Difference between revisions of "Cornwall/Kernow"

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Cornwall is to be found on the most south westerly tip of England. With it's affinity with the sea, Cornwall folklore is rife with tales of pirates and smugglers. The beauty of Cornwall is typified by Bodmin Moor, Land's End peninsula, and St Michael's Mount.

Main products from the county are tin, mined since the Bronze Age, electronics, kaolin, fish and spring flowers. Cornwall is the birth place of Sir John Betjeman, the late Poet Laureate, Sir Humphrey Davy, inventor of the miner's safety lamp, and Daphne Du Maurier the novelist.

Resources

Primary Reference

Cornwall Record Office

Cornwall Family History Society

Cornwall Libraries

Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Cornish Ancestors and Decendants

1871 Cornwall Census

Churches in Cornwall

Bal Maidens & Mining Women

Calumet Hecla Mine Applications

Cornwall Online Census Project

Cornish Cemeteries

Kelly's 1873 Directory of Cornwall

Historical Place Names in Cornwall

Mines and Miners of Cornwall

Cornish Mining Index

Cornish Mines

People Born in Cornwall Who Died Elsewhere

Meanings of Cornish Surnames

Southwest England Genealogical Indices

Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country

The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser

Cornish Wills Index 1690-1859

Specific Town and Village Interest

Breage Baptisms pre-1827

Breage and Godolphin Resources

Calstock Online Parish Clerk

Camborne Online Parish Clerk

Germoe, St Hilary, St Michael's Mount and Marazion Online Parish Clerk

Gwinear Online Parish Clerk

Kea Cornwall Parish Records

The Coryns of Kenwyn and the Corins of Gulval

Lanlivery & Lanivet Online Parish Clerk FTF Member Positive Pauline

Lelant

Lynher Parishes History Site - St Ive, Linkinhorne and South Hill

Mawgan in Meneage Online Parish Clerk

The Meneage Peninsula

Newquay Old Cornwall Society

Penryn, Cornwall Historical and Genealogical Information

Polperro Family History

Redruth Families

St Allen, St Newlyn East, Perranzabuloe & Withiel Online Parish Resources

St Austell, Cornwall Genealogy and Historical Website

St Cleer Dissenters' Chapel - includes Cemetery Records

St Enoder Parish Information Pages

St Erth, Cornwall

St Illogan Parish Records

St Keverne Parish Records Index

St Stephen in Brannel Genealogy Pages

Week St Mary Online Parish Clerk

The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser Newspaper Abstracts and Extracts

West Penwith Resources

Maps and Photographs

Cornwall Photo Image Bank

Photos of Cornwall

Register Office

NB: Copy Certificates: Cornwall appears to have centralised their operations to Truro

The address is:

Registration Certificate Applications
PO Box 94
Truro
TR1 9AZ

Cornwall Register Offices: Cornwall County Council - Register Offices

St Austell District

The Register Office
Council Offices
12 Carlyon Road
St AusTel: l
PL25 4LD
Tel: 01726 68974
EMAIL: staustellregistars@cornwall.gov.uk

Bodmin/Camelford District

The Register Office
Lyndhurst
St Nicholas Street
Bodmin
PL31 1AG
Tel: 01208 73677
EMAIL: bodminregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk

Camborne/Redruth District

The Register Office
Roskear
Camborne
TR14 8DN
Tel: 01209 612924
EMAIL: camborneregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk

Falmouth District

The Register Office
Skol Goth
Albany Place
Falmouth
Tel: 01326 312606

St Germans District

Saltash Register Office
The Register Office
PlougasTel: Drive
Saltash
PL12 6DL
Tel: 01752 842624

EMAIL: saltashregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk

Kerrier District

Helston Register Office
The Register Office
Isaac House
Tyacke Road
Helston
TR13 8RR
Tel: 01326 562848
Fax: 01326 574392

EMAIL: helstonregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk

Launceston District

The Register Office
Hendra
Dunheved Road
Launceston
PL15 9JG
Tel: 01566 772464

Liskeard District

The Register Office
Graylands
Dean Street
Liskeard
PL14 4AH
Tel: 01579 343442

Penzance District

The Register Office
Alphington House
Alverton Place
Penzance
TR18 4JJ
Tel: 01736 330093

EMAIL: penzanceregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk

Stratton District

Bude Register Office
The Parkhouse Centre
Bude
EX23 8LF
Tel: 01288 353209

EMAIL: buderegistrars@cornwall.gov.uk

Truro District

The Register Office
Dalvenie House
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AY
Tel: 01872 322241

