Content
Welcome
1m 35s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 41s
Introduction
4m 26s
What makes Cornwall Distinctive?
4m 35s
Places & Maps
4m 20s
Cornish Parishes
12m 55s
Cornish Wills
7m 53s
Property Records
11m 27s
Migration & Cornish Diaspora
12m 15s
Announcements / prizes
4m 52s
Questions / answers
14m 5s
About this webinar
Discover the key resources available for researching Cornish ancestry. Learn about the different archives in Cornwall, what they hold and how to access their collections. Find out which Cornish records are available online and where to find them. Hear about the finding aids and local groups that can help with your research, and get a better understanding of how key features of Cornish history like Methodism, mining and migration shaped Cornish family histories. Whether you are researching from afar or planning to visit Cornwall, this talk will help you with starting to research your Cornish ancestors. Please note that the talk assumes you have already watched ‘Introduction to County Research in England’.
About the speaker
Dr Lesley Trotter is a social historian, professional genealogist and writer with a special interest in the history of Cornwall, where she is based. Lesley is an Associate of AGRA (Association of Gene...
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Comments (41)
Great information that i have started and will finish. I am traveling to the U.K again in December and plan to go to Cornwall to search for more information on my Grandfather which had proved challenging to find prior to the internet. He moved to the USA in the early 20th century and settled in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I have seen various spellings and he went by "Trewnick". It appears that name had several spellings.
Missed it live. This was an eye-opener! I'd kind of left my Cornishman great grandfather aside because one branch of fam puts him in Crewkerne-on-Aven and another in Crewkerne, Devon, Yet he referred to himself as a "Cornishman through and through" according to those closest to him in life. He was very old when I was very young and what I remember most was that he was a husky big old man with a big rumbly voice speaking a language I could not understand. Lesley's description of the history and culture of Cornwall (and the links with Wales) provides a context within which I can explore his actual beginnings. No question he was a miner, so I've got one starting point. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this wealth of information. I was inspired to revisit my Cornish and Devonian line that I haven't worked on for probably a decade or more. With some of the tips in this webinar, I've been able take one branch back 2 more generations to about 1725, with more work that can be done! Will you do a Devon webinar, too, please?
An excellent presentation, thank you. My Cornish ancestors namely the Roberts family came to Australia\nin 1853 and settled in South Australia and more specifically in Burra a mining town north of Adelaide. So much of the information from this presentation will be very valuable to me.
Very informative and well presented. Thank you.
great presentation
fantastic amount of very useful information from Lesley
Even though I don't have any Cornish ancestors that I am aware of, I found this a very interesting webinar. Packed full of information and resources.