Just to add to this be sure to make an appointment at the libraries you plan to visit or you may be turned away. There is limited seating at most. Connie As for making any progress on your family history, although you may find a house or a farm or a parish church connected with your family, and perhaps even stones in a churchyard, you won't get much done going to the places where your ancestors lived, except to perhaps contemplate their lives in those locations. To maximize the possibilities of success, you need to visit the places where most of the records are located. These are the Cornwall Record Office (CRO, Truro), the library of the Cornwall Family History Society (Truro), the Cornish Studies Library (Redruth - especially for microfilmed newspapers - obituaries, etc.), and the Courtney Library in the Royal Institution of Cornwall (Truro). If you are not familiar with these repositories, just google each in turn and you will find a great deal of information about them and what each has to offer. You will also find, as you visit each, excellent staff who can help you with your research. Make sure that you bring information on the specific persons and problems you wish to research, either in paper form or on a smart device, preferably both (batteries can run low). From the information you gave in your post, I think you would want to begin at the CRO as they have not only the parish registers, but a huge amount of original documents not available online - wills, property deeds, tithe maps, vestry minutes, manorial records, among others. Again, I cannot emphasize enough that to maximize your chances of success, you need to arrive prepared, doing as much as possible prior to your trip to familiarize yourself with what is available. A list of sources you wish to look at, in order of priority, would be a good way to organize and plan your research. Good luck with the trip and your family history, Doug Nicol   -- Norman D. Nicol, Ph.D. Professional Genealogist/Family Historian Specializing in NE Pennsylvania, England, esp. Cornwall, and Scotland ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message