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|Bordered by the sea both to the north and south, Devon is home to both Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks.
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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.
  
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Favoured by Agatha Christie.
  
==Register Offices==
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Famous son: Francis Drake.
  
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'''County town:''' Exeter
  
  
*Copy Certificate information<br>
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'''Other major towns:''' Plymouth, Torquay
*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
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=====Barnstable=====
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
The Civic Centre<br>
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| [[Image: EnglandDevon.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
Barnstaple<br>
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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=====
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==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=====
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'''Primary Reference'''
The Great House<br>
 
1 St Peter Street<br>
 
Tiverton<br>
 
Devon<br>
 
EX16 6NU<br>
 
Tel 01884 255255
 
  
=====Paignton=====
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*[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=====
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*[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=====
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*[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=====
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*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
15 Devon Square<br>
 
Newton Abbott<br>
 
TQ12 2HR<br>
 
Tel 01626 206341
 
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[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.
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*[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.
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/opcdevon/ Devon OPC]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
 
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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'''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.
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ A Genealogist's Devon Connection]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire Transcripts]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
  
*South Dartmoor:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
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*[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]
 
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
  
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*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
  
==Links==
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*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
  
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*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
  
*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
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*[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]
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*[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]
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*[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]
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*[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]
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*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
  
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*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indexes]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
  
*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
 
  
*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
 
  
'''OPC'''
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford Online Parish Clerk]
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*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood Online Parish Clerk]
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*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
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*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington Parish Online]
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*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
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*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter History and Pubs, Exeter Through the Bottom of Your Beer Glass ]
  
*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Devon Online parish clerk ]
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*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
  
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*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
  
*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ Dartmouth Archives]
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*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]  
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon surnames A-M]
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*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Registers]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon Surnames N-Z]
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*[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]
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*[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]
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*[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]
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*[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/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]  
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames.html Devon Surnames]
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*[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
  
*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon's Archives]
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*[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams]
  
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*[http://www.staverton.com/ Staverton]
  
'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Terry Leaman's Torquay Website]
  
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*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Walkhampton/ Walkhampton Parish History]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
  
*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter through the bottom of your Beer Glass ]
 
  
*[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.
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100134/1.html Etched on Devon's Memory - Early Topographical Prints]
  
'''Countywide interest'''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Victorian and Edwardian Photographers in Devon]
  
*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
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==Register Office==
  
*[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. "
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
  
*[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01  Insight into the life of an Ag. Lab in Devon and Interesting for Dialect]
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
  
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
  
*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/crediton.html Churches of Devon]
 
  
*[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
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'''Barnstaple'''
  
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The Civic Centre<br>
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Barnstaple<br>
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Devon<br>
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EX31 1ED<br>
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Tel: 01271 382000<br>
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/ Greens on Screen]
 
  
*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Plymouth History Website]
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'''Bideford'''
  
*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Records]
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Windmill Lane<br>
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Northam<br>
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Bideford<br>
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Devon<br>
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EX39 1BY<br>
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Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
  
*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Parish OPC]
 
  
*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford OPC]
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'''Exeter'''
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New Buildings<br>
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Castle Street<br>
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Exeter<br>
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EX4 3PQ<br>
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Tel: 01392 384230<br>
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Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
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'''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
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Elmfield House<br>
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Dowell Street<br>
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Honiton<br>
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EX14 1LX<br>
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Tel: 01404 42531<br>
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Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
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'''Mid Devon'''
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The Great House<br>
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1 St Peter Street<br>
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Tiverton<br>
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Devon<br>
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EX16 6NU<br>
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Tel: 01884 255255<br>
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'''Paignton'''
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Torbay Register Office<br>
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Oldway<br>
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Paignton<br>
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Devon<br>
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TQ3 2TU<br>
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Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
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'''Plymouth'''
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Lockyer Street<br>
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Plymouth<br>
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Devon<br>
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PL1 2QD<br>
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Tel: 01752 268331<br>
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'''Totnes'''
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Follaton House<br>
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Plymouth Road<br>
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Totnes<br>
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TQ9 5NE<br>
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Tel: 01803 861234<br>
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Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
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'''Teignbridge'''
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15 Devon Square<br>
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Newton Abbott<br>
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TQ12 2HR<br>
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Tel: 01626 206341
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/member.php?u=344 Sunny Rosy]
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*Exeter Records Office [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1695 Geoff Devon]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
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*South Dartmoor: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
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*South Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
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*West Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=269 Miss Dynamite]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm ERMINGTON OPC]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford OPC]
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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]
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*South Dartmoor [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
  
*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood OPC]
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*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
  
  
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Latest revision as of 09:16, 16 May 2023

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.

Famous son: Francis Drake.

County town: Exeter


Other major towns: Plymouth, Torquay


Devon Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia


Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest




Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

Register Office


Barnstaple

The Civic Centre
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 1ED
Tel: 01271 382000

Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk


Bideford

Windmill Lane
Northam
Bideford
Devon
EX39 1BY
Tel: 01237 474978


Exeter

New Buildings
Castle Street
Exeter
EX4 3PQ
Tel: 01392 384230

Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk


Honiton (covers East Devon Registration District)

Elmfield House
Dowell Street
Honiton
EX14 1LX
Tel: 01404 42531

Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk


Mid Devon

The Great House
1 St Peter Street
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 6NU
Tel: 01884 255255


Paignton

Torbay Register Office
Oldway
Paignton
Devon
TQ3 2TU
Tel: 01803 386880/1


Plymouth

Lockyer Street
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 2QD
Tel: 01752 268331


Totnes

Follaton House
Plymouth Road
Totnes
TQ9 5NE
Tel: 01803 861234

Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk


Teignbridge

15 Devon Square
Newton Abbott
TQ12 2HR
Tel: 01626 206341

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


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