View source for Willenhall St Giles, Staffordshire Genealogy

=== 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]. 

See [[West Midlands BMD]]&nbsp;and [[Staffordshire BMD]] 

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

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BIVRI''' = [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 British Isles Vital Records Index (Ancestry) - (£)]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records Staffordshire Parish Register Collection (findmypast) - (£)]<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/staffordshire-parish-records-coverage?_ga=1.262914124.1703657162.1406144360 'Staffordshire Parish Records Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 20 August 2014.</ref>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG''' = [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ FreeREG - free]<ref>[http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml 'Staffordshire Coverage'], ''FreeREG,'' accessed 28 September 2014.</ref>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS''' = [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch - free]<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(N-Z).htm 'IGI Batch Numbers for Stafford (N-Z), England'], ''IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America,'' accessed 23 September 2013.</ref>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''WOLV''' = [http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/resources/indexes Wolverhampton History - free]<ref>[http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/resources/indexes 'Parish Register Indexes'], ''The History of Wolverhampton: The City and Its People,'' accessed 20 August 2014.</ref>
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! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''WILLENHALL ST GILES PARISH (1642) 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="#ffffcc" | '''BIVRI''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 '''1829-1901'''] 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 '''1841-1900'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1642-1901'''] 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1642-1901'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1753-1761, 1841-1900'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1753-1761, 1841-1900'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1727-1901'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1727-1901''']
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FREG''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1642-1876'''] 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1727-1915'''] 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FS''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://familysearch.org/ '''~1829-1901'''] 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''WOLV''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/resources/indexes '''1642-1837'''] 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br> 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/resources/indexes '''1727-1837'''] 
| 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|474618}} 

==== Poor Law Unions  ====

[[Wolverhampton 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|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.