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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. <br><br> | Torpoint St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cornwall, created in 1821 from chapelry in [[Antony, Cornwall]] Ancient Parish. <br><br> | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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=== Civil Registration === | === Civil Registration === | ||
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 === | === Church records === | ||
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. | |||
Images of parish registers are available online in historic records (formerly Record Search) Images refer to Cornwall County Record Office reference: P 225<br> | 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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=== Probate records === | === Probate records === | ||
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. | |||
== Maps and Gazetteers == | == Maps and Gazetteers == | ||
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Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br> | Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 15:54, 3 April 2013
England 
Cornwall Cornwall Parishes
Parish History[edit | edit source]
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. [1]
Torpoint St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cornwall, created in 1821 from chapelry in Antony, Cornwall Ancient Parish.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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.
Church records[edit | edit source]
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.
Images of parish registers are available online in historic records (formerly Record Search) Images refer to Cornwall County Record Office reference: P 225
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks[edit | edit source]
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
The history, registers and much more have been contributed by the Online Parish clerk for Torpoint.
Census records[edit | edit source]
a.
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Cornwall Online Census Project
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Probate records[edit | edit source]
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.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:
- England Jurisdictions 1851
- Vision of Britain
Web sites[edit | edit source]
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 377-380. Date accessed: 23 March 2013.