Staffordshire

Research your Staffordshire genealogy and family history with these resources and online records, including births, marriages and deaths, burials, convicts, wills, military records and more.

Archives

• Staffordshire Archives
• Walsall Archives
• Wolverhampton Archives

Births, Marriages & Deaths

• England BMDs

  Search the entire collection of birth, marriage and death records for Staffordshire.

• Staffordshire BMD

  Free access to over 4 million births, marriages and deaths from 1837 onwards. Continually updated.

• Staffordshire Parish Records
• West Midlands BMD
• Wolverhampton Parish Records

Burials & Cemeteries

• Leek Burials

  An Excel file with thousands of burial records listed by surname.

• Staffordshire Memorial Inscription Collection
• Memorial Inscriptions

  A collection of transcriptions and images, primarily from the North Staffordshire region.

Census Records

• Staffordshire Census 1841–1921

  Search 11 million records from 1841–1921, plus 1,222,000 records from the 1939 Register for Staffordshire, all at once.

• FreeCen

  Some free census records from the county, but not complete coverage.

Criminals & Convicts

• Convicts Transported From Staffordshire Archived

  Hundreds of names of convicts who were transported, including the offence and sentence.

• Criminal Ancestor Records
• Calendars of Prisoners at Staffordshire Quarter Sessions 1779–1880

  Many records including quarter sessions, gaol photos and workhouse admissions.

• Staffordshire Law Officers 1086–1912

  A list of sheriffs, escheators and justices of the peace.

Heraldry

• Staffordshire Visitation 1583
• Staffordshire Visitations 1614, 1663–4

  Includes pedigrees of prominent families, with a name index at the front.

• Staffordshire Coats of Arms 1272–1327

  Images and information about the arms.

Historical Directories

• Staffordshire Historical Directories

  Various directories from different years.

• Directory of Staffordshire 1834

  Includes a business directory, gazetteer and history of the county.

• Walsall Directory 1813
• West Bromwich Directory 1861

Local History

• Black Country History

  A searchable resource for documents, maps, photographs and objects held by archives and museums across the Black Country, including Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

• Domesday Book Staffordshire
• GENUKI Staffordshire

  A free genealogy resource listing links and records for Staffordshire.

• Lichfield Lore
• Staffordshire History Archived

  A large site devoted to Staffordshire's history within its pre-1888 boundaries, aimed at both professional and amateur researchers.

• Staffordshire Past Track

  Thousands of digitised old photographs, documents and local history material, including the Staffordshire Working Lives and Crime & Punishment collections.

• The Story of Walsall

  The origins and history of the town, plus old pub and WWII images.

• Willenhall Online Indexes Archived

  Indexes for Willenhall family historians, including historical directories (1770, 1818, 1835, 1864–5), war memorials, Hearth Tax 1666, St Giles parish registers and Willenhall lockmakers.

Maps

• Tithe Map of Sedgley 1844
• Staffordshire Map Explorer

Military Records

• British Military Records
• Staffordshire Home Guard
• Staffordshire Muster Roll 1539

  Lists the members of military units in Staffordshire.

• Staffordshire Roll of Honour
• War Graves
• Willenhall War Memorial Archived
• Wolverhampton Roll of Honour

  Names from war memorials in and around Wolverhampton, including church memorials A–Z, rolls of honour and cemetery memorials.

Occupations

• Black Country Pubs

  Over 5,500 pub histories detailing the people, life and times of the establishments.

• Lost Pubs of Staffordshire
• Staffordshire Apprentice Records
• Staffordshire Photographers Index
• Staffordshire Police Force Registers 1842–1920

Societies & Forums

• Audley Family History Society
• Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
• Burntwood Family History Group
• RootsChat Staffordshire

  A forum where you can get help or help others with their Staffordshire research.

Wills & Probate

• Lichfield Wills Database
• Staffordshire Wills and Probate 1521–1860

Additional Records

• Admission to and Discharges from Poor Law Union Workhouses 1836–1900

  An index to admissions and discharges from all surviving Union Workhouse registers held by the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service.

• British Newspaper Collection 1710–1953

  Search millions of articles from the Staffordshire Advertiser, Wolverhampton Chronicle, County Advertiser and many more.

• School Admission Registers 1870–1914

  Over 250,000 records in this collection.

• Sedgley Surname Researchers