Devon

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Devon County Map (source: Wikipedia)

Devon

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.

Favoured by Agatha Christie. Famous son: Francis Drake.

Register Offices

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

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

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

Honiton
Elmfield House
Dowell Street
Honiton
EX14 1LX
Tel 01404 42531
covers East Devon Registration District

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 Lookup Requests

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• South Dartmoor:Mavis by the Moor
• South Devon: Mavis by the Moor
• West Devon: Miss Dynamite

Photo Offers

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

Links

Primary Reference Links

• Devon Record Office

• Devon Family History Society

• Devon Local Studies Libraries

• Devon Look-up Exchange

• Devon OPC

• GENUKI Devon

• IGI Devon (A-M)

• IGI Devon (N-Z)

• Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• A Genealogist's Devon Connection

• Britannia: The History of Devon includes information on some castles, churches, etc.

• Dartmoor Region War Memorials

• Devon Convicts Transported to Australia 1782 - 1821

• Devon/Devonshire transcripts

• Devon Family Announcements

• Devon Heritage

• Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History

• Devon Page some Parish Register transcriptions

• Devon Parishes Index some transcriptions

• Devon Surnames

• Devon Workhouses

• Friends of Devon Archives includes transcripts of Devon and Exeter Oath Rolls 1723, Episcopal Visitation Returns 1744 and 1779, and Devon Freeholders 1711-1799

• Genogold - Devon Census

• Genogold - Devon Parish Registers

• John Lerwill's Devon History Selection

• List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers

• Local History Online - Devon

• Lost Devon (Dartmoor) Monumental Inscriptions

• Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK

• Southwest England Genealogical Indexes

• Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country

• Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626

• West Country Newspapers

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Aveton Gifford Online Parish Clerk

• Cornwood Online Parish Clerk

• The Dartmouth Archives

• Devonport Directories

• Dunsford Online Parish Clerk

• Ermington Parish Online

• Exeter History and Memories

• Exeter History and Pubs, Exeter Through the Bottom of Your Beer Glass

• Harford Online Parish Clerk

• History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon

• High Bickington

• Luppitt: Parish, Church and People

• Modbury Parish Registers

• Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy

• Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website

• Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club

• Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany

• Plymouth's Architectural Heritage

• Plymouth Directory 1847

• Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior

• South Hams

• Staverton

• Sutcombe Village Records

• Terry Leaman's Torquay Website

• Walkhampton Parish History

• English Accents and Dialects - Weare Gifford, Devon

Maps & Photographs

• Etched on Devon's Memory - Early Topographical Prints

• Victorian and Edwardian Photographers in Devon

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