What did your Cornish ancestor's home look like before the First World War? A new collection of historic property records from TheGenealogist could help answer that question.
TheGenealogist has expanded its Lloyd George Domesday Survey collection with records covering Cornwall, offering a detailed picture of the county during the Edwardian period.
Created following the Finance Act 1910, the survey recorded property owners and occupiers, together with information about land, buildings and their valuations.
From the busy streets of Cornish towns to fishing villages, farms and former mining communities, the records reveal the properties and landscapes familiar to families living in the county more than a century ago.
Unlike census returns, which concentrate on the people living in a household, the survey provides information about the property itself. Field Books may record a building's size, condition, value, layout and associated land or outbuildings.
The records are also linked to detailed historic Ordnance Survey maps, allowing researchers to locate individual properties and compare them with the modern landscape.
For anyone tracing Cornish ancestors or researching the history of a house, farm or business, this collection provides an interesting new source of evidence.
