Burton upon Trent Christ Church, Staffordshire Genealogy

Guide to Burton upon Trent Christ Church, Staffordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Burton upon Trent Christ Church is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1825 from Burton upon Trent St Modwen, Staffordshire Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Branston.

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 Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Burton upon Trent Christ Church was formed 1845 from part of Burton upon Trent St Modwen, Staffordshire and included Branston township

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1844-1951 Mar 1860-1946 Bur No burial Ground Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1824-1899 Mar none Bur 1826-1871

Many of Staffordshire's Parish Register entries have been transcribed in full by Staffordshire Freeregand can be searched for free.

Poor Law Unions
Burton upon Trent 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/BurtonuponTrent/index.html