GENUKI/Devon: Devon Record Offices

DEVON RECORD OFFICES

Address details of these Offices, with maps showing their locations.

The Record Office's official web page provides details of opening times, service points, their professional genealogical research service, and a newsletter. The North Devon Record Office has a similar web page.

The email address of the Devon Record Office, Exeter, is: devrec@devon.gov.uk, and that of the North Devon Record Office, Barnstaple, is ndevrec@devon.gov.uk.

The Plymouth and West Devon Record Office has split from the Devon Record Office, since it has come under the control of Plymouth Unitary Authority/Council. It now has its own web-site at http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/archives, and the email address pwdro@plymouth.gov.uk.

All three Record Offices' catalogues are now largely online, as part of A2A (the Access to Archives network), whose search page allows one to choose to focus a search on the holdings of a particular record office. However, the Plymouth and West Record Office also has its own online catalogue - this should be used in conjunction with A2A as most of the records deposited prior to 2005 are on A2A and those deposited after 2005 are on the online catalogue.

Summary description of the basic sources in Devon Record Offices for Family History (Parish Registers, Bishop's Transcripts, Wills, Census Returns and Voters Lists).
Publications available from the Devon Record Office
Parish Register Holdings in the Devon Record Office
Services available from the Plymouth & West Devon Record Office
Parish Register Holdings in the Plymouth & West Devon Record Office

(Information provided by the County Archivist - to be used for non-commercial purposes only. Copyright Devon County Council.)

This page updated 3 Jan 2012, by Brian Randell

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