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| In the heart of England, Staffordshire is the home of the world-renowned English pottery industry.
  
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The countryside is varied with the windswept Staffordshire moorlands in the north and the beautiful parkland of Cannock Chase in the south.
  
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Tamworth in the south boasts the Snowdome, Europe's first real snow indoor ski-slope, and the internationally famous theme park Alton Towers is hidden in the midst of beautiful peaceful countryside near the quiet market town of Leek in the north.
  
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'''County town:''' Stafford
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[[Image:EnglandStaffordshire.jpg|left|141px|thumb|Staffordshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
 
  
'''Staffordshire'''
 
  
County town: Stafford
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'''Other major towns:''' Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall
  
Other major towns: Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall
 
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Staffordshire| Staffordshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
In the heart of England, Staffordshire is the home of the world-renowned English pottery industry. The countryside is varied with the windswept Staffordshire moorlands in the north and the beautiful parkland of Cannock Chase in the south.
 
  
Tamworth in the south boasts the Snowdome, Europe's first real snow indoor ski-slope, and the internationally famous theme park Alton Towers is hidden in the midst of beautiful peaceful countryside near the quiet market town of Leek in the north.
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandStaffordshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives '''Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service''']
  
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*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Staffordshire Libraries]
  
Staffordshire is part of the UKBMD project. UKBMD sites offer a searchable BMD index. Online certificate ordering service and listings to each local register office:
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]
  
*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
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*[http://www.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
  
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD]
 
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/default.aspx Black Country History]
  
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*[http://dcdudley.tripod.com/ The North and South Staffordshire Ancestors Project]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches]
  
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*[http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/staffs.htm Genealogy and Staffordshire]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html  The Local History Directory — Staffordshire]
  
*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
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*[http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/STS/MIs.html Wishful Thinking's GENUKI - Staffordshire Memorial Inscription Collection]
  
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*[http://www.staffshistory.org.uk/ Staffordshire History]
  
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/SOC/88627.htm Irish families who settled in Victorian Staffordshire]
  
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/staffordshire/index.html Staffordshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=18&text=0 Staffordshire Prisons]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Staffs..htm Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
  
*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
*Gomal [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=634 Pamdidle]
 
*Kingswinford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=634 Pamdidle]
 
*Stoke-on-Trent area  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=585 Sam from Stoke]
 
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society]
  
*Burton on Trent [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=559 Margaret in Burton]
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*[http://www.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village]
*Stone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
 
*Stafford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
 
*Rugley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
 
  
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*[http://www.betley.net/ Betley]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
  
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*[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook]
  
*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives '''County Record Office''']  
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*[http://www.blythebridge.org.uk/ Blythe Bridge]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/staffordshire.html Library Link]  
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*[http://www.brownedge.com/index.php Brown Edge Village]
  
*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]  
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*[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/brownhills_in_history.htm Brownhills History]
  
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]  
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]  
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html Local History Societies]  
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*[http://www.caverswall.org.uk/ The Parish of Caverswall]
  
*[http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/STS/MIs.html Wishful Thinking's GENUKI: Staffordshire Pages]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/ Draycott-en-le-Moors]
  
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*[http://www.fazeley.info/burialsbyyear.html Burials at St. Paul's Church, Fazeley 1855 - 1900]
  
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*[http://www.fazeley.info/marriages.html Marriages at St. Paul's Church, Fazeley 1842 - 1900]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.forsbrook.org.uk/ Forsbrook Village]
  
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*[http://www.rduckett.clara.net/little-aston/index.htm Little Aston]
  
*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
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*[http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
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*[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode and Surrounding Townships Under the Original Astbury Parish Umbrella]
  
*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/staffs.htm Genealogy and Staffordshire]
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*[http://www.pelsall-history.co.uk/ Pelsall History]
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
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*[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis]
  
*[http://www.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
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*[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley]
 
 
*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]
 
 
 
*[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/home.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society]
 
