Bryher, Cornwall Genealogy

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

 

The Scilly Islands are comprised of Bryher, St. Agnes, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Tresco.

Parish History
BREHAR, or Bryther, one of the Scilly island[s]; in the NW of the group, 21/2 miles NW of Hugh-Town. It is two miles long, rugged, wild, and high; and inhabited chiefly by firemen.

Bryher is a peaceful little island, home to the smallest of all the communities that can be found on the isles of Scilly.

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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Records for the Scilly Islands cover 1726-1960, these registers are kept at the County Record Office, County Hall, Truro TR1 3AY.

The Family History Library has microfilmed parish registers from 1726-1960. Microfilm numbers can be found at FamilySearch.

Images of parish registers are available online at FamilySearch under Records. Images refer to Cornwall Record Office reference: 206.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cornwall Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary juisdiction. 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
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.