At 08:23 PM 02/04/2002 +1200, you wrote: >Hi! I need some help with some info on convist papers I have been sitting on >for 18 months or so, hoping that would one day this convict may be part of >the family :-) >I have a photocopy from a large register and the columns read, from left to >right: >Name (got that), Where Tried - C C Court with little squiggles after each C Central Criminal Court, London - was also known as Old Bailey... >(anyone know?), Where Tried, Height, Age, Sentence, Religion, Read or Write, >Married or Single, Children, Statement of Offence (all okay, except H of C >for assault), Surgeons Report, Trade, Native Place...........then the >Remarks.............first line is father James mother Mary then GB, second >line is Wm James Robert at Wapping, then 1c (I think its a c) Susan at GP >(or B) >Thats the bit I'm stuck on - other entries have 2c or similar then a womans >name............its probably an easy answer, but I'm out of guesses and >would really like to know for sure. >Anyone help? >Lindel >Kaikoura, NZ >VENI, VIDI, VELCRO.....I came, I saw, I stuck around Pity you don't live in Tas - I take a class in reading convict records with Adult Ed.! goodluck, Maree >==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== >Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian >Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: >Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi! I need some help with some info on convist papers I have been sitting on for 18 months or so, hoping that would one day this convict may be part of the family :-) I have a photocopy from a large register and the columns read, from left to right: Name (got that), Where Tried - C C Court with little squiggles after each C (anyone know?), Where Tried, Height, Age, Sentence, Religion, Read or Write, Married or Single, Children, Statement of Offence (all okay, except H of C for assault), Surgeons Report, Trade, Native Place...........then the Remarks.............first line is father James mother Mary then GB, second line is Wm James Robert at Wapping, then 1c (I think its a c) Susan at GP (or B) Thats the bit I'm stuck on - other entries have 2c or similar then a womans name............its probably an easy answer, but I'm out of guesses and would really like to know for sure. Anyone help? Lindel Kaikoura, NZ VENI, VIDI, VELCRO.....I came, I saw, I stuck around

What your looking at abbreviations, the first is an F for father, then M for mother, B brother(s), S sister(s). I was stuck on the same lines. They also abbreviated the names, William was Wm, Henry Hy, Samuel Saml etc. So you have the father and mother, four brother Willaim, James, Robert, and the last brothers name which your reading as Wapping. Then one sister. The C squiggle could be Co. Carlow which is whats on mine, or any of the other County's. The Tasmanian archives has a list of all the abbreviations that were used. Good luck Richard Boston, Massachusetts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:23 AM Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] Help needed with Remarks column on Convict Papers > Hi! I need some help with some info on convist papers I have been sitting on > for 18 months or so, hoping that would one day this convict may be part of > the family :-) > I have a photocopy from a large register and the columns read, from left to > right: > Name (got that), Where Tried - C C Court with little squiggles after each C > (anyone know?), Where Tried, Height, Age, Sentence, Religion, Read or Write, > Married or Single, Children, Statement of Offence (all okay, except H of C > for assault), Surgeons Report, Trade, Native Place...........then the > Remarks.............first line is father James mother Mary then GB, second > line is Wm James Robert at Wapping, then 1c (I think its a c) Susan at GP > (or B) > Thats the bit I'm stuck on - other entries have 2c or similar then a womans > name............its probably an easy answer, but I'm out of guesses and > would really like to know for sure. > Anyone help? > Lindel > Kaikoura, NZ > VENI, VIDI, VELCRO.....I came, I saw, I stuck around > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: > Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Listers below are WebRings that I maintain that are relevant to the list that you are subscribed to. Under the site title is the address for the WebRing. If you have a website that is in accordance with the WebRing criteria please consider linking your website to it. To join the WebRing click on the "join now" button. (You will most likely need a WebRing ID first). If you have a problem accessing the respective website address then go to: h ttp://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html Find the bar for the site that you wish to join and click the "join now" tab from there. The important thing to remember is that you must enter the navigation code into your website at the page address that you have stipulated. Bright Blessings Sandie List Administrator WebRings I maintain: AUSTRALIAN FAMILY HISTORY WebRing http://o.webring.com/hub?ring=australianfamily BARRETT's IN ENGLAND WebRing http://l.webring.com/hub?ring=barrettsinenglan WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CONVICT's WebRing http://k.webring.com/hub?ring=tasmanianconvict AUSTRALIAN SMITH's WebRing http://m.webring.com/hub?ring=australiansmiths AUSTIN's IN ENGLAND WebRing http://p.webring.com/hub?ring=austinsinengland YOUNG's IN ENGLAND WebRing http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=youngsinengland ESSEX FAMILIES IN ENGLAND WebRing http://g.webring.com/hub?ring=familiesinessexe FAMILIES IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE ENGLAND WebRing http://x.webring.com/hub?ring=familiesincambri ROMANI FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WebRing http://x.webring.com/hub?ring=romanifamiliesin TASMANIAN CONVICT DESCENDANTS WebRing http://k.webring.com/hub?ring=tasmanianconvict DREWRY's IN ENGLAND WebRing http://a.webring.com/hub?ring=drewrysinengland PLAYLE's AROUND THE WORLD WebRing http://e.webring.com/hub?ring=playlesaroundthe Navigation bars to link to these WebRings are listed at: http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html Look for further WebRings coming soon.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [email protected] [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MSN instant messenger name: Fedelmar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Web Pages http://visionsplendid.homestead.com/familynames.html http://fedelmar.homestead.com/homepage.html http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/3607 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Family Members Web Pages http://www.treko.net.au/~coradine http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/8547 http://www.users.bigpond.com/gregdavis1/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://dir.webring.com/rw?d=Family___Home/Genealogy/Lineages_and_Surnames Hope this web address works. If not delete everything after .com and the click on the genealogy link then the lineages and surnames link. This will link you with websites concerning surnames around the world. Bright Blessings Sandie List administrator