 
 
 
 
'''OPC'''
 
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
  
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
  
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent History]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/parlist.htm Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing of 1701]
  
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm Stoke-on-Trent Potters]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Staffordshire A-M]
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*[http://www.st-marys-swynnerton.org.uk/ St Mary's Church Swynnerton - includes Gravestone Records]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Staffordshire N-Z]
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*[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/localhistorycentre Walsall Family History Centre]  
  
*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Staffs..htm Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records]
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*[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/home.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society]
 
 
*[http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/parlist.htm Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing of 1701]
 
  
 
*[http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/churchrecords.htm Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies]
 
*[http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/churchrecords.htm Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies]
  
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/whittington_1891.html 1891 Census Returns for Whittington near Lichfield, Staffordshire.]
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*[http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/ Wolverhampton History, for parish register indexes click on Resources > Family History]
  
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/whittington_1861.html 1861 Census Returns for Whittington near Lichfield, Staffordshire.]
 
  
*[http://www.memorial-inscriptions.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire memorial inscriptions]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders] -includes some Parish Records
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/lowerdovevalleytitheviewer.html Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments]
  
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*[http://www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/engine/theme/ Old Photographs of Staffordshire]
  
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*[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Exhibition/Shopping/photos.htm Some Early Photographers and Photographic Studios in Wolverhampton]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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==Register Office==
  
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Staffordshire is part of the UKBMD project. UKBMD sites offer a searchable BMD index. Online certificate ordering service and listings to each local register office:
  
*[http://www.somersetlarders.com/pages/content.php The Larder Family]  
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*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
  
*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD]  
  
*[http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=18&text=0 Staffordshire Prisons]
 
  
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/default.aspx Welcome to Black Country History]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/soc/families/ Diaspora- Irish Families Who Lived in Victorian Stafford]
 
  
*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.staffshistory.org.uk/ Staffordshire History]
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*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
  
*[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country]
 
  
*[http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia]
 
  
*[http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm Stoke on Trent Potters]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/staffordshire/index.html Staffordshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets] - under construction
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
  
*[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village]
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
 
 
*[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook]
 
 
 
*[http://www.blythebridge.org.uk/ Blythe Bridge]
 
 
 
*[http://www.brownedge.com/index.php Brown Edge Village]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bhills-history.fsnet.co.uk/ Websters Genealogy and Brownhills History Pages]
 
 
 
*[http://www.caverswall.org.uk/ The Parish of Caverswall]
 
 
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/ Draycott-en-le-Moors]
 
 
 
*[http://www.forsbrook.org.uk/ Forsbrook Village]
 
 
 
*[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode and surrounding townships Under the Original Astbury Parish Umbrella]
 
 
 
*[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley]
 
 
 
*[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent]
 
 
 
*[http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy]
 
 
 
*[http://www.pelsall-history.co.uk/ Pelsall History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis]
 
 
 
*[http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/ Wolverhampton History]
 
  
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*Stone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
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*Stafford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
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*Rugley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
*[http://www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/engine/theme/ Old Photographs of Staffordshire]
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*[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Exhibition/Shopping/photos.htm Some early Photographers and Photographic Studios in Wolverhampton]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/lowerdovevalleytitheviewer.html Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:22, 16 May 2023

In the heart of England, Staffordshire is the home of the world-renowned English pottery industry.

The countryside is varied with the windswept Staffordshire moorlands in the north and the beautiful parkland of Cannock Chase in the south.

Tamworth in the south boasts the Snowdome, Europe's first real snow indoor ski-slope, and the internationally famous theme park Alton Towers is hidden in the midst of beautiful peaceful countryside near the quiet market town of Leek in the north.

County town: Stafford


Other major towns: Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall


Staffordshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

Staffordshire is part of the UKBMD project. UKBMD sites offer a searchable BMD index. Online certificate ordering service and listings to each local register office:


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

  • Stafford R/O. Monthly Margo


Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


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