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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. | |
| − | + | 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 | ||
| − | + | '''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]''' | ||
| + | | [[Image: EnglandStaffordshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]] | ||
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| + | ==Resources== | ||
| − | + | '''Primary Reference''' | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives '''Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service'''] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[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.sprs.org.uk/ Staffordshire Parish Registers Society] | |
| − | + | '''Countywide Interest''' | |
| − | + | *[http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blackcountry/ The Black Country] | |
| + | *[http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/default.aspx Black Country History] | ||
| − | + | *[http://dcdudley.tripod.com/ The North and South Staffordshire Ancestors Project] | |
| + | *[http://www.census-online.com/links/England/Staffordshire/ Staffordshire Online Census Records] | ||
| − | * | + | *[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/churches/default.htm Staffs Churches] |
| + | *[http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia] | ||
| + | *[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/staffs.htm Genealogy and Staffordshire] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/staffs.html The Local History Directory — Staffordshire] | |
| + | *[http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/STS/MIs.html Wishful Thinking's GENUKI - Staffordshire Memorial Inscription Collection] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.staffshistory.org.uk/ Staffordshire History] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track - Local History Online] | |
| + | *[http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/SOC/88627.htm Irish families who settled in Victorian Staffordshire] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/staffordshire/index.html Staffordshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets] | |
| − | * | + | *[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] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders] | |
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| − | + | '''Specific Town and Village Interest''' | |
| + | *[http://www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/ Aldridge LHS] | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.amblecote.org/ Amblecote History Society] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.bagnallvillage.com/ Bagnall Village] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.betley.net/ Betley] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.lnw1.demon.co.uk/bdghs/bdghs.htm Biddulph & District Genealogy & Historical Society] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.bilbrook.50megs.com/ The Village of Bilbrook] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.blythebridge.org.uk/ Blythe Bridge] |
| + | *[http://www.brownedge.com/index.php Brown Edge Village] | ||
| + | *[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/brownhills_in_history.htm Brownhills History] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.geocities.com/bfhg1986 Burntwood Family History] | |
| + | *[http://www.caverswall.org.uk/ The Parish of Caverswall] | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/ Draycott-en-le-Moors] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.fazeley.info/burialsbyyear.html Burials at St. Paul's Church, Fazeley 1855 - 1900] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.fazeley.info/marriages.html Marriages at St. Paul's Church, Fazeley 1842 - 1900] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.forsbrook.org.uk/ Forsbrook Village] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.rduckett.clara.net/little-aston/index.htm Little Aston] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/genealogyp1.htm Madeley Genealogy] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.odd-rode.org.uk/ Odd Rode and Surrounding Townships Under the Original Astbury Parish Umbrella] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.pelsall-history.co.uk/ Pelsall History] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.rowleyregis.com Rowley Regis] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.sedgleymanor.com/ The Ancient Manor of Sedgley] |
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/StapOPC.htm Stapenhill OPC] | *[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:// | + | *[http://www.st-marys-swynnerton.org.uk/ St Mary's Church Swynnerton - includes Gravestone Records] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.walsall.gov.uk/localhistorycentre Walsall Family History Centre] |
| − | + | *[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/home.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society] | |
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*[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. | + | *[http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/ Wolverhampton History, for parish register indexes click on Resources > Family History] |
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| − | + | '''Maps and Photographs''' | |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/lowerdovevalleytitheviewer.html Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments] |
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*[http://www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/engine/theme/ Old Photographs of Staffordshire] | *[http://www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/engine/theme/ Old Photographs of Staffordshire] | ||
| − | *[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Exhibition/Shopping/photos.htm Some | + | *[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Exhibition/Shopping/photos.htm Some Early Photographers and Photographic Studios in Wolverhampton] |
| − | + | ==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: | ||
| + | *[http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk Staffordshire BMD] | ||
| + | *[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/ West Midlands BMD] | ||
| − | + | ==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests== | |
| + | 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 above. | |
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| − | + | '''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts''' | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *Stafford R/O. ''Monthly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=637 Margo] |
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| − | + | ==Cemetery Lookup Requests== | |
| − | + | Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|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 [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac] |
| − | + | ==Photo Offers== | |
| − | + | Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries. | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *Stone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac] |
| − | + | *Stafford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac] | |
| − | + | *Rugley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=868 brenmac] | |
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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. |
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County town: Stafford
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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
- Gayton, St Peter's brenmac
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