http://www.coraweb.com.au/ Hello listers this is Cora Nunn's website which may prove beneficial as it is full of information regarding Australia resources. Bright Blessings Sandie List Administrator

Hi Folks; In 1991 the Parramatta Historical Society published a limited edition of 3000 copies of the transcriptions of the St. John's cemetery. I have copy 754 of 3000 and would be pleased to do lookups for those who firmly believe their ancestor may be at St. Johns. Afraid I will not respond to 'maybe' requests. They also published a similar book (limited to 1000) on St. Patricks Roman Catholic cemetery at Parramatta. St. Pats is Australia'a oldest undisturbed Roman Catholic cemetery. There are actually six cemeteries in the Parramatta area. Regards Len Heyward ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 6:07 AM Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] Re: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-D Digest V02 #80 > In a message dated 29/03/2002 10:00:20 pm. W. Australia Standard Tim, > [email protected] writes: > > > > X-Message: #1 > > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:11:18 +0930 > > From: "Peter M Thomas" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] cemetery stray - Mrs Sarah MOSES (c1794-1841) > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to wander through Australia's > > oldest cemetery: St John's, O'Connell Street, Parramatta. For the > > avoidance of confusion, this cemetery is some distance away from St John's > > Anglican Cathedral in Parramatta. The entrance is opposite Aird Street, > > near Westfiled Shopping Centre. The cemetery dates back to 1790, and is > > surrounded by a brick wall which dates back to c1810. The grounds are well > > maintained, but some headstones have suffered over time. A curious feature > > is that many graves have footstones as well as headstones. The footstones > > usually only bear the initials of the deceased, sometimes with the year of > > death also inscribed. > > > > Although I have no relationship with any of the occupants of St Johns, of > > the many interesting headstones, this one caught my eye: for the detail it > > gives concisely; for the questions begging to be answered; and for the > > pathos which it evokes: > > > > In memory of Sarah > > wife of Mr Moses MOSES > > formerly of Hobart Town > > and now of Yass > > Died of broken heart > > from peculiar family trials > > April 1st 1841 aged 47 years > > > > Peace to her shade > > May the Divine Creator > > receive her soul > > into everlasting rest > > and pardon her former unnatural oppressors > > > > > > Peter THOMAS > > Darwin, Australia > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > Thank you for posting that Peter. What an interesting inscription makes one > want to go off and dig up some family history to ensure that her story was > told. > > Bright Blessings > Sandie > List Admin > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: > Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to wander through Australia's oldest cemetery: St John's, O'Connell Street, Parramatta. For the avoidance of confusion, this cemetery is some distance away from St John's Anglican Cathedral in Parramatta. The entrance is opposite Aird Street, near Westfiled Shopping Centre. The cemetery dates back to 1790, and is surrounded by a brick wall which dates back to c1810. The grounds are well maintained, but some headstones have suffered over time. A curious feature is that many graves have footstones as well as headstones. The footstones usually only bear the initials of the deceased, sometimes with the year of death also inscribed. Although I have no relationship with any of the occupants of St Johns, of the many interesting headstones, this one caught my eye: for the detail it gives concisely; for the questions begging to be answered; and for the pathos which it evokes: In memory of Sarah wife of Mr Moses MOSES formerly of Hobart Town and now of Yass Died of broken heart from peculiar family trials April 1st 1841 aged 47 years Peace to her shade May the Divine Creator receive her soul into everlasting rest and pardon her former unnatural oppressors Peter THOMAS Darwin, Australia <[email protected]>

