People
Families
- Bailey
- Barnes
- Barr
- Bostock
- Brighouse
- Cade
- Carrington
- Clark
- Coxon
- Elson
- Fowler
- Franks
- Glover
- Green
- Hatton
- Holbrook
- Holmes
- Land
- Lather
- Lilly
- Lowe
- Maddocks
- Martin
- Meakin
- Monton
- Osbiston
- Porter
- Ranby
- Seale
- Sims
- Sinfoil/Shaw
- Stevens
- Stone
- Stubbs
- Thompson
- Slater
- Three from Oz
- Walker-Smith
- Ward
- Watts
- Winfield
- Woodhead
- Wright
- Various
Groups
Schools
Sports Teams
- British Celanese Intermediate under 18s Team
- British Celanese Lawn Tennis Club
- British Celanese Weaving Team (Open Age)
- Charity Match
- Fishing
- Soller Cup
- Spondon Athletic Football Club
- Spondon Church Boys Football Club
- Spondon Cricket Club
- Spondon Rovers Football Club
- Spondon Rovers Juniors Football Club
- Spondon St Werburgh's Church Bible Class Football Team
Vicars
Workplaces
Geographical
Streets
- Acorn Way
- Anglers Lane
- Badger Close
- Beeches Avenue
- Borrowash bypass
- Brockley
- Brunswood Close
- Cambridge Street
- Chaffinch Close
- Chapel Lane
- Chapel Street
- Church Street
- Coxon Street
- Croft Close
- Dale Road
- Derby Road
- Drury Avenue
- Gladstone Road
- Gravel Pit Lane
- Hill Close
- Huntley Avenue
- Kirkleys Avenue
- Locko Road
- Lodge Lane
- Lousie Greaves Lane
- Marl Pit Close
- Megaloughton Lane
- Merchant Avenue
- Moor End
- Moor Street
- Moult Avenue
- Nottingham Road
- Oxford Street
- Park Road
- Pheasant Fields Road
- Reader Street
- Sancroft Road
- Sitwell Street
- Station Road
- Stoney Lane
- Sunningdale Avenue
- Vancouver Avenue
- West Road
- Willowcroft Road
- Church Hill
- Potter Street
Locations
Views
Maps
Transport
Buildings
Events
Useful local history web links and resources
Spondon and Derby Local History
www.derby.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/local-studies-collection/ | Derby Local Studies library . You can check out Derby's past, present and future, look at old newspapers or photographs or trace your family's history. |
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/ | Derbyshire Record Office provides the archive service for Derbyshire, Derby City and Diocese of Derby. You can now search online for archive collections held at Derbyshire Record Office using their Record Office Guide. |
www.derby.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/derby-libraries/spondon-library/ | Spondon Library holds books of local interest. |
Spondon Online. Read more about the history of Spondon here | |
Spondon Online's photos of Spondon | |
http://sites.google.com/site/denkporter2/spondon,avillageremembered/ | Ken Porter's Spondon: a Village Remembered |
www.spondonchurchboysclub.com/
| Spondon Church Boys' Club |
Domesday Book Extract for Spondon
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Genuki entry for Spondon
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www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7581952 | National Archives for Spondon |
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7581875 | National Archives for Spondon |
Family History
Subscription sites
All these give all census and GRO access plus various additional databases. They offer free trial periods. | |
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| 1911 census ONLY |
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| Lost Cousins: a different approach to research, but worth signing up for the free monthly newsletter |
Free sites
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| 1881 census plus many parish records and international (but also unchecked user submissions). One of the earliest online sites produced by the Mormons |
GRO records and (limited) indexes to parish registers and censuses | |
National Archives: access to complete catalogue and many documents available online | |
Genuki: a huge collection of various UK genealogical resources | |
For useful paper forms | |
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/spondon.html | Genealogical resources from Rootsweb |
www.forces-war-records.co.uk | Forces War Records: their online digital library of books, newspapers and magazines, some more than a hundred years old. Gives the finer detail of what your military ancestors did during their service. |
Software
All these will import/export using common file format so you can start with one and transfer (most of) your data if you change your mind. All do basic functions but have different additional functions (such as face recognition in group photographs). The majority are of US origin abut have varying degrees of “Anglicisation”. Software
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| Legacy (free (limited version) with good value upgrade |
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| Personal Ancestral File free, linked to familysearch |
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| Family Tree Maker) – one of the oldest, owned by Ancestry so has linked searches; purchase usually includes limited subscription to Ancestry |
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| Master Genealogist– 30 day free trial available |
Gensmarts – reads most (popular) software files and offers research suggestions for missing data |
Family History websites recommended by Derby City Libraries
www.lidnet.org/liblinks/linklist.asp?cat=9
When all else fails…GIYF (Google is your friend)
Books
The Genealogists Internet by Peter Christian, published by the National Archives; ISBN: 190336583X with associated website (www.spub.co.uk/tgi3) to keep links up-to-date
Ancestral Trails by Mark Herber, published by the Society of Genealogists; ISBN: 9780750941983 an excellent and comprehensive single volume
The Family and Local History Handbook, published by Robert Blatchford Publishing Ltd; ISBN: 9780955239946 – updated annually
Other Local History Groups
Aston on Trent Local History Group | |
Chaddesden Historical Group | |
Chellaston History Group | |
Darley Abbey Historical Group | |
Ilkeston and District Local History Society | |
Repton village history group | |
Ticknall Preservation and Historical Society | |
West Hallam History Club |
