As we are based in the beautiful South Hams, we are fortunate in that Local History is eminently reachable through the auspices of The Plymouth & West Devon Records Office. This covers the borough of the modern city of Plymouth as well as West Devon itself.

This excellent and understandably popular facility has extensive records, some of which reach back to the thirteenth century.

The substantial microfiche section has proved invaluable to us, with its thorough local listings of births, christenings, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials based on Parish Registers.

In addition to these resources, we have also delved into the collections of deeds, wills, charters, letters, reports, financial plans, maps and photographs that are also held there.

So.... if you have West Country ancestry, this is one of the places we can start at for you. Elsewhere, we have picked up tremendously useful material from offices in South East Cornwall and principal Archival Centres in Exeter and Truro.