-----Original Message----- From: Rob Thompson [mailto:robj@thompson04.wanadoo.co.uk] Sent: Monday, 4 October 2004 12:43 AM To: UK-FAMILYHISTORYNEWS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: GENUKI Family History News 178 Hi Everyone Computer unpacked and set up - here is the missing 178!!! Rob GENUKI FAMILY HISTORY NEWS No 178 12 September 2004 Hi Everyone and welcome to this weeks GENUKI Family History News. I hope there is plenty for you in this weeks news. Next week I might try to put out a couple of small newsletters, but there wont be a big one next weekend – I am moving again, and in fact will be without home internet access until the beginning of October. So I will try to get them out, but cant promise a full newsletter every week! We will be back in full swing by the first weekend in October, if not before. So first for some news!! A request for information from a One Name Study --- I am doing a one name study on PURDELL or its derivates (two of which that have already come to light are PURDLE and PUDDLE). I have published on several lists with the only response being one from USA and I have also used the electoral roll, sent out several letters and received no response. Any help/information would be appreciated. Phil Marston Amesbury (Nr Stonehenge) Wiltshire joyphil@ntlworld.com A New mailing list – "BRITISH-HATTERS. A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding ancestors whose occupation was in the British hat trade. To subscribe send "subscribe" to british-hatters-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or british-hatters-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode)." North West Kent FHS have joined The Parish Chest Online Shop (www.parishchest.com) And any readers have any ideas or recommendations for the following?: I wondered whether you or any of the other subscribers could recommend someone who can print off large scale family trees. I use Family Tree Maker and the tree is now 300cm by 30 cm and I get fed up with sticking A4 sheets together! Also if there is a low cost hardware solution - a wide carriage black and white printer that used banner paper or continuous paper would be good. Bryan [bryanp@onetel.com] The Society of Genealogists is holding an Open Day (details below) This is one of the best times to go and have a look around the Society and see if it will be useful to you: Monday 20 September, 11am - 4pm. The Society will be opening its doors to members and non-members alike for an Open Day. Staff and volunteers will be offering a full guided tour of the Library's three floors throughout the day. The last tour will be at 3.30pm. If you wish to bring a large party of people, please let the Society know in advance, otherwise notice of your intended visit is not requested. The Society has some 100,000 family history items on its shelves, much of this open access. Material includes that relating to 10,000 out of the 13,000 parishes in the country. Staff and volunteers can offer tours at various times throughout the year. If you are curious about the Society's collections, we hope to see you at an Open Day soon! NEW BOOKS AND CD’s From Your Old Books and Maps: *Bulmers 1901 History, Gazetteer & Directory of Cumberland.* "In its arrangement the New Parliamentary Divisions have been adopted instead of the old and nearly obsolete Wards; and the parishes in each have been arranged in alphabetical sequence—with the exception of Carlisle, the largest and most important town, which has been placed last. A copious index will still further facilitate reference." THE history of the Endowed Schools and Statistics of Charities of the county of Stafford 1860.* The Endowed Schools in Staffordshire number about ninety, and the charity gifts and endowments are innumerable,—occupying in their records simply, no less than 870 folio pages of the Charity Commissioners Reports. The History and Statistics of these Endowments are very little known, and even where known, very seldom considered, further than a mere perusal by interested parties. To bring them in a familiar form before the public of Staffordshire, with the hope of restitution or renovation where abused, and of improvement where neglected, is the object of the author and compiler. In the present day, when steam in its various ways—telegraphs and a cheap press—are producing such astounding results, the benefits of a sound and improved education are imperatively necessary. Old Historical Books on CD. Trade Directories, Maps, County & Local Interest. http://www.youroldbooksandmaps.com NEW RELEASES FROM ARCHIVE CD BOOKS The History of Cirencester A very comprehensive history of this ancient town, from it's days as "Corinium" the Roman City to the nineteenth century when this book was published 1871 Census London City RG10/412-436 1871 Census London Shoreditch part 1 RG10/437-460 1871 Census London Shoreditch part 2 RG10/461-473 1871 Census London Bethnal Green RG10/474-502 1871 Census London Whitechapel RG10/503-527 1871 Census London St. George in the East RG10/528-543 1871 Census London Stepney RG10/544-553 1871 Census London Mile End Old Town RG10/554-568 1871 Census London Poplar part 1 (Bromley. Bow) RG10/569-579 1871 Census London Poplar part 2 (Poplar & Shipping) RG10/580-591 Archive CD Books homepage - http://www.archivecdbooks.com WEBPAGE REVIEWS http://www.royalist.info/ I suspect this site will help very few peoples genealogy, but it is quite