Hi Astrid... I have an ancestor who seems to come from Cornwall who seems to have settled (at least temporarily at Port Hope in Durham County). Joseph SEARLE date of birth currently unknown but both in Cornwall, married Mary Ann TRIM (another Cornwall/Devon surname) and had at least 3 sons: George SEARLE b:1844 Port Hope, Henry SEARLE b:1845 Port Hope and Samuel Trim SEARLE. They all seem to have found their way to Guelph, Ontario by the 1860s. George SEARLE has a baker by trade. I havent had a chance to trace this branch as much as I would like, but was intrigued by your mentioning that there were some other Cornish folks in the same area. Also, they seem to have been Roman Catholic. Anyone have any leads for these guys? Chris Bradshaw bradshawchris@home.com Searching for BRADSHAW in Paisley Scotland SMITH/COOPER in Rosedale North Riding Yorkshire HAY in Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire Scotland FORAN/WHITE Buffalo NY and Canada WEBSTER in Wexford Ireland MCDERMID/MCNEIL/TAYLOR IN Argyllshire Scotland GORING/SKILLING in Surrey TAYLOR/FINNIE in Aberdeenshire Irish HENDERSONs in Ontario Irish CAIRNS/CARNS/KEARNS in Norfolk Co. Ontario DOWSON/BARKER/HALTON in North Riding Yorkshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Astrid Terras" <terras@vianet.on.ca> To: <ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: February 11, 2000 10:08 PM Subject: Helpful Books - The Answers > Greetings! > > Many of our family members, as well as their neighbours, came and settled in western Darlington Township (Durham County, Ontario, Canada) in the 1800s, after emigrating from either Devonshire or Cornwall (or both). For this reason, I hope you do not mind that I posted the same question to all three lists (Cornwall, Devon and Durham, Ontario, Canada), and now post some of the answers? > > Yesterday I asked a series of questions about helpful books. The following is a brief summary of some of the answers: > > 1. First, I found yet another GIMBLETT cousin (always thrilling). > > 2. A local Durham area author has "written a series of township histories." Let me know if anyone is interested in details, and I can forward your e-mail! (I prefer to have permission before posting details of private responses to mailing lists, even when I believe it would surely be all right.) > > 3. Reminders to check the published books available at CFHS (Cornwall Family History Society), especially the indexes including the New Zealand "Index of the 1851 census for Cornwall." Explanations how work is being done on indexes for other census years in Cornwall. > > 4. Specific books recommended on Cornwall and generally on genealogy: > "Enquire Within" by Pauline Saul; > "To Clothe the fields with Plenty - Memories of Cornish farming" > "The Life of Henry Quick of Zennor" > Books about the roseland area, by Hilary Thompson > > 5. Suggestion to try the web-site "Advanced Book Exchange" (and similar sites if available?). "The A.B.E. can find out of print books from dealers all over the world": http://www.abebooks.com/ > > 6. Offer to visit the Whitby (Durham) Library with an experienced researcher. Apparently Ontario's Whitby-Oshawa Genealogy Society have a large quantity of written family histories available in their section of this public library. To have someone along who knows many of the books already, this is a definite asset and much appreciated. This is really true for any library, isn't it? > > Moral of the story: make good use of the available human resources. This is especially true regarding local genealogical societies. Sometimes we need reminders to accept offers of help from the members of the genealogical societies of Cornwall, Devon and our Canadian Durham area: CFHS, DFHS and the Whitby-Oshawa branch of OGS in Canada. The challenge is also realising how much help is truly available and knowing what questions to ask. > > Thank you again to everyone who shared their time and their words! Very much appreciated! > > Greetings, > Astrid > > Interested in families of Cornwall and north-west Devon in England, 1800s; > Also in Durham and Ontario Counties in Canada: > BROAD, BURR, CAIRNS, NEWBERRY, (NEWBURY), STACEY (STACY). > Related families in Canada: BRAUND, CHISHOLM, DAVIS, ELFORD, FRANKISH, GIMBLETT, GRILLS (GRYLLS), HEWSON, HOGARTH, HALL, JOHNS, SAWYER, SNIDER (SNYDER), TENNANT, VEAL(E). > > >