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Description: | General Family History collections held. as well as resources specific to the local area.
A comprehensive collection of family and local history resources as follows:
1. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837-1999 (Microfiche), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
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2. Census returns
1841 Plymouth
1851 Devon
1861 Plymouth, Kingsbridge, Tavistock
1871 Plymouth
1881 Devon & Cornwall
1891 Plymouth & District with some parts of Dartmoor
1901 Plymouth
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3. Directories
3(a) County and Regional Directories:
Cornwall: 1823, 1830 - 1, 1873 - 1939.
Devon: 1720, 1798, 1830 - 1, 1850 - 1939.
3(b) City and Town Directories:
Plymouth: 1812 - 1970 (some missing)
3(c) Telephone Directories:
1954 - date (not complete)
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4. Electoral registers and polls books
4(a) Electoral Registers
4(b) Poll Books
Not held.
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5. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland: 1992 fiche.
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6. Unpublished Indexes
Census street indexes.
Biographical index to newspaper articles.
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7. Parish Registers
Transcripts of selection of Devon and Cornwall registers.
Baptisms, Burials and some marriage registers for Plymouth (Microfiche)
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8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Navy List: 1783 to date
Cornwall Family History Society Journal: 1977 to date (some missing)
Devon Family Historian: 1977 to date
Transactions of the Devonshire Association: 1862 to date.
Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries: 1900 to date.
Devon Historian: 1970 to date.
Devon Life: 1966 to date.
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9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Navy Records Society
Hakluyt Society
Devon and Record Society: 1900 to date (some missing)
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10. Other material
The library has albums of nineteenth and twentieth century theatre programmes which illustrate the theatrical life of Plymouth.
Collected works of Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould and Eden Philpotts
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11. Guides to Collections
None.
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12. Local Record Offices
Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Unit 3, Clare Place
Coxside
PLYMOUTH
PL4 0JW
Tel: (01752) 305940
Email: pwdro@plymouth.gov.uk
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Other information
Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): DEV; CON; | Subjects: | Registration of birth Registration of death Population censuses Registration of marriage Local history Electoral registers Genealogy Parish records Poll books | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | (01752) 305929 | Telephone: | +44 (0)1752 305923 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8498 | Go to resource |
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