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*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one. | *'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one. | ||
*Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them. | *Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them. | ||
== | == Archives == | ||
[https://www.archives.swheritage.org.uk/da-ls-research-guides '''Devon Archives and Local Studies Research Guides'''] | |||
*[https://www.archives.swheritage.org.uk/da-ls-rg-parish-registers Devon Parish Register List]: These lists include all of the Church of England parish registers, non-conformist registers and civil registers of burial and marriage, which have been received and catalogued at the Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter, the North Devon Record Office at Barnstaple, and the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office at Plymouth. | |||
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'''Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter'''<br>Great Moor House<br>Bittern Road<br>Sowton<br>Exeter, Devon EX2 7NL UK<br><br>Telephone: Tel: 01392 888700<br> | '''Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter'''<br>Great Moor House<br>Bittern Road<br>Sowton<br>Exeter, Devon EX2 7NL UK<br><br>Telephone: Tel: 01392 888700<br> | ||
Email: devonarchives@swheritage.org.uk<br> | Email: devonarchives@swheritage.org.uk<br> | ||
[https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/visit/devon-heritage-centre/ Website]<br> | [https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/visit/devon-heritage-centre/ Website]<br> | ||
[https://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/ Catalogue] | [https://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/ Catalogue]<br> | ||
[https://www.archives.swheritage.org.uk/da-ls-research-guides Research Guides] | |||
:Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter generally holds collections which relate to the whole county, including the Diocesan records, county Quarter Sessions and County Council collections. This includes estate and family collections, and solicitors’ collections which cover more than one area of Devon. Most of these records are not filmed or digitised, and are only available in their original format. The West Country Studies Library, which contains the county collection of local history material is also available at the Devon Heritage Centre. It includes published books, manuscript volumes, pamphlets, journals, maps, prints, engravings, photographs, newspapers and various files relating to local parish and family history.<ref name="Devon">"Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter", at Devon Archives and Local Studies, https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/visit/devon-heritage-centre/, accessed 14February 2023.</ref> | :Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter generally holds collections which relate to the whole county, including the Diocesan records, county Quarter Sessions and County Council collections. This includes estate and family collections, and solicitors’ collections which cover more than one area of Devon. Most of these records are not filmed or digitised, and are only available in their original format. The West Country Studies Library, which contains the county collection of local history material is also available at the Devon Heritage Centre. It includes published books, manuscript volumes, pamphlets, journals, maps, prints, engravings, photographs, newspapers and various files relating to local parish and family history.<ref name="Devon">"Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter", at Devon Archives and Local Studies, https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/visit/devon-heritage-centre/, accessed 14February 2023.</ref> | ||
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Telephone: 01752 308880<br> | Telephone: 01752 308880<br> | ||
Email: collections@plymouth.gov.uk<br> | |||
[https://www.theboxplymouth.com/permanent-galleries/the-cottonian-research-room Website]<br> | [https://www.theboxplymouth.com/permanent-galleries/the-cottonian-research-room Website]<br> | ||
[https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/family-history Family History]<br> | [https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/family-history Family History]<br> | ||
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: Explore the museum’s large, outstanding collections and trace the fascinating history of Mid Devon. The displays include the ‘Tivvy Bumper’ GWR steam engine, local industries (particularly lace making), farm waggons and the history of agriculture, and the every day home life of Mid Devon folk. | : Explore the museum’s large, outstanding collections and trace the fascinating history of Mid Devon. The displays include the ‘Tivvy Bumper’ GWR steam engine, local industries (particularly lace making), farm waggons and the history of agriculture, and the every day home life of Mid Devon folk. | ||
==Civil Registration Offices== | ==Civil Registration Offices== | ||
The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the more | The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices. | ||
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Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/DEV.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Devon]. | Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/DEV.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Devon]. | ||
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:Postal address: Devon Registration Services, Larkbeare House, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4NG, UK''' | :Postal address: Devon Registration Services, Larkbeare House, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4NG, UK''' | ||
:Telephone: 0345 155 1002 | :Telephone: 0345 155 1002 | ||
: | :Email: register@devon.gov.uk | ||
::[https://www.devon.gov.uk/registrationservice/registrationoffices Devon County Council Registration Office Locations] | ::[https://www.devon.gov.uk/registrationservice/registrationoffices Devon County Council Registration Office Locations] | ||
*[https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/plymouth-register-office '''Plymouth Register Office'''] | *[https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/plymouth-register-office '''Plymouth Register Office'''] | ||
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