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To order birth, marriage, or death certificates of records after June, 1837, please visit the General Record Office website; their fee is minimal, and their service very good. Prior to 1837, we only have Church records on which to rely.

THERE ARE 2 NEW DIRECTORIES, VOTER LISTS FOR 1852-1864, and HEARTH and POLL TAXES for the 1660s added; please be sure to check them out!

BAPTISMS -

HOLY TRINITY, St. AUSTELL - 1600 - 1900, partial transcriptions

We have transcribed the parish registers for 1813 through 1840, shown on this website, and the work is continuing. Our transcripts include father's occupation and abode.

LDS has transcribed these registers, and has their index is online at FamilySearch. Use "batch number" P016511, C065361, or C065351 in the "IGI' search to only obtain register transcriptions.

NON-CONFORMIST -

Including Primitive Methodists, Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists, Independents, etc.
Please note - Baptists follow the doctrine of baptism when the person is fully capable of understanding the meaning of the ceremony, so they were not infants. Further, each congregation kept records as they chose; ages of persons being baptised were not recorded in most cases.

MEVAGISSEY BIBLE CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT - donated by Bill O'Reilly.

These are limited to St. Austell entries. To access the full Circuit transcriptions, please visit his website.

SOCIETY of FRIENDS -

Taken from the Fowey Circuit records.

ST. PETER'S, TREVERBYN -

from the Church of England parish registers. These are full transcriptions; however, the register contained many problems. You must verify this information with a second source.

ST. PAUL'S, CHARLESTOWN -

Parish register transcriptions, many of which carry birth dates as well as the baptismal date.

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MARRIAGES

 

HOLY TRINITY, St. Austell, 1565 through 1901.

Charlestown Marriages at ST. PAUL's 1848 - 1900

St. PETER'S TREVERBYN MARRIAGES - 1850 - 1900

Society of Friends   MARRIAGES

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BURIALS

 

HOLY TRINITY, St. Austell 1550- 1905

SOCIETY of FRIENDS - from the Circuit records

CHARLESTOWN, ST. PAUL'S - 1850 to 1903

TREVERBYN, ST. PETER'S - 1850 to 1900

 

FURTHER RESOURCES - including TRANSCRIPTIONS AND INDEXES (top)

CENSUS - link to Free Cens, an effort to have all British county census returns online for free access; Cornwall is complete. All entries checked by 2 reviewers, to achieve the most accurate results possible. .

WORKHOUSE 1841 CENSUS - on this site.

Per the archivist at CRO, St. Austell workhouse information regarding the inmates, in the form of such records as admission and discharge registers, and master's report books, have not survived. The minutes did survive, but deal with buildings and finance, and do not refer to individual pauper inmates. Mothers did sometimes give birth in the workhouse, but these births as a matter of course would be registered with the St. Austell registrar after June,1837.

WORKHOUSE 1851 CENSUS - on this site

WORKHOUSE 1861 CENSUS - on this site

WORKHOUSE 1871 CENSUS - on this site

WORKHOUSE 1881 CENSUS - on this site

WORKHOUSE 1891 CENSUS - on this site

ADDITIONAL WORKHOUSE INFORMATION:

Workhouse diet
Status of St. Austell, 1849 - a newspaper story about the Workhouse
an image of the workhouse is under Photos, St. Austell

DEATH DUTY REGISTERS - as held in the PRO. Not the same as Probate Records; see below.

HEARTH TAXES, 1664 - returns for occupants of homes with one or more hearths, which combined with the Poll Tax returns below can aid researchers in making informed genealogical connections. Included are returns for St. Blazey and Tywardreath. (NEW)

HOLY TRINITY MI's, by Jessie Evans - taken from "St. Austell Town, District, People" by Jos. Hammond, LLB,1897. (Not his well-known book.)   To read a valuable article by Hammond regarding "Burials in Holy Trinity", please click HERE.

LIST of VICARS, HOLY TRINITY, St. Austell - taken from Canon Hammond's book, 1897.

MANORIAL RECORDS - what records still exist, and where they are located.

MUSTER ROLLS, 1569 - with explanation of war duties

PARLIAMENTARY SURVEY, 1660 - Freeholders, Copyholders, and Leaseholders for Treverbyn Courtney, donated by a friend.

POLL TAX, 1660 - donatd by Clive Pinch

PROBATE RECORDS; Calendar, 1773-1858, Church of England Probate Records. A guide to individuals in the registers, and which LDS film contains the actual data.

PROTESTION RETURNS, 1641 - information on returns; St. Austell did not submit a list of persons, only one of three parishes to not fully comply.

RENTS OF MANORS, 1591 - transcriptions of "Rentals and Surveys" for 3 manors within St. Austell, 1591-1602, and names of tin mines.

ST. AUSTELL WAR MEMORIAL - a transcription of all war memorials in St. Austell. Photographs of the Celtic Cross by Myra Davey may be seen here.

POPULATION & OCCUPATIONS, as abstracted from the 1841 census, by order of Parliament - published in 1844

W/ESLEYAN CHAPEL MI's - taken from "The King's England", Wm. Lake, 1867

VOTER LISTS - 1851-52, 1852-53, 1856-57, and 1864-65, for the parish of St. Austell (NEW)

REFERENCE ARTICLES

CORNISH USE OF ALIASES - both surnames and forenames- how the use of an alias evolved, and ways of researching them.

POOR LAWS - an explanation of Poor Law practices, such as Parish Apprentices, Legal Settlement, and Union houses.

 

DIRECTORIES (top)

BAILEY'S   Western and Midland Directory; Merchant's and Tradesman's Companion; for the Year 1783

PIGOT'S 1837 DIRECTORY - containing the names of the coastal ship owners, and other business owners' information

SLAYTER'S ROYAL NATIONAL DIRECTORY - 1852-1853 - a very comprehensive directory, listed by business type, including tallow chandlers, hairdressers, and temperance eating houses. Also lists coastal ships going to London, Bristol, and Plymouth, amongst other things.
4 pages long. (NEW)

POST OFFICE DIRECTORY - 1856 (NEW)

St. Austell and Treverbyn, Mount Charles and Holmbush, Charlestown, Par and St. Blazey.

KELLY'S 1873 DIRECTORY - St. Austell, Holmbush, and Mount Charles businessmen, clubs, etc. - alphabetical

REFERENCE INDEXES for BOOKS (top)

ST. AUSTELL; CHURCH, TOWN, AND PARISH by A.L. Rowse, 1961

ST. AUSTELL; by Canon Hammond, 1897 - Surname and Place Name Index of the classic book, with a lookup offer from Larry Treverton, (NEWLY re-done- more easily searchable)

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