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“It’s kind of like being Mickey Mouse at Disneyland,” Russell said. Kenitzer said festival organizers plan to hold auditions again next Town Crier Missing at St. Piran’s Day St. Piran’s Day. Celebration, March 14 “So many Cornish traditions are fading away, so in Grass Valley by Emily Lavin, Staff Writer, The Nevada County Union we particularly like to keep them going, just to perpetuate the heritage of this community,” Kenitzer said. The crowd gathered at the corner of East Main and South Au- Russell, meanwhile, has plenty to keep him busy; he and his wife burn streets in downtown Grass Valley for Saturday’s St. Piran’s are finishing up a 10-year restoration project on their downtown Day celebration, an annual event that commemorates the town’s Victorian home; soon, they’ll be traveling to Italy to spend time with Cornish heritage. their daughter and new grandchild. But one central component of the event was missing — the per- He said he’s enjoyed being town crier, and said the role is one of son who traditionally rings an oversized bell and welcomes oth- the things that makes Grass Valley unique. ers to the event by declaring that, “Today, everyone is Cornish!” “It’s really nice for a town to have something whimsical like that,” For the first time since the event began 10 years ago, Grass Val- Russell said. “It kind of shows a nice personality of the town.” ley celebrated St. Piran’s Day without its town crier. He said it’s important for the next town crier to be vigilant about The ceremonial position was introduced at the inaugural St. their vocal warm ups — otherwise, he said, they’ll lose their voice Piran’s day in 2005 by Howard Levine, the former president of by the end of a parade or event. And they’ll need to have some the Grass Valley Downtown Association. He was drawing on a arm strength — the town crier bell is pretty heavy, he noted. tradition straight from Cornwall, England, said Eleanor Kenitzer, But Russell said it’s especially crucial that the town’s next crier one of the event’s organizers. loves interacting with people and making their experience at a Every Town Has One particular event as positive as it can be. “Every town in Cornwall has a town crier who announces their “This is another way to make people happy, to make people feel public ceremonial meetings and any of the activities,” Kenitzer good,” Russell said. “If you like doing that, and if you have a loud said. “Levine had the idea that it would be fun to have one in voice and a strong arm, then you’ll be fine.” Grass Valley.” To contact Staff Writer Emily Local resident Robert Russell, 65, has held the position since the Lavin, email [email protected]. event started, but recently told event organizers he was retiring. Kenitzer said auditions for a new town crier were advertised From Kenderwi Kernewek newsletter through the event press release sent to local media outlets, as well as through an email blast from the Grass Valley Downtown

Association; however, by the time the event was ready to get underway on Saturday, no one had come forward to take up the crier’s bell. Kenitzer said the lack of auditions was disappointing, but noted it wouldn’t spoil the event. “We’re still Cornish, we’ll make do,” Kenitzer said. Kenitzer knew Russell would be hard to replace as town crier. When he first auditioned for the role alongside four other hopefuls, she said the judges — who rate candidates based on their volume, diction, accuracy, inflection and personality — were immediately struck by his “incredible voice and energy.” “Robert stood out. The rest of them just faded into oblivion when we heard Robert,” Kenitzer said. “He was everything a town crier should be.” Russell, who had moved to town just a few months before the auditions in 2005, decided to try out for the role on a whim. “I was a singer and I thought, well I have a really loud voice,” Russell said. After being selected, Russell embraced the role. His wife Ellen made him a costume based on different town crier outfits that she had researched, complete with a tricorn hat, frilled shirt and embroidered coat. Russell began to write his own speeches for ceremonies and became a presence not only at St. Piran’s Day but at many other town events, including the Fourth of July Parade and Cornish Christmas, where he interacted with crowds and posed for pic- tures with children.

22 Correspondence from Societies also respecting the sites of many shipwrecks in the area of the Manacles Rocks which stretch around this particular and Cousin Jack Website piece of coastline.

Sue Cox read an email from Barbara Gardner-Bray Marine Conservation Zones are a relatively new protection recounting details of an article which appeared in designation, and our Cornish site 'Manacles Marine Conser- McLean’s magazine, dated April 13/15. The article vation Zone’ has unfortunately become a test case for how is entitled The Curious Case of a Parking Lot King important protecting these areas is. about the discovery of Richard III’s bones in a park- I do understand that this is quite a long way from what your ing lot in Leicester. A London, Ontario native, Mi- organization is about, but big businesses have power, mon- chael Ibsen, who has lived in London, England for ey and no emotional attachment to this area on their side, 25 years and is a craftsman who works with wood, we only have outrage and at what could be abuse of our has been asked to make the coffin for his ancestor. landscape and protected areas. “I’m not producing some sort of woodworking mas- terpiece, as much as I might be capable of it. Be- We hope that all who love and respect the Cornish and cause I don’t think it’s about me”, the cabinetmaker Cornwall can add their support to this first assault on a pro- explains. “It’s about Richard.” He’d decided early on tected Marine Conservation Zone where the Cornish the type of timber: “It really had to be English oak. worked hard to gain its protected status in the first place. Traditionally, oak would have been used for a high- The supporting website is given below, where it gives more status funeral if there was a coffin”. The internal information and photographs and links to more infor- framework is of yew, used for English longbows and mation. I myself have blogged, tweeted, FB'd and donated, often found in rural churchyards. “Those are the I have spent weeks taking photos and talking to people sorts of things that people can relate to, as opposed about this. We really do need support from a wider audi- to some cabinetmaking bit of genius”, Ibsen says. ence than just who The oak also had to come from a fitting source. So are seen by big business as 'a few locals against the idea of Ibsen asked Bullough, the sawmill owner, “Do you change'. think there is any way I could buy timber from the Duchy of Cornwall?” Coral and wildlife doesn't have a voice, and the voice of the The Duchy loved the idea. Since its creation in 1337, Cornish people need more voices to join in to make us heard. it has had one primary purpose: to provide income to Cornwall is not for convenience, it is a vibrant and spiritual the Prince of Wales. Today, its holdings are run on a land. Please do help if you feel you can. commercial basis for the 24th Duke, Prince Charles. Last December, Ibsen made the trek to the saw mill http://www.cads2015.com/marine-conservation-zone/ which saws and stores wood for the Duchy. Bullough had picked boards from a Duchy tree felled Lesley Williams, Cornwall (Bard) four winters before: six oak planks, each 4 metres long, half a metre wide and 1.5 inches thick. It took two men to budge one. For Ibsen, there is a sym- metry in using Duchy wood, and it extends five cen- turies. “The timber for Richard’s coffin is coming from the estate of the next King” he says. Welcome to the From TCA newsletter England’s Immigrants Database ——————————————————————— From CousinJack.org: Welcome to England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a fully-searchable database containing over I am writing to you, as I am writing to all groups who 64,000 names of people known to have migrat- would have it in their hearts to protect our beautiful Corn- wall from modern industrialization. ed to England during the period of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, the Wars of A wonderful Marine Conservation Zone status was re- the Roses and the Reformation. cently added to our Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Coastal Path status. Our migrant and native birds, https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/ and life which is starting to renew itself after so long is already under threat by big business to say nothing of the protection

