Hello, I live in El Dorado County, as mentioned in the email below.  There are actually many citizens here (and all along the foothills) who descend from Cornish  miners.  If anyone wants a grave checked, let me know and I'll go check it out for you to aid your research.  We have a fine museum also, here in Placerville (pronounced Place rhymes with lass, not Place rhymes with lace), with a staff of volunteers who will do research into county records free of charge.  The following link will take you to their website:http://co.el-dorado.ca.us/Government/Museum/Webforms/Research_Request_Form.aspx Chons da!Kitty, in stormy Placerville California in the heart of the Mother Lode --- On Sun, 12/16/12, Julia Mosman <jwmos99@msn.com> wrote: From: Julia Mosman <jwmos99@msn.com> Subject: [CORNISH] Peter CUMBE (Coombe) mystery, Tywardreath and St. Austell - a grave question‏ To: "cornish-gen@rootsweb.com" <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com>, "cornish@rootsweb.com" <cornish@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 12:27 PM Hello Steade and All - . I know the lure of GOLD was there, and lots of people moved heaven and earth to reach California as soon as possible once the discovery was announced in 1849. So I checked the 1850 census at FamilySearch, and found the following: . Placerville & vicinity, El Dorado County, California - 30 October 1850 - image 34 of 135 . house 6 Peter COOMBE, aged 22, gold miner, England (this is the correct age for Peter in 1850. based on his baptismal record in St. Austell & the 1841 census) Stephen WEBB, aged 23, gold miner, England house 7 Henry BAWDEN, aged 35, gold miner, England Peter McDONALD, aged 27, gold miner, Ireland (and he had $500) house 8 John TRELOAR, aged 40, gold miner, England George COLWILL, aged 35, gold miner, England James RICKARD, aged 36, gold miner, England . This may or may not be the Peter Coombe for which we're searching, but I thought it was interesting that a small group of Cornish folks seemed to be living near one another - in a sea of Yanks! . The researcher who's looking for information said she thought Peter went to California in 1850, and Elizabeth Coombe (her 3x grandmother) didn't arrive until 1852 - which might mean she'd appear in a census somewhere, or not. I couldn't find her in Cornwall, and Corinne Thompson can't find either of them in Australian records thusfar. So we have yet another member of the missing brigade! . Still haven't figured out the circles, either. Perhaps we'll never definitively know why they're there, but I still favour the romantic concept of "a bit of the old country" being with them. . Am off to see what more I can find in Cornish records for the family. Never know, something good might turn up! . Thanks for the input, and Cheers, . Julia website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell - for information on St. Austell, Treverbyn, Charlestown, Par, St. Blazey, Tywardreath, and St. Ewe!!                           ------------------------------- 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