Linkinhorne, Cornwall Genealogy
Parish History[edit | edit source]
General overview
Linkinhorne St Melor is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall. Other places in the parish include: Darley, Downgate, and Rilla Mill.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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 Free_BMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
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.
Images of parish registers are available online in historic records (formerly Record Search) Images refer to Cornwall County Record Office reference: P 125
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks[edit | edit source]
An extremely useful resource is the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks page for the parish http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/l_m/linkinhorne.php
The history, registers and much more have been contributed by the Online Parish clerk for Linhorne .
Census records[edit | edit source]
Overview, Include any unique information such as, the census for X year was destroyed, Collection in FHL and link to catalog, Online sites.
http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census
Cornwall Online Census Project
Poor Law Unions
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Probate records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:
- England Jurisdictions 1851
- Vision of Britain
Web sites[edit | edit source]
http://www.lynherparishes.co.uk/Linkinhorne/Linkinhorne.htm
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.