Somersal Herbert, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

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

Parish History
SOMERSALL-HERBERT (St. Peter), an ancient parish, in the union of Uttoxeter, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Uttoxeter. Other places in the parish include: Church Somershall.

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

Derbyshire Record Office reference D1252 has deposited registers Bap 1538-1993 Mar 1538-1993 Burials 1538-1991

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1664-1867 Mar 1664-1856 Burials 1664-1866 Missing 1840-1842,1847-1850, 1854 for all events

Poor Law Unions
Uttoxeter 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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