Guernsey, Channel Islands Genealogy

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Jurisdictions
The ten parishes of Guernsey are:
 * Castel
 * Forest
 * St Andrew
 * St Martin
 * St Peter Port
 * St Pierre du Bois
 * St Sampson
 * St Saviour
 * Torteval
 * Vale

Research Tools



 * Channel Islands Family History Society
 * La Société Guernesiaise
 * Priaulx Library
 * Isle of Sark
 * Guernsey Family History
 * Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark Resources and help pages on RootsChat Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Genealogy from Periodicals

Blundell, L.S. The Blundells. The Development and Dispersion of the Blondels of Guernsey. Family history of the Blondels, and two crests one from the Blondel tomb in St. Saviour's Churchyard and one named Lihou. It includes two family Pedigree charts starting in 1604.There is a drawing of the farm at Vauxbelets c 1900, which is now part of a school, and a former cowshed and barn which is now a Clockmakers. The family seems to scatter to USA and also to Australia. Article is in the Hampshire Family Historian, vol.XI,no.3,November, 1984, pages 149-156, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h.


 * (language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)

Census Surname Indexes
Some places have been index for specific census years. Click here (Channel Islands Surname Index) to see a list of the census surname indexes for local places and parishes in these islands acquired by and available at the Family History Library.

Featured Content

 * Browse: Pages for Guernsey

Did you know?

 * The French writer Victor Hugo wrote some of his best-known works while in exile in Guernsey, including Les Misérables. His home in St. Peter Port, Hauteville House, is now a museum.


 * On 10 December 2008 the residents of the island of Sark held its first democratic election for the office of Conseillers of the Chief Pleas. For centuries the island has been governed, under a feudal system, by local landowning families. The change was brought about following a legal challenge by residents under the European Convention on Human Rights.

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