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Image: "Convict escaping into Wistman's Wood" - Sketches from the Convict Prisons: Dartmoor, Illustrated London News, 1st December 1883.

1837Online.com - Trace your family tree by searching our entire copy of Birth, Marriage and Deaths indexes for England and Wales from 1837 to 2002, as well as British nationals overseas from 1761 to 1994.

1901 Census - The official genealogy site of the Welsh & English census information for 1901.

A2A - The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day.

Alan Elliott - The Story of the Lee Family of Abbotskerswell, Devon.

Association of Genealogists and Record Agents - Directory of professional researchers who have been engaged as genealogists or record agents for a number of years.

The British Library - The national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries.

The British Library Newspapers - The only large, integrated national newspaper service in the world, combining facilities for the collection, preservation, and use of newspapers all on one site.

Burke's Peerage and Gentry - an historical guide to Britain's landed and titled families.

Capital Punishment UK - The capital punishment resource site for all you want to know about the death penalty in Britain up to 1964.

The Catalogue (formerly PROCAT) - Contains 9.5 million descriptions of documents from central government, courts of law and other UK national bodies, including records on family history, medieval tax, criminal trials, UFO sightings, the history of many countries and many other subjects.

The City of Shadows - A gothic tour of Victorian London.

Clifford Elmer Books - Established in 1978 and specialises in books covering all aspects of true crime and criminology.

The Constabulary - British Police Memorabilia, Sherlockiana, British True Crime and British Police History.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - US-based list, useful for resources relating to individual countries and specific ethnic communities.

Devon History Society - Founded in 1969 to further the knowledge and study of the county's history.

Devon Record Office - Exists to collect and preserve the historical records of Devon.

Family Records Centre - The FRC provides access to some of the most important sources for family history research in England and Wales.

Family Sear ch - Search site of the LDS (Mormon) Church and a site listing all the Family History Centres run by the Church in the UK.

Federation of Family History Societies - Includes a number of useful online leaflets and contact details for Family History Societies.

FreeBMD - An ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales.

FreeCen - Free access to the UK 1841 - 1891 census.

General Register Office for England and Wales online ordering service - Holds a central copy of all registrations for England and Wales.

Genuki - Web sources on Family History in the UK and Ireland

Immigrant Ship Passenger Lists - Italian, German, Irish, Scottish & French Immigrant Ship Passenger Lists

Jack the Ripper - The world's largest public repository of Ripper-related information.

The Learning Curve - Crime and punishment in Victorian prisons.

The History of the Metropolitan Police - A history of policing the capital.

MultiMap - Search for places in the UK.

MurderFile.net - This site holds details of every judicial execution in the twentieth century in the U.K.

MuseumNet - Directory of UK museums.

The National Archives - 1,000 years of history from Domesday to the present day.

The Newspaper Society - A- Z list of UK regional newspaper websites.

The Old Bailey - A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

The Police History Society (UK) - Founded in 1985 and now has over 350 members world-wide.

RootsWeb.com - Genealogical resource with searchable databases and much more.

Royalty Worldwide - Royal families around the world.

Society of Genealogists - Research material, guidance and support for those interested in family history.

South West Film and Television Archive - Registered charity which is the official film archive for the South West of England (holds BBC South West, Westward Television, TSW and other regional archive).

St. Marychurch and District Action Group - With the determination to encourage the community to become involved with all aspects of the environment, promote local pride within Torbay by the environmental enhancement of private and public buildings and open spaces.

Terry Leaman - Fascinating website, with information local to Torbay.

Torquay Library - Very good and helpful reference section.

Torquay Museum - Torquay Museum is Devon's oldest established Museum still operating, founded in 1845 and still owned and run by Torquay Natural History Society.

Tyburn Tree - Designed to provide information on the Web about public execution in Early Modern England.

True Crime Magazines - Details of the U.K.'s monthly crime magazines - True Crime, True Detective and Master Detective.

UKmemories - Organisation collecting your memories as a permanent record of how we used to live, work and feel in the 1900s.

Victorian Dictionary - A guide to Victorian social history.

Victorian Photographs - A vast online personal collection.

West Devon Record Office

Westcountry Studies Library

Workhouse History - Dedicated to the workhouse â€” its buildings, inmates, staff and administrators.

... and in Babbacombe and St. Marychurch:

Anchorage Hotel - www.anchoragehotel.co.uk

Aveland Hotel - www.avelandhotel.co.uk

Babbacombe - www.theenglishriviera.co.uk/torquay/t_babbacombe.asp

Babbacombe Bowling Club - www.babbacombebowlsclub.org.uk

Babbacombe Cabs - www.babbacombecabs.co.uk

Babbacombe Corinthian Sailing Club - www.babbacombe-sc.com

Babbacombe Garage Services - www.babbacombegarage.co.uk

Babbacombe Model Village - www.babbacombemodelvillage.co.uk

Babbacombe Theatre - www.babbacombe-theatre.com

Caslings Estate Agents - www.caslings.com

Choice Care Home - www.choicecarehome.co.uk

Exmouth View Hotel - www.exmouth-view.co.uk

Gilberts Pet Supplies - www.gilbertspets.co.uk

Haarer and Motts Residential Letting - www.haarerandmotts.co.uk

John Darby & Co. Solicitors - www.darbylaw.co.uk

John Lake St. Marychurch Estate Agents - www.johnlake.co.uk

Kents Cavern - www.kents-cavern.co.uk

Local Government - www.torbay.gov.uk

Lyn Williams Residential Letting - www.lynwilliams.com

Manor Court Hotel - www.manorcourthotel.co.uk

Practical Car and Van Hire - www.practical.co.uk

Sefton Hotel - www.seftonhotel.info

St Marychurch & District Action Group - www.stmarychurchdag.co.uk

Torquay Real Estate - www.torquayrealestate.com