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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.
-'''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 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.
+'''Other major towns:''' Plymouth, Torquay
-Favoured by Agatha Christie. Famous son, Francis Drake.
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
-==Register Offices==
+'''[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'''
-*Copy Certificate information<br>
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
-=====Barnstaple=====
+*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ A Genealogist's Devon Connection]
-The Civic Centre<br>
-Barnstaple<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX31 1ED<br>
-Tel 01271 382000
-=====Bideford=====
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire Transcripts]
-Windmill Lane<br>
-Northam<br>
-Bideford<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX39 1BY<br>
-Tel 01237 474978
-=====Exeter=====
+*[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
-New Buildings<br>
-Castle Street<br>
-Exeter<br>
-EX4 3PQ<br>
-Tel 01392 384230
-=====Honiton=====
+*[http://www.devonheritage.org/index.htm Devon Heritage]
-Elmfield House<br>
-Dowell Street<br>
-Honiton<br>
-EX14 1LX<br>
-Tel 01404 42531<br>
-covers East Devon Registration District
-=====Mid Devon=====
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
-The Great House<br>
-St Peter Street<br>
-Tiverton<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX16 6NU<br>
-Tel 01884 255255
-=====Paignton=====
+*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
-Torbay Register Office<br>
-Oldway<br>
-Paignton<br>
-Devon<br>
-TQ3 2TU<br>
-Tel 01803 386880/1
-=====Plymouth=====
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
-Lockyer Street<br>
-Plymouth<br>
-Devon<br>
-PL1 2QD<br>
-Tel 01752 268331
-=====South Hams=====
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
-Follaton House<br>
-Plymouth Road<br>
-Totnes<br>
-TQ9 5NE<br>
-Tel 01803 861234
-=====Teignbridge=====
+*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
-Devon Square<br>
-Newton Abbott<br>
-TQ12 2HR<br>
-Tel 01626 206341
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[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]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[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]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indexes]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*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]
+'''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]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
+*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington Parish Online]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/devon.html LIBRARY LINKS]
+*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Gateway]
+*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter History and Pubs, Exeter Through the Bottom of Your Beer Glass ]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ GENUKI Devon - Genealogy]
+*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ Shirley Turner's Devonshire Pages]
+*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
-*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devonshire Pages]
+*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website - About the site]
+*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
+*[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]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[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://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
-*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & 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]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
-*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford OPC]
+*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Terry Leaman's Torquay Website]
-*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood OPC]
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Walkhampton/ Walkhampton Parish History]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Devon OPC ]
+*[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
-*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford OPC]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington OPC]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Parish OPC]
+*[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]
-'''Archives'''
+==Register Office==
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
-*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ Dartmouth Archives]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon surnames A-M]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon Surnames N-Z]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
+'''Barnstaple'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire transcripts]
+The Civic Centre<br>
+Barnstaple<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX31 1ED<br>
+Tel: 01271 382000<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Efootprints1/dev1/parishindex.htm Devon Parish Index-some transcriptions]
+Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531,1561 and 1626]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
+'''Bideford'''
-*[http://www.genogold.com/html/devon1.html Genogold Devon Census Pages] - Ongoing
+Windmill Lane<br>
+Northam<br>
+Bideford<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX39 1BY<br>
+Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
-*[http://www.genogold.com/html/devon.html Genogold Devon Parish Records] - Ongoing
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
+'''Exeter'''
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames.html Devon Surnames]
+New Buildings<br>
+Castle Street<br>
+Exeter<br>
+EX4 3PQ<br>
+Tel: 01392 384230<br>
-*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon's Archives]
+Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Parish Records for some Devonshire Villages]
-*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indices] Includes some Newspaper Extracts, Parish records and Inquests
+'''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.
+Elmfield House<br>
+Dowell Street<br>
+Honiton<br>
+EX14 1LX<br>
+Tel: 01404 42531<br>
+Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Mid Devon'''
-'''Family and social history'''
+The Great House<br>
+St Peter Street<br>
+Tiverton<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX16 6NU<br>
+Tel: 01884 255255<br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
+'''Paignton'''
+Torbay Register Office<br>
+Oldway<br>
+Paignton<br>
+Devon<br>
+TQ3 2TU<br>
+Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+'''Plymouth'''
-*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter through the bottom of your Beer Glass ]
+Lockyer Street<br>
+Plymouth<br>
+Devon<br>
+PL1 2QD<br>
+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
+'''Totnes'''
-'''Countywide interest'''
+Follaton House<br>
+Plymouth Road<br>
+Totnes<br>
+TQ9 5NE<br>
+Tel: 01803 861234<br>
+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. "
+'''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]
+Devon Square<br>
+Newton Abbott<br>
+TQ12 2HR<br>
+Tel: 01626 206341
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/crediton.html Churches of Devon]
+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]
+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]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+*[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]
-*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexlost.html Index of Lost Dartmoor Monumental Inscriptions]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Torquay Genealogy ]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/ Greens on Screen]
+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 ]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Plymouth History ]
+*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://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/index.htm Plymouth and South West Devon]
+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]
+*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]
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+Back to [[England]]

Difference between revisions of "Devon"

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Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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