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Websites to help you research your Devon Ancestors:
Getting Started
Moving On
Civil Registration
Census
General Genealogy
Devon Surnames
Devon Groups and Societies
Devon Places
Devon Councils
Neighbouring FHSs
Emigration/Immigration
Getting Started
First Steps in Family History
Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History
Newbies' Guide
Family History - Your Guide to Resources
Your Official Source for Family Records
Where to find information on your ancestors in England and Wales
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Moving On
Surnames in Devon FHS's databases
Devon FHS message board
Devon-L mailing list
Who is researching your surnames?
Rootsweb Surnames list
Guild of One Name Studies
Devon Pages
Devon Contents
Devon Record Office
Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
North Devon Record Office
NOTE: there are no south or east Devon record offices - these are both covered by the main Record Office in Exeter
Devon information
West Country Studies Library
Plymouth Local and Naval Studies Library
Plymouth Barbican Archive
Devon Newspapers
Newspapers at the British Museum Library
Early Devon topographical prints
Devon Museums
Devon History Society
Workhouses including Devon
Exeter Cathedral Library
Bal Maidens & Mining Women Home Page
Friends of Devon's Archives
A vision of Britain through time
Magna Britannia: volume 6 Devonshire
British Maritime History
Plymouth Naval Base Museum
Adoption, Search & Reunion
The Times Of My Life
Devonians with Black Heritage
Ford Park Cemetery
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Civil Registration
Devon Register Offices
Registration Districts in Devon
Researching family history - General Register Office information
FreeBMD 1837-1929 - an ongoing project
Ordering GRO certificates online
Adoption records : Directgov - Government, citizens and rights
Registration Districts in England and Wales
UK BMD Local Register Offices online
Pay-per-view for GRO indexes 1
Pay-per-view for GRO indexes 2
England & Wales Registration Certificate Tutorials
Share your UK Birth, Marriage and Death Certificate Information
FFHS - Research Tips - Researching Adopted Persons in England & Wales
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Census
General
All about the censuses
Free access to Ancestry in Devon Libraries
Free access to Ancestry in Plymouth Libraries
Free Access to Censuses relating to Devon
Pre- 1841 census
1841 Devon FreeCEN - in preparation
1841 Devon census project
1851 Devon Census Name Index - Free to DFHS members
1861 Devon FreeCEN - almost complete
1861 Devon census project
1881 Free on Family Search
1891 Devon FreeCEN
Pay-per-view sites
1841-1901 censuses - free indexes - pay per view images
Census records for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 censuses
The Genealogist - search online census, etc.
1911 census - free index - pay-per-view images
1911 census blog
1841-1901 Scottish censuses - pay-per-view images
1911 Irish census - free access to images
1911 Census at Devon Record Office
Census information year-by-year
1801-2001 census dates
1841 census information
1851 information
1861 information
1871 information
1881 information
1891 information
1901 information
1911 information
1921 information
1931 information
1931 loss of census
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General Genealogy
Federation of Family History Societies
The National Archives (TNA), Kew, London
TNA Documents Online, free index, pay per view images
A2A Access to Archives UK Archives network
Genealogy in UK and Ireland
Society of Genealogists
Commonwealth War Graves - WW1 and WW2
Devon and Dorset Military Museum
Military Genealogy: Family History, Family Tree, Ancestry, War Casualty Records
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - search IGI and other databases
IGI Batch numbers for Devon
BBC Family History
Genealogical events calendar
GRO Scotland
GRO Northern Ireland
GRO Republic of Ireland
Archives in universities and colleges
Anglican Sources for Tracing Family History
Ancestry Aid
British Genealogy - Home Page
British Maritime History - Genealogical Guides
Burke's Peerage - free index, subscription for full records
Crew List Index Project - Crew lists
Cyndi's List
Devon Link Exchange
Family Heirlooms
Family History links
Family History Quests
Family Tree Forum - Devon
Family Tree Folk Genealogy Gifts, etc.