In a message dated 29/03/2002 10:00:20 pm. W. Australia Standard Tim, [email protected] writes: > X-Message: #1 > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:11:18 +0930 > From: "Peter M Thomas" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] cemetery stray - Mrs Sarah MOSES (c1794-1841) > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to wander through Australia's > oldest cemetery: St John's, O'Connell Street, Parramatta. For the > avoidance of confusion, this cemetery is some distance away from St John's > Anglican Cathedral in Parramatta. The entrance is opposite Aird Street, > near Westfiled Shopping Centre. The cemetery dates back to 1790, and is > surrounded by a brick wall which dates back to c1810. The grounds are well > maintained, but some headstones have suffered over time. A curious feature > is that many graves have footstones as well as headstones. The footstones > usually only bear the initials of the deceased, sometimes with the year of > death also inscribed. > > Although I have no relationship with any of the occupants of St Johns, of > the many interesting headstones, this one caught my eye: for the detail it > gives concisely; for the questions begging to be answered; and for the > pathos which it evokes: > > In memory of Sarah > wife of Mr Moses MOSES > formerly of Hobart Town > and now of Yass > Died of broken heart > from peculiar family trials > April 1st 1841 aged 47 years > > Peace to her shade > May the Divine Creator > receive her soul > into everlasting rest > and pardon her former unnatural oppressors > > > Peter THOMAS > Darwin, Australia > <[email protected]> > > Thank you for posting that Peter. What an interesting inscription makes one want to go off and dig up some family history to ensure that her story was told. Bright Blessings Sandie List Admin

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This Australian website is worth a look for surnames. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hdharris/missingpeople.html Bright Blessings Sandie List Administrator

This is a searchable database for some England and Wales convictions with transportation to Australia as a sentence. http://www.dwarner.force9.co.uk/data/tran.htm Bright Blessings Sandie List Administrator My four grandparents family names that I am researching. IN ENGLAND. Cambridgeshire: CLEMENCE, BARRETT, HYMUS, OKEY, BROWNE (Symond 1500's), NEBOLD, BROWNE (John 1700's), TOFTS, DOCKERILL, WILLOWS, RICHMOND, FOWLER, NUNN, SMOOTHY, PIGGOTT, BUTTOLPH, CHAPMAN, CRANE, DOVER, O'DELL, REYNOLDS, JOHNSON. (+ all VARs.) Cornwall: POND. Essex: PLAYLE, MILBOURN, WHITEHEAD, ALLEN, FARRAR, CRANE, GOWER, PAWSEY, SMOOTHY, HURRIL, HEARD, BARRETT, NUNN, BURTON, WALFARE, HYMUS, SORRELL, FRANCES, WAKEFIELD, HASLER, COWLE. (+ all VARs.) Gloucestershire: YONGE, WOOTTON. (+ all VARs.) Hampshire: AUSTIN, YOUNG, MARLOE, JACKSON, HIBBERT. (+ all VARs.) Kent: ROSER, WILSON, AUSTIN, KINGSLAND, COVENEY, DREWRY, JACOB, MILLGATE. (+ all VARs.) Lincolnshire: YOUARD. (+ all VARs.) London: AUSTIN, DREWRY, SHAW, YOUARD, KAHN, YOUNG. (+ all VARs.) Manchester: YOUARD, MOTTERSHEAD. (+ all VAR's.) Middlesex: YOUARD, AUSTIN, DREWRY, SHAW, YOUNG. (+ all VARs.) Norfolk: ANGELL, JOHNSON, YOUARD. (+ all VARs.) Somerset: JONES, PAYNE, YONGE, FLOWER, WOOTTON. (+ all VARs.) Suffolk: SMOOTHY, BARRETT, WARREN, SWAN, CRANE, TAYLOR. (+ all VARs). Sussex: YOUARD, HASLER, CRANE, ROSER, WILSON. (+ all VARs.) Staffordshire: WADHAMS, YOUARD, WILKES, STANTON. (+ all VARs.) Surrey: AUSTIN, YOUNG, SHAW. (+ all VARs.) Warwickshire: YOUARD, WILKES, MEDDINGS. (+ all VARs.) Worcestershire: MEDDINGS. (+ all VARs.) ***Somewhere in the UK*** DAY, James b c1808. CHEATHAM, Sarah Ann b c1810. MOTTERSHEAD, Agnes b c1846 (father John). FEGAN, Martha (Dublin, Ireland) IN AUSTRALIA. Tasmania: SMITH, KEANE, FEGAN, NELSON, AUSTIN. New South Wales: AUSTIN, COSTELLO. Victoria: AUSTIN, COSTELLO. Western Australia: AUSTIN, POND, YOUARD, PLAYLE, ROSER, DAY, HYMUS, WILKES, MOTTERSHEAD, FALLON, WHITE, JONES, HENSHAW, BOILEAU. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WebRings I maintain: AUSTRALIAN FAMILY HISTORY WebRing BARRETT's IN ENGLAND WebRing WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CONVICT's WebRing AUSTRALIAN SMITH's WebRing AUSTIN's IN ENGLAND WebRing YOUNG's IN ENGLAND WebRing ESSEX FAMILIES IN ENGLAND WebRing FAMILIES IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE ENGLAND WebRing ROMANI FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WebRing TASMANIAN CONVICT DESCENDANTS WebRing DREWRY's IN ENGLAND WebRing PLAYLE's AROUND THE WORLD WebRing Navigation bars to link to these WebRings are listed at: http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html Look for further WebRings coming soon.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [email protected] [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MSN instant messenger name: Fedelmar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Web Pages http://visionsplendid.homestead.com/familynames.html http://fedelmar.homestead.com/homepage.html http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/3607 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Family Members Web Pages http://www.treko.net.au/~coradine http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/8547 http://www.users.bigpond.com/gregdavis1/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mailing lists that I administer that are owned by Rootsweb.com. To subscribe to a mailing send an email to you list choice address and after the L add '[email protected]'. Type the word subscribe in the subject line. AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L AUS-WA-GEN-RESOURCES-L AUS-WA-PASSENGERLISTS-L ANGELL-UK-L AUS-SMITH-LOST-L AUS-WA-SHIPS-TIMELINES-L AUS-ROMANI-L AUSTIN-UK-L AUS-TAS-SURNAMES-L AUS-WA-SURNAMES-L BARRETT-UK-L BURTON-ESSEX-UK-L BUTTOLPH-UK-L BROWNE-ENG-CAM-L CRANE-UK-L CLEMENCE-CAMBRIDGE-UK-L DOCKERILL-L DAY-UK-L DREWRY-UK-L ENG-ESSEX-WITCHES-L ENG-CORNWALL-CRIMINALS-L FARRAR-ESSEX-UK-L HAWKINS-ENG-CORNWALL-L HEARD-UK-L HASLER-UK-L HURRIL-UK-L HYMUS-L GOWER-UK-L MOTTERSHEAD-UK-L MILBOURN-ESSEX-UK-L NUNN-UK OKEY-CAMBRIDGE-UK-L PAYNE-UK-L POND-CORNWALL-UK-L PLAYLE-L PAWSEY-ESSEX-UK-L ROSER-L RICHMOND-UK-L SMITH-AUS-L SWAN-SUFFOLK-UK-L SMOOTHY-L TOFTS-L UK-ROMANI-L WHITEHEAD-ESSEX-UK-L WARREN-SUFFOLK-UK-L WADHAMS-L WILKES-UK-L YOUARD-L YOUNG-UK-L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it and the skilful direct it. Manon Roland. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The text contained in this message is not considered of a private nature, unless otherwise indicated. Subsequently, permission is granted for the information contained in this email to be forwarded on to others.

