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==Archives==
=== Derbyshire Record Office  ===
'''Derbyshire Record Office'''<br>New Street<br>Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 3FE UK<br><br>Telephone: 1629 538347<br>Email: [mailto:record.office@derbyshire.gov.uk record.office@derbyshire.gov.uk]<br>Postal address: Derbyshire Record Office, c/o County Hall, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3AG UK<br>
[http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/?VD=recordoffice Website]<br>
[https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record-office/records/catalogue/catalogue.aspx Catalogue]<br>
[https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/family-history-getting-started/ Family History]<br>
[https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/church-registers/ Church Registers]
:Derbyshire Record Office provides the archive service for the County of Derbyshire, City of Derby and Diocese of Derby.


== Libraries ==
Located in East Matlock, the [http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/ Derbyshire Record Office] is responsible for all archives in the county.  
[https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/find-your-local-library/find-your-local-library.aspx '''Find Your Local Library''']<br>
[https://www.inderby.org.uk/libraries/our-libraries/ '''Derby (city) Library Guide''']
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'''Derby Local Studies and Family History Library'''<br>Riverside Chambers<br>Full St.<br>Derby, Derbyshire DE1 3AF UK<br><br>Telephone: 1332 642240<br>
Email: [mailto:localstudies.library@derby.gov.uk localstudies.library@derby.gov.uk]<br>
[https://www.inderby.org.uk/libraries/our-libraries/derby-local-studies-and-family-history-library/ Website]
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'''Chesterfield Local Studies Library'''<br>
Chesterfield Library<br>
New Beetwell Street <br>
Chesterfield <br>
Derbyshire S40 1QN<br>
UK<br>
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Telephone: 01629 533 400<br>
Fax: 01246 209304<br>
Email: chesterfield.library@derbyshire.gov.uk<br>
Text: 07792 697826<br>
[https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/local-studies/local-studies-libraries/chesterfield-local-studies/chesterfield-local-studies-library.aspx Website]<br>
[https://apps.derbyshire.gov.uk/applications/chesterfield-family-history-search/ Chesterfield and districtfamily history surname search]


== Museums ==
From their website:<br>  
For a long list of Derbyshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Derbyshire List of museums in Derbyshire] in Wikipedia.
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'''Derby Museum and Art Gallery'''<br>The Strand<br>Derby, Derbyshire DE1 1BS UK<br>Telephone: 01332 641901<br>Email: [mailto:info@derbymuseums.org info@derbymuseums.org]<br>
[https://www.derbymuseums.org/visit/museum-art-gallery Website]
:Derby Museum and Art Gallery was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library. The collection includes a gallery displaying many paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby; there is also a large display of Royal Crown Derby and other porcelain from Derby and the surrounding area. Further displays include archaeology, natural history, geology and military collections.
==Civil Registration Offices==
The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ General Register Office] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ website] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
*[https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/community/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/register-offices/register-offices-in-derbyshire.aspx Register Offices in Derbyshire] open to the public by appointment only.
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[[Category:Derbyshire, England]]
:<blockquote>We hold over four miles of original Derbyshire records which you can view in our search room in Matlock. Information about what records we hold is available on our [http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office_new/records/guide/default.asp Guides and Catalogues]...</blockquote>
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:<blockquote>We have a vast collection of original Derbyshire archives which can be used for family, house and local history, and much more. You can now search online for archive collections we hold using our [http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office_new/records/guide/default.asp Record Office Guide], but it is not possible to view the records themselves on our website. Visit [http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office_new/records/default.asp our records] to check our source guides to types of records, such as parish registers and to search [http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office_new/records/catalogue/default.asp our online catalogue]...</blockquote>
:<blockquote>We can answer general enquiries about collections by telephone, post or email... For more complex or detailed enquiries, we offer a specialised search service. Copies of specific documents may be ordered from us using our copying services.</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>
 
The County Council runs the Archive Service, and also has a [http://recordoffice.wordpress.com/ Derbyshire Record Office blog].
 
=== Derby Local Studies Library<br>  ===
 
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Derbyshire Record Office[edit | edit source]

Located in East Matlock, the Derbyshire Record Office is responsible for all archives in the county.

From their website:

We hold over four miles of original Derbyshire records which you can view in our search room in Matlock. Information about what records we hold is available on our Guides and Catalogues...

We have a vast collection of original Derbyshire archives which can be used for family, house and local history, and much more. You can now search online for archive collections we hold using our Record Office Guide, but it is not possible to view the records themselves on our website. Visit our records to check our source guides to types of records, such as parish registers and to search our online catalogue...

We can answer general enquiries about collections by telephone, post or email... For more complex or detailed enquiries, we offer a specialised search service. Copies of specific documents may be ordered from us using our copying services.

The County Council runs the Archive Service, and also has a Derbyshire Record Office blog.

Derby Local Studies Library
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