Category: Genealogy Resources

The Genealogist’s Internet

The Genealogist’s Internet

The Genealogist’s Internet is a comprehensive introduction and guide to researching British family history online. It details the major web-based sources of primary data available to family historians, highlights the most helpful directories and gateways, and can be used to contact others with the same surname or to access the numerous forums, discussion […]

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Posted in Genealogy Books, How to on Oct 6th, 2006, 9:12 am by Search Master     

English Parish Records: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, & Somerset

English Parish Records: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, & Somerset
Civil registration of births, deaths, and marriage, often called General Registration, began in July of 1837, providing a national vital records index superseding church records.
Before 1837 and to some extend after 1837 the primary records of births, baptisms, marriages, and burials is the Parish records. This collection […]

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Posted in Genealogy Resources, Ancestors A - E on Oct 2nd, 2006, 10:23 pm by Search Master     

1891 British Census Index:England (Counties: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset) Deluxe Edition

1891 British Census Index:England (Counties: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset) Deluxe Edition
This instantly-searchable disc, indexed from microfilmed schedules of the British 1891 Census, details more than 1.4 million people enumerated in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, England on the night of April 5, 1891.Information requested during the 1891 census included:

the name of each person that […]

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Posted in Genealogy Resources on Oct 2nd, 2006, 9:50 pm by Search Master     

1891 British Census Index: England (Counties: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset)

1891 British Census Index: England (Counties: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset)

This instantly-searchable disc, indexed from microfilmed schedules of the British 1891 Census, details more than 1.4 million people enumerated in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, England on the night of April 5, 1891.
Information requested during the 1891 census included
* the name of each person that […]

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Posted in Genealogy Resources on Oct 2nd, 2006, 7:50 pm by Search Master     

A history of the Cotel, Cottell, or Cottle family of the counties of Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and Wilts

A history of the Cotel, Cottell, or Cottle family of the counties of Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and Wilts
A history of the Cotel, Cottell, or Cottle family of the counties of Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and Wilts. A history of the Cotel, Cottell, or Cottle Family Front matter Title page. London: Printed by Taylor and […]

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Posted in Genealogy Resources on Oct 2nd, 2006, 4:23 pm by Search Master     

South West Museums Libraries & Archives Council

SWMLAC
SWMLAC is the regional development agency for museums, libraries and archives, covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire, the unitary authorities of Bath & North East Somerset, Borough of Poole, Bournemouth, Bristol, North Somerset, Plymouth, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Torbay, together with the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands.
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Posted in Genealogy Resources on Sep 24th, 2006, 8:40 pm by Search Master     

 
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