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*[https://kresenkernow.org/our-collections/collections-guides/religious-records/ Religious records]
*[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>
::These archives used to be housed at Cornwall Record Office in Truro and the Cornish Studies Library in Redruth.  
{{Block indent|These archives used to be housed at Cornwall Record Office in Truro and the Cornish Studies Library in Redruth. |2}}
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'''Cornish Archives Network (CAN)'''<br>
'''Cornish Archives Network (CAN)'''<br>
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[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.
{{Block indent|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 ==
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[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]
::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.
{{Block indent|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.|2}}


== Museums ==
== Museums ==
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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>
[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.
{{Block indent|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==
==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.
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.
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