Halesowen, Worcestershire, England Genealogy
Guide to Halesowen, Worcestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Worcestershire |
| Hundred | Brimstree; Halfshire |
| Poor Law Union | Stourbridge |
| Registration District | Bromsgrove; Stourbridge; West Bromwich |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1559; Separate registers exist for Romsley beginning 1736 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1613 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Kidderminster |
| Diocese | Worcester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Worcestershire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
HALES-OWEN (St. Mary and St. John the Evangelist), a market-town and parish, in the unions of Bromsgrove, Stourbridge, and West Bromwich, partly in the Upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, Hales-Owen and E. divisions of Worcestershire, and partly in the Lower division of the same hundred, Stourbridge and Dudley, and E. divisions of the county, 7 miles (W. by S.) from Birmingham, 20 (N. by E.) from Worcester, 42 (S. E.) from Shrewsbury, and 120 (N. W.) from London. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and others.[1]
Additional information:
Halesowen St John is an Ancient Parish in the county of Worcestershire. [Frankley, Worcestershire]] is a chapelry of Halesowen.
Other places in the parish include: Cakemore, Warley Wigorn, Hawn, Hawne, Hill, Hunnington, Illey, Lapal, Lappall, Lutley, North Hill, Ridgacre, Romsley, The Hill, Warley Salop, Warley Wighorn, and Hasbury.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- 1800-2020 Dudley, England, Burials and Cremation Index, 1800-2020 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- 1859-1910 Public Burial Registers for Halesowen, Worcestershire, 1859-1910(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Halesowen Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Worcestershire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers – Worcestershire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Worcestershire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Worcestershire ($) | 1600s-1812 1800s-1900s |
1600s-1812 1700s-1900s |
1600s-1812 1800s-1900s |
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| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Worcestershire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Worcestershire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Stourbridge Poor Law Union, Worcestershire
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Worcestershire 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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 08 October 2013.
Worcester Branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
http://www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/Halesowen.html