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Belper Chapelry registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups: | Belper Chapelry registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups: | ||
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==== Non-Conformist Churches ==== | ==== Non-Conformist Churches ==== | ||
*Christians, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | |||
*General Baptist | *Christians, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | ||
*Independent/Congregational | *General Baptist | ||
*Methodist New Connexion | *Independent/Congregational | ||
*Primitive Methodist | *Methodist New Connexion | ||
*Roman Catholic | *Primitive Methodist | ||
*Unitarian | *Roman Catholic | ||
*Wesleyan Methodist | *Unitarian | ||
*Wesleyan Methodist Reform | *Wesleyan Methodist | ||
*Wesleyan Methodist Reform | |||
=== Civil Registration === | === Civil Registration === | ||
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. | Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 21 February 2014
England 
Derbyshire Derbyshire Parishes
Guide to Belper, Derbyshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.
Parish History[edit | edit source]
BELPER, a market-town and chapelry, and the head of a union, in the parish of Duffield, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 8 miles (N.) from Derby, and 134 (N. N. W.) from London with nearly the whole of the ecclesiastical parish of Bridge-Hill. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Unitarians. The union of Belper comprises 35 parishes. [1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Belper Chapelry registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:
| FS PR's =FamilySearch Parish Registers |
| Belper Chapelry Online Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS PR's | NONE |
NONE |
NONE | |||
Belper St. Peter was created as a chapelry in Duffield parish in 1783, with St. John the Baptist chapel built in 1824, and made a civil parish in 1843. Parish registers for baptisms start in 1783 and burials in 1794, while marriages begin in 1847. The original registers are held at the Derbyshire Record Office (call no.: D2609A/PI/1/1-2, D2609A/PI/2/1-6, D2609A/PI/3/1-7, P1928/PI/4/1, D1928/PI/5/1-4, D2609A/6/1/1-3). They have been microfilmed and are available through the Family History Library[1]. The records include an index.
Bishop's Transcripts are available for 1783-1832 (with 1815 and 1825 missing), also available on film through the Family History Library[2].
To find the names of 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[edit | edit source]
- Christians, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- General Baptist
- Independent/Congregational
- Methodist New Connexion
- Primitive Methodist
- Roman Catholic
- Unitarian
- Wesleyan Methodist
- Wesleyan Methodist Reform
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Belper
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Belper Poor Law Union, Derbyshire
Probate records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Web sites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 203-207. Date accessed: 08 April 2013.