Irish Roots Magazine
Lost Cousins
Naval History
Royal Air Force Museum
National Army Museum
Royal Marines Museum
Royal Naval Museum
BBC - WW2 People's War - Archive List
Researching a soldier of the British Army of 1914-1918
Parish Chest
Various Acts of Parliament of Interest to the Genealogist
War Memorials database
UK Genealogy Interests Directory
Tools for Genealogists
The Genealogy Guide
Historical Directories
Census of Ireland 1911
Expert Links: English Family History and Genealogy
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Devon Surnames
Surnames in Devon FHS's databases
B
Bath, Bathe and de Bathe
Bird
Blackmore Family
Boyland Ancestral Journey
Braddon Family History
Brinsmead Family from Devon
C
Champion Family History
Childs
Clode.com Hosted by: Gerald K Clode
Cockram, Cudmore, Dunn and Folland
Cruwys One-Name Study
F
Faulkner Family History (sic)
Foale Family Home Page
G
Goldsmith
Nick Gould Home Page
H
Harris, from Devon, family history.
Hingston One-Name Study
L
Luc(k)raft One Name Study
M
Mitchell Family
Mitchell Home Page
P
Prance Family
S
Sercombe: A Compilation of Sercombe Families
Sherriff Family History, the Parish Registers of Modbury & Yealmpton, Devon
Sommerwill - A Devon Family
Symons from Rockbeare Genealogy Home Page
T
Tapscott-Kennington
Tolleys of Devon
turnertree's Home Page
U
Uglow Page
V
Venn Family Tree
W
Welsman & Milloy Family Tree Pages:
Whicker (Descendents of William Whicker)
WINDEATTs on the Web
Wonacott Family History
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Devon Groups and Societies
Devon History Society
The Devonshire Association
* Local History Societies in Devon
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Devon Places
Devon
Devon Places
Devon Gazetteer
Domesday Book
UK Villages
BBC - Devon - Help us create an A-Z of Devon towns and villages
Explore North Devon
Digitised tithe maps of East Devon AONB
British counties
Devon Parishes
Devon Heritage
English Heritage Images of England
Historical maps
Devon UK
South West Images
Maps
A
Aveton Gifford
B
Bampton
C
Cullompton
D
Dartmouth Archives
E
Ermington Parish Online
Exeter Cholera Map
Exeter Local History Society
Exeter Memories
Exmouth Guide
Exeter City Council Bereavement Servics
Exeter Time Trail
L
Littleham Genealogy
M
Marldon Local History Group:
Modbury Heritage
Moretonhampstead
P
Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy
Plymouth History - Old Plymouth
Plymouth maps
S
Salcombe Online Website
Silverton Local History Society
Staverton
T
Tiverton Museum of Mid-Devon Life
Topsham, UK
Torquay Pottery Ancestry
W
Westleigh, North Devon
Miscellaneous
Exeter & Devon History
History section - Devon & Cornwall Constabulary
Force Family Tree - Devon & Cornwall Constabulary
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Devon Councils
Devon County Council
East Devon District Council
Exeter City Council
Mid Devon District Council
North Devon District Council
Plymouth City Council
South Hams District Council
Teignbridge District Council
Torbay Council
Torridge District Council
West Devon Borough Council
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Neighbouring FHSs
Cornwall FHS
Dorset FHS
Somerset and Dorset FHS
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Emigration/Immigration
Moving to UK from overseas
History of Immigration to Britain
Passenger lists and related information
Passenger lists with over 30 million records from ships sailing to destinations worldwide
What Passenger Lists Are Online?
AMERICA
British Home Children
America's First Immigration Center
Ellis Island, New York arrivals 1892-1924
Welsh Mormon settlers in Utah
AUSTRALIA
Australian state of Victoria
Assisted emigrants to SA 1847-1866
Female emigrants to NSW 1833-37
Assisted emigrants to NSW and Victoria 1839-1896
Assisted emigrants in Victoria 1813-1871 and passenger lists for ships arriving 1852-1911
Assisted passages from Galway and Tipperary to Australia 1828-1852
Assisted emigrants on Sophia arrived WA 1850
Highlands and Island emigration 1850s
Paper about assisted emigration from Wilts to SA early 1850s
Queensland Convict transportation database
CANADA
Home children to Canada
Home children to Canada 1869-1930
NEW ZEALAND
Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records

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This page last revised Monday, 28 June 2010
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