Aveton Gifford, Devon Genealogy

England Devon Devon Parishes

Parish History
AVETON-GIFFORD (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Ermington, Ermington and Plympton, and S. divisions of Devon, 3¼ miles (S. E.) from Modbury. It is situated on the river Avon, which is navigable to the English Channel. The lords of the manor had formerly the power of inflicting capital punishment. The church is an ancient structure, in the early style of English architecture, with later additions. Lewis Samuel A.,http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50771|A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 116-120. Date accessed: 09 July 2012.

Civil Registration
Births, 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
Abstracts of bishop's transcripts (1608-1610) are online at Internet Archive - free.

Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Census records
Overview, Include 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 primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * 1851 Jurisdiction Maps
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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