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Cornwall Compiled Genealogies (view source)
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The Cornwall Family History Society has a large and active worldwide membership of about 5,000. They have their own library and research facilities and publish a very useful journal four times per year, as well as sponsoring or maintaining a presence at relevant events. Research services are also offered. Some parish record transcriptions are available for purchase from the society in booklet, PDF file, or CD form. They have also recently produced a transcription summary of all records from the county prison (Bodmin Gaol) to the year 1900 available on a set of CD's. Information about their resources, services, and products is available at [http://www.cornwallfhs.com www.cornwallfhs.com]. The website also has interesting and useful links to other sites. | The Cornwall Family History Society has a large and active worldwide membership of about 5,000. They have their own library and research facilities and publish a very useful journal four times per year, as well as sponsoring or maintaining a presence at relevant events. Research services are also offered. Some parish record transcriptions are available for purchase from the society in booklet, PDF file, or CD form. They have also recently produced a transcription summary of all records from the county prison (Bodmin Gaol) to the year 1900 available on a set of CD's. Information about their resources, services, and products is available at [http://www.cornwallfhs.com www.cornwallfhs.com]. The website also has interesting and useful links to other sites. | ||
The Cornwall Record Office is another essential resource, and can be visited in person (appointment is usually necessary) or copies of records can be ordered by mail. It has been moved to the new Kresen Kernow in Redruth. They maintain the records that one would expect to find there, and an online catalog can be found at http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/DServe/searchpage.htm<nowiki/>. Some wills were kept at Exeter (Devon) and lost to bombing during the Second World War, but there are about 80,000 wills available for research at the CRO in Redruth at the new Cornwall Archive Center (Kresen Kernow). | The Cornwall Record Office is another essential resource, and can be visited in person (appointment is usually necessary) or copies of records can be ordered by mail. It has been moved to the new Kresen Kernow in Redruth. They maintain the records that one would expect to find there, and an online catalog can be found at http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/DServe/searchpage.htm<nowiki/>. Some wills were kept at Exeter (Devon) and lost to bombing during the Second World War, but there are about 80,000 wills available for research at the CRO in Redruth at the new Cornwall Archive Center (Kresen Kernow). | ||
The Cornish Studies Library has also moved to the Cornwall Centre in Redruth http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6773 and is a vital repository of information with many collections, including microfilms of all the main Cornish newspapers up to the present day, many dating back to the mid 18th century. Kresen Kernow is now the main repository of documents, books, maps, and photographs as consolidation of many of the most important collections relating to Cornish history, culture, and records. Newly opened in September 2019, it is a state-of-the-art facility that is invaluable to anyone doing family history research on Cornish people. | The Cornish Studies Library has also moved to the Cornwall Centre in Redruth http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6773 and is a vital repository of information with many collections, including microfilms of all the main Cornish newspapers up to the present day, many dating back to the mid 18th century. Kresen Kernow is now the main repository of documents, books, maps, and photographs as consolidation of many of the most important collections relating to Cornish history, culture, and records. Newly opened in September 2019, it is a state-of-the-art facility that is invaluable to anyone doing family history research on Cornish people. | ||
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The Courtenay Library at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ has printed books and periodicals covering the history of Cornwall from the prehistoric to the modern period. It also has important collections of archives of Cornish families and historic photographs. The websites give more detailed information about their collections. | The Courtenay Library at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ has printed books and periodicals covering the history of Cornwall from the prehistoric to the modern period. It also has important collections of archives of Cornish families and historic photographs. The websites give more detailed information about their collections. | ||
Another invaluable resource is provided by the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. This is a volunteer organization that has a free large database of baptisms (christenings), marriages, banns, and burials with excellent coverage of a number of parishes. There are also online clerks for nearly all of the more than 200 parishes, who on a free and voluntary basis will respond to questions, and many will do lookups in databases to which they have access. Some of them maintain their own website with extensive databases of these events that can be freely accessed. Some information from non-conformist records is also searchable on the OPC database. The database also has information which has been submitted from birth, marriage, and death certificates that individuals have obtained from the Government Record Office. The home page of the OPC site has more details about their services and is accessed at | Another invaluable resource is provided by the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. This is a volunteer organization that has a free large database of baptisms (christenings), marriages, banns, and burials with excellent coverage of a number of parishes. There are also online clerks for nearly all of the more than 200 parishes, who on a free and voluntary basis will respond to questions, and many will do lookups in databases to which they have access. Some of them maintain their own website with extensive databases of these events that can be freely accessed. Some information from non-conformist records is also searchable on the OPC database. The database also has information which has been submitted from birth, marriage, and death certificates that individuals have obtained from the Government Record Office. The home page of the OPC site has more details about their services and is accessed at https://www.opc-cornwall.org/index.htm The searchable database is comprised of transcriptions of the pertinent records and may be accessed directly at http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ where it is free to anyone. The database contains more than 3 million names, and more are being added frequently. | ||