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

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+| Cornwall is to be found on the most south westerly tip of England. With it's affinity with the sea, Cornwall folklore is rife with tales of pirates and smugglers. The beauty of Cornwall is typified by Bodmin Moor, Land's End peninsula, and St Michael's Mount.
+Main products from the county are tin, mined since the Bronze Age, electronics, kaolin, fish and spring flowers.
+Cornwall is the birth place of Sir John Betjeman, the late Poet Laureate, Sir Humphrey Davy, inventor of the miner's safety lamp, and Daphne Du Maurier the novelist.
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+'''County town:''' Truro (was Bodmin)
-==Register Offices==
+'''Other major towns:''' Camborne, Redruth, St Austell, Penzance, Helston
-*Cornwall Register Offices at
-*[http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4361 Cornwall County Council - Register Offices]
-=====St Austell District=====
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Cornwall | Cornwall Places of Worship]]'''
-The Register Office<br>
-Council Offices<br>
-Carlyon Road<br>
-St Austell<br>
-PL25 4LD <br>
-Tel 01726 68974<br>
-e-mail staustellregistars@cornwall.gov.uk
-=====Bodmin/Camelford District=====
-The Register Office<br>
-Lyndhurst<br>
-St Nicholas Street<br>
-Bodmin<br>
-PL31 1AG <br>
-Tel 01208 73677<br>
-e-mail bodminregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk
-=====Camborne/Redruth District=====
+'''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
-The Register Office<br>
+| [[Image: EnglandCornwall.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
-Roskear<br>
+|}
-Camborne<br>
-TR14 8DN <br>
-Tel 01209 612924<br>
-e-mail camborneregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk
-=====Falmouth District=====
+==Resources==
-The Register Office<br>
-Skol Goth<br>
-Albany Place<br>
-Falmouth<br>
-Tel 01326 312606
-=====St Germans District=====
+'''Primary Reference'''
-Saltash Register Office<br>
-The Register Office<br>
-Plougastel Drive<br>
-Saltash<br>
-PL12 6DL <br>
-Tel 01752 842624 <br>
-e-mail saltashregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk
-=====Kerrier District=====
+*[http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=307 '''Cornwall Record Office''']
-Helston Register Office<br>
-The Register Office<br>
-Isaac House<br>
-Tyacke Road<br>
-Helston <br>
-TR13 8RR<br>
-Tel 01326 562848<br>
+*[http://www.cornwallfhs.com/ Cornwall Family History Society]
-Fax 01326 574392<br>
-e-mail helstonregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk
-=====Launceston District=====
+*[http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=310 Cornwall Libraries]
-The Register Office<br>
-Hendra<br>
-Dunheved Road<br>
-Launceston<br>
-PL15 9JG <br>
-Tel 01566 772464
-=====Liskeard District=====
+*[http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks]
-The Register Office<br>
-Graylands<br>
-Dean Street<br>
-Liskeard<br>
-PL14 4AH <br>
-Tel 01579 343442
-=====Penzance District=====
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
-The Register Office<br>
-Alphington House<br>
-Alverton Place<br>
-Penzance<br>
-TR18 4JJ <br>
-Tel 01736 330093<br>
-e-mail penzanceregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk
-=====Stratton District=====
-Bude Register Office<br>
-The Parkhouse Centre<br>
-Bude<br>
-EX23 8LF<br>
-Tel 01288 353209<br>
-e-mail buderegistrars@cornwall.gov.uk
-=====Truro District=====
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-The Register Office<br>
-Dalvenie House<br>
-New County Hall<br>
-Treyew Road<br>
-Truro<br>
-TR1 3AY <br>
-Tel 01872 322241
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.cornishlinks.net/cornlinka&d.htm Cornish Ancestors and Decendants]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.kindredkonnections.com/cgi-bin/extracted?-1+0+000000+English+0-0+crcensus+uk 1871 Cornwall Census]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/churches.htm Churches in Cornwall]
+*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/index.htm Bal Maidens & Mining Women]
+*[http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/ross_coll Calumet Hecla Mine Applications]
-'''Records Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html  Cornwall Online Census Project]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrisu/cemeteries.htm Cornish Cemeteries]
-*St. Ives Archives, Weekly [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=131 Olde Crone Holden]
+*[http://chrisuphill.tripod.com/kellys.htm Kelly's 1873 Directory of Cornwall]
+*[http://cornish-place-names.wikidot.com/ Historical Place Names in Cornwall]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.twelveheads.com/mjm/mmcnames.htm Mines and Miners of Cornwall]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.cornwall-online.co.uk/jumppage-cmi.htm Cornish Mining Index]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wgeorge/ Cornish Mines]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrisu/bcd.htm People Born in Cornwall Who Died Elsewhere]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kernow/ Meanings of Cornish Surnames]
