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From: Brian Randell <>
Subject: Re: Guide to registers.
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:32:15 +0000
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Hi Stephen:

>Gorhemmynadow Listers,
>Further to my message about Hugh Peskett's book on Devon & Cornwall
>Registers. I should apologise for not giving the ISBN etc.
>It is: 0 901853 23 2. The second impression is dated 1982.
>Published by Devon & Cornwall Record Society (D&CRS).
>I couldn't find it on amazon. com. I bought mine in the Truro Bookshop.
> Can I make it clear that the book covers not just those in
>Plymouth, but all churches in the County of Devon and the country
>of Cornwall [ Please note the distinction,in view of recent
>explanations on what constitutes a shire & a county. :-) ].
>
>Gans oll bolunjeth an gwella dyworth Kernow - an Tyreth a
>Dhedhewadow (with all good wishes from Cornwall - the Promised Land)
>
>Stephen Treseder, Perranporth, Cornwall [next door to England]
>CFHS: 4822

You perhaps have not yet seen my lengthy note (Subject: Re: Stoke
Damerel Parish Records) in which I point out that Peskett's bok, good
though it is, has in fact been - to my mind at least - superceded by:

Wilcox, A. National Index of Parish Registers, Volume 8, Part 5: Devon,
London, Society of Genealogists (1999) 245 p. [ISBN 1 85951 605 X]

which is I believe still easily available.

Cheers

Brian Randell
--
Dept. of Computing Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 7RU, UK
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