Darlaston All Saints, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Darlaston All Saints was formed as an Ecclesiastical parish in 1872 from parts of Darlaston, Staffordshire and Wednesbury St Bartholomew, Staffordshire

On the 31st July 1942 it was completely destroyed when a bomb from a German air raid on nearby factories stuck the church building. The parish registers were also destroyed in the raid. A new church was opened on the site in 1952.

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 All Saints suffered 1942 destruction of parish registers when the church was destroyed by bombing.

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1872-1891 Mar none Bur no burial ground Lichfield Record Office has no holdings of Bishop's Transcripts

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

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

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
 * Vision of Britain