Its not so good down here now, the lights were put on a bit earlier here in the house as it went very dark. Looks like heavy rain is coming but hasn't quite got here yetWelcome Louise- could you send some of your sunshine in a London direction please
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I hope we can help you find your Cornish family.
Yes Ann, down south in the Plymouth direction..Hello and welcome to Top Dog Louise, and congratulations on being our number 800.
You are obviously in the south of our lovely county - 'cause here in the north it certainly ain't sunny.......
Ann
I would be very happy to help with any Cornish queries that you have, all of my family come from West Penwith, my parents and other members of my family are buried in the Paul cemetery.Hello Louise - welcome - you have already confirmed a burial location [village]
for me.
I have few from West Penwith - must find them and post a query or 2.
Enjoy the forum.

Thanks Diana for your welcome.Hi Louise, Welcome to Top Dog. You will enjoy being here I can assure you. It is not only very helpful, but also very chatty and very friendly.We have lots of fun, but beware, we often go off the subject and end up a million miles from where we should have been.
However we also have some very efficient moderators who guide us back to sanity when needed!
I am so envious of where you live as I spent an idyllic childhood in Devon and Cornwall.As a pre-schooler I lived in Loddiswell and actually started school there for the very first time. My brother was born in Totnes. We then moved to Cornwall where we lived for quite a few years on the Roseland Peninsula in Veryan, twelve miles from Truro.
What we didn't know then was that my mother had very strong family ties with Modbury (just 3 miles from Loddiswell) and from Fowey and Mevagissey in Cornwall. My Cornish branch moved from Fowey to Stoke Damerel, so I have links there too. I only discovered all of this from my family history research, long after it was too late to tell my mother the exciting news! At least it solved a major problem for me, which was my very strong feelings of 'belonging' to the area.
I have been living in Australia for over 55 years now, but have had many trips back to England where I always make a beeline for the South West.
Cheers, Diana
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