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Visit to County Records Office, Truro

January 13, 2015 by David Cross Leave a Comment

Chloe Philippa looking at nurse's book group at County Records Office maps ledgers_2 Parish Records in Crowan David Thomas in archivesGreat to visit the County Records Office, Truro, Cornwall, today as part of our Heart of Conflict project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Camborne Guides (led, as ever, by Karin Saunders and Sue Norfolk), three members of Praze Women’s Institute and two volunteers from Helston Museum visited the extraordinary archives – we were all surprised at the extent of records kept.
A huge thank you to David Thomas and Chloe Phillips of the Records Office for a fascinating tour. We all came away inspired to find out more

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