Boulton, Derbyshire Genealogy

Guide to Boulton, Derbyshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
BOULTON, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Peter, Derby, union of Shardlow, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 3½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Derby.

Church Records
Boulton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials haveonline indexes by the following groups:

Boulton St Mary registers need to be read in conjunction with neighbouring Alvaston, Derbyshire The sequence of Baptism and burials registers for 1614-1754 will be found in the Alvaston, Derbyshire registers for this parish events. This parish contains baptisms and burials for 1797-1809 which are for Alvaston, Derbyshire events.

Derbyshire Record Office reference D1532 and D878 has deposited registers Bap 1614-1975 Mar 1614-1807, 1813-1833, 1841-1974 Burials 1614-1976 Banns 1756-1802, 1903-1915, 1933-1946, 1948-1956, 1959-1976, 1980-1992

To find the names of neighbouring parishes, use Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Non-Conformist Churches
None
 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Registration District

 * Shardlow

After 1968 registration became part of Derby registration district.

Shardlow registration District GRO volumes : XIX (1837-51); 7b (1852-1946); 3A (1946-74).

Registers are now held at The Register Office, Royal Oak House, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AR. Tel: 01332 256526/35/36. Fax: 01332 256525. E-mail: registeroffice@derby.gov.uk

Poor Law Union
Shardlow Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Derbyshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain