Doveridge, Derbyshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
DOVERIDGE (St. Cuthbert), a parish, in the union of Uttoxeter, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 1¾ mile (E. by N.) from Uttoxeter. There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.

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
Doveridge 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.

Derbyshire Record Office reference D1197 has deposited registers Bap 1574-1603, 1608-1996 Mar 1574-1603,1608-1647,1659-2003 Burials 1574-1603,1608-1993 Banns 1754-1812, 1913-2003

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1662-1868 Mar 1662-1838 Burials 1662-1869 Missing Bap&amp; Bur 1838-1866

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Primitive Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Doveridge on GENUKI