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''[[England Genealogy|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Devonshire, England Genealogy|Devon]]''
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===County Information===
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}} '''Devon''' (or archaically, '''Devonshire''') is a large maritime county in South West England.
 
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=== 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.
 
[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Devon Online Parish Clerk Project] is a resource of volunteers willing to provide free look-ups and research within the County of Devon. Over 95 volunteers have adopted approx. 200 of the ancient 500 Devonshire Parishes. (More volunteers are always welcome!)


[http://www.branscombeproject.org.uk/index.html The Branscombe Project] - In 1995, the residents of Branscombe, a small village in Devonshire, England launched The Branscombe Project, which is intended to preserve the stories of their village, current events, and records related to the Village over the years. Among the treasures to be found at this site are the complete, transcribed St. Winifred’s parish records from 1539-2002.<br>
"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."


=== Jurisdictions  ===
===Parishes===


Use an [http://maps.familysearch.org interactive map ]to find jurisdictions for each parish in Devon.
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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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==== Civil Districts  ====
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)].
*[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]


==== Probate  ====
Before 1858, every town and parish in Devon was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts.&nbsp; To read more about probate records and see a list of Devon towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to [[Devonshire Probate Records#Court_Jurisdictions|Devonshire Probate Jurisdictions]].
=== Websites  ===
*Devon Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=10.0 RootsChat Devon Resources and help pages. (Free)].
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk Findmypast] has digitised the parish records from this county and they are available online
*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV Genuki Devon], the main genealogical resource for Devon with links to all known Devon-related websites
*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
*[http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Devon Devon DNA project]
*A brief list of web sites and/or web pages for Devon and many of its parishes can be found at [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/devonshire.htm FHLFavorites.info].


{{Geographic Location
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|North    = ''Bristol Channel''
|North    = ''Bristol Channel''
|Northeast = [[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]]
|Northeast = [[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]]
|East      = [[Dorset, Endland Genealogy|Dorset]]
|East      = [[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset]]
|Southeast = ''English Channel''
|Southeast = ''English Channel''
|South    = ''English Channel''
|South    = ''English Channel''
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|West      = [[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]]
|West      = [[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]]
|Northwest = ''Celtic Sea''
|Northwest = ''Celtic Sea''
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