Alveston, Warwickshire Genealogy

England Warwickshire Warwickshire Parishes

Parish History
Alveston, is a village and a parish in Stratford on Avon district, Warwickshire. The village is 2¼ miles ENE of Stratford-on-Avon railway station; the post office is under Stratford-on-Avon. The parish contains the village of Tiddington.

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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:


 * 1535 - 1984 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire 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

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

Civil Districts
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire and the parishes covered by each. Read more about England Civil Registration.

Parishes
See a list of the parishes of Warwickshire with links to articles.

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

Websites

 * Warwickshire Resources and help pages on RootsChat Warwickshire Resources and help pages. (Free).

To view a list of web sites and/or web pages for Warwickshire and many of its parishes, visit FHLFavorites.info.

www.warwickshire.gov.uk: Warwickshire County Council. Iincludes: Calendars of Prisoners, 1800-1900, Tithe Apportionments, Victuallers, etc.

archivesunlocked.warwickshire.gov.uk: Warwickshire Record Office Catalogue

Familyseach.org: Online Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1538-1900 A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

England Warwickshire Church of England Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)

thegenealogist.co.uk: Subscription website but free access in LDS Family History Centers: includes a few directories, school registers, and land owners in 1873.