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| − | |Bordered by the sea both to the north and south, Devon is home to both Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks.
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| − | 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.
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| − | Favoured by Agatha Christie.
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| − | '''County town:''' Exeter
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| − | '''Other major towns:''' Plymouth, Torquay
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| − | '''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
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| − | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| − | | [[Image: EnglandDevon.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | '''Primary Reference'''
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| − | *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office '''Devon Record Office''']
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| − | *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/community/the_county/record_office/north_record_office.htm North Devon Record Office]
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| − | *[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/archives Plymouth and West Devon Record Office]
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| − | *[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
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| − | *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/libraries/localstudies.html/ Devon Local Studies Libraries]
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| − | *[http://uk.geocities.com/devonlookup@btinternet.com/ Devon Look-up Exchange]
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| − | *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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| − | *[http://www.geocities.com/opcdevon/ Devon OPC]
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| − | '''Countywide Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ A Genealogist's Devon Connection]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire Transcripts]
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| − | *[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
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| − | *[http://www.devonheritage.org/index.htm Devon Heritage]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
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| − | *[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
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| − | *[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
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| − | *[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
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| − | *[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
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| − | *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
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| − | *[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/ Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
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| − | *[http://www.explorenorthdevon.org/default.aspx "Explore North Devon" Project Homepage]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Williams’s Commercial Directory 1847 Of Devonport, Plymouth, and Stonehouse]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
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| − | *[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indexes]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
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| − | *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
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| − | '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford Online Parish Clerk]
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| − | *[http://www.cornwood-opc.com/ Cornwood Online Parish Clerk]
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| − | *[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
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| − | *[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington Parish Online]
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| − | *[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
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| − | *[http://www.exeterbeerglass.com/ Exeter History and Pubs, Exeter Through the Bottom of Your Beer Glass ]
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| − | *[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
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| − | *[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
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| − | *[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
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| − | *[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]
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| − | *[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Registers]
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| − | *[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
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| − | *[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club]
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| − | *[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
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| − | *[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
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| − | *[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams]
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| − | *[http://www.staverton.com/ Staverton]
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| − | *[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
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| − | *[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Terry Leaman's Torquay Website]
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| − | *[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Walkhampton/ Walkhampton Parish History]
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| − | *[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
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| − | '''Maps and Photographs'''
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| − | *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100134/1.html Etched on Devon's Memory - Early Topographical Prints]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Victorian and Edwardian Photographers in Devon]
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| − | ==Register Office==
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| − | *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
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| − | *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
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| − | *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
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| − | '''Barnstaple'''
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| − | The Civic Centre<br>
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| − | Barnstaple<br>
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| − | Devon<br>
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| − | EX31 1ED<br>
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| − | Tel: 01271 382000<br>
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| − | Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
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| − | '''Bideford'''
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| − | Windmill Lane<br>
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| − | Northam<br>
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| − | Bideford<br>
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| − | Devon<br>
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| − | EX39 1BY<br>
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| − | Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
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| − | '''Exeter'''
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| − | New Buildings<br>
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| − | Castle Street<br>
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| − | Exeter<br>
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| − | EX4 3PQ<br>
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| − | Tel: 01392 384230<br>
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| − | Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
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| − | '''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
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| − | Elmfield House<br>
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| − | Dowell Street<br>
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| − | Honiton<br>
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| − | EX14 1LX<br>
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| − | Tel: 01404 42531<br>
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| − | Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
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| − | '''Mid Devon'''
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| − | The Great House<br>
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| − | 1 St Peter Street<br>
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| − | Tiverton<br>
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| − | Devon<br>
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| − | EX16 6NU<br>
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| − | Tel: 01884 255255<br>
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| − | '''Paignton'''
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| − | Torbay Register Office<br>
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| − | Oldway<br>
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| − | Paignton<br>
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| − | Devon<br>
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| − | TQ3 2TU<br>
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| − | Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
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| − | '''Plymouth'''
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| − | Lockyer Street<br>
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| − | Plymouth<br>
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| − | PL1 2QD<br>
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| − | Tel: 01752 268331<br>
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| − | '''Totnes'''
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| − | Follaton House<br>
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| − | Plymouth Road<br>
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| − | Totnes<br>
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| − | TQ9 5NE<br>
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| − | Tel: 01803 861234<br>
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| − | Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
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| − | '''Teignbridge'''
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| − | 15 Devon Square<br>
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| − | Newton Abbott<br>
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| − | TQ12 2HR<br>
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| − | Tel: 01626 206341
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| − | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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| − | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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| − | A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum] or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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| − | If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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