Thanks to Joy, Connie, and also Bern's most humorous comments - all is made clear. Most of my research has been Wales, Shropshire and recently Middlesex etc. This is the first time I've seen any Cornish people creeping (using that term lightly) in. Joy's input was particularly helpful, which will lead me further on. Bern, I shall check out your mighty metropolis. Might find some rellies there attempting to read. Even so, I bet they could make lovely Cornish pasties. :)) Best wishes Graham

Hi Graham, I really feel you could lead yourself down some blind alleyways here! In global terms, St Erth is only a tiny leap from St Kew (I don't know where in the world you live, but in Australia or the USA it is almost the kind of distance you'd travel to do the weekly shopping) but in Cornish terms, it is generations and socio-economies away. The problem is, that so many Cornish places are named after Saints that just grabbing a 'near soundalike' can be really misleading. I know, because I've got a line that has had me stuck for 20 years, and it is soooo tempting to seize on it. But the reality (in my case) is that several brides of the same Christian (first) name, married husbands with the 'right' Christian and Surnames, within just a few years or even months of each other, within the same communities!!! Which one of these is mine! So yes, St Erth is lovely (there is a gorgeous walk in Spring time along the upper reaches of the River Hayle) but any connection with St Kew is likely to be non-existant. But... of course... I may be wrong! Oh, and Bern was exaggerating (slightly), but there was a big dairy at St Erth that processed all the local milk until a few years ago. It is now a sort of mini industrial and retail park (using the old buildings) but the last time I went through there was a cafe there selling some really great Pasties!!! John in Cornwall, where it is heading below freezing tonight! This message and any attachments are confidential and may be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the recipient please email the sender and delete this message and any attachments from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message and attachments, or disclose the contents to any other person. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this message and any attachments are virus free, We can take no responsibility if a virus is actually present. We advise you to carry out your own virus check. > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:13:18 +1100 > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > From: genetree@tpg.com.au > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] PRYOR OR PRIOR > > Thanks to Joy, Connie, and also Bern's most humorous comments - all > is made clear. Most of my research has been Wales, Shropshire and > recently Middlesex etc. This is the first time I've seen any Cornish > people creeping (using that term lightly) in. Joy's input was > particularly helpful, which will lead me further on. Bern, I shall > check out your mighty metropolis. Might find some rellies there > attempting to read. Even so, I bet they could make lovely Cornish pasties. :)) > Best wishes > Graham > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi John Thanks for your comments. Yes, I shall tread carefully. Re. your problem of 20 years, I have a similar one in Shropshire at Ellesmere where there are three John Price's born in the same year 1715, so I have not one clue which is mine, and probably never shall. If two of them had died in infancy, that would have glued things down, but they didn't, so that was that. Yes, I see that St Kew is named after a Welsh saint, though the parish church is now St James. You know genealogy is a bit like gardening, you have to get the weeds out of the way before you can do some real planting. Anything I can't prove with certificates I shall leave with a whopping big question mark. Lots of fun trying, all the same. Graham in Oz, where bush fires are looming large.