Tong, Shropshire Genealogy

Guide to Tong, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
TONG (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union ofShiffnall, Shiffnall division of the hundred of Brimstree, S. division of the county of Shropshire, 3¼ miles (E.by S.) from Shiffnall.

A History of Tong, Shropshire: Its Church, Manor, Parish, College, Early Owners, and Clergy ... (1894) is available online at Internet Archive - free.

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
Tong parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1674-1848 Marr 1674-1835 Bur 1674-1848 Missing Bap/Bur1840-1842,1845-1847

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Shropshire 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/SAL/Tong/index.html