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Archives[edit | edit source]

Kresen Kernow (‘Cornwall Centre’)
Little Vauxhall
Redruth TR15 1AS UK

E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk Telephone number: 01209 614430

These archives used to be housed at Cornwall Record Office in Truro and the Cornish Studies Library in Redruth.

Cornish Archives Network (CAN)
E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk
Website
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[edit | edit source]

Cornwall Libraries and contact information

Institute of Cornish Studies
University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus)
Environment and Sustainability Institute
Treliever Road
Penryn, Cornwall
TR10 9FE England

Contact information
Website

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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 Little Vauxhall<br>
 Redruth TR15 1AS UK<br><br>
-Email: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk<br>
+E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk
 Telephone number: 01209 614430<br>
 *[https://kresenkernow.org/ Website]
+*[https://kresenkernow.org/our-collections/copies-and-research-service/ Copies and research services]<br>
 *[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>
+E-mail: 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.)
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 == Libraries ==
-[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/libraries-museums-and-archives/libraries/your-local-library/ '''Cornwall Libraries and contact information''']<br>
+[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/libraries-museums-and-archives/libraries/your-local-library/ '''Cornwall Libraries and contact information''']
-<br>
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 '''Institute of Cornish Studies'''<br>
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 [https://history.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/ics/contact/ Contact information]<br>
 [https://history.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/ics/ Website]
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-'''University of Leicester Special Collections Online'''<br>
-Email: specialcollections@leicester.ac.uk<br>
-[https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/ Website]<br>
-[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.
 == Museums ==
-*[http://www.museumsincornwall.org.uk/ '''Museums in Cornwall Website''']
-<br>
+=== Royal Cornwall Museum ===
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 '''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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