Ockbrook, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Guide to Ockbrook, Derbyshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Ockbrook, All Saints, is an Ancient parish which includes Borrowash in Derbyshire. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and adjoining the village is a settlement of the United Brethren, commonly called Moravians, founded in 1750.

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.

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
Ockbrook parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Derbyshire Record Office reference D2000 has deposited registers Bap 1643-1981 Mar 1630-1733, 1755-2000 Burials 1630-2001 Banns 1823-1955

There is some debate about Banns 1891-1913 which may be for Ockbrook or South Darley, Derbyshire

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1663-1858 Mar 1663-1837 Burials 1663-1858 Missing Bap &amp; Bur 1841,1857

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 Derbyshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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