Welcome to Julie’s Genealogy Page

When I began to take an interest in family history a few years ago, little did I know the time it would take, the things that would be learnt, the cousins to be met, nor the friends to be made along the way.  Though very widespread, the genealogy community is really very closely knit.  I live in the USA, but my roots stem form Cornwall, England, and most of my time is spent conducting genealogy research on the following family surnames:  MADDERN, STEVENS and HODGE from St. Erth, Cornwall, with a great deal of time devoted to genealogy research on my BEER family from Calstock, Cornwall, and HUSBAND family from St. Ive, Cornwall.

Over the past three years, I have been fortunate enough to have made two trips to Cornwall, during which it was possible to gather a great deal of information, not only for my own lines, but for numerous other surnames as well.  So I have decided to put together this web page to share the information that I have with others. The genealogy community has been very good to me by making records available so folk like myself can use the internet as a tool to help them to find their roots.  

Thank you to everyone who donates their time and uses their resources to help others.  For those of you who have become my friends after you so generously donated time and resources for my own research, thank you from the bottom of my heart, each of you have been the inspiration for this page.

Hopefully visitors to this page will find some of the photos or transcriptions posted on this site to be of use.  If your ancestors were from other areas, please check out some of the favorites listed below, you may find some of them helpful in your own research.

BEER surname Research Interests:  Perhaps one of the researchers listed is researching your family.   Some known variants:  BERE, BEARE, BEAR, BEERE
Folk here are researching BEER families throughout the United Kingdom, Australia and the U.S.A.     

There is also a BEER Surname and Family List.  This is a mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Beer surname and variations in any place and at any time.  Feel free to subscribe and join in on discussion with other BEER researchers or just stop in to browse or search the archives. 
 

When time allows, I make jewelry.  You may be interested in for sale.

Supplies are limited but these make great gifts for yourself or fellow genealogist!      

.Quick links to other Poor Law and Workhouse resources:

Specific to Cornwall, England:   
Specific to Devon, England:   
Peter Higginbotham’s Workhouse Web Site:   

Miscellaneous War Memorial Transcriptions:   (photos included)

St Erth War Memorial  (Roll of Honor)      .  
.St Dominick, Calstock War Memorial  .

Miscellaneous Newspaper Transcriptions: 

Story of the Poison Pasty with a tale of Elopement and Murder at Calstock in the 1850's (2 articles)   .  
.Articles published with Emigration Statistics (2 articles)  .

Could your BEER or HUSBAND ancestors have been from in or around the Plymouth, Devon area?
If so, have a peek at the burial transcriptions from Ford Park Cemetery at Plymouth, Devon, and see if any of these are yours.
                   
Further information is available on most of these burials, please e-mail me if one belongs to you.
Who knows, perhaps we will find a connection!

 

There are many online resources available for U.K. genealogy research.  Some are free and some are pay per view.  Below is a list of just a few of the free services I often use.  Please consider volunteering for one of these wonderful organizations and give back to the system where its contributors have made so much possible for the rest of us.

Genealogy Favorites:
Online Parish Clerk Scheme:                           
Cornwall  
Cumberland and Westmorland Online Parish Clerk                                        
Devon Online Parish Clerks and One-Place Studies
Dorset Online Parish Clerks 
Kent On Line Parish Clerks 
Lancashire Online Parish Clerks 
Sussex Online Parish Clerks 
Wiltshire Online Parish Clerks 
South Derbyshire Genealogy Pages is a similar concept but am are not sure if it is organized as an OPC scheme.

Other wonderful free online resources for United Kingdom research:
GENUKI United Kingdom and Ireland Genealogy 
Free BMD
FreeCen  U.K. Census Online 
Cornwall Online Census Project
FreeREG
Find others who share your Cornish Surname Interests

Some favorite websites for my own genealogy research are:
Dee’s St Erth website
Julie's transcription of St Erth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Baptisms 1881-1900
Stevens Family Homepage
Calstock Parish Pages
Pages for the parishes of St Ive, Linkinhorne & South Hill 

Please consider joining one of these organizations if you
are interested in genealogy in the UK.
Cornwall Family History Society    
Devon Family History Society    
Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society    
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Did your ancestors emigrate and travel steerage?  Read this wonderful account of “A Lady Travelling Steerage” 
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 or higher is required to view this article.  Don’t Have Adobe Acrobat Reader?  it's FREE. 
This article may provide insight into the discomforts our ancestors might have endured during a voyage at sea in the late 19th century.
Perhaps our ancestors experienced similar hardships on their journey to the USA or other countries.
 The article was written by Mrs. Sadakichi Bartmann and was published in the Boston Evening Transcript on December 21, 1892.
.Article transcribed by Julie Williamson, April 2005.  Film supplied by Farmington Hills Public Library; Farmington Hills, Michigan U.S.A.



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This page was last updated 20, December 2006

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