Erdington, Warwickshire Genealogy

Parish History
Erdington, is a chapelry, in the parish and union of Aston, and the hundred of Hemlingford, Warwickshire, it is 4 miles E from Birmingham. Birches Green is in the chapelry, andlies on the road from the village to Curdworth. The Independents and Roman Catholics each have a place of worship.

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.

See West Midlands BMD

Poor Law Unions
Aston Poor Law Union, Warwickshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire 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