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A website was set up for Cornish OPCs who did not have their own, to act as a "directory" for researchers to find the OPC for a specific parish and to record what references were available. Later, a Cornish OPC database was added, containing records from all of Cornwall in a very searchable form. At first, it was limited to BMDs, but has since grown to include such things as the Hearth Tax of 1660, the Voters Lists of 1850-1864, etc. The BMD database alone has well over one million entries thusfar. | A website was set up for Cornish OPCs who did not have their own, to act as a "directory" for researchers to find the OPC for a specific parish and to record what references were available. Later, a Cornish OPC database was added, containing records from all of Cornwall in a very searchable form. At first, it was limited to BMDs, but has since grown to include such things as the Hearth Tax of 1660, the Voters Lists of 1850-1864, etc. The BMD database alone has well over one million entries thusfar. However, those OPCs who maintain individual websites often offer much more data than merely BMDs, and not all BMD transcriptions are included in the OPC database. Please be sure to visit the individual websites, too. | ||
Through these efforts, the Cornwall OPCs look forward to creating | Through these efforts, the Cornwall OPCs look forward to creating free, reliable resources that are valuable to researchers for years to come. | ||
There have been three co-ordinators for the Cornwall OPCs to date (2010); David Stick, Paul Brewer, and currently, Myra Cordrey. Both David and Paul have since moved on to other enterprises, while Myra has done (and does)tremendous work on the database along with Bill O'Reilly. | There have been three co-ordinators for the Cornwall OPCs to date (2010); David Stick, Paul Brewer, and currently, Myra Cordrey. Both David and Paul have since moved on to other enterprises, while Myra has done (and does)tremendous work on the database along with Bill O'Reilly. | ||
== OPC ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE U.K. == | |||
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The term "Online Parish Clerk" and it's insignia are copyright. | The term "Online Parish Clerk" and it's insignia are copyright. | ||
EXTERNAL LINKS | |||
== EXTERNAL LINKS == | |||
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks (http://cornwall-opc.org) | |||
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database (http://cornwall-opc-database.org) | |||