Month: November 2021
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Devon Pedigree (Combeinteignhead – 1788) is no more!
I’ve settled into researching the apparent connections of the Combeinteignhead line and have come across a record that changes my understanding of several Pedigrees. There is still more work to do, but in my canvassing in Teignmouth, I came across a burial record for John Babb who died 05 Nov 1854 in East Teignmouth. He […]
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Today’s Stop: Exeter
Exeter is the County Seat of Devon, England and today is home to about 130,000 people making it the 2nd Largest city in Devon. Only Plymouth is larger. As with any such epicenter people come from all around to live there due to the greater opportunity and job variety it affords. These people are often […]
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Today’s Stop: Traveling up the River Exe
Today, we’ve moved along the Southern Coast of Devon from the town of Dawlish and up the mouth of the River Exe. Dawlish lies on the Western Shore of the River Exe and was just covered in my last post. As we travel up The River we come across the communities of Littleham, Kenton, Powderham, […]
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This Week’s Stops: Highweek and the greater Metropolitan Area
Once again, I fell I must apologize for using the term Metropolitan for these often tiny hamlets are are journeying through. We have stumbled upon yet another large Babb encampment. The eldest record in this collection is the town of Highweek. Searching in the area we come across records in Bishopsteignton, Bovey Tracy, Chudleigh, Combeinteignhead, […]