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Useful Links

Links to other sites of relevance to Devon and genealogy to help you research your Devon Ancestors:

Getting Started

  • First Steps in Family History
  • Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History

Moving On

  • Surnames in Devon FHS’ databases
  • Devon FHS message board
  • Devon Genealogy Message Group
  • Guild of One Name Studies
  • Society for One-Place Studies
  • Devon Pages & Content
  • Finding online location of records
  • South West Heritage Trust
  • Devon Archives and Local Studies
  • Devon Archives and Local Studies Catalogues
  • Devon Archives Registers on FindMyPast
  • Devon Archives Service Points
  • North Devon Record Office
  • Plymouth Archives Cottonian Research Room
  • Plymouth Archives Collections and Catalogue
  • Plymouth Archives Registers on FindMyPast
  • South West Roman Catholic Diocese
  • Plymouth and West Devon Memorial Photos
  • Devon Newspapers search the British Newspaper Archive
  • Newspapers at the British Museum Library
  • Devon Museums
  • Devon History Society
  • 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
  • Devonians with Black Heritage
  • Exeter Cemetery indexes
  • Exeter Higher Cemetery Map
  • Ford Park Cemetery
  • Devon Wills Project pre-1858
  • Listed buildings in Devon
  • The National Archives | Poor Law Union and Workhouse records
  • Great Aunty Alice’s Researchers

Civil Registration

  • Devon Register Offices
  • Registration Districts in Devon
  • FreeBMD 1837-1929 – an ongoing project
  • Adoption records : Directgov – Government, citizens and rights
  • Adoption Contact
  • Registration Districts in England and Wales 1837-1974 (GENUKI)
  • UK BMD Local Register Offices online
  • Examples of early marriage certificates and licences
  • Republic of Ireland certificates
  • Northern Ireland certificates
  • Finding Birth Certificates
  • Adoption, Search & Reunion
  • Marriage Locator for marriages 1837-1911 in England and Wales
  • Manx Civil Registration
  • Channel Island Civil Registration

Census

General

  • All about the census
  • Devon Census Registration Districts
  • Street indexes to the censuses of England and Wales
  • Pre- 1841 Devon census
  • 1841, 1861, 1891 Devon censuses on FreeCEN
  • 1861 Devon census – Free to DFHS members
  • Find My Past UK Censuses 1841-1911
  • The Genealogist – search online census, etc.
  • 1939 Register
  • 1841-1911 Scottish censuses
  • 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses – free access to images
  • Find My Past – US, Australasia and Ireland
  • Ancestry Canadian Censuses
  • Ancestry UK Censuses 1841-1911
  • Ancestry US Censuses

Census information year-by-year

    • 1801-2001 census dates

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  • 1841 census information
  • 1851 information
  • 1861 information
  • 1871 information
  • 1881 information
  • 1891 information
  • 1901 information
  • 1911 information
  • 1911 Census Occupations
  • 1921 information
  • 1931 information
  • 1931 loss of census
  • 1939 Register information
  • 1939 Register letter codes

