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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 ===
=== Civil Registration ===
{{British Census|241320}}
 
<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.
 
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=== Church records  ===
=== Church records  ===
 
{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:  
{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:


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==== Non-Conformist Churches ====
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.
*Wesleyan Methodist
 
=== Civil Registration  ===
=== Census records  ===
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 ====
{{British Census|241320}}
*Bideford 
 
=== Poor Law Union ===
*Bideford
=== Probate records  ===
=== 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.
<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  ==
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==


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== Web sites  ==
== Web sites  ==
== References  ==
== References  ==
{{Reflist}}  
{{Reflist}}  


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