Bewdley, Shropshire Genealogy

Guide to Bewdley, Shropshire, England ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish records, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

'''Bewdley is an extra-parochial place. Search surrounding parishes for records and information. '''

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
 * See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Worcestershire 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
Worcester Branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.