Used with permission. ********************* GENUKI FAMILY HISTORY NEWS No 181 10 October 2004 HI Everyone, and welcome to this weeks GENUKI Family History News. I am not 100% sure I have overcome the gremlins, but I hope so!! Tomorrow morning I am off on business again, and am away for two weeks. I hope I will get a newsletter out next week, though I cant guarantee it because of where I am!! (Next Saturday is Belize!!) In the meantime, please bear with me with a delay in answering emails, they are there, but it has been a hectic week. I am hoping now that in the next few weeks I will be able to catch up with a few! But here goes for this weeks news I received this email recently, it may be of interest to you: I am currently working on a TV programme about churches and churchyards and am interested in finding people with great stories about their relatives buried in these churches. We are also interested in people who have had a real search to find where a relative is buried or have discovered in the process of researching their family tree that they are related to someone important or remembered in some way in a church. Do you think this is something your readers might be interested in? If so would you be able to mention it in your magazine? I don't know when your next issue is due out but we have set up a website address especially for this purpose. It is favourite.churches@bbc.co.uk. NEW BOOKS AND CDs BURKES LANDED GENTRY 19TH EDITION VOLUME II, THE RIDINGS OF YORK EDITOR, CHARLES MOSLEY To most people, regional identity is as important as the national kind. Burke's Landed Gentry, 19th Edition, Volume II, The Ridings of York covers the old Ridings of York and focuses on historic Yorkshire families and key contemporary people, born, living or working in the county. A successful blend which encompasses Yorkshire life today. At approximately 1,500 pages, this superbly crafted hardback book is cloth-bound, foil-blocked in gold and makes an ideal gift to enhance any home, library or boardroom. As a serious reference work, it is a useful and unique tool for historians, librarians, business people and anyone with Yorkshire connections. Burke's Landed Gentry, Volume II, The Ridings of York will be published in late spring 2005. INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE AT www.burkes-peerage.net For interviews and comment, contact Anne Christie achristie@burkes-landed-gentry.com "The Yorkshire Society is delighted to be associated with the important developments at Burke's Peerage & Gentry and are most enthusiastic about the inclusion of the County of Yorkshire as a recognised and designated area of importance within their well-respected and prestigious publications..." Keith Madeley, Chairman, Yorkshire Society, www.yorkshiresociety.org.uk . THE SIG FILE JiGraH Resources http://www.jigrah.co.uk/ - The Printer You Need For Your Long Family Trees. Computer services & mail order products for Family Historians. We now scan books to CD - see the Mail Order Pages. We maintain the Official Page of the Derbyshire Family History Society at http://www.dfhs.org.uk/ and the official home page of Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment of the English Civil War Society at http://www.thomas-tyldesleys.co.uk. Alternative e-mail addresses: gj.hadfield@ukonline.co.uk, gj.hadfield@ntlworld.com and gj.hadfield@freezone.co.uk NEW RELEASES FROM ARCHIVE CD BOOKS The Beauties of England & Wales - Middlesex Illustrated with engravings this book by Norris Brewer gives a historical description of every place in Middlesex. Eton College Register (1441 - 1698) This Eton College Register has fantastic detail about those who attended the college between 1441 and 1698. The Matriculation Roll of the University of St. Andrews, Edinburgh 1747-1897 In addition to the matriculation roll, this excellent book has information about the history of the university, together with early engravings and photographs Bailliere's New South Wales Gazetteer and Road Guide 1870 This is the 2nd edition of this important 19th century gazetteer. It contains 'the most recent and accurate information on every place in the colony'. The Sydney University Calendar 1887 Old university calendars contain a wealth of information on people associated with the university as well as an insight into the courses of study offered and university life and culture generally. New South Wales Educational Gazette: The New South Wales Educational Gazette was issued monthly and contains a wealth of information for family, local and educational historians Yewen's Directory of Landholders New South Wales, 1900 This a wonderful, extensive guide to over 70,000 landholders throughout NSW, by district and postal address. New South Wales Public Service List 1934 A list of over 6000 Officers permanently employed on 31 December 1934 by the Government of New South Queensland Post Office and Official Directory 1903 The 1903 edition of Wise's Queensland Post Office Directory is the only complete Directory of the whole State published for this particular year. Letters from Victorian Pioneers: In 1853 Lieutenant-Governor La Trobe addressed a circular letter to a number of early settlers requesting information as to the time and circumstances of the first occupation of various parts of the colony. This book is a collection of those