Derby St Andrew, Derbyshire Genealogy

Parish History
Derby St Andrew, London Road, Litchurch was part of Derby St Peter, Derbyshire parish. The chapel was built and licensed for baptisms in 1864. it was formed as a parish in 1867.

In 1969 this parish was united with the parish of St Osmund formerly Osmaston by Derby, Derbyshire parish. The church was demolished in 1969.

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.

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

Although the parish had no burial ground the burial registers record burials elsewhere.

Derbyshire Record Office reference D 958 has deposited registers Bap 1864-1970 Mar 1867-1969 Burials 1865-1893, 1918 Banns 1867-1909, 1935-1969

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Derby 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain