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Church Records information for Stoney Middleton and places above it in the hierarchy

Stoney Middleton

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1715 and is in fair condition.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Eyam.
     
  • Rosemary LOCKIE provides Some Memorial Inscriptions on her website.
     
  • The earliest Parish Register for Stoney Middleton begins in 1715, and covers the period until 1812, and includes Baptisms and Burials, with Marriages up till 1754 in a single book. Baptism Registers are available covering the period 1813-1843, and 1844-78; and Burials 1813-1862; and there is a full complement of marriage registers from 1754-1947. These registers are all available for searching at the Derbyshire Record Office on microfilm and coverage dates are current as of January 2001 (thanks to Janet Kirk).
     
  • There are Bishops' Transcripts (BTs) covering the period 1663 to 1864, but according to the catalogue, years 1669-70, 1686-90, 1702-07, 1712-13, 1774-5, and 1862 are missing (but see above for 1702-7); and I personally found the period 1758-62 unreadable. As I understand it, batched entries in the IGI have been entered largely from the BTs, so although those transcribing for the IGI may have had greater success (or perseverance!) than I did over the 1758-62 period, it is nevertheless possible that if you are looking for an event during 1758-62, or 1774-5, you may have better luck with the parish register, than with the BTs or IGI. The years missing from the BTs prior to 1715, are alas lost forever.

    The original BTs are held at the Lichfield Joint Record Office, but have been microfilmed, so the film should be available on loan via your local Family History Center. There are two films - #0428943 (1663-1812), and #0498132 (1813-1864).
     
  • The church seats 250.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1829.
     
  • Neil THEASBY has a photograph of The Wesleyan Reform Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2018. There is more history of the chapel at the Wesleyan Reform Chapel website.

Derbyshire

  • Searchable database of Phillimore's Parish Registers - Marriages, provided by Nigel BATTY-SMITH.
     
  • Searchable database of Derbyshire Marriage Index 1538-1837, provided by Sue BROWN. 1538-1812 about 95% of county covered, 1813-1837 - virtually complete coverage.
     
  • The searchable LDS website - IGI and Familysearch
    Note on using IGI Batch Numbers:
    It is not always easy to locate your ancestors in the IGI using the search mechanisms provided at the above LDS site. Manually typing the batch numbers into the IGI search screen can be tedious. Hugh Wallis has made an exhaustive search of the likely ranges of batch numbers and created a database of those numbers and the source records that they apply to. A very powerful feature included is a hotlink from each batch number to the actual search engine provided at the Family Search site, including the ability to enter the surname you are looking for. This makes it very easy to search all the batches for a particular geographic location using just the last name you are searching for - something that is not possible directly from the LDS site without doing a lot of typing. This is Hugh Wallis's site.
  • Search Derbyshire Record Office's archive collections online via their web-site at Record Office. Or download PDF documents to view offline - as well as providing essential background information for research, the guides also provides covering dates for Church of England, Non-Conformist, and Cemetery Registers held at the DRO.
     
  • A list of Stray Marriages in Winster (marriages where one or both parties were not of the parish) is available on Dawn Scotting's All Things Winster blogspot - parties are from all over Derbyshire.
     
  • The Society of Genealogists web site has a list of their holdings of Parish Register Copies for Derbyshire.
     
  • If you are looking for Methodist ancestors, start with a visit to The Methodist Heritage site.
     

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