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The Cornish Studies Library at the Cornwall Centre in Redruth [http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6773 http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6773] is a vital repository of information with many collections, including microfilms of all the main Cornish newspapers up to the present day, many dating back to the mid 18th century. The Courtenay Library at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro [http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/] has printed books and periodicals covering the history of Cornwall from the prehistoric to the modern period. It also has important collections of archives of Cornish families and historic photographs. The websites give more detailed information about their collections. | The Cornish Studies Library at the Cornwall Centre in Redruth [http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6773 http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6773] is a vital repository of information with many collections, including microfilms of all the main Cornish newspapers up to the present day, many dating back to the mid 18th century. The Courtenay Library at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro [http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/] has printed books and periodicals covering the history of Cornwall from the prehistoric to the modern period. It also has important collections of archives of Cornish families and historic photographs. The websites give more detailed information about their collections. | ||
Another invaluable resource is provided by the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. This is a volunteer organization that has a free large database of baptisms (christenings), marriages, banns, and burials with excellent coverage of a number of parishes. There are also online clerks for nearly all of the more than 200 parishes, who on a free and voluntary basis will respond to questions, and many will do lookups in databases to which they have access. Some of them maintain their own website with extensive databases of these events that can be freely accessed. | Another invaluable resource is provided by the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. This is a volunteer organization that has a free large database of baptisms (christenings), marriages, banns, and burials with excellent coverage of a number of parishes. There are also online clerks for nearly all of the more than 200 parishes, who on a free and voluntary basis will respond to questions, and many will do lookups in databases to which they have access. Some of them maintain their own website with extensive databases of these events that can be freely accessed. Some information from non-conformist records is also searchable on the OPC database. The database also has information which has been submitted from birth, marriage, and death certificates that individuals have obtained from the Government Record Office. The home page of the OPC site has more details about their services and is accessed at [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ http://www.cornwall-opc.org/] The searchable database is comprised of transcriptions of the pertinent records and may be accessed directly at [http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/] where it is free to anyone. The database contains more than 2 million entries, and more are being added frequently. | ||
There is an ongoing project with transcriptions from the historic newspaper “[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser]” of the 19th century, which is still being printed today. Transcriptions include not only all BMDs published (including those of Cornish people in foreign climes), but also accidents, Coroner’s Inquiries, all trials of the Quarter Sessions and Assizes, and local news and advertisements. The free website has searchable archives of the papers that have been transcribed. | There is an ongoing project with transcriptions from the historic newspaper “[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser]” of the 19th century, which is still being printed today. Transcriptions include not only all BMDs published (including those of Cornish people in foreign climes), but also accidents, Coroner’s Inquiries, all trials of the Quarter Sessions and Assizes, and local news and advertisements. The free website has searchable archives of the papers that have been transcribed. | ||
Many parish records have been extracted by the LDS Church and may be found in the IGI, with the transcription of excerpts of the information from those parish records also to be found in the Family Search Historical Records Collection. Indexed images | Many parish records have been extracted by the LDS Church and may be found in the IGI, with the transcription of excerpts of the information from those parish records also to be found in the Family Search Historical Records Collection. Indexed images are not yet available on Family Search. A few browsable images (unindexed, but with waypoints) are beginning to appear in the Family Search Historical Records Collection. The Hugh Wallis index of IGI batch numbers, which also gives the coverage in Cornwall by parish and years, is found at [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCornwall.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyCornwall.htm] | ||
A map of Cornish parishes can be found online at [http://www.cornwalleng.com/parishmap3.gif http://www.cornwalleng.com/parishmap3.gif] When parish records are not available or have been lost, that information may sometimes be found in the bishops transcripts. Despite the fact that the Church of England (Anglican) is the established church in Cornwall, a major part of the population turned to Methodism and other smaller groups (of which the Bible Christian Movement was the largest). By the mid 19th century there were more Methodists than Anglicans in Cornwall, which must be remembered by all researchers, as a search of only the Church of England parish records would miss information for more than half the population during the 19th century. Methodism was especially dominant in the mining districts of Western Cornwall. However, until at least 1837, nearly all marriages were in the Anglican Churches, even among the Methodists. One must also know that burial of many Methodists continued to take place in the Anglican Church cemeteries. | A map of Cornish parishes can be found online at [http://www.cornwalleng.com/parishmap3.gif http://www.cornwalleng.com/parishmap3.gif] When parish records are not available or have been lost, that information may sometimes be found in the bishops transcripts. Despite the fact that the Church of England (Anglican) is the established church in Cornwall, a major part of the population turned to Methodism and other smaller groups (of which the Bible Christian Movement was the largest). By the mid 19th century there were more Methodists than Anglicans in Cornwall, which must be remembered by all researchers, as a search of only the Church of England parish records would miss information for more than half the population during the 19th century. Methodism was especially dominant in the mining districts of Western Cornwall. However, until at least 1837, nearly all marriages were in the Anglican Churches, even among the Methodists. One must also know that burial of many Methodists continued to take place in the Anglican Church cemeteries. | ||