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
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandDevon.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==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]
+*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
+*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
+*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
+*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/ Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
+*[http://www.explorenorthdevon.org/default.aspx "Explore North Devon" Project Homepage]
+*[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]
+*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood Online Parish Clerk]
+*[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.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
+*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]
+*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy]
+*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
+*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club]
+*[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/ 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]
-=====Barnstable=====
+*[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
+Tel: 01271 382000<br>
+Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Bideford'''
-=====Bideford=====
 Windmill Lane<br>
 Northam<br>
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 Devon<br>
 EX39 1BY<br>
-Tel 01237 474978
+Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
+'''Exeter'''
-=====Exeter=====
 New Buildings<br>
 Castle Street<br>
 Exeter<br>
 EX4 3PQ<br>
-Tel 01392 384230
+Tel: 01392 384230<br>
+Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
-=====Honiton=====
 Elmfield House<br>
 Dowell Street<br>
 Honiton<br>
 EX14 1LX<br>
-Tel 01404 42531<br>
+Tel: 01404 42531<br>
-covers East Devon Registration District
+Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Mid Devon'''
-=====Mid Devon=====
 The Great House<br>
 St Peter Street<br>
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 Devon<br>
 EX16 6NU<br>
-Tel 01884 255255
+Tel: 01884 255255<br>
+'''Paignton'''
-=====Paignton=====
 Torbay Register Office<br>
 Oldway<br>
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 Devon<br>
 TQ3 2TU<br>
-Tel 01803 386880/1
+Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
+'''Plymouth'''
-=====Plymouth=====
 Lockyer Street<br>
 Plymouth<br>
 Devon<br>
 PL1 2QD<br>
-Tel 01752 268331
+Tel: 01752 268331<br>
+'''Totnes'''
-=====South Hams=====
 Follaton House<br>
 Plymouth Road<br>
 Totnes<br>
 TQ9 5NE<br>
-Tel 01803 861234
+Tel: 01803 861234<br>
+Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Teignbridge'''
-=====Teignbridge=====
 Devon Square<br>
 Newton Abbott<br>
 TQ12 2HR<br>
-Tel 01626 206341
+Tel: 01626 206341
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
 Please read the [[Record Office 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.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
+*[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]
 ==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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 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.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
 '''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*South Dartmoor:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*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 happy]
+*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.
-==Links==
+*South Dartmoor [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/devon.html LIBRARY LINKS]
-*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
-*[www.old-maps.co.uk Town & Village Maps for Devon]
-*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.
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Gateway]
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Plymouth History 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/%7Efootprints1/dev1/parishindex.htm Devon Parish Index-some transcriptions]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ GENUKI Devon - Genealogy]
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website - About the site]
-*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
-*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/ Greens on Screen]
-*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Records]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
-*[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. "
-*[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01   Insight into the life of an Ag. Lab in Devon and Interesting for Dialect]
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
-*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/crediton.html Churches of Devon]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames.html Devon Surnames]
-*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon's Archives]
-*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter through the bottom of your Beer Glass ]
-*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Parish OPC]
-*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford OPC]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm ERMINGTON OPC]
-*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford OPC]
-*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood OPC]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire transcripts]
+*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
-*[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
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+Back to [[England]]

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