23 Correspondence con’t: Our 125th Anniversary Cornish Team Follow in Cornish Association of South Australia Trevithick’s Footsteps with Chile Work Celebrations for this milestone, planned for St Piran’s Two hundred years after Cornishman Richard Trevithick Day, were looking shaky when only two people (apart took his engineering skills and equipment to South America, from the Committee and the Association choir) had indi- a team from Falmouth-based Fugro Seacore is involved in a cated interest in attending by the deadline given in the last multi-million pound project in Chile, which requires world newsletter. Committee discussion moved to the idea that a class drilling expertise. Sunday lunch might attract more people, and (after some Trevithick exported nine beam engines to the region in Sep- thoughts of early March, but with possible problems with road closures for the Clipsal!) it was realised that Sunday tember 1814. Now 200 years later another Cornish engi- 15th February would be the exact anniversary of our cen- neering company is exporting world leading and ground tenary banquet (15th February 1990.) Margaret Johnson breaking engineering technology to a similar destination. offered to phone our active members, and did a superb job in getting almost 80 people to a very pleasant lunch at The Feathers, at Burnside.

It was very pleasing to see so many members and former Named the “Escondida Water Supply” the Chilean project members together, and all feedback has been very positive aims to supply 2,500 litres of water per second to the world's about it being a good celebration. Once again, our Asso- ciation choir sang well, and has received much compli- largest copper mine, Escondida, which is 170 km south east mentary comment. of Antofagasta, inland in the Atacama desert. The mine is on target to produce 1.3 million tonnes of ore this year. Read more at: Terry & Margaret Johnson’s grand- http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/ daughter Emily made the cake for news/12920082.Cornish_team_follow_in_Trevithick_s_foots us, and Fred Killick (our oldest teps_with_Chile_contract/?ref=twtrec active member, at 93!) was pleas- antly surprised at being asked to ———————————————————————————————— cut the cake.

Cornish Mine Images Cornish Association of South Is built around my love for traditional 35 mm film black and white Australia newsletter photography, Cornish mining and the County of Cornwall. Please enjoy! —————————————————————————-

http://www.cornishmineimages.co.uk/ St Piran’s March March 8, 2015 Cornish Cartoons

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Correspondence con’t: Mary E. Benson Writing Contest

Devon Family History Society, based in Exeter, Devon, UK, Southwest Wisconsin Cornish Society celebrated St. Piran’s day by celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2016 and has the largest coun- honoring the student winners of the contest. Each of them read their ty FHS membership in the UK. entries. Mary Benson was a native of Mineral Point and a former Eng- lish teacher. She generously remembered the Cornish Society in her It is likely that some of your members have ancestors who origi- will. The contest is held every other year for students of Mineral Point nated from Devon, so perhaps you would please consider circu- High School and the money from the Benson fund provides cash lating details of our Society as below, or including a link to us on awards for the winners. your website. We would love to hear from your members regard- Nettie Potter, junior at MPHS and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert ing their Devon roots and research. Potter of Mineral Point was the first place winner for her essay on the folklore of Cornwall. She used her prize money toward her trip with the Mineral Point/Redruth student exchange which took place in March. Our Devon FHS website has a variety of pages, providing infor- Irein King, freshman and daughter of Tracy Butson of Mineral Point mation, maps and describing the many Devon parishes. earned second place for her entertaining poem about the history of Mineral Point. Our popular WWW board and Facebook pages are available for all to post their Devon related queries and brick walls.

Teachers and students are welcome the use any of the items in our Acorn Club section for young people.

Our extensive Links will guide you to websites which are useful for both Devon research and to many other UK repositories. We are in the process of setting up an interactive Devon DNA page.

Our Online Shop shows the variety and scope of our publications.

Many of our Devon transcriptions are available on FindMyPast, both http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ and http://www.findmypast.com/

In addition to our quarterly journal, the Devon Family Historian, DFHS members have access to articles in past editions, 1-148 Nettie, Irein and Marion Howard, pres of SWCS and to a large variety of items, data and presentations related to Devon research. These are on our Members' Area, where 50 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ members interests may be posted, to encourage contact with others researching these surnames worldwide. There are also Heroic and tragic truth behind Poldark: photographs of over 500 Devon parish churches, available for Cornishmen shaped mining in Britain and pushed members to use, copyright free, to illustrate their research notes. boundaries the world over Devon FHS Membership is £20 for overseas members.

With very best wishes from Devon, http://www.independent.co.uk/ arts-entertainment/tv/features/ Terry Leaman, Devon FHS [email protected] heroic-and-tragic-truth-behind- or go to Devonfhs.org.uk poldark-cornishmen-shaped- mining-in-britain-and-pushed- boundaries-the-world-over- 10166243.html

Courtesy of Susan Davey email

25 Correspondence con’t: Cornish Connection of Lower Michigan celebrated Grass Valley, the California Cornish Cousins St. Piran’s Day with a pasty lunch and scones. We have established the St. Piran Award. The award recogniz- held a Crowdy Crawn to tell others of a breakthrough es a champion of Cornish culture. The 2015 award went to Peggy Swan Levine, a local artist in our quest of ancestors and or a brick wall we have and executive director of the North Star House Conservan- encountered. cy. Peggy descends from the Penhollows, maritime people who engaged in the trade between Cornwall and North America. They settled in New England in colonial times. As owner of the Swan Levine House bed and breakfast in Grass Valley, Peggy has educated hundreds of visitors A power point presentation on to the region about the contribution of the Cornish. She the 17th Gathering in Milwau- and her husband Howard hosted the Mayor of Bodmin, kee was presented by Carolyn Cornwall when Grass Valley and Bodmin twinned in 1999. Haines for our program. At the North Star House, Peggy is perpetuating the memory of Mary Hallock Foote, who lived in the house and was one of the important chroniclers of the Cornish in Cali- fornia in the mining era. The first recipient of the St. Piran Award, in 2014, was R. L. Crabb, cartoonist for the Nevada County Union newspa- per. For St. Piran’s Day Crabb gives readers a Cornish- Chris Haines pre- inspired cartoon. viewed our new The Cornish Cousins have also established a perpetual website to show us plaque that commemorates the annual pasty tossing how to navigate contest. The award identifies the mayor of Grass Valley or through it. Thank Nevada City that wins the contest for their town each year. The plaque is permanently on display in the Grass you Chris for a Valley City Hall. great website!

