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{{breadcrumb | {{Locality | ||
|Name=Sourton | |||
|ID=2976607 | |||
|Level=2 | |||
|Country=England | |||
|CountryID=267 | |||
|Locality1=Devon | |||
|Locality1id=3652 | |||
|Locality2=Sourton | |||
|Locality2id=2976607 | |||
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| link1=[[England Genealogy |England]] | | link1=[[England Genealogy |England]] | ||
| link2=[[Devon, England Genealogy|Devon]] | | link2=[[Devon, England Genealogy|Devon]] | ||
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Guide to '''Sourton, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | Guide to '''Sourton, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
{{Infobox | {{England Parish Infobox | ||
| Place = Sourton | |||
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SOURTON (St. Thomas à Becket), a '''parish''', in the union of Oakhampton, hundred of Lifton, Lifton and S. divisions of the county of Devon, 4½ miles (S. W.) from Oakhampton.<ref>Lewis,Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51288#s9 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 31 October 2013.</ref> | SOURTON (St. Thomas à Becket), a '''parish''', in the union of Oakhampton, hundred of Lifton, Lifton and S. divisions of the county of Devon, 4½ miles (S. W.) from Oakhampton.<ref>Lewis,Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51288#s9 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 31 October 2013.</ref> | ||
=== | == Resources == | ||
=== Find Neighboring Parishes === | |||
Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map] | |||
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar'' | |||
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map | |||
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box | |||
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br> | |||
=== Civil Registration === | |||
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. | Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br> | ||
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br> | |||
=== Church Records === | === Church Records === | ||
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br> | |||
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion. | |||
==== Church of England ==== | |||
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br> | |||
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" | *<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br> | ||
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br> | |||
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information''''' | |||
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Sourton Online Parish Records''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | ||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Devon | ||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CDevon 1500s-1900s]</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CDevon 1500s-1900s]</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CDevon 1500s-1900s]</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Devon | ||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1804330|1500s-1900s}}<br>{{RecordSearch|2345213|1500s-1900s}}</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1833719|1600s-1900s}}<br>{{RecordSearch|2345213|1500s-1900s}}</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1804330|1500s-1900s}}<br>{{RecordSearch|2345213|1500s-1900s}}</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center> | |||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center> | |||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center> | |||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | |||
| bgcolor="# | |||
| bgcolor="# | |||
| bgcolor="# | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Parish Registers-Devon ($) | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/devon-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-marriages-and-banns 1500s-1900s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/devon-burials 1500s-1900s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
|-($) | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Devon ($) | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-marriages-and-banns 1600s-1800s]</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Devon ($) | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62286/ 1500s-1800s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62287/ 1500s-1800s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62288/ 1500s-1800s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1800s-2000s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1800s-2000s] </center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1800s-2000s]</center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
'''''Other Websites'''''<br> | |||
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br> | |||
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/devon-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Devon] ($) | |||
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records | |||
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] - Links to online genealogical records | |||
====Nonconformist Records==== | |||
"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> | |||
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary | |||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary | |||
None | None | ||
=== Census Records === | === Census Records === | ||
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br> | |||
=== Probate Records === | |||
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Devon Probate Records|Devon Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. | |||
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Devon Probate Records|Devon 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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Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> | Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> | ||
*[ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||