On the front page of http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/ there is a note that says "26 November 2011 All Stafford Register Office registers have been moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme. Please ensure that all application forms are sent to the correct register office. " Does this mean that a visit to the Staffs Record Office in Stafford is no longer going to enable the searching of the various parish records? It seems odd that they would have moved the records from Stafford to Newcastle and there not be anything on the Record Office website. A confused Steve

<<snipped>> "26 November 2011 All Stafford Register Office registers have been moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme. Please ensure that all application forms are sent to the correct register office. " Does this mean that a visit to the Staffs Record Office in Stafford is no longer going to enable the searching of the various parish records? <<snipped>> Parish registers are totally different from the Registers used to record the Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths. The only cross-over between the two is for church marriages, where one copy is kept in the church and eventually ends up in a Record Office or similar, and the other copy (eventually) goes to the Local Register Office. The PRs will not be affected by this move. Adrian B

OK, Thanks. Though it still seems an odd thing to do. So still only a max of 3 places to visit in the search for the birth of great granda and his brothers, Staffs for CoE, Walsall for the non conformist and the Catholic church of St Mary's, if those 2 don't pan out. I suspect that it will be the non-conformist registers that I need. Some relatives are, to put it mildly, a bit of a problem. Cheers Steve On 14/07/2012 20:14, Adrian Bruce wrote: > > <<snipped>> > "26 November 2011 All Stafford Register Office registers have been moved to > Newcastle-under-Lyme. Please ensure that all application forms are sent to > the correct register office. " > > Does this mean that a visit to the Staffs Record Office in Stafford is no > longer going to enable the searching of the various parish records? > <<snipped>> > > Parish registers are totally different from the Registers used to record the > Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths. The only cross-over > between the two is for church marriages, where one copy is kept in the > church and eventually ends up in a Record Office or similar, and the other > copy (eventually) goes to the Local Register Office. > > The PRs will not be affected by this move. > > Adrian B > > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >