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| |Country=England
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| |Locality1=Cornwall
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| | link5=[[Torpoint, Cornwall Genealogy|Torpoint]]}}
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| Guide to '''Torpoint, Cornwall ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| {{England Parish Infobox
| | Torpoint St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cornwall, created in 1821 from chapelry in [[Antony, Cornwall]] Ancient Parish. <br><br> |
| | Place = Torpoint
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| | Type = [[Ecclesiastical Parish ]]
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| | County = Cornwall
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| | Hundred = East
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| | Poor Law Union = St Germans
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| | Registration District = St Germans
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| | PRbegin = 1819
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| | BTbegin = 1828
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| | Province = Canterbury
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| | Diocese = Exeter
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| | Rural Deanery = East
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| | Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
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| | Archdeaconry Court =
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| | Archive = [[Cornwall Record Office]]
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| == Parish History ==
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| TORPOINT, a '''chapelry''', in the parish of St. Anthony, union of St. Germans, S. division of the hundred of East, E. division of Cornwall, 3 miles W from Devonport. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51350#s7 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 377-380. Date accessed: 23 March 2013.</ref>
| | == Resources == |
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| | === Civil Registration === |
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| | <br>Births, marriages and deaths were kept by the government from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [[Free BMD]]. |
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| | === Church records === |
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| | <br>Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection. |
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| | Images of parish registers are available online in historic records (formerly Record Search) Images refer to Cornwall County Record Office reference: P 225<br> |
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| | === Cornwall Online Parish Clerks === |
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| | An extremely useful resource is the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks page for the parish http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/t_z/torpoint.php |
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| Torpoint St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cornwall, created in 1821 from chapelry in [[Antony, Cornwall]] Ancient Parish.
| | The history, registers and much more have been contributed by the Online Parish clerk for Torpoint.<br> |
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| == Resources ==
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| === Find Neighboring Parishes ===
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| Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
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| ::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
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| ::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
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| ::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
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| ::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>
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| === Civil Registration ===
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| Births, marriages and deaths were kept by the government from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [[Free BMD]].
| | === Census records === |
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| === Church Records ===
| | a. {{British Census|241259}}<br> |
| ''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
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| ''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
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| ==== Church of England ====
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| <font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
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| *<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
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| *Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
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| '''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
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| | bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Torpoint Online Parish Records'''
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| | bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Cornwall
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CCornwall 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CCornwall 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CCornwall 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Cornwall
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1769414|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1769414|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1769414|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Cornwall ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cornwall-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cornwall-marriages 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cornwall-burials 1500s-1800s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Cornwall ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9848/ 1500s-2000s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9848/ 1500s-2000s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9848/ 1500s-2000s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
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| | bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>
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| '''''Other Websites'''''<br>
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| These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
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| *[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/cornwall-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Cornwall] ($)
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| *[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
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| *[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] - Links to online genealogical records
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| *[https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/index.php Cornish Parish Records]
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| ====Nonconformist Records====
| | [[Cornwall Online Census Project]] |
| "Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
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| *'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
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| *[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
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| === Census Records ===
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| Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
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| === Poor Law Unions === | | === Poor Law Unions === |
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| [[St Germans Poor Law Union]] | | [[St Germans Poor Law Union]] |
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| === Probate Records === | | === Probate records === |
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| Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Cornwall Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. | | <br>Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [county] Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. |
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| == Maps and Gazetteers == | | == Maps and Gazetteers == |
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| There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable websites are: | | There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are: |
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| *[[England Jurisdictions 1851]] | | *[[England Jurisdictions 1851]] |
| *Vision of Britain | | *Vision of Britain |
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| == Websites == | | == Web sites == |
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| Torpoint in [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Torpoint/index.html GENUKI]
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| [[Category:Cornwall Parishes]] | | [[Category:Cornwall]] |