Twyford and Stenson, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

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

Parish History
Twyford was a chapelry in Barrow on Trent parish and included Stenson hamlet. The chapel is dedicated to St. Andrew.

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.

See Staffordshire BMD

Staffordshire BMD includes registered births for the Burton upon Trent Registration District. http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi?county=staffordshire The registration district prior to 1937 included this parish. From 1937 onwards the Shardlow district was responsible. 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: [mailto:registeroffice@derby.gov.uk registeroffice@derby.gov.uk]

Church records
Twyford and Stenston parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Twyford St Andrew was originally a chaplry in the Parish of Barrow on Trent, Derbyshire which became an ecclesiastical parish. Marriage registers began in 1837 and Baptism and burials in 1847. It is therefore advisable to consult Barrow on Trent, Derbyshire registers for these periods

Derbyshire Record Office reference D 3371 has deposited registers Bap 1847-2000 Mar 1838-1950, 1954-1993 Burials 1847-2001 Banns 1852-2000

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1848-1869 Mar none Burials 1848-1869

Poor Law Unions
Burton upon Trent Poor Law Union,Staffordshire

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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