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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
Continue Reading →DECEMBER JOURNAL 2022
5th December 2022
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
Continue Reading →Listening to the Enemy: War Comes to a Cornish Village by Michael Griffiths is now available
3rd October 2022
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
Continue Reading →SEPTEMBER JOURNAL 2022
1st September 2022
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
Continue Reading →JUNE JOURNAL 2022
1st June 2022
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’
Continue Reading →Lanhydrock: The First Three Centuries is now available
3rd May 2022
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
Continue Reading →A Victorian Family at Lanhydrock is now available
3rd May 2022
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
Continue Reading →A Social History of Bodmin Union Workhouse by Tony Philp is now available
3rd May 2022
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
Continue Reading →Looking Back At North Cornwall by Peter Davies is now available
3rd May 2022
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
Continue Reading →Bodmin 1901-2000: A Century of Memories is now available
3rd May 2022
Bodmin 1901-2000: A Century of Memories Edited by Mike England and Phil Hadley This book contains an overview of Bodmin throughout the twentieth century. There are a collection of recollections covering everything from the simple pleasures of growing up to the horrors of war. There ar
Continue Reading →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.
Contact CFHS
Cornwall Family History Society,
18 Lemon Street,
Truro,
Cornwall,
TR1 2LS, UK
e: secretary@cornwallfhs.com
t: 01872 264044
18 Lemon Street,
Truro,
Cornwall,
TR1 2LS, UK
e: secretary@cornwallfhs.com
t: 01872 264044
The Cornwall Family History Society, 18 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2LS, UK
email: secretary@cornwallfhs.com | telephone: 01872 264044
email: secretary@cornwallfhs.com | telephone: 01872 264044
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