Hi , As Brian says, there is masses of stuff on Northam , and Buckland Brewer has an OPC who could probably help . West Alvington has a website and the parish clerk may well be able to help you with whatever you are looking for . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Drummond" <e_m_drummond@yahoo.co.nz> To: <DEVON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 7:56 PM Subject: [DEV] Background reading for West Alvington, Northam,Buckland Brewer areas > First of > all, Happy New Year to everyone! > I know it’s > a long shot but maybe somebody has come across a diary or journal about > the > areas around these parishes. I know of no relevant published books and > have > trawled through “British manuscript > diaries of the 19th century: an annotated listing”, to no avail. Any > suggestions would be gratefully received. I’ll be in the UK next summer > so could read any manuscripts then- if there are any! > Beth Drummond from NZ > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message