Cornwall Family History

Cornwall Family History Archives, Clubs and Societies

The Cornwall Family History section of the Family History website has been created to assist Genealogists and Family History researchers tracing lost ancestors and relatives who were living in Cornwall, England, UK. You will find many Cornwall Family History resources:

Cornwall Family History Society

This is a large and thriving family history Society that maintains a research library in Truro for both members and the general public. A journal is published quarterly and distributed free to members.  The society also offers research assistance for a modest fee.

Cornwall Record Office

This record office is based at the Old County Hall in Truro.  It holds extensive archive records for the county of Cornwall and has a comprehensive Cornwall Record Office Collections page .


Births, marriages and deaths

Findmypast.co.uk is one of the largest UK genealogy subscription sites and offers a comprehensive range of Cornwall genealogical records, including Cornwall births, baptisms, marriages and burials.

Births & baptisms

Cornwall Baptisms

Marriages

Cornwall Marriages

Burials – including memorial inscriptions

Here are useful specific Cornwall county search pages from the FindMyPast website
Cornwall Burials
Cornwall Memorial Inscriptions
– Tombstone Records from Parish Burial Grounds.

Cornwall Newspaper Archives

Local newspaper archives and historical newspapers provide invaluable information for family historians.  Information can often be found that is often not available in parish records or Censuses. The notices contained in local newspaper archives can also help you to discover, or simply clarify, the location, birth, marriage or death of an ancestor. Additional archived newspaper reports may help you paint a picture of your ancestor’s achievements (or perhaps crimes).  

The British Newspaper Archive holds a large selection of historic Cornish newspaper archives extracted from a variety of local Cornwall newspapers. The archive also holds local newspaper records for other UK counties so do browse other counties at your leisure. The British Newspaper Archive collates the newspaper archive records in an easy to use format; simply search for the local newspaper and the relevant year or years.