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Title: Where are these cemeteries? (near Plymouth in Devon)
Post by: akoenen2 on Saturday 02 July 11 00:49 BST (UK)

Hello,

Today I was going through some old things of my great grandmas and she mentioned some burial info. In a journal she kept about her trip to England. She said some of her aunts and uncles were buried in "St. Stevens Church Cemetery" and "St. Mary's Church & Cemetery".
Since my Engish ancestors were mainly from the Plymouth area, I would make a good guess by saying they are in the Plymouth area.
Would any of you know how I could obtain burial info about them?
If you need their names I would be happy to share.

Thanks,
--Alex

Title: Re: Where are these cemeteries? (near Plymouth in Devon)
Post by: saddles on Saturday 02 July 11 02:15 BST (UK)

Parish locator for Devon shows no St. Mary or St. Steven in Plymouth, but there is
a St. Mary at Plympton which is 4.4 miles east of Plymouth and there is a St. Stephens
by Saltash which is 5.9 miles north by north west of Plymouth.

there is a list of Devon parishes here:
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/indexpars.html

Title: Re: Where are these cemeteries? (near Plymouth in Devon)
Post by: akoenen2 on Saturday 02 July 11 18:35 BST (UK)

Do you know how I would find burial info? Or who I would contact?
Thanks

Title: Re: Where are these cemeteries? (near Plymouth in Devon)
Post by: Valda on Tuesday 05 July 11 09:00 BST (UK)

Hi


Most churches have deposited their historic burial registers in county record offices. Devon Family History Society has a burial index for Devon 1813-1837

http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/indexes.htm#Burials

If they died after the start of civil registration (1st July 1837) you need to check where and when they died in case it was not in Devon or that area of Devon.

Civil registration index

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl


Regards

Valda

Title: Re: Where are these cemeteries? (near Plymouth in Devon)
Post by: cemetery friends on Friday 05 August 11 06:11 BST (UK)

In addition there is a St Mary and All Saints at Plymstock [now a suburb of Plymouth].

Title: Re: Where are these cemeteries? (near Plymouth in Devon)
Post by: Priscilla on Tuesday 06 September 11 15:45 BST (UK)

Contact the following:
Plymouth & West Devon Record Office
Unit 3
Clare Place
Plymouth
PL4 0JW
Tel: 01752 305940
email: pwdro@plymouth.gov.uk

I have always found them to be most helpful.