Alphington, Devon, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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Guide to Alphington, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Alphington
Type	Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County	Devon
Hundred	Wonford
Poor Law Union	St Thomas
Registration District	St Thomas
Records Begin
Parish registers	1603
Bishop's Transcripts	1606
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Kenn
Diocese	Exeter
Province	Canterbury
Probate Court	Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
Archive
Devon Record Office

Parish History

ALPHINGTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 1½ mile (S.) from Exeter. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.^[1]

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use 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

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 FreeBMD.

Church Records

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England

Due to the increasing access of online records:

Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified

Dates in the following table are approximate

Hover over the collection's title for more information

Alphington Online Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Devon	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
FamilySearch Parish Registers-Devon	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1600s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-
FreeREG	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Findmypast Parish Registers-Devon ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Findmypast Banns-Devon ($)	-	-	1600s-1800s	-	-	-
Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Devon ($)	1500s-1800s	-	1500s-1800s	-	1500s-1800s	-
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)	-	1800s-2000s	-	1800s-2000s	-	1800s-2000s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	1500s-1800s	-	-
National Burial Index-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	-	-	1800s-1900s

Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

The Genealogist Parish Registers - Devon ($)
UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
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.

1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary

Wesleyan Methodist

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

Probate Records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to 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

There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:

1851 Jurisdiction Maps
Vision of Britain

Websites

Alphington on GENUKI

References

↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 44-49. Date accessed: 30 May 2012.

[1] Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 44-49. Date accessed: 30 May 2012.

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+Guide to '''Alphington, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
+{{England Parish Infobox
+| Place = Alphington
+| default =
+| image =
+| caption =
+| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
+| County = Devon
+| Hundred = Wonford
+| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/StThomas/ St Thomas]
+| Registration District = St Thomas
+| PRbegin = 1603
+| BTbegin = 1606
+| Province = Canterbury
+| Diocese = Exeter
+| Archdeaconry =
+| Archdeaconries =
+| Rural Deanery = Kenn
+| Parish =
+| Peculiar =
+| Chapelry =
+| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
+| Archdeaconry Court =
+| Bishops Court =
+| Prerogative Court =
+| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]]
+}}
-== Parish History  ==
+== Parish History ==
-General overview
+ALPHINGTON (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 1½ mile (S.) from Exeter. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50753#s4 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 44-49. Date accessed: 30 May 2012.</ref>
-<br>
+== Resources ==
-== Resources  ==
+=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===
-=== Civil Registration  ===
+Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
+{{Block indent|*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''|2}}
+{{Block indent|*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map|2}}
+{{Block indent|*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box|2}}
+{{Block indent|*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>|2}}
-<br>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 FreeBMD.
+=== Civil Registration ===
-<br>
+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 FreeBMD.
-=== 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.
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+==== Church of England ====
+<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
+*<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="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="20" | <center><font size="+1">'''Online {{PAGENAME}} Parish Register Images and Indexes'''</font></center>
+| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Alphington Online Parish Records'''
 |-
-| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
+| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
-| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>'''Baptisms'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
-| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>'''Marriages'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>'''Burials'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Earliest'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
-| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>.</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
-| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>.</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>.</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="#000000" align="center" colspan="20" |
+| 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="#cc99ff" align="center" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | '''Images'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Devon
-| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="18" |
+| 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="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="2" |
-| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="4" |
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
-| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="2" |
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
-| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="4" |
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="2" |
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" |
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+|-
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
+|-
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Parish Registers-Devon ($)
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/devon-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-marriages-and-banns 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/devon-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+|-($)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Devon ($)
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-marriages-and-banns 1600s-1800s]</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+|-
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Devon ($)
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62286/ 1500s-1800s]  </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62287/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62288/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+|-
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1800s-2000s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1800s-2000s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1800s-2000s]</center>
+|-
+| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
 |-
-| bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="20" |
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+|-
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="2" rowspan="5" | '''Indexes'''
-| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="2" |
-| bgcolor="#99cccc" align="center" colspan="4" |
-| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1603-1837
-| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series FindMyPast]<ref name="bmi">[http://web.archive.org/web/20101214095405/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-DEV.aspx 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,'] ''Origins.net,'' accessed 21 May 2012.</ref>
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="2" |
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" |
 |}
+'''''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
-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.
+====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
+Wesleyan Methodist<br>
-<br>
+=== Census Records ===
+Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
-=== Census records  ===
+=== Probate Records  ===
-Overview, Include any unique information such as, the census for X year was destroyed, Collection in FHL and link to catalog, Online sites.
+<br>Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[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.
-=== Probate records  ===
-<br>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  ==
@@ Line 73: / Line 198: @@
 *Vision of Britain
-== Web sites  ==
+== Websites  ==
-Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br>
+Alphington on [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Alphington/index.html GENUKI]
 == References  ==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Devon}}
-[[Category:Devon]]
+[[Category:Devon Parishes]]