Handsworth St Mary, Staffordshire Genealogy

Guide to Handsworth St Mary, Staffordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Handsworth St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire. Other places in the parish include: Handsworth with Soho, Perry Barr, and Oscott.

(St. Mary the Virgin), a parish, in the union of West Bromwich, S. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 2½ miles (N. W.) from Birmingham. There is a place of worship for Independents in the Village.

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 West Midlands BMD and Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Handsworth St Mary is an Ancient parish

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

Birmingham City Archives hold Bishop's transcripts Bap 1805-1865 Mar 1813-1837 Bur 1805-1889

The following parishes were formed from this parish

Handsworth St James formed in 1854 from part of Handsworth St Mary

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

Birmingham City Archives hold BT's Bap and Bur 1849-1856 no Mar records

Handsworth St Michael formed 1861 from part of Handsworth St Mary

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

Birmingham City Archives hold Bt's Bap 1861-1864 only

Handsworth St Andrew formed 1914 from parts of Handsworth St Mary &amp; Handsworth St James EP Birmingham City Archives hold no records for this parish

Census Records

 * 1532/3 - A List of Families in 1532/3

Poor Law Unions
West Bromwich 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
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/STS/Handsworth/index.html