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Archives[edit | edit source]

Cornwall Record Office
Old County Hall
Truro, Cornwall TR1 3AY UK
Telephone: 01872 323 127
Email: cro@cornwall.gov.uk
Website

Cornwall Record Office ((Kresen Kernow) provides a professional archive service for Cornwall. Our main purpose is to preserve Cornwall's archives for the future and make them available for members of the public to access. Our records relate to the people, places and organisations of Cornwall. It holds a wide range of materials dating from the 12th to the 20th centuries.

Main article: Cornwall Record Office

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Cornish Studies Library[edit | edit source]

Cornish Studies Library
Alma Place
Redruth, Cornwall TR15 2AT UK
Telephone: 01209 216 760
Email: cornishstudieslibrary@cornwall.gov.uk
Website: Cornish Studies Library
Catalogue: Online catalogues

The Cornish Studies Library (CSL) specialises in helping those who are researching Cornwall or Cornish people. The wide ranging collections cover all subjects, from mining to modern art, from poetry to prehistory, and family history to farming. No membership is required and our service is free.

Cornwall Library Service[edit | edit source]

Cornwall Library Service
Telephone: 0300 1234 111
Email: libraries@cornwall.gov.uk
Website: Libraries

British Library[edit | edit source]

British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB UK
Telephone: 0843 208 1144
Email: customer-services@bl.uk
Website: British Library
Catalogue: Online catalogue

The British Library has a range of resources relating to Cornwall with particular strengths in printed books, periodicals, newspapers, and maps (and the photographs and other visual images contained within them). Manuscripts, sound and archived websites of Cornish interest are also held and Cornish themes can also be researched using our extensive Electronic Resources.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Royal Cornwall Museum[edit | edit source]

Royal Cornwall Museum
River Street
Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK
Telephone: 01872 272 205
Email: enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
Website: Royal Cornwall Museum

Our extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.

For a long list of Cornwall museums, go to List of museums in Cornwall in Wikipedia.

Collections[edit | edit source]

University of Leicester[edit | edit source]

University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7RH UK
Telephone: 0116 252 2522
Website: University of Leicester Special Collections Online - Cornwall

