Tanworth, Warwickshire Genealogy

Guide to Tanworth, Warwickshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Tanworth, is a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Solihull district, Warwickshire. The village stands 4 miles NW of Henley-in-Arden, and 5 miles SW of Knowle railway station; the post-office is under Birmingham. The sub-district contains three parishes and two hamlets.

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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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Warwickshire ($)
 * Genealogist Parish Registers - Warwickshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * Ancestry Collection Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919 ($)

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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

Poor Law Unions
Solihull Poor Law Union, Warwickshire

Warwickshire Record Office reference DRB0019/94 Title Returns of paupers belonging to Tanworth who have been relieved during the past quarter Description Giving name, age, residence, cause of relief and amount of relief out of workhouse. The returns appear to cover non-able bodied poor only. 1837 (4 quarterly returns), 1838 (3), 1839 (3), 1840 (3), 1841 (4), 1842 (4), 1843 (2), 1844 (3), 1846 (1). Date 1837-1846

Parish registers and poor law records for Tanworth, 1559-1951 Church of England. Parish Church of Tanworth (Warwickshire) Microfilm of original records at the Warwickshire County Record Office, Warwick.

Overseers' accounts, 1740-1847. FHL BRITISH Film 229133 Account books, 1782-1831. FHL BRITISH Film 229134 Account books, 1787-1872. FHL BRITISH Film229135 Account books, 1819-1821. FHL BRITISH Film 229136 Account books, 1775-1899. FHL BRITISH Film 229137 Vestry minutes, 1729-1821. FHL BRITISH Film 229138 Vestry minutes, 1832-1855. FHL BRITISH Film 229139 Charity accounts, 1738-1780, 1827-1881. FHL BRITISH Film 229140 Order books, 1821-1829. FHL BRITISH Film 229141 Register of houses, 1826-1888. Population census, 1821. FHL BRITISH Film 229142 Miscellaneous papers. FHL BRITISH Film 229143 Miscellaneous papers. FHL BRITISH Film 229144 Miscellaneous papers. FHL BRITISH Film 229145 Incumbents, baptisms register index; accounts, rate books, overseers, 1767-1876. FHL BRITISH Film 562225 Item 2 Overseers papers, indentures, 1776-1840. FHL BRITISH Film 562226 Overseers, charity accounts and deeds, 1675-1876. FHL BRITISH Film 562227 Association for the prosecution of felons, 1784-1876. FHL BRITISH Film 562228 Baptisms, 1897-1931. Banns and marriages, 1898-1951. FHL BRITISH Film 1067553 Items 1 - 3

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.

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