There is a project with transcriptions from the historic newspaper “[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser]” of the 19th century, which is still being printed today. Transcriptions include not only all BMDs published (including those of Cornish people in foreign climes), but also accidents, Coroner’s Inquiries, all trials of the Quarter Sessions and Assizes, and local news and advertisements. The free website has searchable archives of the papers that have been transcribed. | There is a project with transcriptions from the historic newspaper “[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser]” of the 19th century, which is still being printed today. Transcriptions include not only all BMDs published (including those of Cornish people in foreign climes), but also accidents, Coroner’s Inquiries, all trials of the Quarter Sessions and Assizes, and local news and advertisements. The free website has searchable archives of the papers that have been transcribed. | ||
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The original Methodist Registers can be seen at the Cornwall Record Office, and much has been filmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is in the Family History Library collection. The Family History Library also has filmed a large part of the parish records in Cornwall, as well as parish chest, probate, and other records. The online catalog on [http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org] is easily searchable where one can see what is available in the Family History Library. The GENUKI pages on Cornwall and each individual parish also give a comprehensive listing of what records are available in the Family History Library as well as records from other sources. | The original Methodist Registers can be seen at the Cornwall Record Office, and much has been filmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is in the Family History Library collection. The Family History Library also has filmed a large part of the parish records in Cornwall, as well as parish chest, probate, and other records. The online catalog on [http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org] is easily searchable where one can see what is available in the Family History Library. The GENUKI pages on Cornwall and each individual parish also give a comprehensive listing of what records are available in the Family History Library as well as records from other sources. | ||
In addition to the large databases which can be accessed on the usual commercial sites, such as Ancestry.com or findmypast.co.uk, there are excellent searchable databases available without cost. The most accurate census transcriptions (because they were done by Cornish people familiar with the names and places) are found at the Cornwall Online Census Project at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html<nowiki/>. The UK Census Online (FreeCEN), while not uniquely Cornish, is also valuable and will often yield positive results when other sites providing the census fail to find the person sought, because the search function allows a phonetic search of surnames. This is found at http://www.freecen.org.uk/. The civil registration indexes are also available, as part of all those for England and Wales at http://www.freebmd.org.uk/. Not all entries after 1915 on some sites have been indexed for searchability, but the indexing and search capability for the BMD's from 1837-2005 has been completed on Ancestry.com and findmypast.co.uk. | In addition to the large databases which can be accessed on the usual commercial sites, such as Ancestry.com or findmypast.co.uk, there are excellent searchable databases available without cost. The most accurate census transcriptions (because they were done by Cornish people familiar with the names and places) are found at the Cornwall Online Census Project at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html<nowiki/>. The UK Census Online (FreeCEN), while not uniquely Cornish, is also valuable and will often yield positive results when other sites providing the census fail to find the person sought, because the search function allows a phonetic search of surnames. This is found at http://www.freecen.org.uk/. The civil registration indexes are also available, as part of all those for England and Wales at http://www.freebmd.org.uk/. Not all entries after 1915 on some sites have been indexed for searchability, but the indexing and search capability for the BMD's from 1837-2005 has been completed on Ancestry.com and findmypast.co.uk. | ||
There are transcriptions of important records available from commercial sources on CD, perhaps the most important early database being the 1641 Cornwall Protestation Returns, where every male above the age of 18 was required to take an oath to follow the "true Protestant religion." This is essentially the equivalent of a census of all adult males in Cornwall. Also available are other early sources, such as the military muster of 1569, the subsidies of 1524, 1543, and 1545, the hearth and poll taxes of 1660-1664. Transcriptions on CD of a number of parish records are available for purchase from commercial sites, and transcriptions of all known Methodist/Bible Christian records in Cornwall up to 1900 are also available from commercial sources. | There are transcriptions of important records available from commercial sources on CD, perhaps the most important early database being the 1641 Cornwall Protestation Returns, where every male above the age of 18 was required to take an oath to follow the "true Protestant religion." This is essentially the equivalent of a census of all adult males in Cornwall. Also available are other early sources, such as the military muster of 1569, the subsidies of 1524, 1543, and 1545, the hearth and poll taxes of 1660-1664. Transcriptions on CD of a number of parish records are available for purchase from commercial sites, and transcriptions of all known Methodist/Bible Christian records in Cornwall up to 1900 are also available from commercial sources. | ||