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Guide to Abbotsham, Devonshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites. | |||
== Parish History == | |||
== Parish History == | |||
ABBOTSHAM (St. Helen), a '''parish''', in the union of Bideford, hundred of Shebbear, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (W.) from Bideford with the hamlets of Shepperton and Littleham.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50741#s14 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 1-5. Date accessed: 16 May 2012.</ref> | ABBOTSHAM (St. Helen), a '''parish''', in the union of Bideford, hundred of Shebbear, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (W.) from Bideford with the hamlets of Shepperton and Littleham.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50741#s14 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 1-5. Date accessed: 16 May 2012.</ref> | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
=== Census records === | |||
{{British Census|241320}} | |||
=== Church records === | |||
{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: | |||
=== Census | |||
=== Church | |||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BOYD''' = [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Boyd's Marriage Index (FindMyPast) - (£)]<ref>Percival Boyd, ''A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at {{FSbook|1727134}}.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP = '''[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ FindMyPast.co.uk] (£) | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG = '''[http://www.freereg.org.uk/ FreeReg.org.uk] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''IARC = '''[http://archive.org Internet Archive - free]<ref name="rog">Roger Granville and W.E. Mugford, ''Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish-Registers of Devon, 1596-1644'' (Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd., 1908). Digitised by [http://archive.org/details/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog Internet Archive].</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''IGI''' = [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free]<ref>Hugh Wallis, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(A-M).htm 'IGI Batch Numbers for Devon, England,'] ''IGI Batch Numbers,'' accessed 12 February 2014.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center> | |||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''BOYD''' | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series '''1597-1636'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' | ||
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series '''1597-1754'''] | |||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FREG''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1653-1670'''] | |||
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1653-1734'''] | |||
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1653-1734'''] | |||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''IARC''' | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n180/mode/2up '''1597-1602'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n180/mode/2up '''1597-1602'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n180/mode/2up '''1597-1602'''] | |||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''IARC''' | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n14/mode/2up '''1607-1637'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n14/mode/2up '''1607-1637'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://archive.org/stream/abstractsexisti00mugfgoog#page/n14/mode/2up '''1607-1637'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''IGI''' | |||
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{IGI|M050151|disp='''1574-1875'''}} | |||
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==== Non-Conformist Churches ==== | |||
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*Wesleyan Methodist | *Wesleyan Methodist | ||
=== Civil Registration === | |||
=== Civil Registration === | Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. | ||
==== Registration District ==== | |||
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. | *Bideford | ||
=== Poor Law Union === | |||
*Bideford | *Bideford | ||
=== 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. | |||
=== Probate | |||
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [ | |||
== Maps and Gazetteers == | == Maps and Gazetteers == | ||
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*Vision of Britain | *Vision of Britain | ||
== | == Web sites == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br> | |||
{{Devon}} | {{Devon}} | ||
[[Category:Devon | [[Category:Devon]] |
Revision as of 10:23, 24 February 2014
Guide to Abbotsham, Devonshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.
Parish History[edit | edit source]
ABBOTSHAM (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of Bideford, hundred of Shebbear, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (W.) from Bideford with the hamlets of Shepperton and Littleham.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Census records[edit | edit source]
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.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Abbotsham, Devon, England Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
BOYD = Boyd's Marriage Index (FindMyPast) - (£)[2] | |||||
FMP = FindMyPast.co.uk (£) | |||||
FREG = FreeReg.org.uk | |||||
IARC = Internet Archive - free[3] | |||||
IGI = International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free[4] |
ABBOTSHAM PARISH (year) Online Records | ||||||
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Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
BOYD | 1597-1636 | |||||
FMP | 1597-1754 | |||||
FREG | 1653-1670 | 1653-1734 | 1653-1734 | |||
IARC | 1597-1602 | 1597-1602 | 1597-1602 | |||
IARC | 1607-1637 | 1607-1637 | 1607-1637 | |||
IGI | 1598-1636, 1653-1875 | 1574-1875 |
Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
- Wesleyan Methodist
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, 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 FreeBMD.
Registration District[edit | edit source]
- Bideford
Poor Law Union[edit | edit source]
- Bideford
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:
- 1851 Jurisdiction Maps
- Vision of Britain
Web sites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 1-5. Date accessed: 16 May 2012.
- ↑ Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ Roger Granville and W.E. Mugford, Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish-Registers of Devon, 1596-1644 (Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd., 1908). Digitised by Internet Archive.
- ↑ Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Devon, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 12 February 2014.
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.