CORNISH RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET

Yvonne Bowers with Judy Powell

14th Annual Gathering

Keweenaw, MI.

July 25-29, 2007

AGENDA

• Introduction• Resources• Methodology & Plan• Discussion• Demo

RESOURCES

• Message Boards• Mailing Lists•Websites• Online Databases• Lookup Volunteers• Subscriptions

MESSAGE BOARDS

• “Bulletin Board” or BBS• Can often post attachments• Are sometimes “gatewayed”• Searchable

Sample MB Postfrom Rootsweb Message Board - Cornwall

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.con.general/mb.ashx

St.Mewan,Courts family.Replies: 2St.Mewan,Courts family. NewPosted: 16 May 2007 4:33PM GMTClassification: QuerySurnames: courtslm wondering if anyone has any information on my ancestor Thomas Courts born 29th September 1729,his father was James Courts,ld love to know more about the family as lve only just traced them back to St. Mewan from Fowey.thanks very Much Val.

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MAILING LISTS

• Often Require Free Subscription• Digest versus List• Requires “Selective” Reading• Community of People• Lookups & Leads• Rootsweb, Yahoo, Google

Sample List MessageFrom: "Jacqueline Hill" <jacks_hill@hotmail.com>Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] British Prisoners of War ArchivesDate: Thu, 03 May 2007 22:06:48 +0000

Hopefully the following might be of help to someone.

From the National Archives:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/pow.asp

British prisoners of war: interviews and reportsPrisoners of War (Cat. ref. FO 383/413)

You can now search and download First World War interviews and reports forover 3,000 named individuals. These reports have previously been availableonline, but we have just completed a project to improve access to them byenabling you to search for them by the names of the authors of each report.

Jackie HillResearching: PIDWELL

FREE DATABASES

• FreeBMD• Cornwall Online Census Project• OPC

CORNWALL ONLINE CENSUS PROJECT

• Started in September 2000 • Mission: To transcribe and place online (free-to- view) the 19th

century census returns for Cornwall. • 100% Complete: 1841, 1861 & 1891• 99% Complete: 1851 • 75% Complete: 1871 • 1881 is fully transcribed (needs checking)• Volunteers Needed:

• Images are supplied on disk• Software is provided • Requires a few hours work a week.

• Contact Michael McCormick

VOLUNTEERS

• OPC• Cornish Lookup Library• FindaGrave.Com• raogk.org

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

• Ancestry.com• Genealogy.com• HeritageQuest• FindMyPast.com

METHODOLOGY

• BE ORGANIZED• ARRANGE E-MAIL FOLDERS

(SURNAME/REGION/TYPE)• BOOKMARK & ORGANIZE SITES• FILE IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE

• HAVE A FILING SYSTEM • PRINT & FILE• SAVE & FILE• PRINT DOCUMENTS (I.E. CENSUS FORMS)

• CONSIDER A FAMILY FILE (Reunion/FTM)

PLAN

• Check Out Government sites• Look at maps• Discover which offices take care of what• Understand ordering information

• Visit GENUKI• Visit sites which cover an entire county

(such as the OPC website)• Visit FreeBMD and Free Census• Visit websites for specific areas or parishes

- and be sure to check indexes and links.

DISCUSSION

•Q&A

THANK YOU and

HAPPY HUNTING

Presentation & Handout Available via Email

DEMONSTRATION

• Cornish Volunteer Lookup Library• Online Parish Clerks

• GRO• FreeBMD• Genuki

• HeritageQuest

• FamilySearch

• Ancestry