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==== Church records ==== | ==== Church records ==== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: | |||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | ''' | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BIVRI''' = [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 British Isles Vital Records Index (Ancestry) - (£)]<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Breakdown of Records'], ''Genoot,'' accessed 19 February 2014.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BOYD''' = [ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BOYD''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records Boyd's Marriage Index (findmypast) - (£)]<ref>Percival Boyd, ''A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at {{FSbook|1727134}}.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | ''' | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/devon-baptisms Devon Parish Records (findmypast) - (£)]<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/devon-parish-records-coverage 'Devon Parish Records Coverage,'] ''Findmypast,'' accessed 15 November 2014.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | ''' | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''IGI''' = [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free]<ref>Hugh Wallis, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(N-Z).htm 'IGI Batch Numbers for Devon, England,'] ''IGI Batch Numbers,'' accessed 13 February 2014.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | ''' | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''PALL''' = [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Pallot's Marriage Index (Ancestry) - (£)]<ref>''Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes.'' Digital version at {{FSbook|1310100}}.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center> | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center> | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center> | ||
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center> | | bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | ''' | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''BIVRI''' | ||
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [ | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 '''1876-1906'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | ''' | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''BOYD''' | ||
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1600-1744'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [ | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/devon-baptisms '''1600-1914'''] | ||
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/devon-baptisms '''1600-1914'''] | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-marriages '''1600-1915'''] | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-marriages '''1600-1915'''] | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-burials '''1600-1915'''] | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/devon-burials '''1600-1915'''] | |||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''IGI''' | |||
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi '''1600-1875'''] | |||
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [ | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.familysearch.org '''1600-1914'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | ''' | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''PALL''' | ||
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [ | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 '''1790-1837'''] | ||
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===== Non-Conformist Churches ===== | ===== Non-Conformist Churches ===== |
Revision as of 11:53, 4 September 2019
Guide to Topsham, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Topsham, Devon | |
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Type | Ancient Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Wonford |
County | Devon |
Poor Law Union | St Thomas |
Registration District | St Thomas |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1600 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1606 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Aylesbeare |
Diocese | Exeter |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | A Peculiar of the Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter |
Location of Archive | |
Devon Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
TOPSHAM (St. Margaret), a market-town and parish, in the uinion of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 3½ miles (S. E.) from Exeter. The church was nearly rebuilt in 1794, and was enlarged in 1827 and 1832. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyans, and Unitarians.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, 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[edit | edit source]
Topsham, Devon Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
Topsham, Devon Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
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Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
BIVRI | 1876-1906 | |||||
BOYD | 1600-1744 | |||||
FMP | 1600-1914 | 1600-1914 | 1600-1915 | 1600-1915 | 1600-1915 | 1600-1915 |
IGI | 1600-1875 | 1600-1914 | ||||
PALL | 1790-1837 |
Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
- Independent/Congregational
- Presbyterian
- Protestant Dissenters
- Roman Catholic
- Society of Friends/Quaker
- Unitarian
- Wesleyan Methodist
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
Topsham on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 372-377. Date accessed: 05 November 2013.
- ↑ 'British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Breakdown of Records', Genoot, accessed 19 February 2014.
- ↑ Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ 'Devon Parish Records Coverage,' Findmypast, accessed 15 November 2014.
- ↑ Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Devon, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 13 February 2014.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.