Whitchurch, Shropshire Genealogy

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

'''Part of this parish is in Cheshire. See also Whitchurch, Cheshire.'''

Parish History
In 1848 - ''WHITCHURCH (St. Alkmund), a market-town andparish, chiefly in the Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Shropshire, but partly in the hundred of Nantwich, S. division of Cheshire. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Unitarians.''

Civil Records
The parish of Whitchurch originally formed part of the Wem &amp; Whitchurch Registration District when it was created on 1 Jul 1837. A separate registration district was created for Whitchurch in 1853.

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

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

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1674-1858 Marr 1674-1851 Bur 1674-1858

Nonconformist Church Records
The following records for Whitchurch are available on the IGI:
 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1819-1906 Shropshire, Non-Conformist Membership Lists 1819-1906 at FindMyPast ($); index and images (dates may vary by parish)

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


 * Ordnance Survey map of Whitchurch
 * BBC Shropshire panoramic view of Whitchurch
 * Shropshire Routes to Roots - Whitchurch