Where Registration Services can help
Registration Services can provide assistance locating specific certificates and performing searches of records in a number of areas. For other information about Staffordshire in particular, Library Services can be an invaluable source since they often have copies of local publications and also hold census records on microfiche or microfilm.
Staffordshire Registration Services has custody of registers which have recorded births, deaths and marriages in Staffordshire since July 1837 when registration was introduced.
There are seven registration districts in Staffordshire. Each district holds its own registers recording events which took place in that district.
Staffordshire Registration Services also holds registers for both civil marriages and non conformist chapels, Church of England meeting houses, Jewish marriages and other religious buildings where marriages have taken place.
The Stoke on Trent district is administered by Stoke on Trent City Council and is therefore not part of the Staffordshire Registration Service. If you require certificates relating to the Stoke on Trent district then you need to make an application to Stoke on Trent City Council. Details of how to do this can be found by visiting their website using the link provided.
Registration Services can assist in the following areas:
Births, Marriages and Deaths
Birth, marriage and death indexes held by Staffordshire Registration Services relate only to events that occurred within the Staffordshire registration district. Searching for a birth that took place since 1837 can be done in any of the following ways:
- Applications can be made in person to undertake a general search of the indexes. There is a fee payable for this service and you must make a booking in advance. The person making a request for a search can look at eh birth indexes but not the registers themselves. A certificate of any entry identified may be obtained upon completion of the application form and payment of the appropriate fee. For details of fees currently payable for this service, please refer to the fees and charges page
- You can obtain a specific certificate. If you are unsure as to the date of the certificate that you require Registration Services can perform a search on your behalf. The search can encompass one year either side of a date provided by you.
Indexes are held at the individual register offices. Please follow the link for details.
Further Information
Staffordshire Archive Services can also be of assistance in relation to family history and genealogical matters. Archive Services hold baptism, marriage and burial records as well as census returns and the International Genealogical Index. For more information about how Archive Services can help, please use the link provided.
There are additionally a number of other websites that provide information about this topic. These include:
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27/06/2007 13:43:27
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