Devon-L is an e-mail mailing list, hosted by Rootsweb, for the exchange of messages relating to family history in the County of Devon, and is just one of a large number of similar lists for virtually every county in England- a full list may be found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/
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Its a free service (except for any telephone charges relating to your e-mail service), strictly monitored to ensure no commercial traffic, as with most things these days there are a few simple rules to follow and details of these will be sent when you join, and you can join or leave at any tme to suit yourself.
O. P. C Project
The Online parish clerk (OPC) project was set up on Devon-L, and works by a volunteer adopting a parish or number of related parishes and acting as a collection point for information and resources and aiding other people's research by offering look ups from those resources.
To see which parishes have been adopted go to;- http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/OPCproject.html
To this end I am the OPC for Torquay, this includes the three ancient parishes of Cockington, St Marychurch, and Tormoham, all of which are part of modern day Torquay.
I have indexes or transcriptions for the following parish registers
COCKINGTON
Baptisms;- 1770 to 1840
Marriages;- 1754 to 1837
Burials;- 1780 to 1834
St. MARYCHURCH
Baptisms;- 1767 to 1840
Marriages;- 1754 to 1837
Burials;-1740 to 1837
An index to the 1861 census for the parish
TORMOHAM
Baptisms;- 1755 - 1851 (ongoing project-will be up to 1860)
Marriages;- 1754 to 1837
Burials;- 1740 to 1837
The list of my holdings is added to virtually every week, so if what you are interested in is not listed just ask.
I also have extracts from various directories - most of which are elsewhere on this site.
I also have a copies of H. A Leathers transcriptions of the Monument inscriptions for Parish churches of St Marychurch, Tormoham and Upton St Mary Magdalene
Plus various history books, War memorial listings etc.
IF I CAN HELP, e-mail me at;-