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Chris the gardening

Chris the gardening Report 15 Dec 2007 08:41

Thanks for all the information about the parish records and the records office I will try that as I live in Australia and it's too far to pop in, thank goodness for computers !! Chris.

Joan

Joan Report 15 Dec 2007 08:39

Google 'Cornwall records office' Looks like you can order online too.
Joan

Joan

Joan Report 15 Dec 2007 08:33

If you google and find the nearest records office, or where the records are kept, you can usually have a copy sent to you for a small fee......couple of £s
Good luck
Joan

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 15 Dec 2007 08:31

Some record offices will make a printout for a very small fee if you can direct them to an actual parish and correct date.
It will be a copy of the actual parish registers as filmed for fiche.
I have asked for this and find it useful to have a paper copy to peruse at leisure.

Gwyn

Chris the gardening

Chris the gardening Report 15 Dec 2007 06:58

Thanks for the information Huia and Colin, I think a few of the Walters were really Watters and the t never got crossed properly as on the grave in Willunga someone scratched across the two tees later. can you see the original writing on the films at the LDS ?

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 15 Dec 2007 06:18

Hi

The parish is actually Crowan and includes the village of Praze-an-Beeble where i lived for a number of years.

Try having a look at the parish website or contacting the parish clerk, she might be able to point you in the right direction.

http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/a_d/crowan.php

Huia

Huia Report 15 Dec 2007 06:18

Do you have an LDS Family History centre near you? You can order the film of the parish records and get a printout of the page you want. I have done that with quite a few.

Huia in New Zealand

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Chris the gardening

Chris the gardening Report 15 Dec 2007 05:08

Is there any way that you can order a copy of the parish records? what I want to see is the signature as written in the parish records of Crowen cornwall. William Watters signed it himself but his wife Lenora made her mark, it may have been transcribed as Walters, however many years later he wrote it as Watters. Any help would be great. Thanks Chris.