Help with aspects of family history

You can download pedigree charts from the Brigham Young University (a LDS University) site in the USA

www.byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/charts

Free genealogy form templates for your personal genealogical use at:

www.io.com/~jhaller/forms/forms.html

Ancestral Chart which allows you to record the ancestors from whom you directly descend; also census extraction form and family group sheet, are at:

www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htm

You can calculate cousin relationships with the help of:

www.cyndislist.com/cousins.htm

www.iroots.net/tools/cusncalc

Parishes and towns

A freeware program called Parish Locator, which can be downloaded and gives information about the location of parishes, can be accessed through:

www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ParLoc.htm

Genuki’s On-line Devon Gazetteer

www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/Gazetteer

Arthur French's useful article explaining what a parish is:

www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/DevonMisc/ParishNotes.html

A listing of Devon's ancient and modern parishes, chapelries and extra-parochial places:

www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/DevonParishes.html

Maps on-line

To locate a town in the U.K.

streetmap.co.uk

Devon Family History Society site has a link to parish maps

www.devonfhs.org.uk

To find a map, showing how to get from one place to another

www.shellgeostar.com

Surnames - Origins

Origins of Surnames

www.familychronicle.com/surname.htm

Society of Genealogists’ web-page on Origins of Surnames

www.sog.org.uk/leaflets/surnames.html