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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.