[Last updated 12 Oct 2003]

          

          
Memories of Middleton
 a booklet by Edith Taylor. 2 pounds sterling + postage.
          
Edith was born in the same cottage she has lived in for over 80 years,
          on the main street of Middleton-by-Wirksworth. She tells wonderful memories
          about her Chapel, Schooldays, Starting Work, Water, Village Life and courting.
          She is a Lady, with whom I spent 3 happy hours chatting last year. If your
          folk come from Middleton or nearby, you will love this booklet.
          

          
WIRKSWORTH Parish Registers Derbyshire 1608-1837 An Index
             Published as a set of 14 microfiches, ISBN 0-9532844-0-9
             Price GBP 6.00. Postage: GBP 0.50 (UK), airmail GBP 1.50 (USA)
             or GBP 1.75 (Aust). Payment: Sterling cheque or cash.
          This work consists of a set of 14 microfiches, covering the large
          and ancient town of Wirksworth, in central Derbyshire, England,
          as well as Middleton, Cromford, Alderwasley, Hopton, Ashlehay,
          Ideridghay, Ible, Gorseybanks, Bolehill and 340 other places in
          and beyond the Parish. It has 840 "pages" containing all baptisms,
          marriages and burials to be found in the parish registers between
          1608 and 1837, over 70,000 entries set out in name order. Also
          included are a list of all 5,600 surnames, all forenames, placenames
          with OS references, occupations and surname variant lists, 750 links
          between Parish Registers and MIs in Wirksworth Church, Churchyard
          and Cemetery, modern and 1610 maps of the area, all important gaps
          in the records, vital event counts for each year and a "curious comments"
          list. Many of these entries cannot now be read visually in the Registers,
          and UltraViolet light has been used on the original Registers held at
          the Derbyshire Record Office to decipher the faded writing. Computer
          cross-matching against other (readable) entries has deciphered over 200
          previously unreadable names. Professional opinion has been sought on
          inscrutable writing in the old Secretary Hand used before 1700. The Work
          is especially designed to aid the construction of Family Trees. Forenames
          and dates have been modernised and expanded, Latin translated to English
          and a special indexing system has been used, which draws together all
          different spellings of a basic surname. The Author believes this work
          is unique and will become the standard reference for the Wirksworth
          Parish Registers.
          

          
8,000 Derbyshire Names from Wirksworth Parish 1608-1837
             Published as a 44 page booklet, 6" x 8", ISBN 0-9532844-1-7
             Price GBP 2.00, Postage: GBP 0.50 (UK), airmail GBP 1.00
             Payment: Sterling cheque or cash
          This work is intended to be a "companion" to the microfiche work above,
          and is in the convenient form of a booklet with 44 pages, 6" x 8" (A5).
          It contains the surname, forename, placename, occupation, sources, gaps
          and variant lists that appear in the microfiche work, and is an ideal
          size to use on a crowded desk in front of a microfiche reader.






          

          
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