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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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'''Other major towns:''' Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall
  
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Staffordshire| Staffordshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
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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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*[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]
  
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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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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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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]
  
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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]
  
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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]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html  The Local History Directory — Staffordshire]
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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*[http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/STS/MIs.html Wishful Thinking's GENUKI - Staffordshire Memorial Inscription Collection]
  
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.staffshistory.org.uk/ Staffordshire History]
  
*[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD]
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
  
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/West Midlands BMD]  
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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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*[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]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society]
  
*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
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*[http://www.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village]
  
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*[http://www.betley.net/ Betley]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.blythebridge.org.uk/ Blythe Bridge]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.brownedge.com/index.php Brown Edge Village]
  
*Gayton, St Peter's  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 bren.mac]
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*[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/brownhills_in_history.htm Brownhills History]
*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.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]
  
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*[http://www.caverswall.org.uk/ The Parish of Caverswall]
  
*[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives County Record Office]  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/ Draycott-en-le-Moors]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/staffordshire.html Library Link]  
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*[http://www.fazeley.info/burialsbyyear.html Burials at St. Paul's Church, Fazeley 1855 - 1900]  
  
*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]  
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*[http://www.fazeley.info/marriages.html Marriages at St. Paul's Church, Fazeley 1842 - 1900]  
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]  
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*[http://www.forsbrook.org.uk/ Forsbrook Village]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html Local History Societies]  
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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 Pages]
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*[http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy]
  
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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.pelsall-history.co.uk/ Pelsall History]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis]
  
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*[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley]
  
*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
  
 
*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
 
*[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
  
*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/staffs.htm Genealogy and Staffordshire]
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*[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent History]
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
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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.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]
 
 
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html Local History Societies]
 
 
 
 
 
'''OPC'''
 
 
 
 
 
'''Archives'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Staffordshire Surnames A-M]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Staffordshire surnames 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.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm 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.
  
  
'''Countywide interest'''  
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo]
  
*[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.


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