Used with permission. ********************* GENUKI FAMILY HISTORY NEWS No 185 16 December 2004 Hi Everyone, and welcome to this issue of GENUKI Family History News. Plenty of news and information for you this week, so I hope you will find something of interest. On 6 December, retiring Chairman of the Hampshire Genealogical Society was presented with honorary life membership of the Society and an engraved crystal rose bowl in recognition of his dedication and hard work for the society during his 5 years stewardship. He has been responsible for leading the Society through some difficult challenges including the establishment of the Society's own research room on the outskirts of Portsmouth. Ron was presented with the awards by Society President Judy Kimber at a packed Christmas social meeting of the Portsmouth Group. Press Release from The National Archivist: CHRISTMAS BONANZA As a special seasonal thank you to all of our registered users Unlimited access to all archives for just £2.50 For just £2.50 you can have unlimited access to all the archives on our website from Midnight (GMT) Monday 13th December 2004 to Midnight (GMT) Friday 17th December 2004. Purchase unlimited access for £2.50 to search and view as many of our archives as you wish. If you currently have credits in your account these will be reinstated once the bonanza offer expires. Images viewed during the Bonanza offer will remain in the Viewing History section of your Members homepage for 30 days. During this 30 day period you can view, print and save these images for free . Our resident Genealogist will be on hand to help with your research queries. Email archives@nationalarchivistcom. NEW BOOKS AND CDs NEW RELEASES FROM JiGraH Resources The "Luton News" Directory of Luton 1925 Directory of the City of Lincoln 1881 (with Map) Kellys Directory of Salisbury & Neighbourhood, 1931-32 Details at http://www.jigrah.co.uk/mailord/moabdirs.htm NEW RELEASES FROM ARCHIVE CD BOOKS The History of Scarborough The history of Scarborough from the earliest date, written by Joeseph Baker, was published in 1882 with many illustrations and maps. It contains much valuable historic information in relation to the habits, customs and peculiarities of past generations of Scarborough Thrilling Experiences in the War in South Africa - 1900 A terrific book for anyone wanting to get the flavour and background of the Boer war without having to read through a more conventional "history." This book is more like a Tabloid account of the war, relying as much on captioned pictures as it does on the written story Kelly's Directory of Oxfordshire 1939 Huge pull out map of Oxfordshire. These late directories are comprehensive and thoroughly indexed. Contains detailed descriptions of each place in the county and lists the private residents and trades people 1871 London Kent - Lewisham RG10/741-761 1871 London Kent - Woolwich RG10/774-794 1871 London Surrey - St. Saviour Southwark RG10-592-623 1871 London Surrey - St. Olave Southwark RG10/624-646 1871 London Surrey - Lambeth Part 1 Waterloo Rd, Lambeth RG10/647-668 1871 London Surrey - Lambeth Part 2 Kennington, Brixton, Norwood RG10/669-694 1871 London Surrey - Wandsworth Clapham, Battersea, Wandsworth, Putney RG10/695-720 1871 London Surrey - Camberwell Camberwell, Peckham RG10/721-740 Cornish Notes & Queries 1906 Reprinted from The Cornish Telegraph in 1906 and edited by Peter Penn. The CD contains the articles from the newspaper that have been selected for their particular points of interest and organised into topical chapters. Chapters include, Race, History, Topography, Biography, Genealogy, Language, Dialect, Surnames and Place names, Antiquities and Folk Lore, Mining, Phenomena, Epitaphs, Curious sign posts, Eccentric characters and Humorous stories. Lancashire & Cheshire Historical and Genealogical Notes Local and family history, abstracts of deeds,charters, wills, folklore, legends, traditions, etc. Available as set of three volumes or singles. Pedigrees Recorded in the Visitations of the County of Durham During the 1500s and 1600s, the Heralds visited each county and recorded the pedigrees of families. In many cases the pedigrees date back to Norman times (the 11th century). These records form an extremely important source of information for family historians. Archive CD Books homepage - http://www.archivecdbooks.com WEBPAGE REVIEWS http://www.londonburials.co.uk/ A truly fantastic web site. This site lists burial grounds in London, and gives information on each one listed. Each entry has maps, and pictures where possible, of the site in the nineteenth century and nowadays. The web site is put together in such a