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The [[Online Parish Clerks]] are unpaid volunteers, and an individual clerk may have data that has not yet been posted to the OPC database, nor available on Family Search. They can be contacted through the Cornwall OPC website and may be able to provide help and information that they have in their personal data collections. Some also have their own webite, and when that is so, there is usually a link from the main OPC website at [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ http://www.cornwall-opc.org/] | The [[Online Parish Clerks]] are unpaid volunteers, and an individual clerk may have data that has not yet been posted to the OPC database, nor available on Family Search. They can be contacted through the Cornwall OPC website and may be able to provide help and information that they have in their personal data collections. Some also have their own webite, and when that is so, there is usually a link from the main OPC website at [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ http://www.cornwall-opc.org/] | ||
All of Cornwall's parishes are covered in [http:// | All of Cornwall's parishes are covered in [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 Boyd's Marriage Index] (£), though not all years from each parish are included. [http://web.archive.org/web/20101214095147/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-CORN.aspx Coverage]. Popular places to marry included the towns of [[Bodmin, Cornwall|Bodmin]], [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]], [[Madron, Cornwall|Madron]], [[Redruth, Cornwall|Redruth]], and the [[Truro St Mary, Cornwall|Church of St Mary in Truro]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20101214095147/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-CORN.aspx 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,'] ''British Origins,'' (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013.</ref> | ||
In the event that a marriage is not found in the expected or neighboring parishes, it is useful to know that many couples from Cornwall married at [[Stoke Damerel, Devon|Stoke Damerel]] in Devonshire. This is a seaport with a British naval base, and the requirements for publishing banns or other obstacles to a quick marriage were conveniently ignored. Underage persons could report their age as 21, have it taken at face value and be married quickly and without the knowledge of family or neighbors, so many Cornish crossed the river to marry. Anyone searching unsuccessfully for a marriage in a Cornwall parish would be advised to check the parish registers in Stoke Damerel. | In the event that a marriage is not found in the expected or neighboring parishes, it is useful to know that many couples from Cornwall married at [[Stoke Damerel, Devon|Stoke Damerel]] in Devonshire. This is a seaport with a British naval base, and the requirements for publishing banns or other obstacles to a quick marriage were conveniently ignored. Underage persons could report their age as 21, have it taken at face value and be married quickly and without the knowledge of family or neighbors, so many Cornish crossed the river to marry. Anyone searching unsuccessfully for a marriage in a Cornwall parish would be advised to check the parish registers in Stoke Damerel. | ||