Headless Cross, Warwickshire Genealogy

England   Warwickshire

Parish History
Headless Cross is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1850 from Ipsley Ancient Parish which is partly in Worcestershire and partly in Warwickshire. It was once a village in its own right. The Vision of Britainhas additional information on this parish.

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.

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist 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 Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
As this parish was part of Ipsley parish in Warwickshire and Feckenham parish in Worcesterhire, the census locations could be either for 1841 and possibly 1851. The census returns for Ipsley begin with film number 464168 and for Feckenham begin with film number 464208. If your ancestors were from this area, it is advisable to use the online indexes below because of being in both of these parishes at one time.

■FamilySearch now has all of the British Censuses available. ■FindMyPast ($) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. ■Ancestry.co.uk($) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. The library versions are known as AncestryInstitution.com. ■The Genealogist.co.uk ($) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. ■FreeCen is a UK census searches. It is not complete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.

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