Howard Levine ac- cepts the award on Lowermicornish.org Come check us out! behalf of his wife Peggy. (Union Photo) PastyFest 2015 Gage McKinney (Part of Main Street Calumet)

From Kenderwi Kernewek newsletter *************************************************************************** June 27th Agassiz Park Calumet, Michigan Dyski Kernewek – Learn Cornish! Come Join Us! Dohajydh da! Good afternoon! Food, Fun, Games, Pasties, Music, Crafts Parade and Bake Off Fatla genes? How are you? Parade starts at 11AM Pur dha, meur ras. Very well, thanks.

Duw genes! Goodbye to one person

Duw genough hwi! Goodbye to more than one

Ollan gwella All the best

Keslowena ! Congratulations! 26 Correspondence con’t: St. Piran’s Day Flag Raising

Cornish Association of New South Wales John White reported that St.Piran's Day was celebrated in our traditional TCA style by raising the flag at

What a wonderful day it Toronto City Hall. Attended by approximately 12 was, celebrating the hardy people who braved the minus 15C tempera- past 40 years, seeing old tures and brisk winds. Although we were unable to friends, filling meal, stand at the base of the flag pole because the area was and lovely music from the closed off due to a burst pipe some weeks earlier, we Raggeder Band! were able to collectively celebrate the day close to Even St Piran dropped where the flagpole is located. The morning’s festivi- by!

Dave Evans— AKA St. Piran

Wesleyan Chapel in Bulli turns 150 ties including the recital of the poem "A Proper Job”, Bulli Wesleyan Chapel (now North Illawarra Uniting) singing of Trelawny, and retiring to the cafe for a was opened on 7 May, 1865. It was reported in the well-deserved coffee/hot chocolate." Illawarra Mercury of 28 August, 1863 that the Rev. ******************************************* William Kelynack was a mover for the build, and he Kresen Kernow Project had at hand tracings for a church by Penzance born Sydney Architect Mr Thomas Rowe (designer later of We’re building a new archive and local studies centre for Byng Chapel, and grandfaher of our late member Cornwall. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Corn- Thea Hosking). wall Council, the new centre will be on the old brewery site in Redruth. www.facebook.com/BulliWesleyanChapel. Designed by architects, Purcell, Kresen Kernow will bring together the collections of Cornwall Record Office, the Used from Cornish Association of New South Wales Cornish Studies Library and Cornwall and Scilly Historic newsletter ______Environment Record, to form the biggest collection of information for studying Cornwall’s people, places, history and culture. The collections contain documents, books, Kresen Kernow records, maps, photographs and databases, and date from 1150 to the present day.

The new centre that we are building is for everyone: the For the most up to date information people of Cornwall, anyone with an interest in Cornish about what’s going on, history, people that visit us from around the world and people that only ever use our online services. To read and Like us on Facebook: see what has been done go to: www.facebook.com/kresenkernow http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/community-and-living/ records-archives-and-cornish-studies/kresen-kernow- 27 cornwalls-new-archive-centre/what-we-have-done/ Ballarat Cornish Association been lost in the huge dunes. "I found them wandering Celebrates St. Piran’s Day around in the dunes and led them to the Oratory," said Mrs Fuller. Unlike other similar occasions, this one had been "It was an absolutely spiritual service, magical. It is a pity years in the making. To the enormous credit of the we couldn't go into the Oratory itself as the holy spring members of the Ballarat Branch committee, a most has flooded it, but it was wonderful weather for it, balmy, important building in the history of Cornish settlement not at all cold. This place is so special, how many other in the town, was renamed to its original title of Carn places have the church of their patron saint in their own Brea. land." For more go to: http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Magical-service-Songs-Praise -St- Piran-s-Oratory/story-25990667-detail/story.html

CAV Ballarat Branch newsletter ______

Hi Ron, This is Viki from Cornwall Today magazine in the UK, I hope you are well. As you know, having been our very first Cousin Jack, each month we have begun featuring someone who has moved from Cornwall to another place, or someone who has strong links to Cornwall but lives overseas. I wondered if any of the mem- Joy Menhennet said the name change meant a lot to bers of the Cornish American Heritage Society Association the group, as it recognised the contribution the Cor- nish made to Ballarat's history. (see article in last news might be interested in featuring in the magazine. We are also letter) featuring Cornish societies. A skype interview or an email is all it takes.

Contact:

Viki Wilson, Deputy Editor Cornwall Today Tel. 01872 247548 [email protected] High Water House, City Wharf, Malpas Road, Truro TR1 1QH

Inherited traits are determined by the number of CORNISH SONGS OF PRAISE jeans ALMOST 200 people, some carrying Cornish flags, made their way to St Piran's Oratory, deep in the sand dunes our parents give us above Perranporth beach, for a service this afternoon which the Grand Bard of Cornwall, Maureen Fuller described as "magical." From Just for Fun People had gathered at the 5th century religious building for MyTrees.com a recording of BBC's Songs of Praise which is likely to be included in the programme being broadcast on March 1. Presenter Diane Louise Jordan interviewed some of those involved in the excavations. A clear blue sky shone down on the service which started over 10 minutes late because the BBC sound crew had 28 Perranuthnoe

by Dorothy Beckwith

The Parish of Perranuthnoe lies between easily identified Cudden Point and St. Michael's Mount on Mount’s Bay. The village has been settled since pre-historic times and includes Perranuthnoe and Perranuthnoe Churchtown. By the mid 17th century there were 22 house- holds in Perranuthnoe, with 2184 listed in 2011.

