England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944
This set of records are from the Staffordshire collection held by the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service. Staffordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Shropshire. These records contain banns, baptisms, burials, and marriages, from 1538-1944.They were captured as part of a joint effort with FindMyPast.com, Family Search captured the images and the index was provided by Find My Past. In some of the earlier parish registers, baptisms, marriages, and burials may be written in Latin. Occasionally, ages of the couple may be listed as "full" or “of age”. This was a customary way of noting that they were over the required age of 21. If the bride or groom was under the age of 21, “with consent of parents” is noted in the record. Also note that some of the images may show a black mark followed by the words ‘his mark’ or ‘her mark’ in the records of those who were unable to write.
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England, Staffordshire, Church Records
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains an index to and images of baptismal, marriage, and burial records from the county of Staffordshire for the years 1538-1944. This set of records are from the Staffordshire collection held by the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service.
The church records in this collection are primarily parish registers. These records have been kept at the local level across England since the mid-1500s, and due to this long and relatively stable tradition, they are central to English genealogical research. Often, they are one of the only sources for finding families and individuals in England before the start of civil registration in 1837.
To learn more about the content and significance of parish registers, please see the England Parish Registers page.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Collection Content
Digital Folder Number List
This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. A table listing each DGS number and its contents can be found at England, Staffordshire, Church Records Digital Folder Number List.What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
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Baptism
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Marriage
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Burial
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Collection Details
Location of Original Records
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire
"England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 7 January 2026. Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford.