way that it is compulsive, and historical information about the site added to details of famous burials make it an absolute gem. The site is extremely well designed, very fast to download and incredibly informative, this is definitely one of the best web sites I have seen for some time. An absolute boon for local and family historians with an interest in the London area both City and Greater. http://worldzone.net/social/wig/ The web site of the Welsh Interest group of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists. A useful little web site, this will have particular interest to those whose Welsh ancestors had migrated overseas. The web site contains information about the Society, and the Welsh Interest Group, but also lists of names from such things as Welsh born immigrants to New South Wales, New Zealand, Clwyd strays, and an awful lot more besides. I did not like the design that much, but the site was easy enough to use. The look of the pages just needed tidying up a little. Otherwise a good little site, and full of useful information. CERTIFICATES DEATH HEATH, James, aged 3 months, 23 July 1899, Liverpool OREILLY, John, aged 61, 22 Oct 1883, Steyning, Sussex 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 g-grandmo. Frances (Hall) KING widowed 7 Dec 1854, spouse Charles in Coast Guard, buried at sea. Looking for two children Julia b 1845 and Charles born 1847 abt 7 and 9 yrs old. They were living in Cornwal Portscatho Eng per 1851 said Census. Therese /USA talk329@cs.com KEYES, ROBERT. Looking for family information on ROBERT KEYES (ca 1565-1606), of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. According to The Gunpowder Plot Society (www.gunpowder-plot.org). His wife was Christiana, widow of Thos. Groom. Did Robert and Christiana have any children? What was her maiden name? Parents? Place of birth, etc.? Would appreciate information on ancestry of this couple. Gunpowder Plot Society does not respond to querie. rconnell@cfl.rr.com I am looking for clues about Robert FLINT. He was in Cumbria in 1851 but born in Dupin (Deopham?) Norfolk in about 1822. His father's name was Charles. Robert had a son called Germany, this fits with others in Deopham, with various spellings. Robert's son Joseph was living in South Wales in 1901(aged 52). But where did he die? Any new clues welcome. Val Flint-Johnson val@flint-johnson.freeserve.co.uk kathybrian@sympatico.ca Kathy McMahon I am looking for any family member of the STEEL family from Ripon Yorkshire.My grt grt Grandparents were Annie & Paul Steel,they had 5 children ? Emily Steel b. 1868 b. Ripon James Steel b. 1870. b Bradford Laura Steel b.1872 b.Leeds Edith Steel b 1874 b.Leeds Earnest Steel b,. 1876 b Leeds Paul Steel died in 1877 in Ripon Yrks Annie remarried John Fordham in 1879 in Ripon,and had 3 children to John Fordham, Annie owned the Lord Nelson Inn at on time too. If anyone knows what happened to the STEEL children I would be very pleased to know. Earnest Steel was my grandfather. I have researched back to 1780, but don't know what happened to the children except my grandad Thank you G'day - I'm am writing from Australia. I have been researching my family in Kent and it appears that they were all born/married/died in a place called Benenden, Kent. Church was St. George Church @ Benenden and go way back to 1500 +. I have been unable to find this place and church in my search and I was wondering if anyone had information on this area. Would appreciate anything. Happy festive season to all e-mail is trishparker@snowy.net.au 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 APSEY, Absalom - 1768 - 1840 Chard & Bath Devon Exeter, carolemateri@shaw.ca DARTON, prior to 1940, Bishops Stortford, Hertsfordshire, highlandlady@naxs.net HANN, Sylvanus 1800s, Thornford, Dorset dgwaters@ozemail.com.au HARRISON, Thomas, est b.1800, master mariner (whaler?), Sculcoates, E. Yorkshire, marine.electrics@jerseymail.co.uk KERSHAW,THOMAS 1860,1870?? ROCHDALE,ENGLAND kerley1@cox.net PHASEY, ALL, ALL, debphibud@hotmail.com SKERRY, pre 1900, Whitby/Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, hn@dhruvasimha.f9.co.uk STEPHENSON, 1700-1900, Rillington, East Yorkshire jude@bigpond.net.au 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! NEW ON GENUKI Devon: Nov 2004 No. of pages added/amended: 68 Major additions: * Plympton St Mary: The Book of Sparkwell - index * Great Torrington: Burials 1616-1667 - transcription GENUKIs Home Page www.genuki.org.uk AND FINALLY Thats all for this week. Hope you found something of interest! 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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