Military Research

  • Applying for replacement medals
  • Applying for UK Service Records
  • Army Children Archive (TACA)
  • Army Museums Ogilby Trust
  • Australian Service Records
  • Bletchley Park Roll of Honour
  • Australian War Memorials
  • British Military Lists
  • British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918
  • British Pathe News WW2
  • British Military Nurses
  • Canadian Soldiers of the First World War 1914-1918
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Devon Roll of Honour
  • Devon and Dorset Military Museum
  • Derry War Memorial records
  • Devonport Naval Heritage Centre
  • Fleet Air Arm Museum
  • Forces Reunited
  • Forces War Records
  • Identity Cards England & Wales 1939
  • Imperial War Museum
  • Interpreting soldiers’ service records
  • Irish Great War Society
  • Jersey Occupation Registration Cards World War II
  • Masonic Great War Project
  • Military, Armed Forces & Conflict Records on Find My Past
  • Military Families in British India Society
  • Military Genealogy
  • Military Records on Ancestry
  • Militia Assessments for South Devon, 1715
  • Militia Assessments for South Devon, 1715Parish index
  • Naval Dockyards
  • Naval History
  • National Maritime Museum
  • New Zealand Soldiers
  • Naval and Military Archive
  • New Zealand Auckland War Memorial Museum
  • Plymouth Air Raids
  • New Zealand WW1 Personnel
  • Prisoners of War WW1
  • Red Cross Nurses and Hospitals
  • Red Cross Museum and Archives
  • Royal Air Force Apprentices Cranwell
  • Royal Air Force Museum
  • Royal Devon Yeomanry Museum
  • Royal Marines Museum
  • Royal Flying Corps Casualty Cards
  • Royal Naval Reserve
  • Royal Navy & Marine Customs and Traditions
  • Soldiers’ Wills
  • Scottish Military Research Group
  • South West Airfields Heritage Trust
  • The Long Long Trail 1914-1918
  • The National Archives
  • The National Archives War Diaries
  • The National Archives Research Guides
  • UK Veterans
  • United States Veterans Records
  • War Memorials Archive
  • War Timeline
  • Western Front Association
  • World Naval Ships Forums
  • WW1
  • WW1 War Diaries
  • WW1 Medal Records 1914-1920
  • WW2 People’s War
  • World War 1 Military Medals
  • Cornwall’s War History

General Genealogy

  • Family History Federation
  • Blacksmiths Index
  • The National Archives (TNA), Kew, London
  • Starting at The National Archives
  • TNA Discovery Catalogue
  • National Archives Blog
  • Society of Genealogists
  • Genealogy in UK and Ireland
  • Family Search The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • IGI Batch numbers for Devon
  • Genealogical events calendar
  • Archives in universities and colleges
  • Anglican Sources for Tracing Family History
  • British Genealogy – Home Page
  • Crew List Index Project – Crew lists
  • Cyndi’s List
  • Families In British India Society
  • Foundling Museum
  • Irish Roots Magazine
  • Family Tree Folk Genealogy Gifts, etc.
  • Lost Cousins
  • London’s Livery Company Records
  • Guildhall Library
  • London Gazette
  • Various Acts of Parliament of Interest to the Genealogist
  • Parish Chest
  • Historical Directories
  • Census of Ireland 1911
  • Wills and Family History
  • My Genealogical Will
  • Achievements of Canterbury
  • Family Tree Templates
  • How much is it worth?
  • Irish Church Records
  • Irish Genealogy
  • Irish Church Records
  • Irish Genealogy
  • Historic Irish Wills
  • Northern Ireland Wills
  • Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
  • Beginners Latin
  • The parish – its administration and records
  • Genealogy Specialists Forum
  • Old Occupations
  • Gazetteer of British Place Names
  • Reading old documents
  • Quaker Archive and Library collections
  • Scottish handwriting
  • Convert old money to new
  • Handwriting course
  • Huguenot Family History Society
  • Huguenots of Spitalfields

Devon Surnames

  • Surnames in Devon FHS’ databases
  • Family Tree DNA – Devon DNA Project

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  • Bath, Bathe and de Bathe
  • Bird
  • Brinsmead Family from Devon

C

  • Champion Family History
  • Childs
  • Clode.com Hosted by: Gerald K Clode
  • Cruwys One-Name Study

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G

  • Goldsmith
  • Nick Gould Home Page

H

  • Harris, from Devon, family history.
  • Hingston One-Name Study

L

  • Luc(k)raft One Name Study

M

  • Mallett Familiy History
  • The MAYNE families of Exeter, Marwood & Shirwell
  • Mitchell Home Page
  • Mugford Surname DNA Project

P

  • Prance Family

S

  • Sercombe: A Compilation of Sercombe Families
  • Sommerwill – A Devon Family

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U

  • Uglow Page

V

W

  • Willing One-Name Study
  • WINDEATTs on the Web
  • Wonacott Family History

Devon Groups and Societies

  • Devon History Society
  • The Devonshire Association
  • Local History Societies in Devon
  • Exeter Civic Society