There is some confusion as to the difference between Perranuthnoe village and Perranuthnoe Churchtown. A Churchtown, was the area next to, or around, the parish church. They varied in size, some being quite large and important settlements while others comprised only a few cottages. Part, or all, of the Churchtown might have been a component of the Glebe, the area from which a rector/vicar obtained his income, usually through rent. [Today] between Perranuthnoe Parish Church and Dubban (home to the Laity family for generations) lies a building called Treneglos, which in Cornish meant the farm of the Church.”[1]

Extensive farming, mining, and other forms of modern development have destroyed ar- chaeological remains from this period, but some sites are traceable through old field and place names. For instance, east of Perran Churchtown is a field called Park-an-Chamber which suggests that a bronze age (2000-800 BC) chambered tomb could once have stood there. Archaeologists believe that instead of a tomb, it could have been a fogou, an underground passage. Settlement during Roman times is confirmed by the names of several other fields in the Parish. These indicate the sites of Rounds, agricultural homesteads fortified with a bank, ditch, or a roughly shaped circular stonewall. Enclosed within this perimeter were huts made of stone. No excavation has taken place in Perranuthnoe village, but if there were, the hamlet would most likely resemble the one at Carn Euny.

The Doomsday Survey of 1086 lists the manor of Uthnoe, the boundary of which is the same as that of the modern parish of Perranuthnoe, as having a population of three slaves, seven villagers, and eight smallholders.

What kept the families busy in the days of old, indeed, even today? Even though the occupa- tions of mining, farming, and fishing are listed separately as means of making a living, most men and their families were involved in all of them to some degree.

Although tin has been traded from this area since around 2,000 BC, the Bronze Age, it was copper which was prevalent in Perranuthnoe in the middle of the 18th century. Equal- ly its decline in value was as rapid at the end of the 1800's. There are the remains of several mines at Perranuthnoe, Wheal Neptune and Wheal Charlotte. In the early 1900's, silver was produced from a branch of the Neptune lode.[2] As with any village in Cornwall, time and circumstances have altered its lifestyle and appearance. But for those with ties to home, it will always appear as it was in our mind’s eye and in our hearts.

[1] Myra Cordey at the historical and genealogical office at Perranuthnoe [2] Perranuthnoe Parish, page 26

29 Taklow a Vern (Items of Interest)

A Different Earth by Max Beck

Despairing for her family’s future in the harsh conditions of 1840’s Cornwall, Mary Dunstan per- suades them to join other miners heading for the copper mines of South Australia, and hopefully, a better life. Max Beck’s fictionalized story of his ancestors journey from a cob hut in Tol- carne, Cornwall to the Burra copper mines and finally the goldfields of Forrest Creek, Victoria brings to life the similar journeys of our own Cornish folk. This engrossing story is a tribute to a courageous lady who braved a hazardous sea voyage to eventually set up house in a dugout in the banks of the squalid Burra Creek. They all endured the searing heat, mud, disease from the unsanitary conditions, and the constant onslaught of flies, mosquitoes and other insects. After surviving childbirth, the flooding of the creek, and the tragic deaths of both her husband and two daughters, in 1851 Jane, an ever resilient woman, set out with her remaining six children on a six week 550 mile trek by bullock dray to the Victorian goldfields. There this amazing woman found love, married Thomas Rodda and had three more children. Max describes vividly the lives of his great grandparents and uses many illustrations to depict the life and conditions of the times. He has included a comprehensive Dunstan family tree. Mary eventually had fifty nine grandchildren

Available at Amazon.com for $9.99 Kindle edition or $31.88 paperback

From CAV newsletter

______Cornish Landscape (location unknown) taken by Ted Ball of the Toronto Cornish Association) (for those who get the digital copy you can understand why your editor included it in the newsletter)

Toronto Cornish Association newsletter 30 Items con’t:

Jacqueline Tucker has very generously and graciously knitted a black and yellow rippled afghan to be raffled at the concert.

Hope to see you there!

TCA newsletter

They Saw the Elephant Women in the California Gold Rush By JoAnn Levy

"The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy’s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice

A wonderful and fun read, giving a lot of firsthand accounts of crossing the isthmus and life in San Francisco, Sacramento and the goldfields in the 1850's. Yvonne Bowers

Available at Amazon.com for Kindle version $9.99, paperback 14.64

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mousehole Male Voice Choir Launches New CD

Mousehole Male Voice Choir, one of the leading choirs in Cornwall, launched its latest CD ‘From Cornish Cliffs’ last year at Chapel Street Methodist Church, Penzance. The issue name is also the title of one of the tracks. There are 16 pieces altogether on the CD, some of them are popular titles on the male voice circuit, but the choir included other pieces which need a big choir to make them work and these are not so well known. When the Mousehole choir was formed in 1909 it was composed of just 12 men from the village who gathered in a net loft to practice Christmas Carols. It has become the biggest choir in the Cornish Federation of Male Voice Choirs. There are now over 80 members who come from further afield to practice in the Sunday School Room of Mousehole Methodist Church on Monday evenings. Visitors are always welcome to listen in on rehearsals. Many California Cornish Cousins will recall the five performances by the choir in late 1999 when it toured California. Capacity crowds turned out to hear it perform in Grass Valley, San Francisco, Sacramento, Paradise, and in San Jose’s Almaden Valley. Our own Grass Valley Male Choir returned the favor in 2000 when it visited Cornwall.

