Well ok - not really but I'm no longer a records office virgin - I visited Devon Records Office during my holiday there in August.... WOW!!!
It's amazing and 3 hours was not enough!
I looked at a will and all records for 3 parishes I was interested in (Dad came to help too in case you're wondering how)
It was fantastic to see the records written by the curate at the time of the event.
I found one relative's burial details (22 years old) with the note "
Blown up by gunpowder at the Haytor Granite Works"
A few days later I visited the church he was buried at, but couldn't find him, maybe he had no headstone, they weren't well off.
I'm going to feel jealous of all visitors to ROs now
