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

{{Infobox England Jurisdictions
| image = 
| caption = 
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Staffordshire
| Hundred = South Seisdon
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Kidderminster/ Kidderminster]
| Registration District = Kidderminster
| PRbegin = 1564
| BTbegin = 1672
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Lichfield
| Archdeaconry = 
| Archdeaconries = 
| Rural Deanery = Trysull
| Parish = 
| Peculiar = 
| Chapelry = 
| Probate Court = Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
| Archdeaconry Court = 
| Bishops Court = 
| Prerogative Court = 
| Archive = [[Worcestershire Record Office]]
}} 

=== Parish History  ===

ARELEY, UPPER (St. Peter), a '''parish''', in the union of Kidderminster, S. division of the hundred of Seisdon and of the county of Stafford, 4 miles(N. by W.) from Bewdley. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50759#s2 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 22 October 2013.</ref> 

=== Resources  ===

==== 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 [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. 

==== Church records  ====
Arley parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: 

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''IARC''' = [http://archive.org/details/registersofovera00over Internet Archive - free]<ref>''The Registers of Over Areley, Formerly in the County of Stafford, Diocese of Lichfield, and Deanery of Trysul, Now in the County and Diocese of Worcester, and Deanery of Kidderminster, 1564-1812'' (Worcester: Worcestershire Parish Register Society, 1916). Digitised by [http://archive.org/details/registersofovera00over Internet Archive] - free.</ref>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''NBI''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)]<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 8 September 2013.</ref>
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! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''ARLEY PARISH (1563) Online Records'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center> 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center> 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes 
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes 
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''IARC''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://archive.org/details/registersofovera00over '''1564-1812'''] 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://archive.org/details/registersofovera00over '''1564-1812'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | '''<br>''' 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://archive.org/details/registersofovera00over '''1564-1812'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''NBI''' 
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1563-1896'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
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==== Census records  ====

*'''1532/3''' - A List of Families in {{PAGENAME}} 1532/3 {{FHL|244259|item|disp=FHL British Book 942.46 B4sc ser. 4 v. 8}}<ref>Ann J. Kettle, ''A List of Families in the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 1532-3'' (Stafford: Staffordshire Record Society, 1976). {{FHL|244259|item|disp=FHL British Book 942.46 B4sc ser. 4 v. 8}}</ref>

{{British Census|474629}} 

==== Probate records<br>  ====

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Staffordshire Probate Records|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<br>  ==

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> 

*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] 
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]

== Websites  ==

== References  ==

{{Reflist}} 

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[[Category:Staffordshire Parishes]]