West Bromwich Christ Church, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire  Staffordshire Parishes



Parish History
West Bromwich Christ Church is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1837 from West Bromwich [All Saints] Ancient Parish. Countess of Huntingdon Methodist is a non-Church of England denomination located somewhere in West Bromwich, but the exact parish has not been identified.

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
West Bromwich Christ Church was formed in 1837 from part of West Bromwich All Saints, Staffordshire EP

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1829-1986 Mar 1837-1980 Bur 1830-1970 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1829-1834 Marr. None Bur 1830-1834

Burials 1830-1851 &amp; 1864-1970 have been transcribed by Staffordshire FreeREG and can be searched for free. Burials 1852-1863 are currently being transcribed. http://www.freereg.org.uk/index.shtml

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
West Bromwich 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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