America's Home of the Cornish!
Welcome to the Cornish American Heritage Society, whose mission is to promote and preserve the Heritage of Cornish settlers.
Website Updated as of: 1/28/2012
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OFFICERS FOR 2011-2013 ANNOUNCED
CAHS Officers for 2011-2013 have been announced. There is a new President and a new Secretary, all other officers remain the same.
Details on this page ,
here.
RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP NOW
- 2011 MEMBERSHIPS ARE EXPIRING
Please renew your membership now.
Memberships that expired in 2011 will not
receive the Tam Kernewek
newsletter in 2012.
"HALL FOR
CORNWALL"
Hall for Cornwall is a thriving theater in the heart
of Truro
Over the course of the year, Hall for
Cornwall welcomes over 180,000 theatre
goers to see and hear everything from
classical to rock concerts, and
pantomime to touring productions from
the West End. In 2012, world class
shows such as Chicago, Spamalot and the
English Touring Theatres production of
Anne Boleyn and comedy from the likes of
Stewart Lee, Simon Amstell and Paul
Merton will delight audiences.
In addition to drama, dance
performances with a broad range of
styles can be enjoyed from such
companies as NDT2, Birmingham Royal
Ballet and Matthew Bourne.
For children, the annual pantomime is always a popular family event. Regular shows suitable for the under 7's include Horrible Histories, Lttle Princess, and Chris and Paul.
There is always a great deal going on at the theatre. See the website for more information, follow on Twitter (@HallforCornwall or join their Facebook page.
More information, news, and special offers, on the website.
here.
MEMBER'S SERVICES
Members' Services Now Online
Active members of CAHS now have a blog, forum, photo gallery, and newsletter archive available online. Instructions for logging in to the members' area are available here.
Share your genealogy, photos, news, questions with your fellow members. Also, be sure to visit the newsletter archive to learn about
the history of your society. Lots of other historical reading and Cornish recipes for your enjoyment.
If your membership expired in or before 2011 , you must renew to continue receiving the newsletter and to access the members' services area.
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CAHS Archives are available at the University of Wisconsin. Research your history, check the index of
documents. See the details here.
What We Do
Visit our information page for Mission Statement, Officers, History, Publications, Gatherings, and Our University of Wisconsin Archives. here
Visit our projects page for Global Migration Project, CFHS Records, Paul Smales Award, The West Briton Project, Founders Award, and Heritage Certificates. here
Who We Are
Way down to the southwest tip of the Isle of Great Britain is a land of mystery, myth, and magic ... a land of a Celtic people, the Cornish.
The Cornish are fisherfolk, farmers, miners and merchants, scholars, saints, sometimes law-breakers -- above all, they are people of an extraordinary clan in an extraordinary land -- and they know it. They revere it and love it. They celebrate their present in light of their past, looking always to the future for the generations to come.
And so do we. We are descendants of Cornish people who emigrated to the Americas. Though we are no longer in the land of our heritage, we are linked to Cornwall by blood and by the tug of our hearts. Some of our members are Cornish people still living in Cornwall...joined to their cousins in the Americas for the good of all.
Wherever you are in the world, whatever your Cornish ties or interests, you are welcome here.
The people of CAHS celebrate Cornwall and the Cornish in many ways. Our members search, save, create and pass on to the rest of us Cornish songs, poetry, legend, history, photos and food. We do love our food. :-)
Many of us are involved in tracing our family trees, so genealogy and record-keeping are important to us. We each get to have some part in maintaining the ties between Cornish people around all the world, if only through this site.
However you want to take part in all this, is more than fine with us. Wander around the site, email your questions, become a member.
Let this site be your introduction to all things Cornwall -- and let our gatherings, whether in local society, the Gatherings of Cornish Cousins in the Americas, or the Grand Homecoming to Cornwall called Dehwelans -- let these be moments
that will help you form a long and lasting relationship with all things Cornish.
