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Unravelling the Code: Coads and Coodes of Cornwall now available

Posted 30 August 2023 by Joe Flood

Copyright, Coad One-Name Study

I published one of the first complete books on a one-name study with Lulu in 2013. It contained not just a complete list of all Coads and Coodes up to 1911 (including non-Cornish families) but a great deal of quirky material of general interest.

  • the social and economic history of Cornwall and the places the Cornish emigrated
  • methodological material on doing full surname reconstructions 
  • histories of eminent and eccentric individuals, covering such diverse topics as the Monmouth Rebellion, the Maryland revolts of the 1680s, the Battle of Algiers, the Pacific War, the management of counties in England, rotten boroughs and corruption, wrecking and smuggling, the sinking of the Bismarck and the Korean War.

After ten years the book has finally reached its sales target, so I am making it available to GOONS members – just search the library catalogue for Coad. I am also starting a series of much shorter books based on the original content.

Enjoy!

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