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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]
  
*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]  
  
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD]
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*[http://www.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
  
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country]
  
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*[http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/default.aspx Black Country History]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://dcdudley.tripod.com/ The North and South Staffordshire Ancestors Project]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
  
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia]
  
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*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/staffs.htm Genealogy and Staffordshire]
  
*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html  The Local History Directory — Staffordshire]
  
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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]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
  
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*[http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/SOC/88627.htm Irish families who settled in Victorian Staffordshire]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/staffordshire/index.html Staffordshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=18&text=0 Staffordshire Prisons]
  
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Staffs..htm Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
  
*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
 
*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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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
  
*Burton on Trent [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=559 Margaret in Burton]
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*[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society]
*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.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.betley.net/ Betley]
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives '''County Record Office''']
 
 
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/staffordshire.html Library Link]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]
 
 
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Staffordshire A-M inc]
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Staffordshire N-Z inc]
 
 
 
*[http://www.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
 
  
 
*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
 
*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
  
*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]  
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*[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook]
  
*[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/home.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society]
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*[http://www.blythebridge.org.uk/ Blythe Bridge]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
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*[http://www.brownedge.com/index.php Brown Edge Village]
  
*[http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/churchrecords.htm Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies]
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*[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/brownhills_in_history.htm Brownhills History]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]
  
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*[http://www.caverswall.org.uk/ The Parish of Caverswall]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/ Draycott-en-le-Moors]
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.fazeley.info/burialsbyyear.html Burials at St. Paul's Church, Fazeley 1855 - 1900]
  
*[http://www.memorial-inscriptions.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire Memorial Inscriptions]
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*[http://www.fazeley.info/marriages.html Marriages at St. Paul's Church, Fazeley 1842 - 1900]  
  
*[http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/soc/families/ Diaspora Connections - Irish Families Who Lived in Victorian Stafford]
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*[http://www.forsbrook.org.uk/ Forsbrook Village]
  
*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/staffs.htm Genealogy and Staffordshire]
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*[http://www.rduckett.clara.net/little-aston/index.htm Little Aston]  
  
*[http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/STS/MIs.html Wishful Thinking's GENUKI - Staffordshire Memorial Inscription Collection]
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*[http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/sts/staffordshire_asylums.htm Staffordshire Asylums]  
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*[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode and Surrounding Townships Under the Original Astbury Parish Umbrella]
  
*[http://www.staffshistory.org.uk/ Staffordshire History]
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*[http://www.pelsall-history.co.uk/ Pelsall History]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/hospitals/england/staffs/staffordshire_hospitals.htm Staffordshire Hospitals]  
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*[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis]
  
*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
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*[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley]
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/staffordshire/index.html Staffordshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
  
*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
  
*[http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=18&text=0 Staffordshire Prisons]
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent History]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/staffs/staffordshire_workhouses.htm Staffordshire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/parlist.htm Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing of 1701]
  
*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches]
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm Stoke-on-Trent Potters]
  
*[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country]
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*[http://www.st-marys-swynnerton.org.uk/ St Mary's Church Swynnerton - includes Gravestone Records]
  
*[http://www.somersetlarders.com/pages/content.php The Larder Family]  
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*[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/localhistorycentre Walsall Family History Centre]  
  
*[http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia]
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*[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/home.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society]
  
*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Staffs..htm Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records]
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*[http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/churchrecords.htm Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]  
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*[http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/ Wolverhampton History, for parish register indexes click on Resources > Family History]
  
*[http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/default.aspx Welcome to Black Country History]
 
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/lowerdovevalleytitheviewer.html Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments]
  
*[http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm Stoke on Trent Potters]
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*[http://www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/engine/theme/ Old Photographs of Staffordshire]
  
*[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society]
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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://www.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village]
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook]
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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.blythebridge.org.uk/ Blythe Bridge]
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*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
  
*[http://www.brownedge.com/index.php Brown Edge Village]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD]  
  
*[http://www.bhills-history.fsnet.co.uk/ Websters Genealogy and Brownhills History Pages]
 
  
*[http://www.caverswall.org.uk/ The Parish of Caverswall]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/ Draycott-en-le-Moors]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.forsbrook.org.uk/ Forsbrook Village]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy]
 
  
*[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode and surrounding townships Under the Original Astbury Parish Umbrella]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.pelsall-history.co.uk/ Pelsall History]
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*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
  
*[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis]
 
  
*[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley]
 
  
*[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/ Wolverhampton History]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/whittington_1891.html 1891 Census Returns for Whittington near Lichfield, Staffordshire.]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/whittington_1861.html 1861 Census Returns for Whittington near Lichfield, Staffordshire.]
 
  
*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/engine/theme/ Old Photographs of Staffordshire]
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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.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Exhibition/Shopping/photos.htm Some early Photographers and Photographic Studios in Wolverhampton]  
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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]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/lowerdovevalleytitheviewer.html Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments]
 
  
*[http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/parlist.htm Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing of 1701]
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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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