Difference between revisions of "Staffordshire"

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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.

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.

Resources

Primary Reference

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service

Staffordshire Libraries

The Midlands' Digital Library

Birmingham and Midlands FHS

Staffordshire Parish Registers Society

Countywide Interest

The Black Country

Black Country History

Staffordshire Online Census Records

Staffs Churches

Diaspora Connections - Irish Families Who Lived in Victorian Stafford

The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia

Genealogy and Staffordshire

Wishful Thinking's GENUKI - Staffordshire Memorial Inscription Collection

Staffordshire History

Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online

Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire Memorial Inscriptions

Staffordshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets

Staffordshire Prisons

Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records

Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders

Specific Town and Village Interest

Aldridge LHS

Amblecote History Society

Bagnall Village

Betley

Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society

The Village of Bilbrook

Blythe Bridge

Brown Edge Village

Websters Genealogy and Brownhills History Pages

Burntwood Family History

The Parish of Caverswall

Draycott-en-le-Moors

Forsbrook Village

Madeley Genealogy

Odd Rode and Surrounding Townships Under the Original Astbury Parish Umbrella

Pelsall History

Rowley Regis

The Ancient Manor of Sedgley

Stapenhill OPC

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent History

Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing of 1701

Stoke-on-Trent Potters

Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society

Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies

Wolverhampton History for parish register indexes click on Resources > Family History

Maps and Photographs

Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments

Old Photographs of Staffordshire

Some Early Photographers and Photographic Studios in Wolverhampton

Books of local interest

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:

Staffordshire BMD

West Midlands BMD

Record Office 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 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

Gayton, St Peter's brenmac
Gomal Pamdidle
Kingswinford Pamdidle
Stoke-on-Trent area Sam from Stoke

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.

Burton on Trent Margaret in Burton
Stone brenmac
Stafford brenmac
Rugley brenmac

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 *[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ Staffordshire Libraries]
+*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
 *[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]
 *[http://www.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society]
-*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
-*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org Birmingham and Midlands FHS]
+*[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country]
-*[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/home.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
-*[http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/churchrecords.htm Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies]
-'''Countywide Interest'''
 *[http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/default.aspx Black Country History]
-*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' digital library]
+*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
-*[http://www.memorial-inscriptions.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire Memorial Inscriptions]
+*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches]
 *[http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/soc/families/ Diaspora Connections - Irish Families Who Lived in Victorian Stafford]
+*[http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia]
 *[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/staffs.htm Genealogy and Staffordshire]
 *[http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/STS/MIs.html Wishful Thinking's GENUKI - Staffordshire Memorial Inscription Collection]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/sts/staffordshire_asylums.htm Staffordshire Asylums]
 *[http://www.staffshistory.org.uk/ Staffordshire History]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/hospitals/england/staffs/staffordshire_hospitals.htm Staffordshire Hospitals]
+*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
-*[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records]
+*[http://www.memorial-inscriptions.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire Memorial Inscriptions]
 *[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/staffordshire/index.html Staffordshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
-*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online]
 *[http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=18&text=0 Staffordshire Prisons]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/staffs/staffordshire_workhouses.htm Staffordshire Workhouses]
-*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches]
-*[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country]
-*[http://www.somersetlarders.com/pages/content.php The Larder Family]
-*[http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia]
 *[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Staffs..htm Transcriptions from Staffordshire Records]
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 *[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/ Warwickshire Census]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS]
 *[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society]
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 *[http://www.betley.net/ Betley]
+*[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society]
 *[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook]
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 *[http://www.bhills-history.fsnet.co.uk/ Websters Genealogy and Brownhills History Pages]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History]
 *[http://www.caverswall.org.uk/ The Parish of Caverswall]
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 *[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC]
 *[http://www.thepotteries.org Stoke-on-Trent]
 *[http://www.thepotteries.org/general/history.htm Stoke-on-Trent History]
+*[http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/parlist.htm Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing of 1701]
 *[http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm Stoke-on-Trent Potters]
+*[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.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/ Wolverhampton History] for parish register indexes click on Resources > Family History
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 '''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/lowerdovevalleytitheviewer.html Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments]
 *[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://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]