-*East Cornwall: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=269 happy]
+*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indices]
-*Hayle: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=131 Olde Crone Holden]
-*St Ives: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=131 Olde Crone Holden]
-*WEST Cornwall (ie south west of, and including Truro): [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=131 Olde Crone Holden]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stonemen/ Stone and Quarry Men of the West Country]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/intro.html The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sterth/will_index.htm Cornish Wills Index 1690-1859]
-==Links==
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=307 COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
+*[http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~althea/ Breage Baptisms pre-1827]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cornwall.html LIBRARY LINKS CORNWALL]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.html Breage and Godolphin Resources]
-*[http://www.cornwallfhs.com/ CORNWALL FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY]
+*[http://www.calstock.info/ Calstock Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/cornwall.html Local History Society Gateway]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~camborneopc/ Camborne Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/ GENUKI: Cornwall]
+*[http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~juneen/sthilary/ Germoe, St Hilary, St Michael's Mount and Marazion Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS]
+*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/gwinear/ Gwinear Online Parish Clerk]
+*[http://geoffmatt.bravehost.com/geoff_ford/kea_parish.html Kea Cornwall Parish Records]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davie/corin/Coryn.html The Coryns of Kenwyn and the Corins of Gulval]
-*[http://www.parishchest.com Parish Chest® Family History & Genealogy Store]
+*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=376 Lanlivery & Lanivet Online Parish Clerk FTF Member Positive Pauline]
+*[http://www.lelant.info/ Lelant]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://www.lynherparishes.co.uk/ Lynher Parishes History Site - St Ive, Linkinhorne and South Hill]
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/Registers/index.html Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/mawgan/ Mawgan in Meneage Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
+*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/ The Meneage Peninsula]
-*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,52054.0.html Cornish Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.newquay.oldcornwall.org.uk/ Newquay Old Cornwall Society]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/intro.html West Briton Newspaper]
+*[http://penryncornwall.com/index.htm Penryn, Cornwall Historical and Genealogical Information]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html  Cornwall Online Census]
+*[http://www.heritagepress.polperro.org/index.html Polperro Family History]
-*[http://www.FamilyHistoryOnline.net Searchable Databases For Family History & Genealogy in England & Wales]
+*[http://redruthfamilyhistory.multiply.com/ Redruth Families]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/index.htm St Allen, St Newlyn East, Perranzabuloe & Withiel Online Parish Resources]
-'''Family and social history'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell/ St Austell, Cornwall Genealogy and Historical Website]
-*[http://www.cornishlinks.net/cornlinka&d.htm Cornish Ancestors and Decendants-Lots of sites for Cornish families]
+*[http://www.thedissentersgeneralchapel.co.uk/index.php St Cleer Dissenters' Chapel - includes Cemetery Records]
-*[http://www.cornish-forefathers.com/frame.htm Cornish Forefathers]
+*[http://www.kernowyon.co.uk/enoder/ St Enoder Parish Information Pages]
-*[http://www.cornwall-online.co.uk/jumppage-cmi.htm Cornish Mining Index]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sterth/index.htm St Erth, Cornwall]
-*[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jlsymo/byngbapt.htm  Cornish settlers that came to Australia set up their own communities]
+*[http://www.saint-illogan.org.uk/records.htm St Illogan Parish Records]
-*[http://homepage.sunrise.ch/mysunrise/hector/corin/Corin_L.html William Corin (1716-1788)]
