Deaths

For the purposes of registering Births and Deaths, the West Midlands was divided into a number of Registrars' Sub-Districts, which could cover anything from part of a large town, up to a group of several dozen rural parishes. The boundaries of these areas have changed frequently over the years since 1837, and as a result many birth and death records have been transferred between different register offices. Click on the name of the Sub-District to see a list of the places it covered.

This page will be updated each time new records are added to the database, and recent additions will also be indicated on the Updates page.

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Last updated 5 Nov 2006
Sub-District Years Operative Registrars Office Held Code Years indexed
Bloxwich   Walsall BLX  
Brierley Hill
1964 -
Dudley BRI
1964 - 1973
Dudley
1837 -
Dudley DUD
1837 - 1985
Halesowen
1837 - 1974
Dudley HAL
1837 - 1974
Harborne
1837 -
Sandwell HAR
1837 - 1859
Kingswinford
1837 - 1958
Dudley KIN
1837 - 1958
Oldbury
1837 -
Sandwell OLD
1837 - 1859
Rowley Regis
1837 -
Sandwell RR
1837 - 1859
Rowley Regis
1958 -
Dudley ROA
1986 - 2000
Rowley Regis
1958 -
Dudley ROB
1986 - 2000
Rowley Regis
1958 -  
Dudley ROW
1958 - 1965
Sedgley
1837 -
Dudley SEG
1837 - 1978
Stourbridge
1837 - 1974
Dudley STO
1837 - 1974
Stourbridge
 1837 -
Dudley STD
1986 - 1991
Stourbridge
 1837 -
Dudley DSA
1990 - 2000
Stourbridge
 1837 -
Dudley DSC
1991 - 1999
Stourbridge
 1837 -
Dudley SBD
1974 - 1986
Stourbridge
 1837 -
Dudley SAD
1974 - 1986
Stourbridge
 1837 -
Dudley DSB
1991 - 2000
Tipton
1837 -
Sandwell TIP
1837 - 1859
Walsall
1837 -
Walsall WAL  
Wednesbury
1837 -
Sandwell WED
1837 - 1859
West Bromwich North East
1837 -
Sandwell WBNE
1837 - 1859
West Bromwich South West
1837 -
Sandwell WBSW
1837 - 1859
Wordsley
1958 -
Dudley WAD
1986 - 1991
Wordsley
1958 -
Dudley WBD
1958 - 1990
Wordsley
1958 -
Dudley WOD
1986 - 1991

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