Wem, Shropshire Genealogy

Guide to Wem, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
In 1848 - WEM (St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town andparish, and the head of a union, partly in the hundred of Pimhill, but chiefly in the Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Shropshire. There are places of worship for Baptists and Presbyterians.

Census Records
NOTE: Many census transcribers have confused the town of Wem with "WEM", the Chapman Code for the county of Westmeath in Ireland! Beware of places of birth such as Edstaston, Westmeath, Ireland, as they should read Edstaston, Wem, Shropshire, England. There are many thousands of these errors!!!

Civil Records
The parish of Wem originally formed part of the Wem &amp; Whitchurch Registration District when it was created on 1 Jul 1837. This was later renamed Wem Registration District when a separate registration district was created for Whitchurch. In 1935 the Wem Registration District was incorporated into the Whitchurch Registration District.

Church Records
The following records for Wem are available on the IGI:

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

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1659-1881 Marr 1659-1836 Bur 1659-1881 Missing all events 1871-1873, 1880

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Wem/index.html


 * Wem Town website
 * Shropshire Routes to Roots - Wem
 * Wem Parish Church