South Pool, Devon Genealogy

England Devon

Civil Registration
Birth, 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
Baptisms

1750-1812: transcription held on South Hams website

1664-1839: Free lookup service offered on South Hams website

1849-1872: Free lookup service offered on South Hams website

Marriages

1665-1837: Free lookup service offered on South Hams website

Burials

1664-1938: Free lookup service offered on South Hams website

Contributor: Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
1841: Transcription held at South Hams website

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Devon 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.