Their website www.mouseholemalevoicechoir.com To place an order contact them at [email protected] From Kenderwi Kernewek newsletter 31 Kresen Kernow Special

This edition’s article was written by volunteers Ian and Shirley Clarke who have been researching the Redruth Brewery site as part of our 'Brewing Up the Past' history project. “Sources such as the Church Rate Book, and the Parish Rate Book and a cash book have been valuable in identifying, foundries, malthouses, and pubs. We’ve also had help from Emma Trevarthan at the Historic Environment Record [which will also be a key part of Kresen Kernow], who has identified over 150 sites of malthouses, breweries and hop gardens (it was said that hops were grown no further west than Somerset!). Armed with this information Shirley was able to detect that the malthouse at Trago (Treago) at Crantock supplied Redruth Brewery. Another aspect we have been looking into has been the files of the public houses, inns and outlets of the Brewery. The Brewery had 16 tied houses in Redruth and with some chronological and photographic evidence from this we will go forward to create a timeline charting the history of the Brewery. A search of the 1841 census of Redruth revealed that 19 employees of the Brewery lived no more than 300 yards from the brewery; 3 coopers, 3 maltsters, 12 brewery labourers, and a brewer. And, that in November 1809, William Murdoch was paid £9.9.0 for his reci- pe for making finings! Murdoch, who is better known for inventing gas lighting while living in Redruth, also invented a cheaper alterna- tive for making isinglass finings, a key component used to clarify beer. Isinglass, which comes from the dried swim bladders of fish, was originally made from sturgeon, which was rather pricey. In 1795 Murdoch invented a cheaper substitute using cod which was pre- sumably used at the Redruth Brewery – and perhaps even trialled there!” Archives and Cornish Studies Service newsletter +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The Archives of Michigan is thrilled to announce that images of Michigan death certificates Montreal Celtic Society from 1921-1939 are now availa- Gathering of the Societies, May 2-3, 2015, ble for free at Seeking Michigan: http://seekingmichigan.org/ Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec The index for records from 1940- 1952 will be made available with additional certificate CelticMTL2015 is a convention to promote and images to be released each year as privacy re- educate the population about the Celtic Nations. strictions are lifted; for example, 1940 images will be Here in Montreal we have a habit of defining Celt- released in January 2016. ic to be an Irish term. However the Celts also in- Together with the records from 1897-1920 that have clude the Cornish (Cornwall, UK), the Manx (Isle been available at the site for years, this collection of Man, UK), the Breton's (Brittany, France), the makes Seeking Michigan the one-stop destination for Welsh (Wales, UK), the Scottish (Scotland), and more than 2.6 million free, publicly-available 20th the Galicians (Galicia, Spain). This convention century death records for Michigan ancestors. had numerous Celtic societies and organizations An individual’s last name, first name, county and township/village/city of death, birth year, age, and who were present to showcase their heritage, and parents’ names are all indexed and searchable. Addi- introduce themselves to people who are interest- tional information, including the decedent’s occupa- ed in learning more about their Celtic background tion, cause of death, burial location, and birthplace is or even Celtic culture in general. listed on the certificate itself. Several members of the Toronto Cornish Associ- and ation took part in this Gathering furthering the ideas that came out of our own business meeting of Members of the Cornish Connection of Lower our Gathering in Milwaukee. Michigan were pleased that the Archives of Michigan were willing to receive back copies of the Cornish Family History Society newsletters as well as Cornish American Heritage Society and Trelawny (CCLM ) Further information available on their website: newsletters. Hopefully this and the death records will http://montrealcelticsociety.org help folks in their searches for Cornish ancestors. http://lowermicornish.org TCA newsletter 32 Cornish and Welsh Show Off Developers plan to quarry millions of Artisanship, Stone Masonry and Wood Carving tonnes of rocks in Cornwall order to con- struct tidal energy lagoon in Swansea Bay Cornish stone masons arrived here with knowledge and training which had been passed down through generations. They had an instinctive feel of each stone, as if by nature. Their skill in using The Telegraph 15 Feb 2015 and handling stones was not random; knowing just what size to By Emily Gosden, Energy Editor use and where to place it was of strategic importance. Charles Curtis arrived in Mineral Point circa 1890 via Dodgeville Plans to quarry rocks for a new Government-backed where he had previously worked as a mason. He apprenticed green energy scheme could devastate a quiet rural under his stone mason father in Cornwall and was also one of area (St. Keverne) of the Cornish coastline, furious the stone masons who helped build Truro Cathedral. residents have claimed. Curtis and his wife Catherine (Ivey) lived and worked for the Developers want to reopen the disused Dean Quarry famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin near Spring Green, Wisconsin for fourteen years. During that time, he re- on the Lizard Peninsula and ship millions of tonnes of stored much of the stone work and also supervised and trained rocks from the site to build a massive sea wall more younger students in the fine art of stone work. than a hundred miles away in Swansea Bay. Abe Dombar observed and worked with Charlie Curtis at Taliesin. The six-mile sea wall in Swansea would create a Dombar wrote of Curtis and his method with these words: There “tidal lagoon” with turbines that could harness the is nothing like the rock and holding both arms out and shaking his power of the sea to generate electricity, in a scheme hands up and down. 'Hi like to get the feel of the rocks into me that ministers have backed as part of the National In- 'ands. Each stone has an individuality of its own-one can be split- frastructure Plan. you must use the point on this one-a set will break this one-you will have to use the stone hammer 'ere, etc. And he can tell by a glance at man what his character is just as he is able to tell it in the stones. Dombar added, many times, as I stand admiring Charlie's work, I involuntarily say "Charlie, you're a real artist." In his humble way, he goes on working and pretends not to hear me. Sometimes he naively says, "Well, Abe, H'im doin' the best H'i know 'ow." Char- lie doesn't realize that his work has the characteristics of art and that his simple philosophy is parallel to that of the true artist throughout history. He just knows he does the best in everything and will never do a bad job even though it is to be out of man's sight. He says, "H'i don't want to be on bad terms with myself. No." Jerone Trewyn in the newsletter of the Cornish Society of Greater Milwaukee But residents near Dean Quarry, which has been shut down since 2008, fear their livelihoods and tranquil lifestyles could be ruined as the company behind the plans wants to quarry far greater quantities of rocks than ever before. It also wants to build new jetties and a 585-yard breakwater at the site, despite the area of Cornish coast recently being designated as a Marine Conser- vation Zone where rare marine flora and fauna is sup- posed to be protected.

