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== Getting started with Channel Islands research == | == Getting started with Channel Islands research == | ||
[[Image:Location of the Channel Islands.png|thumb|right|172x301px]]The '''Channel Islands''' (Norman: ''Îles d'la Manche'') are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France. They comprise two separate countries: the '''[[Guernsey|Bailiwick of Guernsey]]''' and the '''[[Jersey|States of Jersey]]'''. | [[Image:Location of the Channel Islands.png|thumb|right|172x301px|Location of the Channel Islands.png]]The '''Channel Islands''' (Norman: ''Îles d'la Manche'') are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France. They comprise two separate countries: the '''[[Guernsey|Bailiwick of Guernsey]]''' and the '''[[Jersey|States of Jersey]]'''. | ||
The Channel Islands lie scattered along the Gulf of St. Malo, their closest point to France being just 8 miles from the Cherbourg Peninsula. They are British, but do not belong to the United Kingdom. Yet in the past they were ruled by France for only 200 out of the 900 years during which they were at the centre of a tug-of-war between the two countries. They are partly in the European Union, but do not bow the knee to Her Majesty's Government in Great Britain, but loyally toast the Queen of England, as "Our Duke of Normandy".<br>Channel Islands consists of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm, Jethou, Brechou, and Lihou. All these except Jersey are in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, but the Minquiers, Ecrehous, Les Dirouilles and Les Pierres de Lecq, uninhabited group of islets are part of the Bailiwick of Jersey. | The Channel Islands lie scattered along the Gulf of St. Malo, their closest point to France being just 8 miles from the Cherbourg Peninsula. They are British, but do not belong to the United Kingdom. Yet in the past they were ruled by France for only 200 out of the 900 years during which they were at the centre of a tug-of-war between the two countries. They are partly in the European Union, but do not bow the knee to Her Majesty's Government in Great Britain, but loyally toast the Queen of England, as "Our Duke of Normandy".<br>Channel Islands consists of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm, Jethou, Brechou, and Lihou. All these except Jersey are in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, but the Minquiers, Ecrehous, Les Dirouilles and Les Pierres de Lecq, uninhabited group of islets are part of the Bailiwick of Jersey. | ||
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*[http://www.parish.gov.je/ Island Map]:This site has a map of the island and shows the parishes, One clicks on the parish name and it contains all sorts of information. | *[http://www.parish.gov.je/ Island Map]:This site has a map of the island and shows the parishes, One clicks on the parish name and it contains all sorts of information. | ||
*[http://members.shaw.ca/jerseymaid/index.html Transcript of 1841 census for the Channel Islands] | *[http://members.shaw.ca/jerseymaid/index.html Transcript of 1841 census for the Channel Islands] | ||
*Page dedicated to [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukchanis/ Channel Island research ]- Surname interests, Mailing list, Look-ups and other internet resources | *Page dedicated to [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukchanis/ Channel Island research ]- Surname interests, Mailing list, Look-ups and other internet resources | ||
*Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=141.0 RootsChat Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark Resources and help pages. (Free)]. | *Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=141.0 RootsChat Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark Resources and help pages. (Free)]. | ||
*[http://chi.genuki.weald.org.uk/historical_descriptions_of_the_channel_islands Historical Descriptions of the Channel Island] (helpful tools and resources, gazetteers) | *[http://chi.genuki.weald.org.uk/historical_descriptions_of_the_channel_islands Historical Descriptions of the Channel Island] (helpful tools and resources, gazetteers) | ||
*(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, e<br> | *(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, e<br> | ||
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[[Category:Channel_Islands]][[Category:Countries]] | [[Category:Channel_Islands]] [[Category:Countries]][[Category:Countries in Europe]] | ||