An index to wills for Lichfield. Wills are a valuable source of genealogical information. They can give details of family members, places of residence and burial as well as revealing details about their possessions. Also includes peculiars for Birmingham 1675-1790 and Derby 1753-1790. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
Originally published as a quarterly magazine, the Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica is a selection of important documents. Volume 1 includes details of the sales of bishops' lands, church notes from Staveley and Crich in Derbyshire, extracts from parish registers, and extensive family trees showing marriages between nobility and royalty. More Info
This guide provides invaluable background information on the Peak District of Derbyshire and Neighbouring Counties in the late 1800's accompanied by several maps. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
A translation of the Domesday records that were originally completed in 1086. This is one the country's earliest records and could be seen as an early forerunner to the census. It documents land owners, land type and size, the value of land, and people under their employment. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable *Contains over 730 pages... More Info
This annual contains a wide array of information including lists of soldiers and officers (with ID numbers), regimental notes, numerous photographs of units and sports teams with text identifying each individual pictured, etc. Also contains some BMD information, sporting results, parades, and background information on conditions at battalion postings. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
This 1839 book includes a general history, places of worship (including lists of ministers and select monumental inscriptions), profiles of population, trade, markets, buildings, institutions, hamlets, plus histories and descriptions of nearby Chatsworth, Hardwick Hall and Bolsover Castle. More Info
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A General and Commercial Directory of the Towns, Parishes, Villages & Hamlets within a circuit of 20 miles, which include parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Including: Bakewell, Barnsley , Baslow, Bawtry, Blyth , Bolsover, Buxton, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chatsworth, Chesterfield , Clumber, Doncaster , Dronfield, Eckington, Edensor, Eyam, Haddon, Hathersage, Hope, Maltby, Penistone, Ro...More Info
The surname of Marsden is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from places called Marsden in Lancashire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is derived from the Old English "mearc" meaning boundary, and "denu", valley; hence, "a valley forming a natural boundary". The original book by the Revd Benjamin Anderton Marsden, James Aspinall Marsden & Robert Sydney Marsden was published in 19...More Info
Applications to diocese of Lichfield: Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire & Shropshire entries. Place of nonconformist worship were once required to acquire a licence from the diocese. This index names all decipherable names from the applications held for the diocese of Lichfield.
Suspected papists in Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire & Shropshire indexed from the originals in the deposited records for Lichfield diocese, now held at Stafford Record Office.