Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire Genealogy

Guide to Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
LICHFIELD, a city and county of itself, and the head of a union, in the S. division of the county of Stafford, 16½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Stafford,

The city comprises the parish of St. Mary, of St. Chad, and part of St. Michael; also the liberty of the Cathedral Close, which is extra-parochial. The whole parish of St. Chad, including the villages of Elmhurst and Curborough. The church, by far the oldest in Lichfield, was rebuilt on the site of an ancient one. At Burntwood and Wall, in this parish, are chapels, both erected by subscription; and a district chapel has just been built at Leamonsley, also in St. Michael's parish.

There are places of worship in Lichfield for Independents, Wesleyans, and Kilhamites, and Roman Catholics. Lichfield Cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Lichfield. It is located in the county of Staffordshire.

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. Staffordshire BMD have indexes for births. Due to March 2011 reorganisation of the registration service for South Staffordshire districts the historical registration indexes for this district have been located at the Newcastle under Lyme registration district (formerly held at Lichfield) and applications for certificates need to be directed there. Please refer to the "Updates" page of Staffordshire BMD for further information.

Church records
Lichfield Cathedral parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Many of Staffordshire's Parish Register entries have been transcribed in full by Staffordshire Freereg and can be searched for free.

Census Records

 * 1532/3 - A List of Families in 1532/3

Poor Law Unions
Lichfield 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

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Lichfield/Cathedral/index.html