Greenheys St Clement, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Greenheys St Clement ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

History
Greenheys St Clement Greenheys Lane was founded in 1881 created from Chorlton upon Medlock All Saints, Lancashire Ecclesiastical Parish. It closed in 1971.

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 Free BMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

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

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 FamilySearch Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Parish registers for Greenheys, 1881-1950 Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. The parish church is known as St. Clements. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: M 550/1/1/1-4; M 550/1/2/1-6.

Greenheys- St Clement Baptisms-1881-1970- MFPR 1391 Marriages-1882-1895- MFPR 1391 Marriages-1895-1928- MFPR 1392 Marriages-1929-1968- MFPR 1393

The Manchester Room and Greater Manchester County Record Office Email: archiveslocalstudies@manchester.gov.uk

The Manchester Room@City Library (Local Studies)

Census Records
Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the FamilySearch Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Poor Law Unions
Chorlton Poor Law Union,Lancashire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire 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

Websites
British History Online Chorlton on Medlock