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| | [[Image:England-devonshire.png|thumb|<center>Devon England<center>]] |
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| | <div id="fsButtons; text-align:top"><span class="online_records_button">[[Devon, England Online Genealogy Records]]</span> |
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| | ===County Information=== |
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| | "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." |
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| | ===Parishes=== |
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| *[[Devonshire Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
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| *[[Devonshire Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Devonshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Devonshire Census|Census]]
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| *[[Devonshire Church Directories|Church Directories]]
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| *[[Devonshire Church History|Church History]]
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| *[[Devonshire Church Records|Church Records]]
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| *[[Devonshire Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]
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| *[[Devonshire Court Records|Court Records]]
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| *[[Devonshire Directories|Directories]]
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| *[[Devonshire Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]]
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| *[[Devonshire Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
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| *[[Devonshire Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| *[[Devonshire Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
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| *[[Devonshire History|History]]
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| *[[Devonshire Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| *[[Devonshire Languages|Languages]]
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| *[[Devonshire Maps|Maps]]
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| *[[Devonshire Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]]
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| *[[Devonshire Military Records|Military Records]]
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| *[[Devonshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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| *[[Devonshire Nobility|Nobility]]
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| *[[Devonshire Occupations|Occupations]]
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| *[[Devonshire Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| *[[Devonshire Names, Personal|Personal Names]]
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| *[[Devonshire Place Names|Place Names]]
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| *[[Devonshire Poor Law Unions|Poor Law Unions]]
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| *[[Devonshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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| *[[Devonshire Schools|Schools]]
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| *[[Devonshire Societies|Societies]]
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| | style="font-size: 85%; background: rgb(238,238,238); color: rgb(51,51,51); font-family: verdana; text-align: center; moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" | '''Did You Know''' | | | 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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| [[Image:England-devonshire.png|thumb|right]] '''Devon or Devonshire is a maritime county in the southwestern part of '''[[England|'''England''']]'''.''' <br><br>
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| ==== Civil Districts ====
| | Use an [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ interactive map] to find jurisdictions for each parish in Devon. |
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| When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Devon was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes. The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place. Click [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/REG/dev.htm here] to see a list of the civil districts in Devon and the parishes covered by each.
| | ===Civil Registration Districts=== |
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| Read more about [[England Civil Registration]].
| | [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/REG/dev.htm List of Devon Civil Registration Districts] |
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| ==== Parishes ==== | | ===Websites=== |
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| 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] |
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| ==== Probates<br> ====
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| Before 1858, every town and parish in Devonshire was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. To read more about probate records and see a list of Devonshire towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Devonshire_Probate_Records#Court_Jurisdictions Devonshire Probate Jurisdictions].
| | {{Geographic Location |
| | | |title = '''Neighbouring counties''' |
| == Websites == | | |Centre = Devon |
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| | |North = ''Bristol Channel'' |
| [[Category:England]] [[Category:Devon]] | | |Northeast = [[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]] |
| | |East = [[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset]] |
| | |Southeast = ''English Channel'' |
| | |South = ''English Channel'' |
| | |Southwest = [[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]]<br>''English Channel'' |
| | |West = [[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]] |
| | |Northwest = ''Celtic Sea'' |
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| | {{England counties}} |
| | [[Category:Devon, England|.]] |
| | [[Category:Counties of England]] |