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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 smaller, more specific records collections of county registry 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 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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