For more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/ energy/11412996/Cornish-villagers-fear-devastation- over-quarry-for-green-energy-scheme.html Scale model of a Cornish Tin Mine in the Kapunda Museum, South Australia by Roy Johnson, a Cornishman who was a miner for 40 years. From Cornish Association of South Australia newsletter 33 10 Ways to Jumpstart Your Genealogy does the New England Historic Genealogical Society (http:// By Thomas MacEntee www.americanancestors.org/events/). For trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, check out the Salt Lake Christ- Part 2 mas Tour (https://sites.google.com/site/saltlakechristmastour/) and Family History Expos Organization (https://www.familyhistoryexpos.com/expos) Check out Cyndi’s How can you really jumpstart your genealogy and find records and List for an overview (http://www.cyndislist.com/travel/). previous research as well as tools if you aren’t organized? This is You a task that many of us dread and not just the “clean up” portion but You are essentially a remix of your parents and your ancestors also the maintenance part as well. Here are some resources and and that is one of the reasons why we are passionate as geneal- strategies for getting organized: ogists. While you can’t choose your family (but wouldn’t that be About.com Genealogy – Organizing Resources: Kimberly great?), you can choose what you let into your life. Another great Powell has put together a great list of resources (most of them insight from Austin Kleon: “You are, in fact, a mashup of what FREE!) for getting your genealogy papers and files organized you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influ- (http://genealogy.about.com/od/organization/). ences.” Be selfish. Go ahead! And don’t be guilty. Being selfish Cyndi’s List – Organizing Your Research: Check out the is not necessarily a bad thing as long as you take the right ap- tons of resources available for organizing proach. This means: (http://www.cyndislist.com/organizing/general/). Find out what makes you happy: Happiness counts in ge- The Organized Genealogist group on Facebook nealogy. Take inventory with the Goal Setting way. For those (https://www.facebook.com/groups/organizedgenealogist/) is a genealogy tasks that you dislike, perhaps source citation, don’t group where you can swap ideas on staying organized! just eliminate them especially if they add value to your genealo- Get Out! gy research. Instead, heed the Embrace Change way and find a Repeat after me: “Not everything can be found online.” This is not way to do that task that is simple and satisfying. just paying lip service to what some consider an “outdated” method Take care of yourself: If you’ve been meaning to make of doing genealogy research. It is a fact: the majority of resources changes in your non-genealogy life, why not add them to your for genealogists are still only available by visiting an archive, li- list in the Goal Setting section? A healthier you means you are brary or repository in person. better able to be a better genealogist. Focus on the areas that Visit a Genealogy Library: About.com has a great list of re- are important to you: mind, body and/or spirit. source covering specific libraries as well as how to prepare for a Ask for help: It is not a sign of weakness to get assistance. visit to a library (http://genealogy.about.com/od/libraries/ After all, you’re attending this presentation, right? Take ad- Genealogy_Research_Libraries.htm). Cyndi’s List (http:// vantage of the resources available in the genealogy community. www.cyndislist.com/libraries/) has a list of specific localities Also One fun way to do this is to “buddy up” and find a genealogy leverage the power of WorldCat to have genealogy books routed research partner either online or in-person at a genealogy socie- to your local public library (http://www.worldcat.org/) ty or a library. You’ll soon find that “joys are doubled and bur- Join a Genealogy Society: You don’t even have to be a mem- dens are cut in half.” ber to attend most genealogy society meetings and events. Go Understand the roles of others in genealogy. This is local with your genealogy! Check out the resources at the Federa- where the Networking way plays an important part. Find value tion of Genealogical Societies (http://fgs.org) as well as the re- in others who can help you with your genealogy. Is it using peo- sources at Cyndi’s List – Societies (http://www.cyndislist.com/ ple? Not really, it is connecting with other genealogists, sharing societies) and at CensusFinder (http://www.censusfinder.com/ and finding out what they can offer. genealogy-society-directory.htm) to find a society nearby. Check out Gretchen Rubin (http://www.gretchenrubin.com) Attend a Genealogy Conference: Genealogy conferences and her tips on the pursuit of happiness. come in many sizes and shapes including large events such as ! those offered by the National Genealogical Society (http:// Don’t wait to master all the ways to jumpstart your genealogy www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_info) and the Federation of before you exclaim your results . . . track your journey and share Genealogical Societies (http://www.fgs.org/conferences/) to re- it with others in the genealogy community. You have the ability to gional offerings such as the Ohio Genealogical Society connect with and inspire many other genealogists, from the be- (https://www.ogs.org/) and the Southern California Genealogical ginner to the advanced, by documenting your goals, your pro- Society Jamboree (http://genealogyjamboree.blogspot.com). jects, and your results. Take a Research Trip: One way to combine the Networking You can do this in a variety of ways including: way above with an attempt to visit various archives and reposito- Social media: post update status messages on Facebook ries is to indulge – no, invest – in an organized research trip. The (https://www.facebook), Google+ (http://plus.google.com), and National Genealogical Society has a variety of organized re- other sites. search trips (http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/research_trips) Mailing Lists and Message Boards: use these sparingly and don’t come across as a spammer but still post those 34 Jumpstart con’t: A Group of Cornishmean of Whom to be PROUD resources you think will be important to others. By Ann Lenten on Cornwall—Forever, Facebook Genealogy Societies Newsletters: most genealogy societies need articles from members and even non-members on different ways to approach genealogy research. Not only will you be sharing your journey and achievements with a new group of readers, you might even find a new crowd to network with! Speak and Teach: although you may not have considered it in the past, once you’ve seen success in jumpstarting your genealogy, the best way to share your experiences is to show others how to do the same. Check out the Genealogical Speakers Guild for resources (http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/). What Does It Spell? Have you been paying attention to all 10 ways to jumpstart your genealogy? Do you know what they spell if we change the order of the categories? Goal Setting Embrace Change Networking In the early hours of 23 January 1939 there was a Force 10 Education storm blowing, with gusts of wind up to 100 miles per Advice hour. A steamship was reported to be in trouble off Cape Limits Cornwall but the Sennen Cove lifeboat could not be Organization launched due to the low state of the tide. At 3am the peo- Get Out! ple of St. Ives helped to launch the lifeboat, The John and You Sarah Eliza Stych, into the boiling sea and the darkness. ! With coxswain Tommy Cocking were seven more crew- 2015 is the year for you to go out there and not just tackle your men: John Cocking (his son), Matthew Barber, William brick walls, it is the year to make progress in all areas of what Barber and John Thomas, all of whom had been in the Car- genealogy and family history means to you. Now is the time . . . oline Parsons wreck the previous year; along with Edgar it is the best time ever to be involved with genealogy. Bassett, Richard Stevens, and William Freeman. Rounding The Island, the lifeboat met the full force of the ©2015, copyright Thomas MacEntee. All rights reserved. For storm as it headed westwards. Off Clodgy Point it capsized more information, please visit High-Definition Genealogy at but did what it was designed to do and righted itself. Of the http://hidefgen.com. five crewmen thrown overboard that time, only William Freeman made it back into the boat. The engine was re- ————————————————————————————-- started but the propeller had fouled and they drifted back BBC RADIO CORNWALL towards The Island, where they dropped anchor. Disas- trously, the rope parted. The boat capsized and righted On its website, BBC Radio Cornwall has a series of pod- again but only three men survived this time. The boat now casts related to places in Cornwall that tell a story of drifted north-eastwards across St. Ives Bay towards Go- World War 1. drevy Point, where it capsized for a third time. When it Stories featured include: finally righted itself, William Freeman was the sole survi- Liskeard, Cornwall: Big Bang vor. He scrambled ashore when the boat was smashed on St Ive, Cornwall: Birthplace of a pacifist who appealed the rocks below the farm at Godrevy. for peace All eight crew members were awarded bronze medals. Newquay, Cornwall: From apprentice to War Aircraft SS Wilston (from Glasgow) the vessel bound for the Medi- Crew terranean with a cargo of coal, that they were trying to St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall: Cornish Prisoners of help, also went down with the loss of its crew of 32, bring- War. ing to 39 the total number of fatalities on that night. Each story has a written summary and then you can listen. Since that fearful night 75 years ago, two more coxswains There are 25 stories and they can be found at: named Tommy Cocking, the drowned coxswain's son and grandson, have served on the St Ives Lifeboat. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p33rz 35 Cornish Association of Victoria—Ballarat newsletter

