Sheen, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire  Staffordshire Parishes



Parish History
Sheen is an Ancient Parish.

SHEEN, a parish, in the union of Leek, S. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford, 10 miles (E. by N.) from Winster.

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 Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Sheen St Luke Ancient Parish

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1595-1991 Mar 1595-1996 Bur 1595-1939 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1660-1851 Mar 1660-1852 Bur 1660-1852

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
Leek 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
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