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[[Image:England-devonshire.png|thumb|right]] '''Devon or Devonshire is a maritime county in the&nbsp;southwestern part of '''[[England|'''England''']]'''.''' <br><br>
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===County Information===


"Devon.-- maritime co. in SW. of England; is bounded N. by the Bristol Channel, E. by Somerset and Dorset, S. by the English Channel, and W. by Cornwall; length, 69 miles; breadth, 65 miles; coast-line, about 143 miles; area, 1,655,208 ac., pop. 603,595."
== Research Tools  ==
Exeter City council has posted more than 100,000 cemetery index cards online titled [http://pub.exeter.gov.uk/asp/bereavement/BS.aspx Bereavement Services Alphabetical Index Cards] for the three cemeteries managed by the council.


===Parishes===
== Jurisdictions  ==


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==== Civil Districts  ====
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| bgcolor="#dddddd" align="center" valign="middle" height="30" |<center>Click on a letter for a list of Wiki page links to Devon '''parishes:'''<br>[[Devon Parishes#A|A]] [[Devon Parishes#B|B]] [[Devon Parishes#C|C]] [[Devon Parishes#D|D]] [[Devon Parishes#E|E]] [[Devon Parishes#F|F]] [[Devon Parishes#G|G]] [[Devon Parishes#H|H]] [[Devon Parishes#I|I]] [[Devon Parishes#J|J]] [[Devon Parishes#K|K]] [[Devon Parishes#L|L]] [[Devon Parishes#M|M]] [[Devon Parishes#N|N]] [[Devon Parishes#O|O]] [[Devon Parishes#P|P]] [[Devon Parishes#R|R]] [[Devon Parishes#S|S]] [[Devon Parishes#T|T]] [[Devon Parishes#U|U]] [[Devon Parishes#V|V]] [[Devon Parishes#W|W]] [[Devon Parishes#Y|Y]] [[Devon Parishes#Z|Z]]</center>
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Use an [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ interactive map] to find jurisdictions for each parish in Devon.
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Devon was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes.&nbsp;&nbsp;The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place.&nbsp; Click [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/REG/dev.htm here]&nbsp;to see&nbsp;a list of the&nbsp;civil districts in Devon and the parishes covered by each.&nbsp;


===Civil Registration Districts===
Read more about [[England Civil Registration]].


[http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/REG/dev.htm List of Devon Civil Registration Districts]
==== Parishes  ====


===Websites===
See a list of the [[Devon Parishes|parishes]] of Devon with links to articles.


*Devon Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=10.0 RootsChat Devon Resources and help pages. (Free)].
==== Probates<br> ====
*[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV Genuki Devon], the main genealogical resource for Devon with links to all known Devon-related websites
*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/links.htm Devon Family History Society]
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index]


Before 1858, every town and parish in Devonshire was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts.&nbsp; To read more about probate records and see a list of Devonshire towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Devonshire_Probate_Records#Court_Jurisdictions Devonshire Probate Jurisdictions].
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|Centre    = Devon
|North    = ''Bristol Channel''
|Northeast = [[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]]
|East      = [[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset]]
|Southeast = ''English Channel''
|South    = ''English Channel''
|Southwest = [[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]]<br>''English Channel''
|West      = [[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]]
|Northwest = ''Celtic Sea''
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Revision as of 20:02, 9 April 2010

England-devonshire.png
Devon or Devonshire is a maritime county in the southwestern part of England.

Featured Content[edit | edit source]

Research Tools[edit | edit source]

Exeter City council has posted more than 100,000 cemetery index cards online titled Bereavement Services Alphabetical Index Cards for the three cemeteries managed by the council.

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Civil Districts[edit | edit source]

When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Devon was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes.  The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place.  Click here to see a list of the civil districts in Devon and the parishes covered by each. 

Read more about England Civil Registration.

Parishes[edit | edit source]

See a list of the parishes of Devon with links to articles.

Probates
[edit | edit source]

Before 1858, every town and parish in Devonshire was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts.  To read more about probate records and see a list of Devonshire towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to Devonshire Probate Jurisdictions.

Websites[edit | edit source]

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