Devon Genealogical Resources

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The purpose of this project is to outline the regional resources available for research in Devon, both geographical/physical and online.

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GENUKI Devon

Cyndi's List - Devon

Resource Centres - Repositories

• Devon Heritage Services
• North Devon Record Office
• Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
• Devon Local Studies Libraries
• The Devon Rural Archive

Local Family and Local History Societies

• Devon Family History Society
• Bow & District Historical Society
• Chardstock Historical Record Group
• Chudleigh History Group
• Dartmouth History Research Group
• Exeter Local History Society
• Marldon Local History Group
• Shebbear & Buckland Filleigh Historical Society
• Silverton Local History Society
• Whimple History Society
• Widecombe & District History Group
• Yelverton & District Local History Society

Online

Research Guides

• Devon Heritage a wealth of information on this excellent site, covering all subjects and includes databases. Highly recommended.
• Devon Gen Web links to Genealogy and Family History resources to help researchers find local resources and reference material.
• Registration Districts in Devon
• Devon Parishes
• GenealogyLinks.net - Devon

Historical documents

• Devon BMD
• Cheriton Bishop 1821 The Population of Cheriton Bishop, taken on Monday the 28th and Tuesday the 29th of May 1821.
• Chudleigh a collection of transcripts from Chudleigh parish registers transcribed by Carol Gertner and Gary Liddell.

• Chudleigh Baptisms/Births 1558-1724
• Chudleigh Baptisms/Births 1725-1858
• Chudleigh Burials 1558-1704
• Chudleigh Burials 1705-1840
• Chudleigh Banns 1754-1820

• Ancestry.co.uk - Devon Resources - £ - membership required
• FreeReg Devon
• IGI Batch numbers for Devon
• Friends of Devon's Archives excellent resource, documents include:

• 1715 Militia Assessments and related documents
• 1723 Oath of Allegiance Rolls for Devon and Exeter
• 1744 and 1779 Replies to Bishops's Visitation Queries
• Devon Freeholders Books, 1711-1799
• Tithe Apportionments Project
• Black History References

• The Devon Will Project the aim of the project is to provide a finding-aid in the form of a consolidated index of all Devon wills, and also administrations and inventories. The index shows where copies, transcripts, abstracts or extracts of such original testamentary documents may be found, and in many cases the whereabouts of the original documents themselves. Useful information can be gained from the indexes themselves i.e. year and place of death
• Devonshire Parish Register - Marriages 1612-1837 covering 7 villages, a list of which are inside the book. This book is not in copyright.
• Trusham (St Michael) Marriage Register 1838-1911
• Trusham Baptism data for the 16th century 1559-1599
• Trusham Baptism data for the 17th century 1600-1703

History of Devon Communities

Places

• Exeter History and Memories if you have ancestors from Exeter or surrounding area, then this site is a must. Packed with information, a brilliant resource.
• Hennock St Mary’s Marriages 1837 to 1930. A transcript of marriage records that have not been deposited in the Devon Archive and are still held by the Church, this information is therefore not available from the Devon Archive.
• Hennock St Mary’s Burials 1880 to 1964.
• Plymouth Data Brian Moseley has spent over 40 years researching the history of Plymouth. His website contains a wealth of information covering the "Three Towns" of old Plymouth, Devonport and East Stonehouse (commonly known as Stonehouse), along with the ancient parishes of St. Budeaux, Eggbuckland and Tamerton Foliot.
• South Hams Family History Roy Osborn's website is dedicated to the South Hams area of Devon, roughly bounded by Dartmoor, the sea, the River Erme and River Dart. It contains a collection of indexes, census transcriptions and a free look-up service of church registers for most of the parishes within the ancient district of South Hams. A list of parishes covered by South Hams can be seen here
• Templeton Barbara Lupton's lovely website dedicated to the parish of Templeton in Devon. This is a work in progress tracing the people and families that lived in the parish.
• Trusham Parish click on the link for Family History and you will be given a long list of databases available such as census, baptisms, marriages and burials to name but a few.
• Petrockstowe Local History

Historical Resources

...online publications

• The Visitation of the County of Devon, 1564
• The Visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620
• The Domesday Book Online - Devon
• Devonshire Wills an online book written by Charles Worthy Esq., dates covered approximately 1500's-1800's, a collection of annotated testamentary abstracts, together with the family history and genealogy of many of the most ancient gentle houses of Devonshire.
• Devonshire Parish Register – Marriages online parish register dating from 1612-1837 covering 7 different villages.
• The Register of Blundell's School a famous Devonshire school which was founded in 1604.
• Directory of Devonshire 1870 Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer.

Forums

• Rootschat Devon
• Rootsweb Message Board - Devon
• Devon, England Genealogy Forum
• Devon Family History Society WWW Board

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