Dartmouth History Research Group

www.dartmouth-history.org.uk
    Would you like to help to research the rich history of Dartmouth? Perhaps you have some memories of life in this part of Devon locked in your head. If so, join us and we can help you to share it with a wider public. In the last nine years we have published 26 booklets about aspects of the town and the surrounding villages, and there are more in the pipeline. You can view a current list by clicking HERE. Copies are available for sale in local bookshops and Dartmouth Museum, who keep reference copies of all our publications.

    We have paid for microfiche copies of the parish registers of births, marriages and deaths of all three churches to be placed in Dartmouth Library. Also in the Library is a typed copy of the 1861 Census, put onto a database in a considerable group effort, along with the microfiches of the original.  Soon we hope to put there the 1891 census. We have copies of the gravestones in all the churchyards.  This enables anyone wishing to research their family history to do so in the town, without a lengthy journey to Exeter.

    Other activities include transcribing and summarizing deeds of properties and storing copies, which are a rich source of information on the history of the town. We tape the memories of older people, and anyone with stories to tell. The Dartmouth Chronicle has begun to publish monthly articles written by our members on subjects of general interest which often generate more offers of information.

    Our object is to research and preserve for the future the heritage of the past. We value all previous skill and experience, especially that of born and bred Dartmothians. Now that we are dipping a toe into the waters of the World Wide Web we hope to make many new friends from all over the globe.

If you think you can help us, contact:   walter.fleet@talktalk.net  

 e-mail: support@dartmouth.org.uk

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