TheGenealogist expands Devon Parish Register Collection with almost 500,000 names
TheGenealogist has expanded its Devon Parish Register collection with the release of records containing almost half a million names, helping family historians trace ancestors across a wide sweep of the county from the 1500s through to 1837.
The newly added records cover baptisms, marriages and burials across a range of parishes, from Exeter to coastal Branscombe and inland moorland parishes. These records can be especially valuable for bridging gaps before civil registration and for building out earlier family trees.
New Devon Parish Registers now available on TheGenealogist:
Ottery St. Mary 1601–1837
Widecombe-in-the-Moor 1560–1837
Colyton 1538–1837
Exeter 1561–1837
Halberton 1605–1837
Hartland 1558–1837
Branscombe 1539–1812
Parracombe 1597–1836
“From the high granite tors of Widecombe-in-the-Moor to the historic streets of Exeter, these records capture the true breadth of Devon life,” said Mark Bayley, head of online content at TheGenealogist. “By adding these records to our Devon Parish Register Collection, we’re giving researchers a way to follow their Devonian ancestors through centuries of change”
These new Devon parish registers are available now to search on TheGenealogist as part of its ever-expanding Parish Record Book Collection.
Edward Davy in the new Devon Parish Registers at TheGenealogist
Within these new records is Edward Davy, a pioneer of the early telegraph. Read his story here: https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2026/new-devon-parish-records-reveal-the-relay-man-8907/