Budock, Cornwall Genealogy

England Cornwall  Cornwall Parishes

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

Parish History
BUDOCK (St. Budoke), a parish, in the union of Falmouth, E. division of the hundred of Kerrier, W. division of Cornwall, 1½ mile (W. by S.) from Falmouth. There are two places of worship for Wesleyans.

Neighboring Parishes

 * St Gluvias
 * Falmouth
 * Mawnan
 * Constantine
 * Mabe

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 Budock cover 1653-1966, these registers are kept at the County Record Office, County Hall, Truro TR1 3AY.

The Family History Library has microfilmed parish registers from 1653-1966. Microfilm numbers can be found at FamilySearch.

Parish registers are available online at FamilySearch under Records. Images refer to Cornwall County Record Office reference: P 22.

Poor Law Unions
Falmouth Poor Law Union

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:


 * 1851 Jurisdiction Maps
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.