Used with permission. ********************* GENUKI FAMILY HISTORY NEWS No 180 1 October 2004 Hi Everyone and welcome to number 180. I know that you will not have received 178 that is still stuck on my, as yet unpacked, home PC. I will resend as soon as possible. But I thought in the meantime I would get a small interim GENUKI Family History News out for you. So here goes News from the Hampshire Genealogical Society Celebrating it's 30th anniversary this year, the HGS held a very successful open day on 26 September - well attended with one visitor travelling specifically from Spain to attend! The Society is pleased to announce that Judy Kimber is the new President of the Society. It is fitting that Judy is the first HGS member to be appointed as all previous appointments were from outside the membership. Judy has been a member of the HGS since 1978 and was appointed Membership Secretary in 1979. We look forward to an exciting next two years under her stewardship. The other important appointment is that of Len Ruffle as Chairman. Len is another HGS stalwart and will be an able replacement for Ron Hall who steps down after 5 years. Our thanks and best wishes go to Ron for his extremely hard work on behalf of the HGS I received this press release this week: Do you know anyone who has recently discovered a new family member? I work for a leading television company and am looking for surprising family ties stories for a documentary to be broadcast on a UK network channel. I would be interested to hear about any personal experiences of searching for estranged relatives who turn out to be unexpectedly different than anticipated. For example, the search for a birth parent which opens new cultural, religious or political doors in the life of the individual. Please contact Rebecca Snow on 0207 258 6742 or rsnow@mentorn.tv NEW BOOKS AND CDs Calderdale FHS (covering Halifax & District) has just completed the mammoth task of transcribing the Parish Registers for the parish church of Elland St. Mary's from 1559 to 1837 (1850 for baptisms). These are available in booklet form via www.genfair.com, via the FFHS "Pay-per-View site www.familyhistoryonline.net, via CFHS's Search Facility (details on website www.cfhsweb.co.uk ) and on the Society's own computers in their Research Room in Brighouse Library. They cover over 48,000 baptisms, 15,000 marriages and 33,000 burials. Also, by the end of October, they will have completed the conversion of all published Monumental Inscription data from 36 Calderdale graveyards onto a fully searchable & indexed database. This will contain over 16,000 inscriptions each with a wealth of detail about the relevant families. 31 of the 36 graveyards are already loaded & available now. The content is available via the same sources as the Elland BMDs described above. New from Your Old Books & Maps The Army List 1832 A List Of The Officers Of The Army And Royal Marines, On Full, Retired, And Half-Pay With An Index. 1832. A list of all Officers of the Army and Royal Marines, on Full Pay and Half Pay with an index of names and a list of succession of Colonels. Includes casualties since the previous edition, listed by regiments etc. The Your Maps Online CD Version 2 300+ old U.K. & Ireland maps at the highest resolution available to us. This CD is produced from the maps on http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk What's new? Well there are double the number of maps compared to the first CD - over 300, all at the highest resolution available to us. Graphical menus with thumbnail images have replaced the text only menus. Easy navigation with Menu, Next & Previous buttons.... Simple point & click interface.... POST OFFICE GLASGOW DIRECTORY FOR 1863, 1864. Arranged In Three Divisions, General, Street, And Commercial, To Which Is Added A Suburban Directory, With An Appendix Containing General And Local Information. The Potteries, Newcastle and District Directory 1907. The Standard Business Reference Guide to the Potteries and District comprising Streets, Alphabetical, and Trades and Professions Directory of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Newcastle-U-Lyme, Stoke, And Tunstall. (Also includes most of the Suburbs: Alsager, Madeley, Kidsgrove etc...) Together with A list of Public Institutions and miscellaneous information; Also, Alphabetical Directory of the surrounding District and two large Maps ( Missing!). 1st Edition. 1907 Issue. Printed and Published by the Proprietors, Staffordshire Sentinel, Limited, Hanley. [Entered at Stationers' Hall.] OLD AND NEW BIRMINGHAM: A History Of The Town And Its People. Robert K. Dent. With Nearly 200 Illustrations From The Most Authentic Sources. Birmingham : Houghton And Hammond, Scotland Passage. 1880. Old Historical Books on CD. Trade Directories, Maps, County & Local Interest. http://www.youroldbooksandmaps.com NEW RELEASES FROM ARCHIVE CD BOOKS The Australian Pastoral Directory 1923 The Australian Pastoral Directory 1923 list approximately 23,000 stockowners in all States of Australia. There is also a separate index for New South Wales by Station, a list of prominent stock agents in four states and various statistics and advertisements. Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners Report 1850 This official report, the 10th general report of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, will give useful insight to family and general historians of the state of the various colonies in 1850. This covers the first 58 pages of this volume. The remaining 160 pages however is taken up with 56 appendixes covering a wide range of interests touching most of the British colonies. It is here that much fascinating material can be gleaned. Commonwealth Public Service List 1920 This List of Permanent Officers of the Commonwealth Public Service as on 30th June 1920 gives details of over 22,000 people employed throughout Australia. It is arranged by department, and by state where applicable. The Record and Trades Register: July 1887-January 1888 Were members of your family at the time: Involved in giving or receiving a bill of sale? Declared insolvent? Involved in a giving or receiving a bill of sale? A mortgagor or mortgagee on stock or wool? A plaintiff or defendant in the small debts court? Involved in an application for probate or letters of administration - in their will or estate or as a applicant? Dissolving a partnership? A member of the United Mercantile Society of Australasia? If so then you may find information on them here. This periodical has a wealth of information you may not have even considered before. 1834 Pigots Directory of Cheshire Pigot's 1834 Directoy of Cumberland & Westmoreland Gore's Liverpool Directory 1821 Another very early directory listing the merchants, trades people and principal inhabitants of the town in 1821 Pigots 1834 Directory of Lancashire Slaters 1846 Directory of Lancashire This very large early directory contains an alphabetical list of all trades people, their names, trades and addresses. Also has a description of each town and village in the county. Pigot's 1818, 1819 and 1820 Directory See the All England directories page fo a list of all places contained in this super early directory Rugby School Register (1675 - 1857) This register for Rugby School is very detailed, containing the age of the boys, names of parents, dates they entered school and often what they got up to after they had left. Pigot's 1834 Directory of Yorkshire Gore's Liverpool Directory 1796 A very early alphabetical list of the tradesmen, merchants and principal inhabitants of Liverpool. Archive CD Books homepage - http://www.archivecdbooks.com WEBPAGE REVIEWS http://tassellone.orcon.net.nz/ A nice little website with some information on the Tassell surname. Its a bit of a shame there is not more information, as the site really needs expanding a bit. At the moment on the website there is a basic introduction to the name, and two indexes to look at entries in the Vicar General Marriage Index and Tassell wills and probate. Both of these are on line and are very easy to search, but it would be a lot nicer if there were more indexes. Quick to load and easy to lok at this is a good basic site. http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bucks_prisoners/index.htm I loved this site, but mainly because I found an ancestor in it! My own family history aside this site provides a quick, and easily searchable database of prisoners at Aylesbury Gaol . The database contains names of prisoners entering the jail in the 1870s and if you are lucky (I was) there will be a photograph as well. Imagine seeing the prison photograph of one of your ancestors! It also give the sentence, birth place, crime (Stealing a Shirt!) and sometimes more information. You can search by first name, surname, place of birth or residence, so all those doing local histories in Bucks can find there notorious criminals! An excellent site! Well worth a visit. 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. READERS QUERIES This is a query about a Mr. Stewart Leak. Born in Britain June1946. Trying to find out his whereabouts or any family members who may know where he might be now. He was sent out to Australia around 1955, as a child migrant. Was sent to Fairbridge Farm School at Molong In NSW Australia. mardrennan@optusnet.com.au 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 READER INTERESTS Never one to keep the newsletter standing still I thought this would be a nice extra way to share information. I have decided to put in a Readers Interests section to alleviate some of the backlog of Queries, and hopefully share more information So, we will publish interests from subscribers, but please keep them in the following format: SURNAME, First Name (if applicable), Date, Village/Town, County, Your Email As it is a UK newsletter we will publish UK only others should really go in queries. The limit is one per email. I will accept multiple entries from people, but please, in separate emails, and, most importantly, single entries will get priority, so if you bombard me you may find them all delayed! 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Above all Information sharing is the reason this newsletter exists! NEW ON GENUKI Major additions to the Devon section: * Hartland: M.A. Thesis on its Social Structure 1558-1620 - transcription * Morebath: Churchwardens' Accounts - index * Sandford: 1775 census - transcription * Sandford: 1783 census - transcription GENUKIs Home Page www.genuki.org.uk AND FINALLY Thats all for this mini issue, hope there was something in it for you! 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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