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News

Our copying charges have changed

Photography

From 1 April 2008 anyone wishing to take images of material in the searchroom will be required to pay the following charge(s):

• Daily rate: £2.50
• Weekly: £7.50
• Yearly: £60

The charge will entitle the individual to take as many images (within the terms of copyright regulations) over the course of the day, week, or year, as appropriate.

The charges are being imposed in order to help pay for some of the preservation overheads incurred in caring for the collections and are in line with charges made by many other record offices across the UK.

Copying charges

We are also increasing the self-service and other copying charges from 1 April. This reflects the cost of maintaining our copying equipment and the increased cost of office supplies:

• A4 copies will cost 40 pence per sheet
• A3 copies will cost 60 pence per sheet

Full details of all of our charges can be found on our photocopying page.

Five new CDs available for sale

For family historians there are four new CDs available

• Plymouth Baptisms from 1837, Volume 1
• Dunkeswell Deanery, baptisms, marriages and burials from 1754 to 1837
• Plympton Deanery, baptisms, marriages and burials from 1754 to 1837
• Tavistock Deanery, baptisms, marriages and burials from 1754 to 1837

Each is priced at £15. The Plymouth area CDs can be purchased from our search room counter. Alternatively, you can purchase all of them online from the Devon Family History Society. Visit our baptisms, marriages and burials indexes page for more details.

For anyone interested in shipping, the fifth CD is:

• "Plymouth's Other Fleet, The Merchant Shipping Registers of the Port of Plymouth, 1814 to 1876"

It can be purchased from our search room counter for £18. If you would like to purchase it by post, please contact us. For information on the original records used to create this CD, visit our shipping records page.

What's on

Coach trip to the National Archives

The Devon Family History Society are running their annual coach trip to the National Archives at Kew in London on Thursday 9 October 2008. Bookings details are available on the Devon Family History Society website.

What's new

Our list of recently deposited items has now moved to the new additions page.

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