responses to that circular. Melbourne and Suburban Directory 1865 The full title is "Sands and McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory for 1865 containing street, alphabetical, and trade directory Melbourne and suburbs, together with a miscellaneous directory of useful information". Ballarat and Ballarat East Directory 1865-66 The full title is "Ballarat and Ballarat District Directory including Buninyong, Browns, Clunes, Creswick, Smythesdale and Scarsdale for 1865-66" Compiled by F.M. Dicker. Ballarat and District Directory 1904 "The publishers have much pleasure in placing this, the first section of a complete Ballarat and District Directory, containing the name and address of every person over the age of 21 years, (male and female) in Ballarat West, Ballarat East, Sebastopol and Buninyong, together with other useful information. This is the first work of its kind ever issued in any provincial City of Australasia." Bendigo Electoral Roll 1922 Electoral Rolls are the nearest thing Australians have to census records, at least at the start of the twentieth century, and hence, they are both extremely important, and useful. Tasmania Post Office Directory 1903 The 1903 edition of Wise's Tasmania Post Office Directory is divided into three main sections: Towns, Alphabetical and Trades and Professions. Western Australia Post Office Directory 1905 The 1905 edition of Wise's Western Australia Post Office Directory is divided into three main sections: Towns, Alphabetical and Trades and Professions Archive CD Books homepage - http://www.archivecdbooks.com WEBPAGE REVIEWS http://mywebpage.netscape.com/margotsdream/Poppelwell.htm A nice little website dealing with the descendants of William Poplewell of Whitby in North Yorkshire. What I particularly liked about this website was the very good use of graphics, and pictures to illustrate this simple family tree. There is also a lot of live information about each generation, rather than just the dry dates of birth, marriage and death. It is nicely laid out, although maybe the page could have been split a bit to ease navigation. You will find more information about certain members of the family at the bottom of the page, which expands with stories about people and places. A nice website http://www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk/Homepage.htm This is the website of the Heraldry Society of Scotland and is absolutely packed with loads of interesting, and at times extremely useful information about Heraldry in Scotland, and about the Society in particular. If you have an interested in Heraldry, and an interest in Scotland then this site will be fantastic for you. It gives and introduction into heraldry, and into where to find more information. Extremely well organised and nicely designed I found this website fascinating, and really pleasurable to browse. http://www.victorianlondon.org/ This is a great site, with lots of information about Victorian London. From descriptions of people and places to clothing and fashions, you can find out lots and lots about the way your ancestors lived on this site. It has a slightly frustrating layout, but is easy to move around, and is absolutely full of incredibly interesting historical information. This is the place to go if your ancestors came from London in the Victorian age. CERTIFICATES BIRTH BYCOM, Ann, dau of Thomas & Margaret, 12 March 1902, Blackburn, LAN HOULT, Mabel, dau of John & Eliza, 26 Jan 1904, Shardlow, DBY HOULT, William, son of Eliza, 25 March 1849, Ashton under Lyne, CHS LANGLEY, George, son of John & Susannah, 4 Aug 1841, Clerkenwell, MDX DEATH LANGLEY, Edward Henry, Aged 1, 14 Feb 1868, Bethnal Green, MDX If this is of use to you in your own personal research, drop me a line At gfhn@thompson04.wanadoo.co.uk and I will put you in touch with the current holder Meanwhile, if you have a certificate you don't need that may be of use to someone else then drop me a line, and we will advertise it in an upcoming newsletter . If you have a spare certificate that is of no use to you at all then you can either send me the details via email, or send me the certificate. If the certificate is sent to me then it will be sent on to any enquiries. After six months if nobody has claimed the certificates as interesting to their research then they will be deposited at the SoG library. I will however keep all the details of the certificate on file and where possible pass them on to any relevant one name studies registered with the Guild of One Name Studies. We only publish certificates more than 100 years old, but pass all certificates on. The address for spare certificates to be sent to is: Rob Thompson, GFHN, 6 Sinclair Road, Shurdington, Cheltenham, GL51 4SG READERS QUERIES Looking for parents, siblings, etc. of Elizabeth WELCH b. c. 1830, perhaps in London area, England she d. 1869 perhaps in London, reg. District of St. Pancras. Married James Lamont c. 1850 perhaps in London. (James b. c. 1820 in Frant, Sussex, Eng. to James Lamont & Phildalphia (?). Elizabeth (nee WELCH) & James Lamont had children: Clara J. Lamont b. 1850 at Paddington, Middlesex Alice Lamont b. 1 Aug. 1861 at District of Kentish Town, London, Reg. District of St. Pancras Florence Lamont b. 26 May 1866 at District of Kentish Town, London, Reg. Dist. of St. Pancras Lucy Lamont b. c. 