Lists ... the message below was posted to the list by Malcolm Hills. I have sent him a message requesting that he does not post messages such as this to the list without first contacting me a gaining my approval, as yet I have not had a reply. This site of Mr Hills is proving to be rather controversial and I am aware of other list administrators who have contacted Mr Hills regarding his postings to Rootsweb lists and have had extremely rude responses. I URGE subscribers to the list to consider their options carefully in relation to anything they may propose to do with Mr Hills site. A well know and reputable site for posting your surname interests too is .... http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/SurnamesLists.html Bright Blessings everyone Sandie List Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Hills" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: UK Surnames List - Web Site Great News for Genealogy Studies in The United Kingdom http://www.county-surnames.co.uk/index.mv The UK Surnames Web site is a Facility for exchanging family history data. The site currently has in excess of 33000 names listed from nearly 6000 contributors and is growing daily. Advantages of this Surnames Listing site over other Surname Listing Sites: 1. All updates are live - no waiting for the site administrator to get round to updating it. 2. Contributors are able to completely manage their own entries. 3. The Whole of the UK on one site - no need to manage entries on multiple lists, it is all in one place and easily grouped by county and region. 4. All email addresses are hidden. Spammers find it extremely difficult to "farm" email addresses from this site. Your email address is secure, and will not be given or sold to any other party. 5. Search for exact match over entire country, or partial match for individual counties. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please note that part of the site facilities are only available to subscribers, however ALL The County Surname Lists are available and fully functional FREE OF Charge. The additional features available to subscribers are enhanced search and ease of use facilities, and the primary purpose is to help finance the site whilst still offering the full functionality of the site to remain free for all - This is the case now and will always remain so - IT IS NOT MY INTENTION TO EVER REMOVE THE FREE DATABASES either for contributors, or browsers. Malcolm Hills

I've had this happen once or twice and I use the fancy stuff. Once was when I had inadvertently left an attachment on/in. Cannot recall the second problem.......... but nothing's changed - it's just the system being dumb!!!! Julie M Skellern, NEW ZEALAND [email protected] [email protected] From: "Ken Smith" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:50:52 +1100 To: [email protected] Subject: Unidentified subject! To list manager, How long have we been asked to use plain text on this list? Just had email returned a/c using Html text. This first one in 12 months. Have we just changed? Regards Ken Smith Ken Smith Phone[Australia] (03) 9870 3534 Email:- [email protected] 13 Tagell Rd. Ringwood East, Vic.3135 Australia. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

To list manager, How long have we been asked to use plain text on this list? Just had email returned a/c using Html text. This first one in 12 months. Have we just changed? Regards Ken Smith Ken Smith Phone[Australia] (03) 9870 3534 Email:- [email protected] 13 Tagell Rd. Ringwood East, Vic.3135 Australia. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Listers, having considered a query from on of the list that I administer I thought perhaps that it was best that I post the text from the Rootsweb page: I have taken the liberty of assuming that subscribers may not go to the site themselves to read the text. http://searches.rootsweb.com/share.html I suggest that you go to the page and follow the links posted at specific intervals (links not included here) of the text that might assist you further in your understanding of Rootsweb functions. Due to the nature of the text formatting for the mailing list the links will not appear here. Any further queries regarding Rootsweb policies or functions please contact me off list. Thank you ... Bright Blessings Sandie Share Your Family History The primary purpose and function of RootsWeb is to connect people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research. Most resources on RootsWeb are designed to facilitate such connections. "But where do I begin?" 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In a message dated 23/03/2002 12:02:32 pm. W. Australia Standard Tim, [email protected] writes: > X-Message: #2 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:50:52 +1100 > From: "Ken Smith" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Unidentified subject! > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > To list manager, > > How long have we been asked to use plain text on this list? Just had > email > returned a/c using Html text. This first one in 12 months. Have we just > changed? > > Regards > Ken Smith > > > > > Ken Smith > Phone[Australia] (03) 9870 3534 > Email:- [email protected] > 13 Tagell Rd. Ringwood East, Vic.3135 Australia. > Good evening Ken Plain text (no colour, no font, no underline, no bold, no italics, no HTML, no graphics) has ALWAYS been the case with Rootsweb. "Dexter" (mainframe computer) cannot cope with anything other than plain text. When you see things like =20 etc, this means that someone has posted something that has not been as requested. Every now and then "Dexter" gets a 'belly ache' ... be doesn't always like something as simple as quotation marks (probably won't like those I used) this will appear as something like as&bp or some such. To the best of my knowledge there has been no changes to Rootsweb, however, that is not to say there hasn't. Please remember Rootsweb mailing lists are only designed for PLAIN TEXT and NO attachments. Bright Blessings Sandie List Administrator

