Hi all, Although I've been involved here since about 1997, I've been away from genealogy & the lists for several years, but I suddenly have time, due to illness (ovarian cancer - I'm very upfront about it because I had no symptoms, family history & it was found accidently - at Stage IIIc so I want everyone to watch every lady from 16 to 116 years old, around you, just in case!). Thus, I have so many questions on how best to "catch-up" with what is out there. I have the big - I think it's called the World Subscription - to Ancestry, but lately I find that "Find My Past.uk.co" turns up quite a bit. I think that I used it ages ago, but don't if it is worth a subscription or even which subscription might cover what Ancestry does not have? Does anyone have an opinion? After all of these years, I do have quite a bit completed, but also have gaping holes, such as the Cornwall Militia records from 1790 -1803 and anything along the border towns lining Cornwall and Devonshire. Devonshire records seem sparse, as well and those likely would help, since my rellies hopped back and forth between the two to go courting and even elope. I would welcome any ideas you have about this and new places to search. Thank you all, in advance. Warmest regards, Beth Marcheschi Aurora, Colorado (formerly California)

I am very sorry to hear to hear about your cancer and wish you well.   I used to subscribe to Ancestry and have used occasional offers of free credits on Find My Past and they seem to have a lot of similar information.  I found a subscription very useful in the early days when I had a lot of information to gather but once I was left looking for more elusive information and trying to fill in gaps it seemed a lot of money for a very small return so I tend to go for Pay per View now.      You don't mention the Devon parishes you are interested in, have you checked on Genuki Devon recently?  There are several parishes on the Devon side of the Tamar with register transcriptions available.  Also, I have had a lot of help from OPCs and Genuki will tell you if there is one available for the parish you are interested in.  Neil Stanton's website has information for Bridestowe, Bradstone, Sydenham Damerel, Kelly and Sourton: http://opcdev.co.uk/   You can sometimes find interesting information indexed on Access to Archives, especially if an ancestor applied for parish relief and underwent a Settlement Examination:     http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/advanced-search.aspx?tab=1&ContainAllWords= Best wishes,   Joy   ________________________________ From: Elizabeth Marcheschi <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Monday, 7 January 2013, 22:07 Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Question about subscription data bases Hi all,         Although I've been involved here since about 1997, I've been away from genealogy & the lists for several years, but I suddenly have time, due to illness (ovarian cancer - I'm very upfront about it because I had no symptoms, family history & it was found accidently - at Stage IIIc so I want everyone to watch every lady from 16 to 116 years old, around you, just in case!).         Thus, I have so many questions on how best to "catch-up" with what is out there. I have the big - I think it's called the World Subscription - to  Ancestry, but lately I find that "Find My Past.uk.co" turns up quite a bit. I think that I used it ages ago, but don't if it is worth a subscription or even which subscription might cover what Ancestry does not have? Does anyone have an opinion? After all of these years, I do have quite a bit completed, but also have gaping holes, such as the Cornwall Militia records from 1790 -1803 and anything along the border towns  lining Cornwall and Devonshire. Devonshire records seem sparse, as well and those likely would help, since my rellies hopped back and forth between the two to go courting and even elope.         I would welcome any ideas you have about this and new places to search. Thank you all, in advance.         Warmest regards,         Beth Marcheschi         Aurora, Colorado (formerly California) ------------------------------- Listmom:  [email protected] or [email protected] Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message