Thorpe, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Parish History
Thorpe is an ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Hanson Grange. .

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

Derbyshire Record Office reference D650 has deposited registers Bap 1598-1992 Mar 1538-1989 Burials 1538-1992 Banns 1767-1782, 1788-1810, 1825-1989

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1663-1886 Mar 1663-1834 Burials 1663-1886 Missing Bap/Bur 1836, 1838-1839, 1841-1846, 1849-1859

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
Ashbourne 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
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