Darlaston St George, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire Staffordshire Parishes

Parish History
The ecclesiastical district of St. George,which comprises more than one-third of the whole parish of Darlaston (St. Lawrence), was constituted in October, 1844. There are four places of worship for Wesleyans, and the Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Ranters, also have places of worship.

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
Darlaston St George was formed in 1844 from Darlaston, Staffordshire (St Lawrence). The parish was abolished in 1973 and returned to St Lawrence. The church was subsequently demolished.

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1845-1973 Mar 1853-1973 Bur 1852-1908 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts No holdings

Burials for the period 1852-1908 have been transcribed by Staffordshire FreeREG and can be searched for free. http://www.freereg.org.uk/index.shtml

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts 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

Poor Law Unions
Walsall 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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