Rowena Thank you. This is a good start. Valma > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 09:54:35 +1000 > From: "Rowena Gough" <rfgough@optusnet.com.au> > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Cornish Miners in Brazil > To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <006101caf6e5$78a8ea00$69fabe00$@com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Valma > > I found another link below. The WorldGenWeb Project, which has a link to > regional page for South America, and this is is an on-line data > repository > for queries, family histories, and source records as well as being > resource > center to identify other on-line databases and resources to assist > researchers. There is a link to a fellow doing look-ups in Brazil. > > http://www.worldgenweb.org/ > > Rowena > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim & Val Newson > Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2010 6:58 AM > To: CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Cornish Miners in Brazil > > I am searching for the birth of Catharine GUMMOW in Brazil, South America. > My problem is that I do not know where in Brazil her family lived. My > research so far indicates > that her parents, Edward and Elizabeth GUMMOW were in Brazil sometime > between 1830 and 1840. Edward was a Cornish miner and the family is > listed > on the 1841 Census. Catharine is listed as being born "outside the census > county of St Agnes". The family emigrated to South Australia in 1847, > Catharine married John > PERRY in 1849 and they moved to Pleasant Creek (now known as Stawell), > Victoria about 1853. The birth certificate of my grandfather, Joseph > PERRY, > > states that his mother Catharine GUMMOW was born in Brazil, South America. > My main brickwall here is that I know nothing about the Cornish miners in > South America, so if some kind lister could point me in the direction of > any > > available publications, etc. I shall be most grateful. > > The search goes on. > > Valma in Berwick, Victoria > Australia I use BullGuard Spamfilter to keep my inbox clean. It is completely free: www.bullguard.com/freespamfilter