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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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'''Staffordshire'''
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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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'''County town:''' Stafford
  
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Other major towns: Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall
 
  
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'''Other major towns:''' Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall
  
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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.
 
  
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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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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Staffordshire| Staffordshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
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==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==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
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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:
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*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives '''Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service''']
  
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*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
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*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Staffordshire Libraries]  
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD]
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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]
  
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*[http://www.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
 
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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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]
  
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*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
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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]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html  The Local History Directory — Staffordshire]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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]
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=18&text=0 Staffordshire Prisons]
  
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*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Staffs..htm Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records]
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*Gomal [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=634 Pamdidle]
 
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*Kingswinford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=634 Pamdidle]
 
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*Stoke-on-Trent area  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=585 Sam from Stoke]
 
  
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==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
  
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
 
  
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*Burton on Trent [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=559 Margaret in Burton]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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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]
 
  
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
  
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==Links==
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*[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society]
  
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*[http://www.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village]
  
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'''Primary Reference Links'''
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*[http://www.betley.net/ Betley]
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*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives '''County Record Office''']
 
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/staffordshire.html Library Link]
 
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]
 
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*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]
 
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*[http://www.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
 
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*[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]
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]  
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*[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
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*[http://www.brownedge.com/index.php Brown Edge Village]
  
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*[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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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/ Draycott-en-le-Moors]
  
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' digital library]
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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.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]  
  
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*[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]
  
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*[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]  
  
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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.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[http://www.staffshistory.org.uk/ Staffordshire History]
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*[http://www.pelsall-history.co.uk/ Pelsall History]
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/hospitals/england/staffs/staffordshire_hospitals.htm Staffordshire Hospitals]  
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*[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
  
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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://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent History]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[http://www.somersetlarders.com/pages/content.php The Larder Family]  
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*[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/localhistorycentre Walsall Family History Centre]  
  
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*[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]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/default.aspx Welcome to Black Country History]
 
  
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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]
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/engine/theme/ Old Photographs of Staffordshire]
  
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*[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]
  
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*[http://www.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.betley.net/ Betley]
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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:
  
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*[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook]
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*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
  
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*[http://www.blythebridge.org.uk/ Blythe Bridge]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD]  
  
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*[http://www.brownedge.com/index.php Brown Edge Village]
 
  
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*[http://www.bhills-history.fsnet.co.uk/ Websters Genealogy and Brownhills History Pages]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.caverswall.org.uk/ The Parish of Caverswall]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/ Draycott-en-le-Moors]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://www.forsbrook.org.uk/ Forsbrook Village]
 
  
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*[http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode and Surrounding Townships Under the Original Astbury Parish Umbrella]
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*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
  
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*[http://www.pelsall-history.co.uk/ Pelsall History]
 
  
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*[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis]
 
  
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*[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent History]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm Stoke-on-Trent Potters]
 
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/whittington_1891.html 1891 Census Returns for Whittington near Lichfield, Staffordshire]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/whittington_1861.html 1861 Census Returns for Whittington near Lichfield, Staffordshire]
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*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac]
  
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*[http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/ Wolverhampton History] for parish register indexes click on Resources > Family History
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==Photo Offers==
  
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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.
  
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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]
  
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
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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]
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/lowerdovevalleytitheviewer.html Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments]
 
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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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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

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