Talk:Wirksworth, Derbyshire Genealogy

New Parish Table
Wirksworth parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Derbyshire Record Office.

Old Parish Table
Wirksworth parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Derbyshire Record Office reference D3105 has deposited registers Bap 1608-1994 Mar 1608-1991 Burial 1608-1978 Banns 1754-1799, 1928-1998

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1698-1858 Mar 1698-1837  Burials 1698-1858

A transcription project of the Wirksworth parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts into a searchable data base was conducted by John Palmer and many transcribers, its story is here. These items were used in this project:


 * Wirksworth parish registers, Derbyshire, 1608-1837
 * An index 14 microfiches ISBN: 0953284409 Microfiche of original published: [S.l.] : John Palmer, 1998.
 * The parish church is known as St. Mary's Church. Includes a short history of Wirksworth parish.
 * Link to Transcribed Parish Records
 * Link to Monumental Inscriptions
 * Ince's Pedigrees 1600-1860
 * Churchwardens' Accounts 1658-1727
 * Parish Data not in the Parish Records 1608-1837
 * Marriage Witnesses 1754-1899

Baptisms, 1608-1899 (missing 1700-1801, 1703-1803, 1706-1806, 1710-1810); marriages, 1608-1883 (missing 1695, 1699, 1711); burials, 1608-1919 (missing 1739, 1745, 1749, 1807) are available at Family History Library, the first film # is 1041042.