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*[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] | *[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] | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 19 May 2007
Contents
Devon
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.
Favoured by Agatha Christie. Famous son, Francis Drake.
Register Offices
- Copy Certificate information
- Apply for a Copy Certificate
Barnstable
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
South Hams
Follaton House
Plymouth Road
Totnes
TQ9 5NE
Tel 01803 861234
Teignbridge
15 Devon Square
Newton Abbott
TQ12 2HR
Tel 01626 206341
Record Office 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 linked above.
Record Office 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 linked above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- South Dartmoor:Mavis by the Moor
- South Devon: Mavis by the Moor
- West Devon: happy
Links
Local History Society
OPC
Archives
- Southwest England Genealogical Indices Includes some Newspaper Extracts, Parish records and Inquests
- 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.
Family and social history
Maps & Photographs
- A Directory of Victorian and Edwardian Devon Photographers Useful for dating old photos
Countywide interest
- 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. "
Specific Town Village interest
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