DYMOND - A GIRL’S WORST END

Are you a part In early eighteen-forty-four, In Cornwall’s heart; on Bodmin Moor, of the crowd? Charlotte Dymond, a young farm maid, Had her throat slit with a steel blade, By Liz Fisher She crossed fast streams and deadly bogs, Found her way through mists and fogs, But couldn’t stop that fatal blow, That stole her life and laid her low, She walked to meet someone that day, Just who that was ... no one would say, Found days later beside a track, Recently, Makeuseof.com featured a topic that everyone Laid on a cart; her shroud a sack, here at FGS and our Member Societies have known for The surgeon, Thomas Good, was fetched, quite some time — just how powerful a crowd can be and, Had in his mind, her white face etched, specifically, how powerful the genealogy crowd can be. Charlotte untouched by fox or crow, FamilySearch.org's Indexing Project was one of 5 Online Had she been moved ... he did not know, Projects That Rely on the Power of the Crowd that No evidence was ever found, was highlighted. Many dedicated and hardworking genea- But her young boyfriend had gone to ground, logical societies volunteer for those indexing projects. Fingers so quick to point his way, Matthew Weeks panicked; ran away, Further, the power of the genealogy crowd can be found in The hapless cripple, was soon caught, many other projects such as: No other culprit was ever sought, the ongoing community project Preserve the Pensions The judge was just a rubber-stamp, where so far over 1.3 million War of 1812 pension applica- Bodmin Gaol was dark and damp, tion pages have been digitized for the public. So far, pen- The scaffold built, the crowds arrived, sion applications for surnames A-I have been digitized Matthew swore he had not lied, and can be found for free on Fold3.com; The floor gave way, the rope drew tight, the advocacy project of the Records Preservation and Was justice done ... the verdict right? Access Committee (RPAC) where state liaisons dili- gently keep up with all the latest legislation — locally and nationally — that might affect access to records This poem 'Dymond -A Girl's Worst End' is framed and hanging for everyone; and on the wall of The Shire Hall, Bodmin, which used to be the the various preservation projects FGS Member Societies County Court's building. This now houses a visitor attraction of a fund and see to fruition every year that benefit the reconstruction of the trial of Matthew Weeks, for the murder of genealogy community in so many ways. Charlotte Dymond. I played the part of Thomas Good the sur- Currently, the power of the genealogy crowd is needed geon in a brief introductory video which is played before each to help save the Genealogy Department at the Indiana session. State Library. Both Indiana residents and non-residents Clive Baker at: [email protected] alike can make their voice known. Be a part of that crowd http://www.poemhunter.com/clive-blake/ today.

Is your society leveraging the power of its crowd? This past week on the Voice Blog, FGS Volunteer Jenny Lanc- tot pointed out some very good reasons for a genealogical society to consider crowdfunding found in a classic My So- ciety BlogTalkRadio episode, "Kickstarter Funding for Your Genealogy Society Project." Plus, in the latest FORUM issue, FORUM contributor Liz Fisher digs deeper into the idea of crowdfunding for genealogical societies.

Yes, crowds are powerful. Thank you for being a part of the crowd.

36 Convert an Address to Latitude and Longitude

You can pinpoint any place on Earth using a single set of coordinates: latitude and longitude. These coordinates look like a string of numbers. Once you have those numbers, you’ll be able to plug them into a web map, GPS, or other map- ping device and find what you’re looking for in an instant — no matter where on the planet it is.

Using latitude and longitude information makes it easy to find your ancestors’ homestead, your own house, the county courthouse in a distant city, or any other location of genealogical interest.

The coordinates are similar to the Xs and Ys you used to plot in algebra class. Imagine if the surface of the Earth could be stretched flat. Then suppose you place a grid on top of the flattened world. You could pinpoint any location by finding the spot where the horizontal and vertical grid lines intersect. The horizontal x-axis is the equator, while the vertical y- axis is the Prime Meridian, which runs through the Greenwich Observatory in England. Geographic coordinates can be expressed in three different formats:

DMS Degrees: Minutes:Seconds (49°30’00″N, 123°30’00″W)

DM Degrees:Decimal Minutes (49°30.0′, -123°30.0′), (49d30.0m,-123d30.0′)

DD Decimal Degrees: (49.5000°,-123.5000°), generally with 4-6 decimal numbers.

Older maps typically use the DMS Degrees, expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Computers like to work with deci- mals, however, and the majority of computer applications seem to use DD Decimal Degrees.

The letter “N” or “S” at the end of a latitude indicates that the location is north or south of the equator. In a similar manner, the letter “E” or “W” at the end of a longitude indicates that the location is east or west of the Greenwich Observatory in England. In the DD Decimal Degrees method, a minus sign on the latitude indicates south of the equator while a minus sign on a longitude indicates a location west of the Greenwich Observatory. Plus signs are assumed and therefore usually are omitted on latitudes north of the equator or longitudes east of the Greenwich Observatory.

