Gratwich, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire  Staffordshire Parishes



Parish History
GRATWICH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Uttoxeter, S. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford, 4¾ miles(W. S. W.) from Uttoxeter.

Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 325-332. Date accessed: 26 October 2012.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

See also Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1680-1980 Mar 1680-1970 Bur 1680-1991 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1680-1869 Mar 1680-1834 Bur 1680-1839

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Uttoxeter Poor Law Union, Staffordshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Staffordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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