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• A forum for discussion

  

  It is my hope that this genealogy sub-page on the Stoney Middleton Heritage Centre Community Group website will fill helpfully an online gap about Stoney Middleton family history that is not covered by websites elsewhere. The DERBYSGEN listserve allows researchers to discuss genealogy information, but does not focus on Stoney Middleton specifically. The websites of Ms. Lockie,… Learn more

• The Families of the 1800s – incomers from across the UK and Ireland

  A Century by Century Summary Guide  The 1800s: Incomers from Across the UK and Ireland Hailing from Ireland, the Baileys, occasionally spelt as the Beeleys, came to Stoney Middleton in the 1800s to work in area factories.  They later married into the Hancock and Lomas families.  George Bailey was among Stoney Middletonite war dead in… Learn more

• The Families of the 1700s – incomers who stayed

  A Century by Century Summary Guide The 1700s: Incomers  from Around Derbyshire Who Stayed The 1700s saw the arrival of a number of families from nearby communities who settled long-term branches in Stoney Middleton. The Baggaleys were a Calver family (originally apparently in service at Edensor to the Dukes of Devonshire before settling in Curbar… Learn more

• The Families of the late 1500s to the 1600s – founding families

  A Century by Century Summary Guide The late 1500s and the 1600s: Founding Families A note of disclosure: I am a direct descendant of the Cocker, Furness, Hallam, Mason, Moseley, Pidcock, Sellers, Siddall, and Swift lines from Stoney Middleton, and a descendant of a number of other local families from the Derwent and Hope Valleys. Not… Learn more

• Tips for doing good Stoney Middleton research

  

  First of all, don’t believe everything you read. A lot of folks publish online family trees fraught with errors.  Always check other researchers’ information yourself before accepting their conclusions.  Even long-published sources like Thomas Cowen’s Edwardian-era History of Stoney Middleton, and even some expert area genealogists,  have made some genealogical errors–all of us can and… Learn more

• The best online resources for Stoney Middleton Genealogy

  

  The best and most professional website to assist with Stoney Middleton genealogy and local history is that of Ms. Rosemary R. Lockie, nee Goddard. Ms. Lockie maintains a genealogy site, and also a local history site, both of which cover extensively material related to the history and families of Stoney Middleton.  Ms.  Lockie’s materials include… Learn more

• Stoney Middleton and the wider world

  Despite the somewhat self-enclosed life of early Stoney Middleton, Stoney denizens have also gone on to have interactions with the much wider world. As early as the 1600s, a number of Stoney families sent sons to apprentice in Sheffield as cutlers (records of which are summarised by Mr. Eric Youle on his website).  Occasionally, some… Learn more

• An introduction to Family History & Genealogy

  

  By Glenn R. Trezza, Ph.D. Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2014 The following essay has been prepared both as a short chapter in the book on which I am working: The Hallams of Stoney Middleton and Related Families, and also to serve on the Stoney Middleton Village Heritage Centre Community Group website as an introduction to family… Learn more

• A Working Village: Family History and the Industries of Stoney Middleton

  

  Stoney Middleton genealogy tells us much about the local history of the village as well, as one traces the professions of the locals over time. In the 1600s, most citizens were either farmers or involved in some way with the lead-mining trade.  In the 1700s, one starts to see more small business owners, such as… Learn more