Anybody visiting Derby RO please? - Page 2 - Genealogists' Forum

chrissiebee · #11 21-01-10, 12:05

Just received a letter from the Duty Archivist at the Derby RO Office, enclosing a register search form and informing me that a basic search fee would be £12-50 per half hour! Much as I would love to confirm Henry Hitchcock's baptism, that fee is a little steep methinks!

She was very informative and said that in addition to the Anglican registers the RO also hold a collection of non-conformist registers, including birth/baptism/death/burial records in Ockbrook. What was also very interesting is that apparently many folk worshipped at the con-conformist establishments (i.e. the Movarian Congregational Church), but still returned to the Anglican Church for family ceremonies. Having been to Ockbrook a few years ago, it is a fascinating village, completely unspoilt and very much the Movarian influence therein.

Anybody got the parish records for Ockbrook, pretty please............?

Chris

Margaret in Burton · #12 21-01-10, 13:58

Chrissie

Did you enquire if they hold the records at the Local Studies Library in Derby as well?

Matlock is too far for me but I could manage Derby.

chrissiebee · #13 21-01-10, 16:16

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Originally Posted by Margaret in Burton

Chrissie

Did you enquire if they hold the records at the Local Studies Library in Derby as well?

Matlock is too far for me but I could manage Derby.

Oops! Sorry about that, Marg. Didn't think about that, to be honest! I shall perhaps give them a bell tomorrow to see what they do hold at Derby Local Studies Library. I would dearly love to have a rootle around myself, but sadly it's a bit more thana tuppenny bus ride from Norfolk!

Many thanks anyway for your interest,

Chris

Margaret in Burton · #14 21-01-10, 17:08

Well if they are in Derby then I am willing to look for you. More than a tuppenny bus ride but not much more and I can combine it with a shopping trip. Derby is only 10 miles from me.