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Little Vauxhall<br>
Little Vauxhall<br>
Redruth TR15 1AS UK<br><br>
Redruth TR15 1AS UK<br><br>
Email: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk<br>
E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk
Telephone number: 01209 614430<br>
Telephone number: 01209 614430<br>
*[https://kresenkernow.org/ Website]
*[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/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.  
::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>
'''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/ Website]<br>
[https://kresenkernow.org/about-us/can/can-members-map/ CAN Members Map] (Clickable for contact information.)
[https://kresenkernow.org/about-us/can/can-members-map/ CAN Members Map] (Clickable for contact information.)
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== Libraries ==
== 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''']
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'''Institute of Cornish Studies'''<br>
'''Institute of Cornish Studies'''<br>
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'''University of Leicester Special Collections Online'''<br>
'''University of Leicester Special Collections Online'''<br>
Email: specialcollections@leicester.ac.uk<br>
E-mail: specialcollections@leicester.ac.uk<br>
[https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/ Website]<br>
[https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/ Website]<br>
[https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/search/advanced Search Engine]
[https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/search/advanced Search Engine]
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== Museums ==
== Museums ==
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*[http://www.museumsincornwall.org.uk/ '''Museums in Cornwall Website''']
*[http://www.museumsincornwall.org.uk/ '''Museums in Cornwall Website''']
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[http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ Website]
[http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ Website]
:Extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.
: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==
 
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.
== Collections ==
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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].
=== University of Leicester ===
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[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/ '''Cornwall Registration Service''']<br>
'''University of Leicester'''<br>
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-offices/ '''Registration Offices Contact Information''']<br>
University Road<br>
Telephone: 0300 1234 181<br>
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7RH UK<br>Telephone: 0116 252 2522<br>
Email: registration@cornwall.gov.uk<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
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/family-history/ '''Family History''']
 
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The Isles of Scilly has its own council government and it not listed in the Contact Information of the Cornwall Council.<br>
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'''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>
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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.
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'''Cornwall Family History Society'''<br>
18 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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{{Place|Cornwall}} {{England Archives and Libraries}}
{{Place|Cornwall}} {{England Archives and Libraries}}


[[Category:Cornwall, England]]
[[Category:Cornwall, England]]
[[Category:Counties of England]]
[[Category:Counties of England]]

Revision as of 01:14, 11 February 2023

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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

University of Leicester Special Collections Online
E-mail: specialcollections@leicester.ac.uk
Website
Search Engine

University of Leicester Special Collections Online provides free access to digital resources from the David Wilson Library, including "My Leicestershire History", "Manufacturing Pasts", "Historical Directories" and other material from its collections of rare books, images and archives.

Museums[edit | edit source]



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

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

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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