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| In the heart of England, Staffordshire is the home of the world-renowned English pottery industry.
  
'''Staffordshire'''
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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.
  
County town: Stafford
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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.
  
Other major towns: Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall
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'''County town:''' Stafford
  
  
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.
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'''Other major towns:''' Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall
  
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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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Staffordshire| Staffordshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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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==
  
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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'''Primary Reference'''
  
*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
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*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives '''Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service''']  
  
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD]
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*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Staffordshire Libraries]  
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
  
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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'''Countywide Interest'''  
  
*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
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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]
  
'''Records Office Address'''
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*[http://dcdudley.tripod.com/ The North and South Staffordshire Ancestors Project]
  
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*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
  
Staffordshire Record Office
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches]
  
Eastgate Street
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*[http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia]
  
Stafford
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*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/staffs.htm Genealogy and Staffordshire]
  
ST16 2LZ
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html  The Local History Directory — Staffordshire]
  
01785-278379 Archive enquiries
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*[http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/STS/MIs.html Wishful Thinking's GENUKI - Staffordshire Memorial Inscription Collection]
  
01785-278373 Appointments
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*[http://www.staffshistory.org.uk/ Staffordshire History]
  
01785-278380 Admin enquiries
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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]
  
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/staffordshire/index.html Staffordshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
  
Stoke on Trent City Archives
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*[http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=18&text=0 Staffordshire Prisons]
  
City Central Library
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Staffs..htm Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records]
  
Bethesda Street
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
  
Hanley
 
  
Stoke on Trent
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
ST1 3RS
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
  
By telephone: 01782-238420
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*[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society]
  
By fax: 01782-238499
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*[http://www.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.betley.net/ Betley]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
 
 
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
 
 
 
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
 
 
*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 bren.mac]
 
*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]
 
 
 
==Links==
 
  
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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]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
  
*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]  
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]  
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent History]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html Local History Societies]
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*[http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/parlist.htm Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing of 1701]
 
 
 
 
'''OPC'''
 
 
 
 
 
'''Archives'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Staffordshire A-M]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Staffordshire N-Z]
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm Stoke-on-Trent Potters]
  
*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Staffs..htm Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records]
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*[http://www.st-marys-swynnerton.org.uk/ St Mary's Church Swynnerton - includes Gravestone Records]
  
*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
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*[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/localhistorycentre Walsall Family History Centre]  
  
*[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.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/home.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society]
  
 
*[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'''
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/lowerdovevalleytitheviewer.html Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments]
  
'''Family and social history'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.somersetlarders.com/pages/content.php The Larder Family] Mostly for Somerset but contains links for Staffordshire and the Black Country.
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches]
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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.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=18&text=0 Staffordshire Prisons]
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*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/hospitals/england/staffs/staffordshire_hospitals.htm Staffordshire Hospitals]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD]  
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/sts/staffordshire_asylums.htm Staffordshire Asylums]
 
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/staffs/staffordshire_workhouses.htm Stafford Workhouses]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Exhibition/Shopping/photos.htm Some early Photographers and Photographic Studios in Wolverhampton] Useful for dating old photos
 
  
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
'''Countywide interest'''  
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*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
*[http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/default.aspx Welcom Black Country History]searchable online catalogue for the Black Country archive services.
 
  
*[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]
 
  
*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past track]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country]
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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.
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode and surrounding townships] Under the original Astbury Parish umbrella, on the Cheshire/Staffordshire border.
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*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
  
*[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley]
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==Photo Offers==
 
 
*[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent]
 
  
*[http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy]
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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.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
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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]
*[http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm Stoke Potters]
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*Rugley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
 
 
*[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis]
 
  
  
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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.


Back to England