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W£e can go on adding info until Domesday..but if the originator of the thread does not return........why should we go on?????

Do a place search for Dresden at:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

Title Parish registers, 1853-1907
Authors Church of England. Parish Church of Dresden (Main Author)
Notes Microfilm copies of original records in the Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford, England.
Imperial Gazetteer is a bit unclear concerning the relationship between Blurton, Dresden and Redbank. It is stated that Dresden was a chapelry in the parish of Blurton. At one time, however, Blurton was a chapelry in the parish of Trentham. Imperial Gazetteer also states that Blurton united with Redbank, but Imperial makes no mention of a Redbank in the county of Staffordshire (there is a Redbank in Lancashire). The parish registers suggest that Dresden became a parish ca. 1867, although Bartholomew's states that Dresden is an ecclesiastical district.
Item 1 contains some records of baptisms for the church of Redbank from 1853-1867.
High reduction microfilm (42 X). Use high magnification reader.
Staffordshire Record Office no.: D3641/1/1-4, 6-13.

"view film notes" button at top right gets:
Note Location Film
Baptisms 1867-1900 Marriages 1867-1907 Burials 1853-1903 Baptisms (Redbank) 1853-1867 FHL BRITISH Film 1470944 Items 1-4
Baptisms 1867-1900 Marriages 1867-1907 Burials 1853-1903 Baptisms (Redbank) 1853-1867 FHL BRITISH Film 1470944 Items 6-13

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Title Parish registers, 1885-1898
Authors Church of England. St. Luke's Church (Dresden) (Main Author)
Notes Microfilm copies of original records in the Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford, England.
Dresden is a chapelry in the parish of Blurton and Lightwood-Forest.
High reduction microfilm (42 X). Use high magnification reader.
Staffordshire Record Office no.: D3641/1/5.

Note Location Film
Baptisms 1885-1898 FHL BRITISH Film 1470944 Item 5

Go to their home page and search for a nearby FHC in the centre column:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
I don't know where you're at, but there's FHCs in Lichfield and Newcastle-u-L. You can rent a film to view at any FHC, although it's quite likely NuL already has Dresden, so you won't need to rent it.

This route is a very useful alternative to a visit to Stafford rec office:
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/sro/
[Maybe not for you, but for someone in Penzance, say, it is.]


Re the confusion above abt Dresden's parochial status.

I don't know when Dresden was upgraded from a Chapelry to a Parish, but certainly by 1853, when the registers begin, we know:
"[Blurton] was till lately a chapelry in the parish of Trentham, but is now a distinct parish"
Lewis (1848): http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445

Some parishes have not sent any registers to the Record Office but have retained them locally, so it may be best to establish that first.

If the Record Office has Bishops Transcripts then I have found these to be better than the parish registers because:
1. The diocese has kept them in better condition than the parish
2. Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for each year are together, so it is easier to spot if a recently baptised child has died.

Hi jean........ok we have an area Dresden Stoke on Trent (part Longton in the Five Towns)

so now, if you give us names and a date or two, there are loads of peeps on here just waiting to search and give you answers that perhaps you can't find.

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Derek

Hi jean..if you gave us a location we would be more able to point you in the right direction

Derek

Some local studies libraries will have some microfilmed parish records for that area

Most Parish Records are kept in the County Record Office rather than at the church. The Record Offices all have websites which will tell you what records they hold and for what dates (Google for the website for the county you want).
If you want graves the church should have records of who is buried where inthe churchyard. My experience with vicars is that they are mostly v. helpful. Many churches have a website so you know who to contact - the churchwarden is often a good starting point as the vicar is usually v.busy.
Angela

It might be easier to go to the local records office for that area. I think what happens is, the clergyman (or woman) fills in their register book until it's full and then sends it to be archived. Sometimes you can see the actual registers at the record office and sometimes they will be put on microfilm so people can see the records without the original document risking damage.

You might find gravestones at the local church, though - if it has a graveyard.

How easy is it to look at Parish Records, are Vicars and Ministers usually helpfull, I would like to go to a local church to look, a lot of my ancestors were baptised and married at the same church.