1869 also perhaps at same place 2 boys Charles & Alfred born between 1850 and 1861. My grandmother is their daughter Florence who m. Henry Yeabsley Oct. 1886 at Parish of Paddington, Kilburn (N. London), Middlesex. Can anyone help? Eva McKay ba369@ncf.ca I am looking for relatives, ancestors and descendants, of David (John) Samuel born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales October 3, 1856, son of John Thomas and Mary Roberts Samuel. He married Lydia Roberts 1876. Siblings : Henry "Harry" Samuel Justina "Jessie" Samuel Sarah Samuel married to Henry Woollon A daughter Millicent married Thomas Nurse Mary Anne Samuels married to Edmond Rees They had a son Albert Jane Samuel married to unknown __ Thomas Mother and Sibling survived him when he died in Williamstown PA-USA in December 1916. His father was still living at the 1881 census. David arrived in USA April 18, 1882. David is my Grandfather who was a fire boss in the Williamstown PA USA mine as at time of retirement in 1913-14. He started to work in the mines at Llanelli at age 7. H. Robert Samuels 127 East Street Williamstown PA USA 17098-1402 hrs@pa.net To get a query published you must: Make it less than 200 words in length Include your name & email address for direct response from subscribers Send it to gfhn@thompson04.wanadoo.co.uk making the email title reader query Be a subscriber to the newsletter To Respond: Please respond directly to the reader, replies sent to me will be forward, but by nature they will be received much later All we ask in return for a free entry is that the person submitting tells us if it has been successful and gives us a brief summary of the responses this will allow others interested to learn as well Please help out other readers when you can! Information sharing is one of the best aspects of Family History, and kindness will often be returned. Above all Information sharing is the reason this newsletter exists! READERS INTERESTS BATTER Robert Richard Alderson 1895 Manchester hugheschristine@hotmail.com BUSKEY variants (BUSKY, BUSKIE), any date, any town, any county but seen mostly in Lancashire and Yorkshire, lklein@mindspring.com HOLLINGWORTH; Cheshire/Derbyshire borders; all dates; marjorie.ward@disley.net ORLANDO, One Name Study, All dates, orlando@one-name.org WINDLEY 1800-1950, Camberwell area, Surrey/London. pwpriory@aol.com This is our newest section readers are invited to submit interests, as many as you want, but remember multiple interests will be more delayed. To submit an interets to be published please submit it in the following format: SURNAME, First Name (if applicable), Date, Village/Town, County, Your Email To: gfhn@thompson04.wanadoo.co.uk Subject Header Readers Interests There will be a delay, as all our services are free and oversubscribed! But we will try to keep it at a minimum! FORTHCOMING EVENTS to book: Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, LONDON EC1M 7BA events@sog.org.uk. www.sog.org.uk Tel: 020 7553 3290 Prices are for (1) non-members and (2) members Wednesday 13 October, 2pm 3.15pm. Using the Library Catalogue A lecture by the Societys Librarian, Sue Gibbons (£5/£4) This tutorial is intended to enable you to find what you want in the Society's Library and its collections. Some ways of carrying out 'refined' searches are also offered. This lecture will include a demonstration of the new web OPAC, to be released in 2005. Wednesday 20 October, 2pm 3.30pm. Basic Britain: family history sources for London A lecture by Michael Gandy (£5/£4) A continuation of the series of short talks on the family history resources available for the main geographical regions of Britain. The lecture will give information on the contents and accessibility of relevant archives and libraries. Saturday 23 October, 10.30 am 1pm. Using Family Historian A tutorial with John Hanson (£10/£8) This program has a number of innovative features and is geared for the British market. The tutorial gives you an overview of the program, and is suitable for beginners or those who are considering obtaining a family history software program. See more events at: - http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/geneva/ NEW ON GENUKI Recent Updates to GENUKI Cornwall Pages: St Agnes Page - addition of 1861 Census on-line link. Mithian - addition of 1861 Census on-line link. St Gluvias Page - addition of 1861 Census on-line link for Penryn Borough and St Gluvias. Budock - addition of 1851 Census on-line link. Feock - addition of 1861 Census on-line link. Gunwalloe - addition of 1861 Census on-line link. Newlyn East - addition of link to Genogold on-line Burials. St Hilary - additional on-line baptisms, marriages and burials (including Marazion and St Michael's Mount).. GENUKIs Home Page www.genuki.org.uk AND FINALLY Thats all for this week hope you found something of interest!! Hope to get a small newsletter out next week, but if not, back in 2 weeks! Have a good week Rob ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe to Family History News send a message containing the word unsubscribe to UK-FAMILYHISTORYNEWS-L-request@Rootsweb.com. ---------------------------------- To subscribe to Family History News send a message containing the word subscribe to UK-FAMILYHISTORYNEWS-L-request@Rootsweb.com. 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