crich area community news
Websites to help with searches
On this page you will find a list of useful links to help you with your family history research.
Crich Parish
The parish records for Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths from 1813 - 1825 and some census detail. Lots on local history.
Free BMD
A free listing of some Birth, Marriages and Deaths. Very useful for searches between 1837 and 1902.
http://freebmd.rootsweb.comCommonwealth War Graves
Search for people killed in action during WW1 and WW2.
http://www.cwgc.orgLocal parishes
Crich folk occasionally married outside the parish! These sites are worth a look as Crich area residents make appearances in these records. St Giles Church, Starkholmes, Matlock. Particularly if your ancestors came from the Wessington and Tansley side of the parish.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/pd65/matlock/index.htm
Wirksworth Parish Records & Census
Particularly if your ancestors came from Alderwasley, Whatstandwell, Cromford, Lea & Holloway side of the parish
http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/frontpag.htm
Tansley Holy Trinity Church Records from 1840-1899
http://freespace.virgin.net/denys.gaskell/registers.html
Genealogical information service for the UK & Ireland
A page on Crich with links to photographs and further information sources.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Crich/index.html
DERBYSGEN mailing List
For people with Derbyshire Family History interests. A very friendly site with help generously given.
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/DERBYSGEN.html
Derbyshire library services
Online historical newpapers
British Newspapers 1800–1900
A million fully-searchable newspaper pages are waiting for you
Best of all is the Derby Mercury, the nearest thing to a county newspaper we have ever had. Although published in Derby this paper was sold as far north as Sheffield. You can search a single paper or search them all.
This treasure chest is now available free of charge on library computers and at home to anyone with a Derbyshire library ticket.
Choose Infotrac newspapers. In the borrower ID box enter the letters DCC followed by your ticket number. Click on proceed and away you go. Happy hunting!
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/online_information/default.asp