Brierley Hill, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire

Parish History
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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.

Church records
For earlier registers see Kingswinford,_Staffordshire Holy Trinity Ancient Parish

Brierley Hill St Michael

Dudley Archives has deposited Parish registers Bap 1756-1954 Marr 1837-1952 Bur 1766-1963

Bap 1766-1939 Marr 1837-1933 Bur 1766-1935 (microfilm)

Delph Mission church was within this parish

Dudley Archives has deposited parish registers Bap 1886-1939 and these years are also on microfilm.

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Census records
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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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