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| − | |On the border with Wales the county of Shropshire is bisected by the river Severn.
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| − | 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.
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| − | Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury and there is a statue of him in the library gardens.
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| − | '''County town:''' Shrewsbury
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| − | '''Other major towns:''' Whitchurch, Telford, Ludlow, Ironbridge
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| − | '''[[Places_of_Worship:Shropshire| Shropshire Places of Worship]]'''
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| − | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| − | | [[Image: EnglandShropshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | '''Primary Reference'''
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| − | *[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf '''County Record Office''']
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| − | *[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society]
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| − | *[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/library.nsf County Library Services]
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| − | *[http://www.faulkes.co.uk/lookup/salop.htm Shropshire Look-up Exchange]
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| − | '''Countywide Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/salopwlls.html Some Shropshire Burials and Wills]
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| − | *[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' digital library]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsal/ Shropshire GenWeb Project]
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| − | *[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk Discovering Shropshire's History]
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| − | *[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/Inns1828.asp Inns of 1828]
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| − | *[http://www.parishmouse.com/ Parishmouse] Covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
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| − | *[http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/index.htm Shropshire Routes to Roots]
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| − | *[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Shrop..htm Shropshire Transcriptions]
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| − | *[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
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| − | '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.sheridansweep.freeserve.co.uk/alveley3.htm Alveley Village]
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| − | *[http://www.broseley.org.uk/ Broseley Local History Society, Incorporating the Wilkinson Society]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dornic/ Old Wills of Cleobury Mortimer]
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| − | *[http://www.worldgenweb.org/archives/england.html 1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow ]
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| − | *[http://www.c-jackson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/1890%20Quilt.htm Horsehay Methodist Chapel Quilt 1890]
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| − | *[http://www.old-lydbury.org.uk/ Lydbury North]
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| − | *[http://maesbury.org/history/index.html Maesbury]
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| − | *[http://www.localhistory.madeley.org.uk Madeley Local Studies Group]
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| − | *[http://www.oswestry-history.co.uk/ Oswestry History]
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| − | *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Shropshire/Smethcote/index.html Smethcote Parish Registers]
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| − | *[http://web.onetel.net.uk/~shifnalcouncil/ Shifnal History]
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| − | *[http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/council/mayor/mayorslist.htm Mayors of Shrewsbury, 1638 - the Present]
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| − | *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Herefordshire/Sarnesfield/Sarnesfield/index.html The Registers of Smethcote 1609-1912]
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| − | *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/st_julian_asylum.html 1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire]
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| − | *[http://whitchurchcemetery.com/Index_a/Index.html Whitchurch Cemetery]
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| − | *[http://www.wrockwardinevillage.com/history/history.htm Wrockwardine Village History]
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| − | *[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/wrockwardine_poor_law_papers.asp Wrockwardine Village History]
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| − | '''Maps and Photographs'''
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| − | *[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=shropshire Gravestone Photograph Project]
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| − | *[http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/000557.html Paintings & Photographs of Shropshire]
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| − | *[http://www.photosofshropshire.co.uk/photoWebPage.aspx?WebPageID=134 Photos of Shropshire]
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| − | *[http://www.users.waitrose.com/~coxfamily/index.html#G Shropshire's Non-Conformist Chapels]
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| − | '''Books of local interest'''
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| − | For people with ancestors who came from Myddle/Middle:
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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]
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| − | ==Register Office==
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| − | Shropshire has a county registration service, all enquiries are dealt with via a central point or online.
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| − | Copy Certificate information: [http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/registrar.nsf/open/39D35A88B90FA2F2802570F100513442 Copy certificates - Shropshire County Council]
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| − | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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| − | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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| − | 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>
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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| − | 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].
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