Devon Places

Devon

  • Devon Places
  • Devon Gazetteer
  • Domesday Book
  • Domesday Names
  • Domesday Book for Devon
  • Explore North Devon
  • South Hams Parishes
  • Otter Valley Villages
  • Devon Tithe Maps and Apportionments
  • British counties
  • Devon Heritage
  • Historical maps
  • Old Maps Online
  • Chardstock Web Museum

A

  • Aveton Gifford
  • Aveton Gifford Parish Project Group

B

  • Babbacombe & St Marychurch Local History Society
  • Bampton
  • Bideford & District Community Archive
  • Buckland Brewer History Group

C

  • Crediton Area History & Museum Society
  • Cullompton and Uffculme page

D

  • Dartmoor Society
  • Dartmouth Archives
  • Old Devonport

E

  • Ermington Parish Online
  • Exeter Cholera Map
  • Exeter Local History Society
  • Exmouth Guide
  • Exeter Memories
  • Exeter Time Trail

L

  • Littleham and Landcross

M

  • Modbury Heritage
  • Moretonhampstead

P

  • The Historical Association | Plymouth Branch
  • Plymouth maps

S

  • Salcombe Online Website
  • Silverton Local History Society
  • Staverton

T

  • Tiverton Museum of Mid-Devon Life
  • Torquay Pottery Ancestry
  • Totnes Museum

Miscellaneous

  • Exeter & Devon History (Stevens Books inc. Mint Press)
  • Museum of Policing in Devon & Cornwall
  • Old photos of the UK

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

Neighbouring FHSs

  • Cornwall FHS
  • Cornwall’s War History
  • Dorset FHS
  • Somerset and Dorset FHS

Emigration/Immigration

  • History of Immigration to Britain
  • What Passenger Lists Are Online?
  • Auckland City Archives FH Index

AMERICA

  • Ellis Island, New York arrivals 1892-1924
  • Welsh Mormon settlers in Utah
  • Historic American Newspapers
  • United States webpages

AUSTRALIA

  • Assisted emigrants to NSW and Victoria 1839-1896
  • Assisted emigrants to SA 1847-1866
  • Assisted emigrants in Victoria 1813-1871 and passenger lists for ships arriving 1852-1911
  • Australian Capital Territory BMD records
  • Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations
  • Family history societies
  • Australian state of Victoria
  • Female emigrants to NSW 1833-37
  • Gold Coast Family History Society
  • Highlands and Island emigration 1850s
  • Northern Territory BMD records
  • Queensland BMD records
  • Queensland State Archives
  • South Australia Family History Research
  • Tasmania Free Online Resources
  • Web sites in Australia and New Zealand for Genealogists
  • Western Australia BMD records
  • Western Australian Genealogical Society
  • Australian Digitised Newspapers Trove
  • Australasian Information

CANADA

  • Home children to Canada
  • Canadian Genealogy
  • Canadian Personnel Records WW1

FRANCE

  • Tables décennales

NEW ZEALAND

  • Family History in New Zealand
  • New Zealand Cemeteries
  • Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations

SOUTH AFRICA

  • British 1820 Settlers to South Africa
  • eGGSA Passenger List Project

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We regret that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic means that we have had to make the following changes to our activities
until further notice


MEETINGS

All Group, committee and most face to face meetings are still suspended. We are maintaining contact electronically using ZOOM, including a programme of regular well attended talks/meetings. See the What's on/Events calendar for details, BUT to receive the links needed to access these meetings please join this mailing list http://eepurl.com/cF1G8n

TREE HOUSE

It is no longer necessary, to book an appointment at Tree House.
We will still have some measures in place to ensure the safety of both visitors and volunteers
We are open on Mondays (except Bank Holidays) from 10.30 - 4.00
Tuesdays from 10.30 - 4.00
Thursdays from 10.30 - 4.00 (closed Thursday 2 June 2022)

Feel free to contact us at home using the link here. This includes research enquiries, and we will assist as far as we are able.

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