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Little Vauxhall<br>
Little Vauxhall<br>
Redruth TR15 1AS UK<br><br>
Redruth TR15 1AS UK<br><br>
E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk
Email: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk<br>
Telephone number: 01209 614430<br>
Telephone number: 01209 614430<br>
*[https://kresenkernow.org/ Website]
*[https://kresenkernow.org/ Website]
*[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>
*[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]
::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>
E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk<br>
Email: 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.)
: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.  
: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 ==
== Libraries ==
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/libraries-museums-and-archives/libraries/your-local-library/ '''Libraries and contact information''']
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/libraries-museums-and-archives/libraries/your-local-library/ '''Cornwall Libraries and contact information''']<br>
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'''Cornish Studies Library'''<br>
'''Institute of Cornish Studies'''<br>
Alma Place<br>
University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus)<br>
Redruth, Cornwall TR15 2AT UK<br>Telephone: 01209 216 760<br>Email: [mailto:cornishstudieslibrary@cornwall.gov.uk cornishstudieslibrary@cornwall.gov.uk]<br>  
Environment and Sustainability Institute<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]
Treliever Road<br>
 
Penryn, Cornwall<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.
TR10 9FE England<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 ==
== Museums ==
 
*[http://www.museumsincornwall.org.uk/ '''Museums in Cornwall Website''']
=== Royal Cornwall Museum ===
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'''Royal Cornwall Museum'''<br>
'''Royal Cornwall Museum'''<br>
River Street<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>
Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK<br>Telephone: 01872 272 205<br>Email: [mailto:enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ Royal Cornwall Museum]
[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.
:Our 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.
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.
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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].
== Collections ==
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[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/ '''Cornwall Registration Service''']<br>
=== University of Leicester ===
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-offices/ '''Registration Offices Contact Information''']<br>
 
Telephone: 0300 1234 181<br>
'''University of Leicester'''<br>
Email: registration@cornwall.gov.uk<br>
University Road<br>
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/family-history/ '''Family History''']
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7RH UK<br>Telephone: 0116 252 2522<br>
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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
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>
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Email: secretary@cornwallfhs.com<br>
Telephone: 01872 264044<br>
[https://www.cornwallfhs.com/ Website]
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