? > > Thank you from a very ignorant Verna