Wirksworth, Middleton and Matlock
PARISH REGISTERS
in the centre of Derbyshire and England

The PARISH REGISTERS are the only source of Conformist Baptism, Marriage and Burial records before the advent of Civil Registration in 1837. Few Registers exist before 1600. Early entries were harder to read and gave fewer details. Listed here are: Wirksworth 1608-1899, Middleton 1847-1899 and Matlock 1637-1856, together containing 104,000 entries and ALL readable details. Wirksworth and Middleton were transcribed personally by the Author from his complete microfilm library, see details of sources and loan of microfilm. Matlock was transcribed by Bernie Freeman (baptisms and burials) and Ivor Neal (marriages). Doubtful words were cross-checked against similar readable entries in the database. Final checking from the original manuscripts at DRO using ultraviolet light. See photos of early Parish registers. For common surnames, baptisms are also indexed by parent, which helps find siblings and estimate parents' marriage date. For dates after 1800, individuals can often be checked against the Census. See a Map of the Wirksworth Area, and Parish Register List for other PRs in the Wirksworth Area. See also Derbyshire Parish Register Guide for deposited county PRs and ecclesiastical changes. This information is held in film library and database. Full searches can be made to check suspected errors. If in difficulty, contact the author:

Choose here from 6,200 surnames and 88,000 entries: Wirksworth and Middleton PARISH REGISTERS 1608-1899 Click on your SURNAME, and see all the Entries: A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. Y (Baptism, Marriage and Burial entries are combined in date order) (Baptisms in parent order are given for the more common surnames)

Choose here from 2,000 surnames and 16,000 entries: Matlock PARISH REGISTERS 1637-1856 Click on your SURNAME, and see all the Entries: A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. Y (Baptism, Marriage and Burial entries are combined in date order)

Other aspects Here are other aspects of the Registers WIRKSWORTH and MIDDLETON DATABASE - All the register entries shown on this website are also held in a (private) database. Any data field or combination of fields can be searched for using "beginning with" or "contains" operators, contact the author on: . Undeciphered - List of unreadable entries. Surnames Surnames - List of 6,000 different surnames. Variants - List of 1,000 basic surnames with variants. Firstnames Firstnames - List of 4,000 different firstnames Male (A-H), (I-Z) - Listed with frequency. Female (A-H), (I-Z) - Listed with frequency. Unknown - Firstnames of unknown gender. Placenames Placenames (A-H), (I-Z) - List of 800 placenames. Occuptions - List of occupations. Comments - List of all comments. Examples - Photos of the early Registers. Counts - How number of entries varied with prosperity/epidemics. Statistics Statistics - Population, Mortality rate, age at baptism. Weather 1600-1900 - Extreme weather in the UK. Copying Copying - How the Registers were transcribed. Article for Society of Indexers Large Scale Indexing on the Web using Hyperlinks Gaps - Significant gaps in the Registers. Marriage Witnesses Listed by surname: A  B  Bo  Br  C  Co  Cr  D  E  F  G  Ha  He  I  J  K  L  Le  Li M  N  O  P  Pe  Ph  Q  R  Sa  Sc  Sp  St  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z Notes - Tips about using Marriage Witnesses. MATLOCK

Deciphered, transcribed, compiled, checked, edited, indexed, formatted and copyright © 2005, John Palmer, All Rights Reserved. See other websites by the same author.

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