Wednesbury St James, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire  Staffordshire Parishes

Parish History
Wednesbury St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1843 from Wednesbury [St Bartholomew] Ancient Parish. The following non-Church of England denominations were located somewhere in Wednesbury, but the exact parish has not been identified: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Roman Catholic, and Society of Friends/Quaker.

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
Wednesbury St James was formed in 1843 from part of Wednesbury St Bartholomew, Staffordshire

In 1980 it united with Wednesbury St John, Staffordshire when that church closed.

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1845-1955 Mar 1848-1961 Bur 1849-1936 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1848-1850 Mar none Bur none

Burials for St James 1849-1936 have been transcribed by Staffordshire FreeREG and can be searched for free.

Contributor: 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

Poor Law Unions
West Bromwich Poor Law Union,Staffordshire

Probate records
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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Reference
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.