Tamworth, Staffordshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
Tamworth is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Staffordshire. Part of the parish is also in Warwickshire. Wilnecote and Castle Liberty, Warwickshire is a chapelry of Tamworth. Other places in the parish include: Syerscote. TAMWORTH (St.Edith), a borough, market town, and parish, and the head of a union, partly in the N., and partly in the S., division of the hundred of Offlow, S. division of the county of Stafford; and partly in the Tamworth division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans; and a Roman Catholic chapel.

The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth: In the Counties of Stafford and Warwick (1845) digitised by Google Books - free.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of Tamworth, in the County of Stafford (1871) digitised by Google Books - free.

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.

Staffordshire BMD have indexes for births marriages and deaths. Due to March 2011 reorganisation of the registration service for South Staffordshire districts the historical registration indexes for this district have been located at the Newcastle under Lyme registration district (formerly held at Lichfield) and applications for certificates need to be directed there. Please refer to the "Updates" page of Staffordshire BMD for further information.

Church Records
Tamworth St Editha parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Tamworth St Editha deposited parish registers held at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1558-1995, Mar 1558-1994, Bur 1558-1919 Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1664-1869, Mar 1664-1844, Bur 1664-1869 note Bap/bur missing for 1865

Tamworth St John the Baptist parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Non-Conformist Churches
Tamworth Cole Hill Presbyterian registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

Tamworth Primitive Methodist Circuit  registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Census Records

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

Poor Law Unions
Tamworth 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/Tamworth/index.html