Foy, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire

Parish History
Foy is an Ancient Parish which included Eaton Tregoes within the parish boundary; the hamlet and civil parish of Foy the civil parish includes Hole-in-the Wall and Old Gore within its boundary. Foy Wikipedia

The 13th century church of St Mary Foy has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See Foy St Mary

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
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection See also Herefordshire Church Records

Census records
Census returns for Foy 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Ross Poor Law Union,Herefordshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Herefordshire 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.