Worcester St Michael, Worcestershire Genealogy

England Worcestershire  Worcestershire Parishes

Parish History
Worcester Dines Green: An ecclesiastical parish, created in 1967 from Worcester St Clement Ancient Parish and Cotheridge with Crown East Ecclesiastical Parish. It now appears to be called Worcester St Michael.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
The original records are held at the Worcestershire Record Office, City Centre Branch (otherwise known as the "Worcestershire Library and History Centre) Trinity Street Worcester WR1 2PW England Tel: 01905 765922 Fax: 01905 765925 Email: [mailto:WLHC@worcestershire.gov.uk WLHC@worcestershire.gov.uk ] Website: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/records/" For complete information, including map and hours of operation, see www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=781

The Family History Library has microfilmed the parish registers and the bishop's transcripts. To find the microfilm numbers for the parish registers, look in the FHL catalog under England, Worcester, Worcester and find St. Michael's mixed in with other parishes for the city of Worcester. The Bishop's Transcripts for Worcester are not filed by parish, but by year for the whole county. Thus, each year's transcripts are on a different microfilm. An FHL finding aid giving FHL film numbers by parish is available as FHL book 942.4 K29bt, also available on microfiche at Family History Centers, fiche 6035756 (2 fiches).

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

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