Deborah Lister
Are you interested in knowing more about the history of your house/building, ancestors or local area? Are you working on a wider research project but cannot get down to Devon or just don't have the time? Then I can help.
As an experienced and knowledgeable Devon researcher, I can undertake this work for you. I am based in Plymouth (Devon) and can usually give you a quotation for work within 24 hours and an estimated timescale. If you prefer to do the research yourself, but need someone to photograph the documents for you, see my 'Document and Location Photography' page.
I have full subscriptions to FindMyPast and Ancestry and have access to:
- The Box (Plymouth Archives)
- Devon Archives and Local Studies (Devon Heritage Centre), Exeter
- Devonport Naval Base Archive (Dockyard records), Plymouth
- Plymouth Proprietary Library
- Devon Rural Archive, Shilston
- Public libraries containing local history collections across Plymouth and Devon
- Tavistock Subscription Library
- The National Marine Biological Library and Archive, Plymouth
- Kresen Kernow (Cornwall archives), Redruth
The catalogues to most of the archive collections are available online and contain a wealth of detailed information to get you started. As a former archivist at Plymouth and a regular user of the archive, I have considerable experience of how to best interrogate them to access the content within the documents in the collections.
If you would like to give a gift of research, I supply gift vouchers tailored for each individual and valid for 12 months. Contact me for details.
