Excerpt from Cornwall Parish Registers, Vol. 1: Marriages Genealogists, not only in Cornwall, but throughout the English world, will appreciate this systematic attempt to render available the information contained in parish registers, which to most students are at present almost sealed books. These printed copies will preserve the information they contain, even though the originals be lost by carelessness, theft, or fire. Moreover, registers in the past have been sometimes tampered with for wrongful purposes, as was done in the recent Shipway pedigree case, in which forged entries, both early and late, were inserted in several Gloucestershire parish registers. In several instances where registers have been printed, as a consequence, volumes which had been supposed to be lost, have been discovered and subsequently printed, thus shewing how desirable it is to make public by means of the printing press these ancient records. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Cornwall Parish Registers, Vol. 3: Marriages While the study of genealogy goes on apace and the demand for documentary evidence of the facts, upon whichfamily history is based, becomes every day more urgent, it is still a matter for regret that amongst the list of subscribers to this work there are to be found comparatively few Cornish men, who live in the county. This can hardly be owing to their lack of interest in genealogical pursuits, but it seems to have escaped their notice that the value of a printed pedigree is m'l unless it be attended with accurate references to the sources whence the information has been obtained. In order that one chief source of information - the Parish Register might be readily available the present series was projected. By means of the marriages, students will be led to consult the Registers themselves, to the contents of which the marriages afford a valuable guide. While this printed record is not legal proof, it will certainly save both clergy and laity a vast amount of time, trouble and disappointment in search ing; and it is, at the same time, the best way of preserving records which, owing to theft, fire, mutilation, damp and other causes, are every year becoming fewer in number and more and more difficult to decipher. The editors trust that the present subscribers will do what they can to help them by making this series of Cornwall Registers more widely known It is not everyone who has the leisure and opportunity of rendering active help by transcribing registers, but almost all can aid in that way. Additional support would allow the printing of extra matter in each volume, and thus hasten forward the completion of the series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.