Please start from GENUKI Cornwall at www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/. Read this first, then look at the top of the page; this will lead you to TOWNS AND PARISH PAGES, where there is goodly list of on-line resources available for each parish - mostly available for free! Good luck! Ian Argall GENUKI County Maintainer for Cornwall www.genuk.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 10:04:38 +0100 > From: "Bolitho" <bolitho@stanley39.orangehome.co.uk> > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] William Stevens > To: "Cornish Email" <CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <7970a4d8bc389c7d1d83ae5219a9cc3c@mwinf5d40.me-wanadoo.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Jenny and all, as well as; you are ideed lucky to be looking in > Cornwall for your ancestry. I actually live in Penzance, the largest town in > the West Cornwall area, which is a rough circle around 10 - 12 miles > diameter. I suggest you Google West Penwith Resources once you can establish > a reliable connection. This site includes all parishes in the old West > Penwith area. Stevens is a very common name in and around St. Ives. Genulki > Cornwall will lead you to census for the 19th century, thanks to our > wonderful transcribers. Good luck, Horton in windy Penzance > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 16:01:17 +1200 > From: Barry PYCROFT <barry@pycroft.co.nz> > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] STEER / PARKER / STEVENS (1) > To: CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <002401d0887a$77ef1810$67cd4830$@pycroft.co.nz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > STEER / PARKER / STEVENS > > Listers, Hi. > I will be in Cornwall about middle of June and I am interested in walking > the walks of my GtGtGtGrandparents & their > families. > I do not have a lot of information of or about Cornwall or of St Just in > particular. > Please see here a timeline of part of my STEER / STEVENS family. > > **> I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of the Churches of St > Just - Christening & Marraiges.? > **> And Cornish Burial places of any of the family members of these folk.? > > I am not sure if I will get to St Saviour in Dartmouth. > It seems I have a lot of Cornish research work to do in the next couple of > weeks! > > Please be aware that a lot of Cornish information has been given me (thanks > John & Jack STEER) from 2004 and so new > information may alter dates & places & relationships. > > **> Just the repositories where I might find the records for these folk & > their life events. > Address where Born > Address where Christened > Address where Married > Address where Died > Address where Buried > > Many thanks > Barry P. > > +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_. > > The *A* indicates my direct ancestors > > Timeline of James STEER (Snr). > > 1787-00-00 *A* James STEER christened in South Milton, DEV, ENG. > 1807-12-16 *A* married to Elizabeth PARKER in St Saviour, Dartmouth, > DEV, ENG. > 1811-00-00 *** dau'r Elizabeth Parker STEER bn. Dartmouth, DEV, ENG. > 1830-01-07 son James STEER m. Jennifer REYNOLDS in St Just > In Penwith, CON, ENG. > 1831-12-26 dau'r Anna Smith STEAR m. James TRIZISE in > St Just In Penwith, CON, ENG. > 1833-00-00 grandson Thomas STEVENS bn. St Just In Penwith, > CON, ENG. > 1833-08-05 *A* dau'r Elizabeth Parker STEER m. *A* Thomas STEVENS in > St Just In Penwith, CON, ENG. > 1836-00-00 grandson James Steer STEVENS bn. St Just In Penwith, > CON, ENG. > 1839-01-11 granddau'r Amelia STEVENS bn. St Just In Penwith, > CON, ENG. > 1840-04-23 grandson John STEVENS bn. St Just In Penwith, > CON, ENG. > 1840-06-01 dau'r Jane STEER m. John JENNINGS in > St Just In Penwith, CON, ENG. > > 1841-1845 granddau'r Elizabeth STEVENS bn. ? > 1841-1845 granddau'r Mary STEVENS bn. ? > 1841-1845 granddau'r Crace STEVENS bn. ? > > > 1842-10-31 dau'r Louisa STEER m. William JAMES in > St Just In Penwith, CON, ENG. > 1845-00-00 granddau'r Frances (Fanny) STEVENS bn. St Just In > Penwith, CON, ENG. > 1846-05-26 son William Henry STEER m. Alice STRICK in St Just > In Penwith, CON, ENG. > 1849-00-00 granddau'r Christina Jane STEVENS bn. St Just In > Penwith, CON, ENG. > 1849-06-18 dau'r Amelia STEER m. Henry PASCOE in St Just > In Penwith, CON, ENG. > 1851-00-00 grandson William Henry STEVENS bn. St Just In Penwith, > CON, ENG. > 1860-09-06 *A* granddau'r Amelia STEVENS m. *A* Alexander REID in > St Michaels Church, Christchurch, CBY, NZ. > 1873-03-27 grandson John STEVENS d. Lyttelton Tunnel > Accident. > 1882-01-15 granddau'r Amelia STEVENS d. Lyttelton, CBY, NZ. > 1885-01-20 grandson James Steer STEVENS d. 105 Montreal St., > Christchurch, CBY, NZ. > 1892-07-06 grandson Thomas STEVENS d. Christchurch, CBY, NZ. > 1893-08-10 granddau'r Frances (Fanny) STEVENS d. 105 Montreal > St., Christchurch, CBY, NZ. > 1898-02-08 dau'r Elizabeth Parker STEER d. 105 Montreal St., > Christchurch, CBY, NZ. > 1904-12-19 grandson William Henry STEVENS d. 1905?/1694 > 1938-08-11 son Joseph STEER m. Honor Jelbert NICHOLES in > St Just In Penwith, CON, ENG. > > Barry PYCROFT > 8 Orcades Street > Shirley > Christchurch. 8013 > Ph: +64-3-942.8417 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 06:47:41 +0100 > From: Nick Serpell <nick@serpell.org> > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] STEER / PARKER / STEVENS (1) > To: "barry@pycroft.co.nz" <barry@pycroft.co.nz>, > "cornish-gen@rootsweb.com" <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <B6496083-8875-4238-95AD-129222AEE579@serpell.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Parish Registers are held by the Cornwall Records Office in Truro. However, many have Been transcribed online. The Cornwall OPC website has a searchable database although it is still a work in progress so not everywhere has been done. > > Family Search has many Cornish and Devon transcriptions as well as scans of many of the actual registers. That too is a free site. > > Find My Past has some reasonable numbers of register transcriptions too but that's a pay site > > The Cornwall Family History Society has a payable database but I think that's only available to members. > > Might be worth checking all the online resources then picking up any gaps at the Cornwall Records Office. > > The OPC site is good for burials as is Family Search. > > Nick. > > Nick Serpell > > Sent from my iPad > > >