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devon.gov.uk

Sunday 6 July 2008

Links

Useful Websites for Specific Topics

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