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Title: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: Annie65115 on Tuesday 02 July 24 20:09 BST (UK)
My ancestors were from Bilston, Sedgeley, Wolverhampton, Cosely, Tipton.

Are copies (scans rather than transcripts) of PRs available online anywhere?

I've previously saved a link to online transcriptions of the PRs of St Leonards in Bilston, and I've found a few transcriptions on FreeReg but just can't find much else online. And I can't find the St Leonards link now! Am I missing something somewhere? Or will I need to get myself to the relevant archives, wherever they are?

Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: mckha489 on Tuesday 02 July 24 20:31 BST (UK)
FindMyPast

And FamilySearch, but at a centre or affiliate.   https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2364451
Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: Annie65115 on Tuesday 02 July 24 20:59 BST (UK)
Quote from: mckha489 on Tuesday 02 July 24 20:31 BST (UK)
FindMyPast

And FamilySearch, but at a centre or affiliate.   https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2364451

All I can see on FindMyPast is transcriptions. And there's a marriage listed on Freereg that doesn't appear on FindMyPast in any shape or form.
Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: mckha489 on Tuesday 02 July 24 21:18 BST (UK)
From FindMyPast 1701 Bilston St Leonard
Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: Annie65115 on Tuesday 02 July 24 21:42 BST (UK)
Thanks- but that's just Bilston - is there similar online for Cosely/Sedgley?
Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: mckha489 on Tuesday 02 July 24 21:54 BST (UK)
Not obviously. But the list of Staffordshire parishes they have is very long it’s hard to believe they are missing. Perhaps they fall under another parish?
Tipton & Wolverhampton are there.

Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: Ashtone on Tuesday 02 July 24 21:59 BST (UK)
FindMyPast have this list for Staffordshire parish records coverage:

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/staffordshire-parish-records-coverage
Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: Gibel on Sunday 14 July 24 22:53 BST (UK)
Both Coseley and  Sedgeley parish registers etc appear to be  held at Dudley Archives.
Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: goldie61 on Sunday 14 July 24 23:15 BST (UK)
familysearch.org has the films, but as mckha says, only viewable at an LDS library or affiliite library.
I see my local library is now classed as an affiliate library, and you can view these locked films there.
Perhaps you can see if your library does a similar thing, if you are not anywhere near an LDS family history library.
Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: AdamsHodgetts on Sunday 15 September 24 14:08 BST (UK)
Rowley Regis parish Records: -

https://archive.org/details/rowleyregisparis02rowl/page/n5/mode/2up
Title: Re: Where can I see original Staffs records?
Post by: AdamsHodgetts on Sunday 15 September 24 14:10 BST (UK)
Quote from: Annie65115 on Tuesday 02 July 24 20:09 BST (UK)
My ancestors were from Bilston, Sedgeley, Wolverhampton, Cosely, Tipton.

Are copies (scans rather than transcripts) of PRs available online anywhere?

I've previously saved a link to online transcriptions of the PRs of St Leonards in Bilston, and I've found a few transcriptions on FreeReg but just can't find much else online. And I can't find the St Leonards link now! Am I missing something somewhere? Or will I need to get myself to the relevant archives, wherever they are?

I have come across St Leonards, Bilston and Sedgley on FreeReg