Thanks to Stephen Kimberley for providing these details.

Burgess Rolls.

Chesterfield Burgess Rolls, 1836-1878 (single microfilm).

These are arranged alphabetically by surname within each year, and. are restricted to owners of property in the town. At this time the, Borough excluded several modern Chesterfield districts e.g, Brampton, Newbold Hasland and Whittington.

Business Records.

Apprentices of Great Britain, Series 2. 1762-1774. Index of Masters (4 microfiche)
Arkwright Wage Books, 1786-1811 (single microfilm).
Wage records of Sir Richard Arkwright's cotton mills at Bakewell, with lists of named employees and their occupations.
 

Derbyshire Trades Directories

1808-1977; 1983-1988 (microfiche).
These are arranged by town and district and contain names and occupations of Derbyshire residents.
The 19th century directories are limited to tradesmen and property owners.

Gas Industry Genealogical lndex.

1800-1949 (14 microfiche).
This contains 190,000 entries of people in or associated with the Gas Industry, mainly during the period above.

Church Records.

Chesterfield Churchwardens'Accounts and Vestry Meeting Minutes (microfilm, 2 reels)
Accounts from 1762-1899, and Meetings 1769-1962, with names of church officers and committee members.

Court Records.

Court Leet and Great Court Baron of the Manor & Borough of Chesterfield, 1763-1841 (single microfilm).
Manorial court records for the Chesterfield area, with names of jurors, officials and offenders.
Entries are included in the Family History Names Index.

Eckington Court Rolls 1694-1804. Vol.5. (4 microfiche)

Tamblin, Stuart. Criminal Register Indexes Vol. 1 3: Derbyshire,

Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire 1805-1816 (5 microfiche)

Genealogical Works

British Isles Genealogical Register (BIG R) 1997 (microfiche)
Lists surnames currently being researched, and provides details of relevant researchers.

British Isles Genealogical Register (BIG R) 1994. Address List (Derbyshire) (3 microfiche)

Chesterfield & District Family History Society. Members' interests Ed.3

Chesterfield Union Workhouse. Selection of Admissions & Deaths 1867-1888 (single microfiche)

Devon Family History Society. Members' interests register 1997

Eckington Manor Court Rolls 1694 -1804

Glossop Index of Probate Documents

Protestation Returns 1641-42 (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire)

Sheffield & District Family History Society. Bradfield Poor Law Documents

Nottingham Union Workhouse 20 Sept 1858 - 19 Feb 1861. 26 Sept 1863 - 24 Dec 1864; 22 Jan 1866 - 1 0 Aug 1867:
Admissions and Discharges register
Tamblin, S. Criminal Register Indexes Vol.13: Derbyshire,
Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire 1805-1816

Tamblin, S. Pronames Pronames 2

Family History Society of Cheshire. Buried in Cheshire? Vol. 1

Index of Chesterfield Residents 1851

Apprentices of Great Britain Series 2: 1762-1774. Index to Masters

Parish Registers.

Boyd's Marriage Index (Derbyshire) Vols. 1 -1 6, 1538-1837 (16 microfiche)

Cheshire Family History Society. Buried in Cheshire? (5 microfiche)

Phillimore Marriage Indexes (Nottinghamshire) Vols.1-20 (24 microfiche)

Nottinghamshire Parish Registers: Marriages (24 microfiche)

Nottingham Parish Registers: Marriages. St.Mary's; St.Nicholas's; St.Peters (7 microfiche).

Nottinghamshire Marriage lndexes Males & Females. (38 microfiche covering 32 separate Nottinghamshire churches).

Nottinghamshire Victorian Marriage Indexes: Males & Females, New Parishes (3 microfiche)

Nottingham Baptisms (21 microfiche covering 12 churches)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham (46 microfiche covering 8 churches: Derby St.Mary; Derby Old Chapel; Christ the King, Alfreton; All Saints, Ashboume; St.Anne, Buxton; All Saints, Hassop; Our Lady, likeston; St.Thomas, likeston.)

South Wingfield Parish Registers and Bishops'Transcripts with Indexes 1585-1901 (5 microfiche)

Wirksworth Parish Registers (Name Index) 1608-1837 (14 microfiche)

St.Thomas, Brampton: Baptisms 1832-1944; Marriages 1832-1972; Burials 1832-1974 (24 microfiche)

Holy Trinity, Chesterfield: Marriages 1854-1920 (4 microfiche)

Christ Church, Stonegravels: Marriages 1914-1953 (3 microfiche)

St.Paul's, Hasland: Marriages 1851-1923 (3 microfiche)

St.John's, Newbold: Marriages 1861-1903 (5 microfiche)

Old Brampton: Marriages (7 microfiche)

St.Mary & All Saints, Chesterfield: Baptisms (8 microfiche)
Burials (4 microfiche)
Marriages 1761-1844 (12 microfiche)
Marriages 8.7.1822-10.6.1844 (7 microfiche)

Sheffield Burial Index: St.Peter & Paul (Sheffield Cathedral), St. James 1 1813-1855 (3 microfiche)

Nonconformist Registers (microfilm, 31 reels).

Covers Nonconformist churches and chapels county-wide, including Elder Yard Unitarian Chapel, Chesterfield c. 1640-1840 (N.B. Most registers end before 1837.)

Friends House Library. Digest Register of Births, Marriages and Burials for England and Wales 1690-1837 (single microfilm)

Probate and Inventories.

Public Record Office. Probate and inventories 1681-1775 (Derbyshire). (single microfilm)

Glossop: Index of Probate Documents. (2 microfiche)

Strays.

Derbyshire Strays Vols.9-12 (4 microfiche)

Federation of Family History Societies. Strays and Out of Area Collections 1-4 (17 microfiche)

Federation of Family History Societies. Strays 1996 (3 microfiche)

International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) (microfiche)
Coverage includes Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands.

Ince, T.N. Pedigrees in and about Wirksworth 1824-1860 (single microfilm)

Kerry, Rev. Charles. The Kerry Manuscripts (microfilm, 12 reels)
Contains a variety of material relating to parishes where Rev.Kerry was incumbent c. 1865-75 (e.g. Puttenham, Surrey and Topcliffe, Yorkshire).Some Derbyshire inforrnation, mainly Morley and Smalley Material includes extracts from parish registers and churchwardens' accounts, and family pedigrees, together with items on archaeology, music, folklore etc. Each volume has an index at the conclusion of the text.

Nottingham Union Workhouse Admissions & Discharges Register 1857 - 1867 (4 microfiche)

Protestation Returns for Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire 1641-1642 (single microfiche)

Marriage Licences.

Litchfield Marriage licences and Bonds 1711-1716 (6 microfiche)

Monumental and Memorial Inscriptions

Monumental Inscriptions (50 microfiche)
These cover 54 churches & other locations in different parts of the county, from Edale and Ault Hucknall to Derby and Ripley. (Full list in card catalogue).

Memorial Inscriptions (38 microfiche)
These cover 41 separate locations across the county, including Chesterfield parish church graves register. (Full list in card catalogue).

Old Brampton Monumental Inscriptions (6 microfiche)

Newspaper Indexes.

'Derbyshire Times': marriages 1880-1894 (3 microfiche)
'Derbyshire Times': deaths 1880-1894 (11 microfiche)
'Derbyshire Times" births, deaths and marriages index Oct. 30th 1981 - 1990 (91 microfiche)

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