Brockmoor, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire  Staffordshire Parishes

Guide to Brockmoor, Staffordshire family history and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



Parish History
BROCKMOOR, an ecclesiastical parish, in the parish of King's Swinford, union of Stourbridge, N. division of the hundred of Seisdon, S. division of the county of Stafford, 2½ miles (S. W.) from Dudley. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

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 West Midlands BMD and Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Brookmoor St John was established in 1844/45 and parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Dudley Archives has deposited Parish registers Bap 1845-1967 Marr 1846-1968 Bur 1845-1966 and microfilmed Bap 1845-1938 Marr 1846-1932 Bur 1845-1934 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
Stourbridge Poor Law Union, Worcestershire

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain