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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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-[[Image:EnglandDevon.jpg|left|131px|thumb|Devon County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
+|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.
-'''Devon'''
+Favoured by Agatha Christie.
+Famous son: Francis Drake.
-County town: Exeter
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+'''County town:''' Exeter
-Other major towns: Plymouth, Torquay
-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.
+'''Other major towns:''' Plymouth, Torquay
-Favoured by Agatha Christie. Famous son: Francis Drake.
-<br><br><br><br><br><br><BR>
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
-==Register Offices==
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate information]<br>
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
+| [[Image: EnglandDevon.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar homepage]<br>
+|}
+==Resources==
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office '''Devon Record Office''']
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/community/the_county/record_office/north_record_office.htm North Devon Record Office]
+*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/archives Plymouth and West Devon Record Office]
+*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/libraries/localstudies.html/ Devon Local Studies Libraries]
+*[http://uk.geocities.com/devonlookup@btinternet.com/ Devon Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/opcdevon/ Devon OPC]
+'''Countywide Interest'''
+*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ A Genealogist's Devon Connection]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire Transcripts]
+*[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
+*[http://www.devonheritage.org/index.htm Devon Heritage]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
-'''Barnstaple'''<BR>
+*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
-The Civic Centre<br>
-Barnstaple<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX31 1ED<br>
-Tel 01271 382000
-'''Bideford'''<BR>
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
-Windmill Lane<br>
-Northam<br>
-Bideford<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX39 1BY<br>
-Tel 01237 474978
-'''Exeter'''<BR>
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
-New Buildings<br>
-Castle Street<br>
-Exeter<br>
-EX4 3PQ<br>
-Tel 01392 384230
-'''Honiton'''<BR>
+*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
-Elmfield House<br>
-Dowell Street<br>
-Honiton<br>
-EX14 1LX<br>
-Tel 01404 42531<br>
-covers East Devon Registration District
-'''Mid Devon'''<BR>
+*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
-The Great House<br>
-St Peter Street<br>
-Tiverton<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX16 6NU<br>
-Tel 01884 255255
-'''Paignton'''<BR>
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
-Torbay Register Office<br>
-Oldway<br>
-Paignton<br>
-Devon<br>
-TQ3 2TU<br>
-Tel 01803 386880/1
-'''Plymouth'''<BR>
+*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/ Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
-Lockyer Street<br>
-Plymouth<br>
-Devon<br>
-PL1 2QD<br>
-Tel 01752 268331
-'''Totnes'''<BR>
+*[http://www.explorenorthdevon.org/default.aspx "Explore North Devon" Project Homepage]
-Follaton House<br>
-Plymouth Road<br>
-Totnes<br>
-TQ9 5NE<br>
-Tel 01803 861234
-'''Teignbridge'''<BR>
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Williams’s Commercial Directory 1847 Of Devonport, Plymouth, and Stonehouse]
-Devon Square<br>
-Newton Abbott<br>
-TQ12 2HR<br>
-Tel 01626 206341
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
+*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indexes]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-<br>
+*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford Online Parish Clerk]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood Online Parish Clerk]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[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]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
-*South Dartmoor:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter History and Pubs, Exeter Through the Bottom of Your Beer Glass ]
-*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]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
-Members who have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send the member a private message with your queries.
+*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
+*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
+*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Registers]
-'''Primary Reference Links'''
+*[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office '''Devon Record Office''']
+*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
-*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
+*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/libraries/localstudies.html/ Devon Local Studies Libraries]
+*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
-*[http://uk.geocities.com/devonlookup@btinternet.com/ Devon Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Devon OPC ]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ GENUKI Devon]
+*[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon (A-M)]
+*[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon (N-Z)]
+*[http://www.staverton.com/ Staverton]
-*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
+*[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]
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+*[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ A Genealogist's Devon Connection]
-*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/ Britannia: The History of Devon] includes information on some castles, churches, etc.
-*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexwar.html Dartmoor Region War Memorials]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonIndexes/LastFarewell.html Devon Convicts Transported to Australia 1782 - 1821]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100134/1.html Etched on Devon's Memory - Early Topographical Prints]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire transcripts]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Victorian and Edwardian Photographers in Devon]
-*[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
+==Register Office==
-*[http://www.devonheritage.org/index.htm Devon Heritage]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
-*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page] some Parish Register transcriptions
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Efootprints1/dev1/parishindex.htm Devon Parishes Index] some transcriptions
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
+'''Barnstaple'''
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
+The Civic Centre<br>
+Barnstaple<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX31 1ED<br>
+Tel: 01271 382000<br>
-*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives] includes transcripts of Devon and Exeter Oath Rolls 1723, Episcopal Visitation Returns 1744 and 1779, and Devon Freeholders 1711-1799
+Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.genogold.com/html/devon1.html Genogold - Devon Census]
-*[http://www.genogold.com/html/devon.html Genogold - Devon Parish Registers]
+'''Bideford'''
-*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
+Windmill Lane<br>
+Northam<br>
+Bideford<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX39 1BY<br>
+Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
-*[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 Online - Devon]
+'''Exeter'''
-*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexlost.html Lost Devon (Dartmoor) Monumental Inscriptions]
+New Buildings<br>
+Castle Street<br>
+Exeter<br>
+EX4 3PQ<br>
+Tel: 01392 384230<br>
-*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
+Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indexes]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
+'''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
+Elmfield House<br>
+Dowell Street<br>
+Honiton<br>
+EX14 1LX<br>
+Tel: 01404 42531<br>
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
+Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Mid Devon'''
-'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+The Great House<br>
+St Peter Street<br>
+Tiverton<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX16 6NU<br>
+Tel: 01884 255255<br>
-*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood Online Parish Clerk]
+'''Paignton'''
-*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
+Torbay Register Office<br>
+Oldway<br>
+Paignton<br>
+Devon<br>
+TQ3 2TU<br>
+Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
-*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
+'''Plymouth'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington Parish Online]
+Lockyer Street<br>
+Plymouth<br>
+Devon<br>
+PL1 2QD<br>
+Tel: 01752 268331<br>
-*[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 ]
+'''Totnes'''
-*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
+Follaton House<br>
+Plymouth Road<br>
+Totnes<br>
+TQ9 5NE<br>
+Tel: 01803 861234<br>
-*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
+Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
-*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]
+'''Teignbridge'''
-*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Registers]
+Devon Square<br>
+Newton Abbott<br>
+TQ12 2HR<br>
+Tel: 01626 206341
-*[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
-*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
+*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/member.php?u=344 Sunny Rosy]
-*[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
+*Exeter Records Office [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1695 Geoff Devon]
-*[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.staverton.com/ Staverton]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Terry Leaman's Torquay Website]
-*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/WalknContents.html Walkhampton Parish History]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01 English Accents and Dialects - Weare Gifford, Devon]
+*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]
+==Photo Offers==
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+*South Dartmoor [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100134/1.html Etched on Devon's Memory - Early Topographical Prints]
+*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Victorian and Edwardian Photographers in Devon]
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+Back to [[England]]