fun and very informative. It is a database of persons connected in some way to the British Royal Family, from early medieval times to the present day. Each entry gives details of mother and father, and any offspring. A useful site for students, for most of us it will just be a matter of interest, although my favourite information in there was the ‘inbreeding factor’ where the compilers have attempted to define just how inbred a character was, it becomes quite fun to find entrants with a high inbred factor – common in any royal family. Good fun, quite informative and extremely easy to browse http://www.ex.ac.uk/cornishlatin/index.php This ranks alongside some of my other weird and wonderful websites that I have found. I have covered the Irish and the Welsh in Latin America, and now I have found a website dedicated to the Cornish in Latin America. Migration occurred for similar reasons to the Welsh and Irish , and mainly due to economic necessity. The Cornish were expert miners, with long family traditions of mining, and the mines in Latin America attracted them once the mines in Cornwall were being run down and closed. This site is very interesting and well worth a browse – particularly if you have Cornish ancestry. You never know where you might find that lost link! http://www.genesearch.com/newyork/ Did your ancestors emigrate from Europe and settle in the US? Do you have branches of your family that disappear from the UK, or Europe, and you think they appear in the USA sometime later but cant make the connection? This website might then be very useful to you as a finding aid. It is a very simple website detailing where to find passenger lists and records from 1820 to 1957. Simple, with a front page, and links to more detailed information about who has records this is a great little website and well worth keeping a note of. No actual records but a very useful finding aid. CERTIFICATES BIRTH CHINNOCK, male, son of William and Ann, 25 April 1841, Ditcheat, SOM* CHINNOCK, George, son of James and Harriet, 1 Dec 1841, St. Mary Redcliff, Bristol* LAPHAM, Richard, son of James and Betsy, 8 Dec 1842, Woodlands, Frome, SOM* LAPHAM, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Jane, 23 Aug 1839, Behind Town, Frome, SOM* LAPHAM, Daniel, son of James and Betsy, 3 Sept 1838, Dog Street, Frome, SOM* LAWS, Margaret, dau of Alexander & Isabella, 11 June 1880, Durham* MILLER, Samuel, son of Thomas and Hannah, 22 September 1868 ,Holbeck, Yorkshire* DEATH WATTS, Mary, aged 56, 19 May 1903, Eccleshall Bierlow, YKS* 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: Please don’t send certificates until I confirm new address next week, thanks, Rob READERS QUERIES Hi, I am searching for relatives of my great-grandfather Fredrick L Potter, he was a bookbinder in York, his children were Alfred, Arthur, Ada Elizabeth, Blanche,Henry, Digby (my grandfather). Florrie and Edith. I found him in the 1881 census when he was living in Ogleforth, this is a street behind York Minster, he was named as an employer in the 1901 census. I believe his father was Richard Potter also a master bookbinder of Ogleforth. would appreciate any help tracing this family. Sybil Coulson sybil.coulson@ntlworld.com My Greatgrandfather William Gabbey married Mary Jane McCullough 12 July 1884 in the Parish of Newtownards, County Down Northern Ireland her Father was William McCullough a labourer, they married in teh Struan Church. So far I have been unable to trace Mary Jane's parents or any other relatives. William Gabbey's Father was called Hugh Gabbey and was a Labourer. I have found my grandfather and his decendants, and would love to contact my great grandmother's relatives to help complete the family tree. Joan Lawson Stroma View Kirkstyle Road Canisbay Wick Caithness KW1 4YH Scotland <e-mail: joan.lawson@ukf.net> I am searching for information regarding an Ebenezer Pentyre HORSWILL. He was my great grandfather, born around 1846 in Plymouth, Devon. He Married Emma Crocker around 1867 and they had seven children, all born in Plymouth. His occupation was that of a mason. I have found him in all censuses from 1851 to 1881. In the 1891 census, his oldest son, Edward is listed as the head of the household, and Ebenezer's wife is recorded as being married, but Ebenezer is not there. In 1901, his wife is listed as the head of the family and married, but Ebenezer is still not there. Ebenezer died in 1934 in Plymouth there is no family member listed on his death certificate. I am searching for some information about his life from 1881 forward. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Anne Brooks Canada. anbrooks@nbnet.nb.ca 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! FORTHCOMING EVENTS September 19th sees the Cheltenham Family History Fair at The Pitville Pump Rooms, 10am to 4.30Pm See more events at: - http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/geneva/ NEW ON GENUKI Radnorshire Descriptions from the 1868 Gazetteer added to all parishes. GENUKI’s Home Page – www.genuki.org.uk AND FINALLY That’s all for this week. Hope there was something interesting in it for you! As I said earlier, there will be small newsletters over the next couple of weeks, but I will probably do the next big one at the beginning of October, but in the meantime keep all your news and views coming in! 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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