Staffordshire Archives and Libraries

Archives
Staffordshire Record Office County Buildings Eastgate Street Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2LZ UK Telephone: 01785 278380 (Admin enquiries) 01785 278379 (Archive enquiries) Email: [mailto:staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk staffordshire.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk] Website Sources for family historians Gateway to the Past: Catalogue
 * This online catalogue contains descriptions of the holdings of:
 * Staffordshire Record Office
 * Lichfield Record Office
 * The Lichfield Record Office closed to the public in December 2017. Before 1540 the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield included Cheshire, Derbyshire, south Lancashire, north Shropshire, Staffordshire, north Warwickshire, and small parts of Flintshire and Denbighshire. In 1540, Cheshire, south Lancashire and the Welsh parishes were lost and the name of the diocese changed to Lichfield and Coventry. Its records form the largest single part of our holdings.
 * Stoke on Trent City Archives
 * William Salt Library, Stafford
 * Staffordshire County Museum at Shugborough
 * Shire Hall Art Gallery, Stafford

Stoke-on-Trent City Archives City Central Library Bethesda Street Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST1 3RS UK Telephone: 01782 238420 Email: [mailto:stoke.archives@stoke.gov.uk stoke.archives@stoke.gov.uk] Website Gateway to the Past: Catalogue Stoke on Trent City Archives Parish Register Fiche List Apr 2011 - Burton Family and Local History Centre Burton Library Riverside High Street Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 1AH UK Telephone: 01283 239556 Email: [mailto:burton.library@staffordshire.gov.uk burton.library@staffordshire.gov.uk] Website

Boundary Changes Affecting Records
Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich, and Smethwick are within the historic county boundaries of Staffordshire, but since 1974 have been part of the West Midlands county.

Sandwell Community History and Archives Service (includes West Bromwich) Smethwick Library High Street Smethwick, West Midlands B66 1AA UK Telephone: 0121 558 2561 Email: [mailto:archives_service@sandwell.gov.uk archives_service@sandwell.gov.uk] Website Our collections - Walsall Local History Centre Essex St Walsall, Staffordshire WS2 7AS UK Telephone: 1922 652212 Email: [mailto:localhistorycentre@walsall.gov.uk localhistorycentre@walsall.gov.uk] Website

Wolverhampton City Archives Molineux Hotel Building Whitmore Hill Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1SF UK Telephone: 01902 552480 Website Family history research
 * Wolverhampton City Archives houses a wealth of materials relating to the history of all areas now within the city of Wolverhampton including Bilston, Bushbury, Penn, Tettenhall and Wednesfield.

Libraries

 * Staffordshire list of libraries with links
 * Library catalogue

William Salt Library Eastgate Street Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2LZ UK Telephone: 017585-278414 Email: [mailto:william.salt.library@staffordshire.gov.uk william.salt.library@staffordshire.gov.uk] Website Gateway to the Past: Catalogue
 * The William Salt Library collections represent an outstanding resource for the study of local and family history in Staffordshire and are available for consultation by the public in our reading rooms free of charge.

Museums
For a long list of Staffordshire museums, go to List of museums in Staffordshire in Wikipedia.

Newcastle Borough Museum & Art Gallery Brampton Park Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 0QP UK Telephone: 1782 619705 Email: [mailto:bramptonmuseum@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk bramptonmuseum@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk] Website

Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Bethesda St Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 3DW UK Telephone: 1782 232323 Website: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Civil Registration Offices
The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Staffordshire.


 * Copy certificates How do I apply for a copy of a certificate?
 * Registration Offices, locations and contact information