Staffordshire, England Genealogy

England Staffordshire

Guide to Staffordshire ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Staffordshire, or Stafford, is an inland county located in the mid-western part of 'England'.

County Information
Staffordshire, or Stafford, is an inland county located in the mid-western part of England.

Jurisdictions
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Staffordshire.

Civil Districts
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Staffordshire was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes. The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place. Click here to see a list of the civil districts in Staffordshire and the parishes covered by each. Read more about England Civil Registration.

Probate Jurisdictions
Before 1858, every town and parish in Staffordshire was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. To read more about probate records and see a list of Staffordshire towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to Staffordshire Probate Records.

Church Records
The following three large online sites hold extensive Staffordshire parish register transcriptions and are in-process of increasing transcribed data to be published online at:


 * FindMyPast.co.uk.
 * Familysearch.org
 * FreeReg.org.uk

Already millions of entries are available for searching at these websites, with entries from early to post-1900.

Websites

 * Staffordshire Resources and help pages on RootsChat Staffordshire Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Findmypast has digitised this county's parish record collection
 * To view an excellent list of web sites and/or web pages for Staffordshire and many of its parishes, visit FHLFavorites.info.
 * Staffordshire City Counciloffers various different records. This site provides indexes to their collection and has copying services available.
 * Staffordshire Name Indexes provides access to the following information:


 * This website allows free access to the indexes listed below :
 * Calendars of Prisoners at Staffordshire Quarter Sessions, 1779-1880
 * Staffordshire Police Force Registers Index, 1842-1920
 * Diocese of Lichfield Wills, 1650-1700
 * Staffordshire Apprentices, 1600-1900
 * Workhouse Admissions and Discharges, 1836-1900


 * Staffordshire Past Track: Photos, Audio and Video