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August 2008   

Records - Deaths        Victoria (Australia) Digger Deaths where father's name was Grenfell or variants.
                                   Victoria (Australia) Digger Deaths where mother's name was Grenfell or variants.

June 2008           

Online Database            Updated to 2529 names

February 2008

Documents                    How Grenfell cloth was made.

Records - Marriages     South Australia 1865 - 1830

January 2008

Biographies                   Portrait of Francis Octavius Grenfell

Records                    Distribution of Grenfell individuals: 1841 - 1901
                                     Distribution of Grenfell families: 1861


December 2007

Documents                 Commander Eddie Grenfell RN who was instrumental in the campaign for recognition of Arctic convoy veterans in World War II.  

Online Database            Updated to 2496 names

Records - Burials           Madron 1815 - 1934
                                      Zennor 1833 - 1866


March 2007

Records - Baptisms        St Just in Penwith (1837 - 1866)  
                                     
Extracts from the Bendigo Advertiser (1883 & 1884)             

February 2007

Records                          Directories  1783 - 1799
                                       Additional entries to Directories (1800-1899)
 

December 2006

Online Database              Updated to 2305 names

November 2006

Records                          Directories (1800-1899)
                                       Directories (1900 - 1923)
                                       Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria, Australia 1852-1923.
               

October 2006          

Biography                       John Granville Grenfell (1891 - 1975)

September 2006    

Records                         Victoria (Australia) - Burials at Ballarat District Cemeteries
                                     
Victoria (Australia) - Deaths: 1853 - 1886 [alternative spelling]. 
                                      Victoria (Australia) - Marriages: 1884 - 1887[alternative spelling].
                                      Ellis Island Records

June 2006    

Documents                       Perils of Mining  reproduced from the West Briton 12 October 1838.

Monumental Inscriptions    Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
                                         Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
                                         Clunes, Victoria, Australia            

March 2006

Online Database                Descendants of John Grenfield and Margaret Rowe, married 1800 at Madron, Cornwall 

Records - Baptisms           Non-conformist index pre 1837
              - Marriages          St Just in Penwith 1838 - 1867

February 2006

 Monumental Inscriptions - St Buryan  

 Records - Births                South Australia 1849 - 1897   
                 Deaths              South Australia  1850 - 1903  

January 2006    

Biography of:                     George Grenfell (Granville) 1734-1784  

Records - Baptisms            Madron 1891 - 1897
                                          Morvah 1840 - 1893 
                                          Paul 1846 - 1869 
                                          Pendeen 1850 - 1899
                                          Truro 1619 - 1676
                                          St Ives 1794 - 1812 
                                          St Ives New Connection Chapel [1869-1900]
                                         
St Ives Primitive Methodist Chapel [1832-1866]
                                         
St Ives Primitive Methodist circuit [1866-1900]   

November 2005

Monumental Inscriptions  - Commonwealth War Graves Commission (index)

Online Database              -  Descendants of Edward (Edmund) Grenfield and Cheston, married 1670 at St Just in Penwith, Cornwall
                                       -  Descendants of John Grenfield and Sarah Gill, married 1712 at St Just in Penwith, Cornwall 

Records - Baptisms         -  St Just in Penwith Bible Christian Circuit 1861 - 1899
                                       -  St Just in Penwith Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1856-1899 
                                       -  Trewellard Wesleyan Chapel 1894 - 1900

October 2005

Monumental Inscriptions - Beaconsfield - St Mary and All Saints Church
                                      - Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
                                      - Gulval, Cornwall
                                      - Paul, Cornwall
                                        

February 2005

Monumental Inscriptions - Marazion
                                      - Pendeen
                                      - Penzance - St Mary's Church   
                                      - St Ives - Barnoon Cemetery
                                      - St Just in Penwith Church
                                      - St Just in Penwith Wesleyan Chapel

 Records - Marriages  Madron 1592 - 1837

               -  Burials      St Ives  1813 - 1837
                                   St Just in Penwith Wesleyan Chapel 1849 - 1892
                                   S t Just in Penwith Wesleyan Chapel 1893 - 1912    
                                   Sancreed 1579 - 1837

December 2004

Online Database - Descendants of Edward Grenfell and Charity Wallis, married 1791 at St Just in Penwith, Cornwall.

Records - Baptisms    St Ives 1813 - 1836

              - Marriages   St Ives 1756 - 1836

October 2004

Records - Deaths  Victoria (Australia) Pioneer Death Index 1854-1889
                             Victoria (Australia) Federation Death Index 1891-1901
                             Victoria (Australia) Edwardian Death Index 1902-1913
                             Victoria (Australia) Great War Death Index 1914-1920

              - Burials   Panteon de los Ingleses, Real del Monte, Mexico

                              St Day 1832-1896

                              St Just in Penwith 1736 - 1783 

             - Miscellaneous  Emigration to Latin America

March 2004

Online Database:  Descendants of William Grenfell and Eliza Thomas nee Sampson, married 1862 at Redruth and moved to London

                            Descendants of  Richard Grenfell and Mary Harvey, married at Paul 1842 and moved to North West England.

                            Descendants of Abel Grenfell and Sarah Jane Hancock Cook, married 1858 at Linkinhorne and moved to Australia.

                            Descendants of John Trembath Grenfell and Julia Anna Hendry  moved from Cornwall to Wisconsin, USA.

Documents:         Anecdotes concerning Lewis Grenfell  from Cornwall and Its People by A K Hamilton Jenkin

February 2004 

Places of Interest:  Additional Photographs on St Just in Penwith page.
                             St Just in Penwith Church Monumental Inscriptions

January 2004

Records:          Baptisms:   Madron and Penzance 1732 - 1837

                       Marriages:  St Just in Penwith  1739 - 1800
                       Marriages:  St Just in Penwith  1801 - 1837

                       Burials:       St Just in Penwith 1784 - 1812
                       Burials:       St Just in Penwith 1813 - 1837

December 2003

Records:         Baptisms:   Sancreed 1747 - 1812

                      Marriages:  St Hilary 1727 - 1805

                      Burials:       Marazion & St Hilary 1742 - 1844

                     Victoria (Australia) Pioneer Births Index 1857-1888 [A - H]
                     Victoria (Australia) Pioneer Births Index 1857-1888 [J - W]

November 2003

Documents:     Drowning of Capt Thomas Stevens Grenfell (1915)

                       Wills, Admons and Inventories

                        Baptisms:  Marazion and St Hilary 1727 - 1812

September 2003

Records:         Victoria (Australia) Marriage Index 1890 -1909
                       Victoria (Australia) Marriage Index 1913 - 1920

                       Baptisms:  St Just in Penwith  1813 - 1837

August 2003

Biography of:   Pascoe Grenfell [1729 - 1810]

May 2003

Biographies of:   Lydia Grenfell  1775-1829 
                         Rear Admiral E W Grenfell [US Navy]

Records:           Baptisms:  St Just in Penwith  1612 - 1720
                        Baptisms:  St Just in Penwith  1721 - 1750
                        Baptisms:  St Just in Penwith  1751 - 1780
                        Baptisms:  St Just in Penwith  1781 - 1812 

                        Burials:   St Just in Penwith    1599 - 1711

                        Victoria (Australia) Pioneer Index 1852-1888

September 2002

                        Site created.


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