Chester St Martin, Cheshire Genealogy

Parish History
St Martin is a parish in the city of Chester. It was annexed to St Bridget. For more information on the city, see Chester.

Church Records
Chester St Martin parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes. Here is a list of parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Parish registers for St. Martin's Church, Chester, 1671-1963 Cheshire Record Office call no.: P16/1/1-2, 2/1-3, 3/1-5, 4/1-2.

Bishop's transcripts, Bishop's transcripts for St. Martin's Church, Chester, 1600-1842 Cheshire Record Office: EDB 55

Non Conformist Churches
Not Known
 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Civil Registration Districts

 * Great Boughton

Poor Law Unions

 * Chester

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cheshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

see also England Cheshire Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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
Chester St Martin on GENUKI