There are many websites that will take an address and convert it to a geographic point. Google Maps, for example, has to do this whenever you type a location into its search box. Once the location is shown, right click on the icon and click on “What’s here?” A small box will appear in the upper left corner displaying a Google Street View (if available) and the latitude and longitude of the location.

Another site at: http://universimmedia.pagesperso-orange.fr/geo/loc.htm also provides an easy-to-use interface to Google Maps. It will find out accurate geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) for any place on Earth. It provides two ways to search, either by moving around the map and zooming in, or by typing an address if the physical location is unknown.

I experimented and entered my own home address. I quickly found the exact latitude and longitude of the house. I was amazed to see that the map drawn on the screen even included the property lines of each house lot. I am not sure if that is available for all locations, but it certainly works well in my neighborhood.

I found the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is at: Latitude, Longitude: 40.77008, -111.89450 You can also find perhaps a dozen or more web sites that will convert street addresses to latitude and longitude by con- ducting a Google search. You might start here: https://www.google.com/#q=convert+street+address+to+longitude+and+latitude.

Now let’s identify the precise locations of the street addresses in your genealogy database.

Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter 17 Sep 2014

37 Member Information Mary Jo Harper Surnames: Baker, Uglow / Week St. Renewals 29280 SW Parkway Ct Mary, Whitstone, Dale, Harry / Apt 74 Mawgan-in-Meneage, Mullion Donna Miguelgorry Wilsonville, OR 876 N. 6th St 97070-7425 San Jose, CA [email protected] 95112 503-682-5850 408-295-0628 408-295-3118 Fax Rejoin

Yvonne O. Bowers Surnames: Benney, Bennetts, Lynn / 392 East Napa St St. Cleer, Oliver / St. Just in Penwith Ryan Chegwin Surnames: Chegwin Sonoma, CA PO Box 4991 95476-6755 St. Paul, MN [email protected] 55101 707-843-0109 [email protected] 612-210-4064 Perry Bryant Surnames: Poole / Crowan 2240 Glen Canyon Rd Martha Hunter Surnames: Williams / Falmouth, Santa Cruz, CA 314 S. Connecticut Ave Mawnan, Epplett / Illogan, Gwennap, 95060 Royal Oak, MI St. Merryn, Treymayne / Wendron, [email protected] 48067 Rosevear / Illogan 831-438-1791 [email protected] 248-545-1997 Judy Vivian Surnames: Rule, Jewell, Venning, 2178 State Rd 39 Buckett, Wasley

Dodgeville, WI Correction 53533 [email protected] William J. Hosking Phone: 217-546-5799 John C. Rosemergy Surnames: Rosemergy, Burrows, Ellis, Email: [email protected] 4604 Ranch View Rd Martin / Sithney, Kea Fort Worth, TX 76109-3235 [email protected] 817-732-0509

Mary Lou Gibson Surnames: Buckthought / Cornwall, The inclusion of changes /new information from 3540 Tamarack Dr Kent / Illogan, Rule / Mexico, Gwinear continuing members with the listing of New Mem- Redding, CA 96003-1715 bers, appear to have been encouraging an in- [email protected] crease in correspondence or networking among 530-245-4492 family researchers!

Susan E. Konopka Surnames: Foxwall / Lizard 229 White Sand Lane PLEASE be sure to advise the Membership Racine, Wi Chairperson, Ron Carbis, of any changes in home 53402-2315 414-342-1000 x39 address, phone number or email address so that 262-681-9320 you do not miss any contacts which would be 414-342-5060 Fax helpful to you or fail to receive your Tam

Kernewek and/or news bulletins or announce- ments from the Executive Board.

Officers of the Cornish American Heritage Society for the years 2014-2016.

President - Kathryn Herman, 222 Park Place #476, Waukesha, WI 53186, [email protected] 1st VP-Education 2nd VP-Newsletter, Carolyn Haines, 3835 Bush Gardens Lane, Holt, MI 48842 - [email protected] Secretary - Jackie Marrone, 999 E. 71st Ave., Denver, CO 80229 - [email protected] Treasurer/Membership Chair, Ron Carbis, 13 Saint Ives Place, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-3457 - [email protected] Historian - Thomas Rusch, 528 Autumn Crest Dr., Watertown, WI 53094 - [email protected]

Founding President - Paul Liddicoat, 1920-2001. Past President - Thomas Rusch Tam Kernewek is published four times a year. Send articles to Carolyn Haines, EMAIL address above. DEADLINES ARE 15 FEBRUARY, 15 MAY, 15 AUGUST AND 15 NOVEMBER

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I also enclose $______for Paul Smales Memorial Fund to bring presenters from Cornwall to the Gatherings. Clough Toe on Crown

A fellow from Cornwall would roam, But he loved only food from his home, Deprived of a pasty, His temper turned nasty, A hungry, homesick gastronome.

He wandered the world with his rucksack, In search of a favorite snack. He at last came to rest In Wisconsin’s southwest And he knew he would never go back.

For he found that just over the hill Was a cuisine that gave him a thrill - Saffron cakes by the score, Figgyhobbin and more - If you look, you will find him there still.

By Nancy Schmalz of Oshkosh and Mineral Point from the Voice of the River Valley, March 2015

SWCS newsletter

Synsas (Contents) Darvosow (Events)

California Cousins Gathering page 21 PastyFest 2015 Town Crier Missing 22 27 Jun 2015 Correspondence 23-27 Calumet, Michigan Ballarat, Cornish Songs, Cornwall Today 28 Perranuthnoe 29 Trelawny Male Voice Choir Taklow a Vern 30-31 Toronto, Canada Kresen Kernow, Archives of Michigan, 8 Sept 2015 [email protected] Montreal Celtic Society 32

Cornish and Welsh Show Off, St. Keverne and 23rd Annual Cornish Festival Dean Quarry 33 Mineral Point, Wisconsin Jumpstart your Genealogy Part 2 34-35 25-27 Sept 2015 BBC Radio, St. Ives lifeboat 35 Cornishfest.org FGS Forum, Dymond—a poem 36 Convert an Address 37 18th Cornish American Gathering Member Information 38 Where?? CAHS info and form 39 When?? 2016?? Clough and poem, Darvosow and Synsas 40