Difference between revisions of "Devon"

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+[[Category:Region 6 ~ South West England]]
-[[Image:devon.jpg|250px|thumb|The Good Life submitted by Chris aka Sherlockslovechild]]
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+|Bordered by the sea both to the north and south, Devon is home to both Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks.
+It is also home to the Royal Naval Dockyard at Plymouth and the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth as well as beautiful coastal resorts.
+Favoured by Agatha Christie.
-==Register Offices==
+Famous son: Francis Drake.
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+'''County town:''' Exeter
-*Copy Certificate information<br>
+'''Other major towns:''' Plymouth, Torquay
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
-=====Barnstable=====
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
-The Civic Centre<br>
+| [[Image: EnglandDevon.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
-Barnstaple<br>
+|}
-Devon<br>
-EX31 1ED<br>
-Tel 01271 382000
-=====Bideford=====
-Windmill Lane<br>
-Northam<br>
-Bideford<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX39 1BY<br>
-Tel 01237 474978
-=====Exeter=====
+==Resources==
-New Buildings<br>
-Castle Street<br>
-Exeter<br>
-EX4 3PQ<br>
-Tel 01392 384230
-=====Honiton=====
-Elmfield House<br>
-Dowell Street<br>
-Honiton<br>
-EX14 1LX<br>
-Tel 01404 42531<br>
-covers East Devon Registration District
-=====Mid Devon=====
+'''Primary Reference'''
-The Great House<br>
-St Peter Street<br>
-Tiverton<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX16 6NU<br>
-Tel 01884 255255
-=====Paignton=====
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office '''Devon Record Office''']
-Torbay Register Office<br>
-Oldway<br>
-Paignton<br>
-Devon<br>
-TQ3 2TU<br>
-Tel 01803 386880/1
-=====Plymouth=====
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/community/the_county/record_office/north_record_office.htm North Devon Record Office]
-Lockyer Street<br>
-Plymouth<br>
-Devon<br>
-PL1 2QD<br>
-Tel 01752 268331
-=====South Hams=====
+*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/archives Plymouth and West Devon Record Office]
-Follaton House<br>
-Plymouth Road<br>
-Totnes<br>
-TQ9 5NE<br>
-Tel 01803 861234
-=====Teignbridge=====
+*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
-Devon Square<br>
-Newton Abbott<br>
-TQ12 2HR<br>
-Tel 01626 206341
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/libraries/localstudies.html/ Devon Local Studies Libraries]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://uk.geocities.com/devonlookup@btinternet.com/ Devon Look-up Exchange]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/opcdevon/ Devon OPC]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ A Genealogist's Devon Connection]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire Transcripts]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
-*South Dartmoor:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*[http://www.devonheritage.org/index.htm Devon Heritage]
-*South Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
-*West Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=269 happy]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
+*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
-==Links==
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
+*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
+*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/devon.html LIBRARY LINKS]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Gateway]
+*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/ Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ GENUKI Devon - Genealogy]
+*[http://www.explorenorthdevon.org/default.aspx "Explore North Devon" Project Homepage]
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website - About the site]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Williams’s Commercial Directory 1847 Of Devonport, Plymouth, and Stonehouse]
 *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
+*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indexes]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford Online Parish Clerk]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
+*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
+*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington Parish Online]
+*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
+*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter History and Pubs, Exeter Through the Bottom of Your Beer Glass ]
+*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
+*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
-*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
+*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
+*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]
+*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Registers]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
+*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire transcripts]
+*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Efootprints1/dev1/parishindex.htm Devon Parish Index-some transcriptions]
+*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
 *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
+*[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
+*[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams]
+*[http://www.staverton.com/ Staverton]
+*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
+*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Terry Leaman's Torquay Website]
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Walkhampton/ Walkhampton Parish History]
+*[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100134/1.html Etched on Devon's Memory - Early Topographical Prints]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Victorian and Edwardian Photographers in Devon]
+==Register Office==
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
+'''Barnstaple'''
+The Civic Centre<br>
+Barnstaple<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX31 1ED<br>
+Tel: 01271 382000<br>
+Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Bideford'''
+Windmill Lane<br>
+Northam<br>
+Bideford<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX39 1BY<br>
+Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
+'''Exeter'''
+New Buildings<br>
+Castle Street<br>
+Exeter<br>
+EX4 3PQ<br>
+Tel: 01392 384230<br>
+Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
+Elmfield House<br>
+Dowell Street<br>
+Honiton<br>
+EX14 1LX<br>
+Tel: 01404 42531<br>
+Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Mid Devon'''
+The Great House<br>
+St Peter Street<br>
+Tiverton<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX16 6NU<br>
+Tel: 01884 255255<br>
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames.html Devon Surnames]
-*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon's Archives]
+'''Paignton'''
+Torbay Register Office<br>
+Oldway<br>
+Paignton<br>
+Devon<br>
+TQ3 2TU<br>
+Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
-'''Family and social history'''
+'''Plymouth'''
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
+Lockyer Street<br>
+Plymouth<br>
+Devon<br>
+PL1 2QD<br>
+Tel: 01752 268331<br>
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+'''Totnes'''
-*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter through the bottom of your Beer Glass ]
+Follaton House<br>
+Plymouth Road<br>
+Totnes<br>
+TQ9 5NE<br>
+Tel: 01803 861234<br>
-*[www.old-maps.co.uk Town & Village Maps for Devon]
+Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*Click on Gazetteer in the left menu to get an alphabetical list of counties, towns and villages. The direct link to Devon seems to be currently unavailable.
+'''Teignbridge'''
-'''Countywide interest'''
+Devon Square<br>
+Newton Abbott<br>
+TQ12 2HR<br>
+Tel: 01626 206341
-*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.debbiandfriends.org  Debbie and Friends] What is DaF? DaF is a collection of friends who try to help each other with their shared interest in family history. "We are mostly based in the UK, but have members all round the world. Between us we have many years of genealogy experience and have access to all kinds of records, online, on CD or in record offices. "
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01   Insight into the life of an Ag. Lab in Devon and Interesting for Dialect]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
-*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/crediton.html Churches of Devon]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexwar.html] This Section of the Dartmoor Press Website provides various indexes and transcripts from Dartmoor region memorials to the servicemen and servicewomen who gave their lives in the two World Wars of the last century — 1914-1918 & 1939-1945 — and also included are the few to those killed in other conflicts
+*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/member.php?u=344 Sunny Rosy]
+*Exeter Records Office [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1695 Geoff Devon]
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/ Greens on Screen]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Plymouth History Website]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Records]
-*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Parish OPC]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford OPC]
+*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
+*South Dartmoor: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*South Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*West Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=269 Miss Dynamite]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm ERMINGTON OPC]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford OPC]
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website - About the site]
+*South Dartmoor [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
-*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood OPC]
+*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
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+Back to [[England]]

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