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