+*[http://www.st-keverne.com/History/Records/index.html St Keverne Parish Records Index]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sterth/will_index.htm Cornish Wills 1690-1859 (Incomplete)]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boneplace/welcome.html St Stephen in Brannel Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/ross_coll Calumet Hecla Cornish Employment Records site for Michigan USA if your Cornish ancestors were miners and disappeared worth a look]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~weekstmary/ Week St Mary Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/ausich2000/  Cornish Marriages]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad/ The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser Newspaper Abstracts and Extracts]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/corn/cornwall_workhouses.htm Cornwall Workhouses]
+*[http://www.west-penwith.org.uk/ West Penwith Resources]
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.cornwallphotoimagebank.co.uk/index.html Cornwall Photo Image Bank]
+*[http://www.cornwallphotoimagebank.org.uk/ Cornwall Photo Image Bank]
 *[http://www.cornwall.netfirms.com/photos.html Photos of Cornwall]
-*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10corn061/10corn061gazA.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
+==Register Office==
+'''NB: Copy Certificates: Cornwall appears to have centralised their operations to Truro'''
+The address is:
+Registration Certificate Applications<br>
+PO Box 94<br>
+Truro<br>
+TR1 9AZ<br>
+*Cornwall Register Offices: [http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4361 Cornwall County Council - Register Offices]
+'''St Austell District'''
+The Register Office<br>
+Council Offices<br>
+Carlyon Road<br>
+St AusTel: l<br>
+PL25 4LD <br>
+Tel:  01726 68974<br>
+EMAIL: staustellregistars@cornwall.gov.uk <br>
+'''Bodmin/Camelford District'''
+The Register Office<br>
+Lyndhurst<br>
+St Nicholas Street<br>
+Bodmin<br>
+PL31 1AG <br>
+Tel:  01208 73677<br>
+EMAIL: bodminregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk <br>
+'''Camborne/Redruth District'''
+The Register Office<br>
+Roskear<br>
+Camborne<br>
+TR14 8DN <br>
+Tel:  01209 612924<br>
+EMAIL: camborneregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk <br>
+'''Falmouth District'''
+The Register Office<br>
+Skol Goth<br>
+Albany Place<br>
+Falmouth<br>
+Tel:  01326 312606<br>
+'''St Germans District'''
+Saltash Register Office<br>
+The Register Office<br>
+PlougasTel:  Drive<br>
+Saltash<br>
+PL12 6DL <br>
+Tel:  01752 842624 <br>
-'''Countywide interest'''
+EMAIL: saltashregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk <br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrisu/cems.htm Cornish Cemeteries ]
-*[http://www.cornwall-online.co.uk/churches/Welcome.html Churches in Cornwall]
+'''Kerrier District'''
-*[http://www.cornish-surnames.org.uk/ Cornwall Surnames - Cornish-L Surname Interests List]
+Helston Register Office<br>
+The Register Office<br>
+Isaac House<br>
+Tyacke Road<br>
+Helston <br>
+TR13 8RR<br>
+Tel:  01326 562848<br>
+Fax: 01326 574392<br>
-*[http://www.west-penwith.org.uk/ Cornwall General Site]
+EMAIL: helstonregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk <br>
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+'''Launceston District'''
-*[http://www.west-penwith.org.uk/ West Penwith Resources]
+The Register Office<br>
+Hendra<br>
+Dunheved Road<br>
+Launceston<br>
+PL15 9JG <br>
+Tel:  01566 772464<br>
+'''Liskeard District'''
+The Register Office<br>
+Graylands<br>
+Dean Street<br>
+Liskeard<br>
+PL14 4AH <br>
+Tel:  01579 343442 <br>
+'''Penzance District'''
+The Register Office<br>
+Alphington House<br>
+Alverton Place<br>
+Penzance<br>
+TR18 4JJ <br>
+Tel:  01736 330093<br>
-*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/mawgan/ Mawgan in Meneage OPC]
+EMAIL: penzanceregistrars@cornwall.gov.uk <br>
-*[http://www.saint-illogan.org.uk/records.html Parish Of Saint Illogan]
-*[http://geoffmatt.bravehost.com/geoff_ford/kea_parish.html THE PARISH OF KEA]
+'''Stratton District'''
-*[http://www.minebydesign.co.uk/calstock/census/people_emigrants.htm Calstock OPC]
+Bude Register Office<br>
+The Parkhouse Centre<br>
+Bude<br>
+EX23 8LF<br>
+Tel:  01288 353209<br>
-*[http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~juneen/sthilary/ Germoe St Hilary St Michael's Mount Marazion OPC]
+EMAIL: buderegistrars@cornwall.gov.uk <br>
-*[http://penryncornwall.com/church_records.htm Searchable Parish Registers for St. Gluvias with links to the IGI ]
-*[http://www.newquay.oldcornwall.org.uk/ Newquay History]
+'''Truro District'''
-*[http://www.heritagepress.polperro.org/index.html Polperro Family History]
+The Register Office<br>
+Dalvenie House<br>
+New County Hall<br>
+Treyew Road<br>
+Truro<br>
+TR1 3AY <br>
+Tel:  01872 322241<br>
+==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
+Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
-*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/ The Meneage Peninsula]
+A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
+*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
+*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
+*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
+*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
+If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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