Boconnoc, Cornwall Genealogy

 

Parish History
General overview

Civil Registration
Births, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 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
Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishhop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing 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 12

The images contain an indexed typed transcript of marriages 1712-1839

Census records
Overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed, Collection in FHL and link to catalog, Online sites

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 primarty 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. Valuabe Web sites are:


 * 1851 Jurisdiction Maps
 * Vision of Britain

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