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Tin mine engine house near Tywarnhayle, Porthtowan
Charlestown harbour near St Austell
The Men-an-Tol standing stones near Penzance
Local legend says that a person passing through the holed stone can cure many ailments including infertility.
The Man Engine
Photograph courtesy of Rowan-Katy
Geevor Tin Mine
Timeline photo, courtesy of Rowan-Katy

 

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Welcome to the Cornwall Family History Society website. Since its beginning in 1976, the society has aimed to become a centre of excellence by encouraging Cornish family history research. This is being achieved by publishing a quarterly journal, co-ordinating the transcription and indexing of more than five million original records, maintaining a research library in Truro for members and the general public and offering a means of worldwide contact and exchange of information between members.

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We are always seeking contributions (brief, medium, lengthier). It is YOUR journal and we depend on your contributions to make it happen. All topics considered provided they relate to family history and have a Cornish connection. Please include photos if possible. Please get writing everyone and send your submissions to editor@cornwallfhs.com.


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Whence We Came – Now available in Free Content

12th January 2023
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This is a story from New Zealand, compiled with the help of various members of the Elers clan. Starting with the voyage of Carew Thomas Elers in 1880, it goes on to deatilsome of the people he met along the way, along with their heritage. This story can be found in ‘Free Content
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DECEMBER JOURNAL 2022

5th December 2022
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The PDF of the December 2022 journal is now available in the members’ area. It is a colour version of the journal. If you have any comments, please email the secretary or comment on our Facebook page. Remember there is a financial advantage in taking this paperless version of the soci
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Listening to the Enemy: War Comes to a Cornish Village by Michael Griffiths is now available

3rd October 2022
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Listening to the Enemy: War Comes to a Cornish Village, St Erth Radio Station 1939-1964 by Michael Griffiths is now available! If you take the road out of St Erth and travel up the hill towards St Erth Praze, you could easily miss, on your right, a dilapidated single storey concrete b
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SEPTEMBER JOURNAL 2022

1st September 2022
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The PDF of the September 2022 journal is now available in the members’ area. It is a colour version of the journal. If you have any comments, please email the secretary or comment on our Facebook page. Remember there is a financial advantage in taking this paperless version of the soc
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JUNE JOURNAL 2022

1st June 2022
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The PDF of the June 2022 journal is now available in the members’ area. It is a colour version of the journal. If you have any comments, please email the secretary or comment on our Facebook page. Remember there is a financial advantage in taking this paperless version of the society’
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Lanhydrock: The First Three Centuries is now available

3rd May 2022
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Lanhydrock: The First Three Centuries is now available This book has been long in the making even though more has been left out than included. It describes the people and events that made Lanhydrock more than a country house, or left it on the brink of abandonment and demolition. From
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A Victorian Family at Lanhydrock is now available

3rd May 2022
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A Victorian Family at Lanhydrock: ‘Gone the Happy Dream’  A personal account based on the Lanhydrock archives by Mike England is now available 1876 – ‘That evening at Butleigh Court, near Glastonbury, a very special relationship started. One great romance would transform t
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A Social History of Bodmin Union Workhouse by Tony Philp is now available

3rd May 2022
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A Social History of Bodmin Union Workhouse by Tony Philp is now available This book gives a detailed account of the history of Bodmin Union Workhouse from its inception in 1834 to its closure in the late 1930s. It describes the conditions experienced by those less fortunate beings who
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Looking Back At North Cornwall by Peter Davies is now available

3rd May 2022
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Looking Back At North Cornwall by Peter Davies is now available This book is the second volume of articles written by Peter Davies, historian, of North Cornwall and previously published in the North Cornwall Advertiser. The articles cover many aspects of life in North Cornwall from it
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Cornwall Family History Society

Since its beginning in 1976, the society has aimed to become a ‘centre of excellence’ by encouraging Cornish family history research. This is being achieved by publishing a quarterly Journal, co-ordinating the transcription and indexing of over 5 million original records, maintaining a research library in Truro for members and the general public and offering a means of worldwide contact and exchange of information between members.

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