Chester St Michael with St Olave, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire Cheshire Parishes  Chester St Michael with St Olave

Parish History
A description in 1870- CHESTER, a city and two sub-districts in Great Boughton district, Cheshire; and a diocese in Cheshire and part of Lancashire. The city stands on the river Dee and on the Via Devana, 5 miles SE of the head of the Dee's estuary, and 16, through Birkenhead, SSE of Liverpool. The places of worship within the city, in 1851, were 15 of the Church of England; St. Olave to St. Michael was among them''. ''

Church records
Chester St Michael parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Here is a list of parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Parish registers for St. Michael's Church, Chester, 1581-1951 Cheshire Record Office call no.: P 65/1/1-2, P 65/2/1-4, P 65/3/1-4, P 65/4/1-2, P 65/5.

Parish registers for St. Olave's Church, Chester, 1611-1861

Bishop's transcripts for St. Michael's Church, Chester and St. Olave's Church, Chester, 1600-1876 Cheshire Record Office: EDB 57.

Bishop's transcripts for St. Olave's Church, Chester, 1599-1846 Cheshire Record Office: EDB 58

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Great Boughton

Poor Law Unions

 * Chester

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cheshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

see also England Cheshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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