Derbyshire

Contents & Site Map

The Derbyshire Ancestral
Research Group

(DARG)

Check here for a Catalogue of our holdings.

About us How to find us

Our Meetings How to contact us

And here is a larger version of the above Map showing how to find our Library!

About us

• We are an informal group without any official membership, elected officers or affiliations to any other organisation.

• The group comprises enthusiasts mainly in the fields of family history and local history and is involved in recording monumental inscriptions in churches, churchyards and cemeteries throughout Derbyshire, with occasional visits over the county border.

• During the winter months effort is transferred to the transcribing of parish registers and other archival records held at the County Record Office, Matlock. These are checked and indexed during' workshop' meetings held in the group's headquarters in Alfreton.

How to find us

• Our new (June 1999) premises are at:-

  BIRCHWOOD METHODIST CHAPEL,
  BIRCHWOOD LANE,
  SOMERCOTES,
  Near ALFRETON.

  Check here for a MAP. Visitors are very welcome to attend any of our meetings, and may search in our ever-growing library.

Our Meetings

• Workshop meetings are held every Wednesday, from 10:00a.m. to 1:30p.m, at Birchwood Methodist Chapel.

• The only exceptions to our Wednesday meetings are that we take coach trips to London once a year to The National Archives at Kew, and three times a year to the Family Records Centre in Myddleton Place . Those wishing to join us on any of these visits should contact Margaret Brooksbank (Tel. 01773 604916)

• Those people who are able to visit our Library will be made most welcome. The number of people visiting and returning week after week is still growing. It is very pleasing to note that people do return simply to help with the indexing and filing when they have seen what a happy and industrious group we are. Several people have made family contacts through visiting the Library and meeting others researching the same family lines or being put in touch with other researchers through the use of our files.

How to contact us

• DARG's records are not for sale, nor available on computer, but we are very happy to answer enquiries by post - we have a wealth of experience and expertise which we are willing to share. No charges are levied, but donations are always welcome, either from fellow enthusiasts, or from those who benefit from our services.

  Please write to Winifred Waterall, 86 High Street, Loscoe, Heanor, Derbyshire DE75 7LF, UK.

  Enquiries MUST be accompanied by a stamped self addressed envelope, or in the case of overseas enquiries by two International Reply Coupons. We do not make a charge for our services but a donation towards our funds will be very much appreciated. Please make any cheques payable to "Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group" (DARG is not acceptable at our Bank). Thank you.

  Finally please note that our offer of searches is restricted to our own transcripts and other material in our own Library (as listed on these pages). It does NOT extend to collections elsewhere. Added 5 Oct 2006.

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