Difference between revisions of "Shropshire"

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On the border with Wales the county of Shropshire is bisected by the river Severn.

Home to probably the most famous bridge in the country and Ironbridge the world’s first iron bridge at 196 feet in length, straddling a gorge across the river Severn.

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury and there is a statue of him in the library gardens.

Resources

Primary Reference

County Record Office

Family History Society

County Library Services

Shropshire Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Some Shropshire Burials and Wills

The Midlands' digital library

Shropshire GenWeb Project

Discovering Shropshire's History

Inns of 1828

Parishmouse Covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

Shropshire Routes to Roots

Shropshire Transcriptions

Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders

Specific Town and Village Interest

Alveley Village

Broseley Local History Society, Incorporating the Wilkinson Society

Old Wills of Cleobury Mortimer

1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow

Horsehay Methodist Chapel Quilt 1890

Lydbury North

Maesbury

Madeley Local Studies Group

Oswestry History

Smethcote Parish Registers

Shifnal History

Mayors of Shrewsbury, 1638 - the Present

The Registers of Smethcote 1609-1912

1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire

Whitchurch Cemetery

Wrockwardine Village History

Wrockwardine Village History

Maps and Photographs

Gravestone Photograph Project

Paintings & Photographs of Shropshire

Photos of Shropshire

Shropshire's Non-Conformist Chapels

Books of local interest

For people with ancestors who came from Myddle/Middle:

In 1770 Richard Gough wrote 'The History of Myddle' which relates the daily activities of the ordinary people who lived there. On genuk.org there is a list of the people who appear in the book. I have a copy of book so if you find anyone, send me a pm and I can look them up for you. Jeanie with one n

Register Office

Shropshire has a county registration service, all enquiries are dealt with via a central point or online.

Copy Certificate information: Copy certificates - Shropshire County Council

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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-=====Register Office Contact Details=====
+[[Category:Region 3 ~ West Midlands]]
-Shropshire has a county registration service, all enquiries are dealt with via a central point or online.<br>
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+|On the border with Wales the county of Shropshire is bisected by the river Severn.
-Copy Certificate information: [http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/registrar.nsf/open/39D35A88B90FA2F2802570F100513442 Copy certificates | Shropshire County Council]
+Home to probably the most famous bridge in the country and Ironbridge the world’s first iron bridge at 196 feet in length, straddling a gorge across the river Severn.
-*[https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/public...&auth=525&ut=x Online Applications for copy certificates]
+Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury and there is a statue of him in the library gardens.
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+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
-=====Links=====
+|-valign="top"
-*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf/open/71983720B579FD7280256C77003BF70B County Record Office]<br><br>
+|
-*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society]<br><br>
+'''County town:''' Shrewsbury
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/salop.html Local History Society]<br><br>
-*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10shrop301/10shrop301gazA.htm Town and Country Maps]<br><br>
-*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=shropshire Gravestone Photograph Project]<br><br>
+'''Other major towns:''' Whitchurch, Telford, Ludlow, Ironbridge
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/shrops/shropshire_workhouses.htm  Shropshire Workhouses]<br><br>
-*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on Borders of Shropshire, Staffordshire]<br><br>
-*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Shrop..htm Shropshire Transcriptions]<br><br>
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Shropshire| Shropshire Places of Worship]]'''
-*[http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/ Secret Shropshire <br><br>
-*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk Discovering Shropshire's History]<br><br>
-*[http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/index.htm Shropshire Routes to Roots]<br><br>
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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+| [[Image: EnglandShropshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
-=====Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts=====
+|}
+==Resources==
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf '''County Record Office''']
+*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society]
+*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/library.nsf County Library Services]
+*[http://www.faulkes.co.uk/lookup/salop.htm Shropshire Look-up Exchange]
+'''Countywide Interest'''
+*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/salopwlls.html Some Shropshire Burials and Wills]
+*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' digital library]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsal/ Shropshire GenWeb Project]
+*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk Discovering Shropshire's History]
+*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/Inns1828.asp Inns of 1828]
+*[http://www.parishmouse.com/ Parishmouse] Covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
+*[http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/index.htm Shropshire Routes to Roots]
+*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Shrop..htm Shropshire Transcriptions]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://www.sheridansweep.freeserve.co.uk/alveley3.htm Alveley Village]
+*[http://www.broseley.org.uk/ Broseley Local History Society, Incorporating the Wilkinson Society]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dornic/ Old Wills of Cleobury Mortimer]
+*[http://www.worldgenweb.org/archives/england.html 1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow ]
+*[http://www.c-jackson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/1890%20Quilt.htm Horsehay Methodist Chapel Quilt 1890]
+*[http://www.old-lydbury.org.uk/ Lydbury North]
+*[http://maesbury.org/history/index.html Maesbury]
+*[http://www.localhistory.madeley.org.uk Madeley Local Studies Group]
+*[http://www.oswestry-history.co.uk/ Oswestry History]
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Shropshire/Smethcote/index.html Smethcote Parish Registers]
+*[http://web.onetel.net.uk/~shifnalcouncil/ Shifnal History]
+*[http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/council/mayor/mayorslist.htm Mayors of Shrewsbury, 1638 - the Present]
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Herefordshire/Sarnesfield/Sarnesfield/index.html The Registers of Smethcote 1609-1912]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/st_julian_asylum.html 1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire]
+*[http://whitchurchcemetery.com/Index_a/Index.html Whitchurch Cemetery]
+*[http://www.wrockwardinevillage.com/history/history.htm Wrockwardine Village History]
+*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/wrockwardine_poor_law_papers.asp Wrockwardine Village History]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=shropshire Gravestone Photograph Project]
+*[http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/000557.html Paintings & Photographs of Shropshire]
+*[http://www.photosofshropshire.co.uk/photoWebPage.aspx?WebPageID=134 Photos of Shropshire]
+*[http://www.users.waitrose.com/~coxfamily/index.html#G Shropshire's Non-Conformist Chapels]
+'''Books of local interest'''
+For people with ancestors who came from Myddle/Middle:
+In 1770 Richard Gough wrote 'The History of Myddle' which relates the daily activities of the ordinary people who lived there. On genuk.org there is a list of the people who appear in the book.
+I have a copy of book so if you find anyone, send me a pm and I can look them up for you. [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1064 Jeanie with one n]
+==Register Office==
+Shropshire has a county registration service, all enquiries are dealt with via a central point or online.
+Copy Certificate information: [http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/registrar.nsf/open/39D35A88B90FA2F2802570F100513442 Copy certificates - Shropshire County Council]
+==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
+Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
+A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
+*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
+*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
+*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
+*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
+If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
+<br><br>
+Back to [[England]]

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