Gornal, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire Staffordshire Parishes

Parish History
GORNALL, LOWER, an ecclesiastical district, inthe parish of Sedgley, union of Dudley, N. divisionof the hundred of Seisdon, S. division of the county of Stafford, 2 miles (W.) from Dudley There are places of worship for Baptists, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans; and attached to thechurch is a national school.

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
Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1637-1927 Mar 1637-1946 Bur 1637-1947 (early records are BT's&lt;br&gt;Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1660-1856 Mar 1660-1837 Bur 1660-1856 missing 1673/1675, 1708-1710, 1717-1720&lt;br&gt;

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Probate records&lt;br&gt;
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Staffordshire 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&lt;br&gt;
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.&lt;br&gt;


 * England Jurisdictions 1851 *Vision of Britain