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 == Archives==
-'''Kresen Kernow (‘Cornwall Centre’)'''<br>
+'''Cornwall Record Office'''<br>
-Little Vauxhall<br>
+Old County Hall<br>
-Redruth TR15 1AS UK<br><br>
+Truro, Cornwall TR1 3AY UK<br>Telephone: 01872 323 127<br>Email: {{email|cro@cornwall.gov.uk}}<br>[https://kresenkernow.org/ Website]<br>
-Email: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk<br>
+:Cornwall Record Office ((Kresen Kernow) provides a professional archive service for Cornwall.  Our main purpose is to preserve Cornwall's archives for the future and make them available for members of the public to access. Our records relate to the people, places and organisations of Cornwall.  It holds a wide range of materials dating from the 12th to the 20th centuries.
-Telephone number: 01209 614430<br>
-*[https://kresenkernow.org/ Website]
+{{main|Cornwall Record Office}}
-*[https://kresenkernow.org/learning/learning-from-home/discover-your-family-history/ Research family history]
-*[https://kresenkernow.org/our-collections/collections-guides/religious-records/ Religious records]
-*[https://kresenkernow.org/our-collections/copies-and-research-service/ Copies and research services]<br>
-::These archives used to be housed at Cornwall Record Office in Truro and the Cornish Studies Library in Redruth.
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-'''Cornish Archives Network (CAN)'''<br>
-Email: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk<br>
-[https://kresenkernow.org/about-us/can/ Website]<br>
-[https://kresenkernow.org/about-us/can/can-members-map/ CAN Members Map] (Clickable for contact information.)
-:CAN is a free thriving network of over 80 archive and heritage organizations across Cornwall. The group includes everyone from well-established community and professional archives to new small digital archives, archives within other institutions and local heritage and history groups.
 == Libraries ==
-[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/libraries-museums-and-archives/libraries/your-local-library/ '''Cornwall Libraries and contact information''']<br>
-<br>
+=== Cornish Studies Library ===
-----
-'''Institute of Cornish Studies'''<br>
+'''Cornish Studies Library'''<br>
-University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus)<br>
+Alma Place<br>
-Environment and Sustainability Institute<br>
+Redruth, Cornwall TR15 2AT UK<br>Telephone: 01209 216 760<br>Email: [mailto:cornishstudieslibrary@cornwall.gov.uk cornishstudieslibrary@cornwall.gov.uk]<br>
-Treliever Road<br>
+Website: [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/community-and-living/records-archives-and-cornish-studies/cornish-studies-library/ Cornish Studies Library]<br>Catalogue: [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/community-and-living/records-archives-and-cornish-studies/online-catalogues/ Online catalogues]
-Penryn, Cornwall<br>
-TR10 9FE England<br>
+:The Cornish Studies Library (CSL) specialises in helping those who are researching Cornwall or Cornish people. The wide ranging collections cover all subjects, from mining to modern art, from poetry to prehistory, and family history to farming. No membership is required and our service is free.
-<br>
-[https://history.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/ics/contact/ Contact information]<br>
+=== Cornwall Library Service ===
-[https://history.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/ics/ Website]
-----
+'''Cornwall Library Service'''<br>Telephone: 0300 1234 111<br>Email: [mailto:libraries@cornwall.gov.uk libraries@cornwall.gov.uk]<br>
-'''University of Leicester Special Collections Online'''<br>
+Website: [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/ Libraries]
-Email: specialcollections@leicester.ac.uk<br>
-[https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/ Website]<br>
+=== British Library ===
-[https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/search/advanced Search Engine]
-::University of Leicester Special Collections Online provides free access to digital resources from the David Wilson Library, including "My Leicestershire History", [https://cdm16445.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll2 "Manufacturing Pasts"], [https://cdm16445.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll4 "Historical Directories"] and other material from its collections of rare books, images and archives.
+'''British Library'''<br>
+Euston Road<br>
+London NW1 2DB UK<br>Telephone: 0843 208 1144<br>Email: [mailto:customer-services@bl.uk customer-services@bl.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.bl.uk/ British Library]<br>Catalogue: [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=BLVU1 Online catalogue]
+:The British Library has a range of resources relating to [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/europe/uk/cornwallcoll/cornwall.html Cornwall] with particular strengths in printed books, periodicals, newspapers, and maps (and the photographs and other visual images contained within them). Manuscripts, sound and archived websites of Cornish interest are also held and Cornish themes can also be researched using our extensive Electronic Resources.
 == Museums ==
-*[http://www.museumsincornwall.org.uk/ '''Museums in Cornwall Website''']
-<br>
+=== Royal Cornwall Museum ===
-----
 '''Royal Cornwall Museum'''<br>
 River Street<br>
 Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK<br>Telephone: 01872 272 205<br>Email: [mailto:enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk]<br>
-[http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ Website]
+Website: [http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ Royal Cornwall Museum]
-:Extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.
-==Civil Records Offices==
+:Our extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.
-The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ website] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
-<br>
+For a long list of Cornwall museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Cornwall List of museums in Cornwall] in Wikipedia.
-Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/cnw.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Cornwall].
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+== Collections ==
-[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/ '''Cornwall Registration Service''']<br>
-[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-offices/ '''Registration Offices Contact Information''']<br>
+=== University of Leicester ===
-Telephone: 0300 1234 181<br>
-Email: registration@cornwall.gov.uk<br>
+'''University of Leicester'''<br>
-[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/family-history/ '''Family History''']
+University Road<br>
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+Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7RH UK<br>Telephone: 0116 252 2522<br>
-The Isles of Scilly has its own council government and it not listed in the Contact Information of the Cornwall Council.<br>
+Website: [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/search/collection/p16445coll4/searchterm/Cornwall/field/place/mode/exact/conn/and/order/nosort University of Leicester] Special Collections Online - Cornwall
-<br>
-'''Isles of Scilly Register Office'''<br>
-Council of the Isles of Scilly<br>
-Town Hall<br>
-St Mary’s<br>
-Isles of Scilly<br>
-TR21 0LW England<br>
-<br>
-Telephone: 0300 1234 105<br>
-Email: enquiries@scilly.gov.uk<br>
-[https://scilly.gov.uk/ceremonies-registration Website]<br>
-[https://scilly.gov.uk/ceremonies-registration '''Family History''']
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-The '''Cornwall Family History Society''' also has a wide range of indexes, census records and other material as well as a comprehensive store of local and background information.
-<br>
-'''Cornwall Family History Society'''<br>
-Lemon Street<br>
-Truro<br>
-Cornwall<br>
-TR1 2LS, UK<br>
-<br>
-Email: secretary@cornwallfhs.com<br>
-Telephone: 01872 264044<br>
-[https://www.cornwallfhs.com/ Website]
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