Difference between revisions of "Devon"

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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.
+Favoured by Agatha Christie.
-==Register Offices==
+Famous son: Francis Drake.
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+'''County town:''' Exeter
-*Copy Certificate information<br>
+'''Other major towns:''' Plymouth, Torquay
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[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'''
+*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ A Genealogist's Devon Connection]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire Transcripts]
+*[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
+*[http://www.devonheritage.org/index.htm Devon Heritage]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
+*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
+*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
+*[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
+*[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]
+*[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://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indexes]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
+'''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]
+*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
+*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington Parish Online]
+*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
+*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter History and Pubs, Exeter Through the Bottom of Your Beer Glass ]
+*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
+*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
+*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
+*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]
+*[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]
+*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and 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]
+*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
+*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Terry Leaman's Torquay Website]
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Walkhampton/ Walkhampton Parish History]
+*[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[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]
+==Register Office==
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
 *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
-=====Barnstable=====
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
+'''Barnstaple'''
 The Civic Centre<br>
 Barnstaple<br>
 Devon<br>
 EX31 1ED<br>
-Tel 01271 382000
+Tel: 01271 382000<br>
+Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Bideford'''
-=====Bideford=====
 Windmill Lane<br>
 Northam<br>
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 Devon<br>
 EX39 1BY<br>
-Tel 01237 474978
+Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
+'''Exeter'''
-=====Exeter=====
 New Buildings<br>
 Castle Street<br>
 Exeter<br>
 EX4 3PQ<br>
-Tel 01392 384230
+Tel: 01392 384230<br>
+Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
-=====Honiton=====
 Elmfield House<br>
 Dowell Street<br>
 Honiton<br>
 EX14 1LX<br>
-Tel 01404 42531<br>
+Tel: 01404 42531<br>
-covers East Devon Registration District
+Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Mid Devon'''
-=====Mid Devon=====
 The Great House<br>
 St Peter Street<br>
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 Devon<br>
 EX16 6NU<br>
-Tel 01884 255255
+Tel: 01884 255255<br>
+'''Paignton'''
-=====Paignton=====
 Torbay Register Office<br>
 Oldway<br>
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 Devon<br>
 TQ3 2TU<br>
-Tel 01803 386880/1
+Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
+'''Plymouth'''
-=====Plymouth=====
 Lockyer Street<br>
 Plymouth<br>
 Devon<br>
 PL1 2QD<br>
-Tel 01752 268331
+Tel: 01752 268331<br>
+'''Totnes'''
-=====South Hams=====
 Follaton House<br>
 Plymouth Road<br>
 Totnes<br>
 TQ9 5NE<br>
-Tel 01803 861234
+Tel: 01803 861234<br>
+Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Teignbridge'''
-=====Teignbridge=====
 Devon Square<br>
 Newton Abbott<br>
 TQ12 2HR<br>
-Tel 01626 206341
+Tel: 01626 206341
-==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
-reserved
-==Links==
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/devon.html LIBRARY LINKS]
-*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
-*[www.old-maps.co.uk Town & Village Maps for Devon]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-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.
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Gateway]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Plymouth History Website]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Efootprints1/dev1/parishindex.htm Devon Parish Index-some transcriptions]
+*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/member.php?u=344 Sunny Rosy]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
+*Exeter Records Office [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1695 Geoff Devon]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ GENUKI Devon - Genealogy]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website - About the site]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/ Greens on Screen]
-*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Records]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
-*[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. "
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*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.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01   Insight into the life of an Ag. Lab in Devon and Interesting for Dialect]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/crediton.html Churches of Devon]
+*South Dartmoor [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames.html Devon Surnames]
+*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
-*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon's Archives]
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+Back to [[England]]

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Resources

Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Photo Offers