Barrow on Trent, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes  Barrow on Trent



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
Barrow on Trent St Wilfrid parish includes Arleston and the chapelry of Twyford and Stenson, Derbyshire Until 1935 Sinfin was part of the parish.

Missing registers from this parish include Bap 1732-1736 and 1813-1872 Marriages 1732-1736, 1813-1968 and Bur 1734-1736. Derbyshire Record Office reference D5234 has deposited registers Bap 1657-1732, 1737-1812,1872-2000 Mar 1663-1722, 1737-1812, 1969-1989 Burials 1657-1733, 1737-2000 Banns 1754-1812, 1852-1974

To find the names of 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.

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

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.

Poor Law Unions
Shardlow Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Maps and Gazetteers
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