Brailsford, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

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

Parish History
BRAILSFORD (All Saints), a parish, in the hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 7 miles (N. W. by W.) from Derby with the township of Ednaston. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have places of worship.

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

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.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Primitive Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist

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.

Registration District

 * Ashbourne

Poor Law Unions
Ashbourne Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate records
Reords 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