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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.
  
'''Devon'''
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Favoured by Agatha Christie.
  
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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 also home to both Dartmoor & Exmoor National Park. It is the home to the Royal Naval Dockyard at Plymouth & Dartmouth Naval College as well as beautiful coastal resorts.
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'''Other major towns:''' Plymouth, Torquay
  
Favoured by Agatha Christie. Famous son, Francis Drake.
 
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
==Register Offices==
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandDevon.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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*Copy Certificate information<br>
 
*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
 
  
=====Barnstable=====
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==Resources==
The Civic Centre<br>
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Barnstaple<br>
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Devon<br>
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'''Primary Reference'''
EX31 1ED<br>
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Tel 01271 382000
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office '''Devon Record Office''']
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/community/the_county/record_office/north_record_office.htm North Devon Record Office]
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*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/archives Plymouth and West Devon Record Office]
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*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/libraries/localstudies.html/ Devon Local Studies Libraries]
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/devonlookup@btinternet.com/ Devon Look-up Exchange]
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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]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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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]
  
=====Bideford=====
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*[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
Windmill Lane<br>
 
Northam<br>
 
Bideford<br>
 
Devon<br>
 
EX39 1BY<br>
 
Tel 01237 474978
 
  
=====Exeter=====
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*[http://www.devonheritage.org/index.htm Devon Heritage]
New Buildings<br>
 
Castle Street<br>
 
Exeter<br>
 
EX4 3PQ<br>
 
Tel 01392 384230
 
  
=====Honiton=====
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
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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*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
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.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
Torbay Register Office<br>
 
Oldway<br>
 
Paignton<br>
 
Devon<br>
 
TQ3 2TU<br>
 
Tel 01803 386880/1
 
  
=====Plymouth=====
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*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
Lockyer Street<br>
 
Plymouth<br>
 
Devon<br>
 
PL1 2QD<br>
 
Tel 01752 268331
 
  
=====South Hams=====
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*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
Follaton House<br>
 
Plymouth Road<br>
 
Totnes<br>
 
TQ9 5NE<br>
 
Tel 01803 861234
 
  
=====Teignbridge=====
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*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
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/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/ Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.explorenorthdevon.org/default.aspx "Explore North Devon" Project Homepage]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Williams’s Commercial Directory 1847 Of Devonport, Plymouth, and Stonehouse]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[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]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[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.
 
  
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
  
*South Dartmoor:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
*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://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]
  
==Links==
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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]
  
*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
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*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/devon.html LIBRARY LINKS]
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*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter History and Pubs, Exeter Through the Bottom of Your Beer Glass ]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Gateway]
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*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
  
*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ GENUKI Devon - Genealogy]
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*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ Shirley Turner's Devonshire Pages]
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*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
  
*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devonshire Pages]
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*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]  
  
*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website - About the site]
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*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Registers]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
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*[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
  
*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
  
*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
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*[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
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*[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams]
  
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*[http://www.staverton.com/ Staverton]
  
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*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Terry Leaman's Torquay Website]
  
*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford OPC]
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*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Walkhampton/ Walkhampton Parish History]
  
*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood OPC]
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*[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
  
*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Devon OPC ]
 
  
*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford OPC]
 
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington OPC]
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100134/1.html Etched on Devon's Memory - Early Topographical Prints]
  
*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Parish OPC]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Victorian and Edwardian Photographers in Devon]
  
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==Register Office==
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
  
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
  
*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ Dartmouth Archives]
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*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon surnames A-M]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon Surnames N-Z]
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'''Barnstaple'''
  
*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
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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>
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire transcripts]
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Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Efootprints1/dev1/parishindex.htm Devon Parish Index-some transcriptions]
 
  
*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531,1561 and 1626]
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'''Bideford'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
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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.genogold.com/html/devon1.html Genogold Devon Census Pages] - Ongoing
 
  
*[http://www.genogold.com/html/devon.html Genogold Devon Parish Records] - Ongoing
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'''Exeter'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
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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>
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames.html Devon Surnames]
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Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon's Archives]
 
  
*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indices] Includes some Newspaper Extracts, Parish records and Inquests
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'''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarrymen of the West Country] A Genealogical index of over 67,000 names of Masons, Quarrymen, Builders, Carpenters and those engaged in related Occupations in Devon and Cornwall.
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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'''
  
'''Family and social history'''
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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>
  
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
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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>
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
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'''Plymouth'''
  
*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter through the bottom of your Beer Glass ]
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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>
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html A Directory of Victorian and Edwardian Devon Photographers] Useful for dating old photos
 
  
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'''Totnes'''
  
'''Countywide interest'''
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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>
  
*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
 
  
*[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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'''Teignbridge'''
  
*[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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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
  
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/crediton.html Churches of Devon]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~alanelliott/TLF%20App%20A.HTML Devon Convicts Transported to Australia 1782-1821]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[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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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexlost.html Index of Lost Dartmoor Monumental Inscriptions]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Torquay Genealogy ]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/ Greens on Screen]
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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.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe Genealogy ]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Plymouth History ]  
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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://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/index.htm Plymouth and South West Devon]
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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://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Torquay Genealogy ]
 
  
*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
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*South Dartmoor [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
  
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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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