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| About the Baptisms and Burials | ||||||||||
| Matlock's Baptisms and Burials, extracted from the Bishops' Transcripts | ||||||||||
| Baptisms | Burials | About St Giles' |
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 Bishops' Transcripts |
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The baptisms and burials onsite have been extracted from the BTs. These were registers prepared for and then sent to the Bishop of the Diocese. They are very similar to the Parish Register and should contain either the same information or very similar information (see below). Matlock was part of the diocese of Lichfield. |
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| What makes them
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Either way, a consequence is that there are sometimes small differences between the Parish Registers and Bishops' Transcripts. From personal research experience the webmistress has occasionally found additional information in one or the other. There are sometimes gaps in both sources (see Gaps below), which could be because nothing was recorded for the year, or it what was recorded has been subsequently lost or destroyed. Before 1752 the BTs for Matlock ran from Lady Day to Lady Day. So
did the Parish Registers. |
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| Gaps |
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Some years are missing from the BTs of Matlock St. Giles
To fill in any gaps missing from the onsite transcripts you may wish to view the Parish Register which is held at Derbyshire County Record Office There is also a CD of PR indexes available  How
to contact Derbyshire County Record OfficeHow to
buy the CD |
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| Slash in the date |
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You will find that some baptisms and burials are recorded here with a slash appearing in the year given, e.g. 1730/1. You will see this for all baptisms and burials that occurred between the months of January and March for the years between 1662 and 1751 inclusive. For example, the date 6 Feb 1741/2. All this means is that the event occurred on 6 Feb 1742, but the actual entry is to be found under the entries for the church year of 1741. It simply means is that it was what is sometimes referred to as an 'old' calendar date for the year, but acknowledges the modern calendar we use now. Genealogists use either a slash in the date to emphasise this or just use the modern calendar when recording a pre Jan 1752 date as it avoids unnecessary confusion. This historical ecclesiastical quirk may explain why a birth may seem to have taken place before a marriage or even a death before an individual was baptised.
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| Additional Notes
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ABBREVIATIONS |
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| Not found them?> |
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There is more information about the other Matlock and Matlock Bath Church Registers. Matlock and
Matlock Bath Churches and ChapelsIt is possible that the baptism or burial took place in a church or chapel in one of the surrounding parishes. Wirksworth and Cromford Chapel baptisms can be found on the Strays pages and is worth checking the lists for your surname. Matlock and
Matlock Bath StraysOtherwise, details of other parishes can be found through the Andrews Pages Useful Genealogy Sources page Useful
Genealogy Sources |
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| Want a copy or want
to check for yourself |
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It is strongly recommended that, having found information on these pages, you should check the original How
to contact Lichfield JRO, who hold the BTsHow
to contact Derbyshire County Record Office in Matlock, where the
Parish Registers are held |
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