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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]]
+|}
-*Copy Certificate information<br>
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
-=====Barnstable=====
+==Resources==
-The Civic Centre<br>
-Barnstaple<br>
-Devon<br>
+'''Primary Reference'''
-EX31 1ED<br>
-Tel 01271 382000
+*[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]
-=====Bideford=====
+*[http://www.explorenorthdevon.org/default.aspx "Explore North Devon" Project Homepage]
-Windmill Lane<br>
-Northam<br>
-Bideford<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX39 1BY<br>
-Tel 01237 474978
-=====Exeter=====
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Williams’s Commercial Directory 1847 Of Devonport, Plymouth, and Stonehouse]
-New Buildings<br>
-Castle Street<br>
-Exeter<br>
-EX4 3PQ<br>
-Tel 01392 384230
-=====Honiton=====
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
-Elmfield House<br>
-Dowell Street<br>
-Honiton<br>
-EX14 1LX<br>
-Tel 01404 42531<br>
-covers East Devon Registration District
-=====Mid Devon=====
+*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indexes]
-The Great House<br>
-St Peter Street<br>
-Tiverton<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX16 6NU<br>
-Tel 01884 255255
-=====Paignton=====
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
-Torbay Register Office<br>
-Oldway<br>
-Paignton<br>
-Devon<br>
-TQ3 2TU<br>
-Tel 01803 386880/1
-=====Plymouth=====
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
-Lockyer Street<br>
-Plymouth<br>
-Devon<br>
-PL1 2QD<br>
-Tel 01752 268331
-=====South Hams=====
-Follaton House<br>
-Plymouth Road<br>
-Totnes<br>
-TQ9 5NE<br>
-Tel 01803 861234
-=====Teignbridge=====
-Devon Square<br>
-Newton Abbott<br>
-TQ12 2HR<br>
-Tel 01626 206341
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[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]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
+*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington Parish Online]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[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]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
-*South Dartmoor:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
-*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]
+*[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]
-==Links==
+*[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.devon.gov.uk/record_office COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
+*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/devon.html LIBRARY LINKS]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Gateway]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ GENUKI Devon - Genealogy]
+*[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website - About the site]
+*[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
+*[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]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Walkhampton/ Walkhampton Parish History]
+*[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
-*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
-*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
+'''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]
-'''OPC'''
+==Register Office==
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
-*[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood OPC]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Devon OPC ]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
-*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Parish OPC]
-*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford OPC]
+'''Barnstaple'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm ERMINGTON OPC]
+The Civic Centre<br>
+Barnstaple<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX31 1ED<br>
+Tel: 01271 382000<br>
-*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford OPC]
+Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
-'''Archives'''
+'''Bideford'''
+Windmill Lane<br>
+Northam<br>
+Bideford<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX39 1BY<br>
+Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
-*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ Dartmouth Archives]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon surnames A-M]
+'''Exeter'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon Surnames N-Z]
+New Buildings<br>
+Castle Street<br>
+Exeter<br>
+EX4 3PQ<br>
+Tel: 01392 384230<br>
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
+Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire transcripts]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Efootprints1/dev1/parishindex.htm Devon Parish Index-some transcriptions]
+'''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
+Elmfield House<br>
+Dowell Street<br>
+Honiton<br>
+EX14 1LX<br>
+Tel: 01404 42531<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
+Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames.html Devon Surnames]
-*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon's Archives]
+'''Mid Devon'''
-*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indices] Includes some Newspaper Extracts, Parish records and Inquests
+The Great House<br>
+St Peter Street<br>
+Tiverton<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX16 6NU<br>
+Tel: 01884 255255<br>
-*[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.
+'''Paignton'''
+Torbay Register Office<br>
+Oldway<br>
+Paignton<br>
+Devon<br>
+TQ3 2TU<br>
+Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
-'''Family and social history'''
+'''Plymouth'''
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
+Lockyer Street<br>
+Plymouth<br>
+Devon<br>
+PL1 2QD<br>
+Tel: 01752 268331<br>
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+'''Totnes'''
+Follaton House<br>
+Plymouth Road<br>
+Totnes<br>
+TQ9 5NE<br>
+Tel: 01803 861234<br>
-*[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter through the bottom of your Beer Glass ]
+Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html A Directory of Victorian and Edwardian Devon Photographers] Useful for dating old photos
+'''Teignbridge'''
-'''Countywide interest'''
+Devon Square<br>
+Newton Abbott<br>
+TQ12 2HR<br>
+Tel: 01626 206341
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[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. "
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01 Insight into the life of an Ag. Lab in Devon and Interesting for Dialect]
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/crediton.html Churches of Devon]
+*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/member.php?u=344 Sunny Rosy]
-*[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]
+*Exeter Records Office [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1695 Geoff Devon]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Torquay Genealogy Pages]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/ Greens on Screen]
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Plymouth History Website]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Records]
+*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 Website - About the site]
+==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://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]]

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