Hello List "Halfway between Jericho and Oatlands is Lemon Springs, where Lemon the bushranger used to lie in ambush and surprise unwary travellers. At the summit of a little rise is a stone house bearing over the door the legend "By G. Munnings". This was the once well-known Bath Inn. Presumably the room where the old lady was peeling onions was the former "Pump Room", and the white face dimly seen through the side window was the ghost of Beau Brummell." E.T.Emmett "Tasmania by Road and Track" My GGGrandfather, Charles Ledgerwood "Southworth" 1830, was charged on July 14 1835 TL"Anstey" - with "Gross neglect of duty and disobedience of Orders in leaving his Masters Flocks and tippling and playing at skittles at "Pages" Public House and remaining absent from his Masters premises until approx (illegible) deprived of his T.L and returned to Govt employ". Anstey was the Police Magistrate at Oatlands and Charles had been assigned to him. George Page was the licensee of the Bath Inn in 1835 when Charles decided that life should be all beer and skittles. My questions to the list are:- 1 Does anyone on the List know the story of the "Pump Room" at the Bath Inn and the ghost of Beau Brummell? 2 Does the Bath Inn building still exist? 3 Where is Thomas Anstey's property situated, the name of the property and is it is still known by the same name today? 4 Where could I obtain more information on Thomas Anstey? Regards to all Jeff Arnold, Melbourne

http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Resources/WMidPol/1880/photo.html The Police Museum in Birmingham has an archive of photographs that is of value to historians, family historians and genealogists. There is an on-line gallery of police mugshots. Additional information on crime and punishment in Birmingham during the 19th Century, this is an excellent resource: Birmingham...The Sinister Side, by Steve Jones Wicked Publications (1998). Bright Blessings Sandie List Administrator My four grandparents family names that I am researching. IN ENGLAND. Cambridgeshire: CLEMENCE, BARRETT, HYMUS, OKEY, BROWNE (Symond 1500's), NEBOLD, BROWNE (John 1700's), TOFTS, DOCKERILL, WILLOWS, RICHMOND, FOWLER, NUNN, SMOOTHY, PIGGOTT, BUTTOLPH, CHAPMAN, CRANE, DOVER, O'DELL, REYNOLDS, JOHNSON. (+ all VARs.) Cornwall: POND. Essex: PLAYLE, MILBOURN, WHITEHEAD, ALLEN, FARRAR, CRANE, GOWER, PAWSEY, SMOOTHY, HURRIL, HEARD, BARRETT, NUNN, BURTON, WALFARE, HYMUS, SORRELL, FRANCES, WAKEFIELD, HASLER, COWLE. (+ all VARs.) Gloucestershire: YONGE, WOOTTON. (+ all VARs.) Hampshire: AUSTIN, YOUNG, MARLOE, JACKSON, HIBBERT. (+ all VARs.) Kent: ROSER, WILSON, AUSTIN, KINGSLAND, COVENEY, DREWRY, JACOB, MILLGATE. (+ all VARs.) Lincolnshire: YOUARD. (+ all VARs.) London: AUSTIN, DREWRY, SHAW, YOUARD, KAHN, YOUNG. (+ all VARs.) Manchester: YOUARD, MOTTERSHEAD. (+ all VAR's.) Middlesex: YOUARD, AUSTIN, DREWRY, SHAW, YOUNG. (+ all VARs.) Norfolk: ANGELL, JOHNSON, YOUARD. (+ all VARs.) Somerset: JONES, PAYNE, YONGE, FLOWER, WOOTTON. (+ all VARs.) Suffolk: SMOOTHY, BARRETT, WARREN, SWAN, CRANE, TAYLOR. (+ all VARs). Sussex: YOUARD, HASLER, CRANE, ROSER, WILSON. (+ all VARs.) Staffordshire: WADHAMS, YOUARD, WILKES, STANTON. (+ all VARs.) Surrey: AUSTIN, YOUNG, SHAW. (+ all VARs.) Warwickshire: YOUARD, WILKES, MEDDINGS. (+ all VARs.) Worcestershire: MEDDINGS. (+ all VARs.) ***Somewhere in the UK*** DAY, James b c1808. CHEATHAM, Sarah Ann b c1810. MOTTERSHEAD, Agnes b c1846 (father John). FEGAN, Martha (Dublin, Ireland) IN AUSTRALIA. Tasmania: SMITH, KEANE, FEGAN, NELSON, AUSTIN. New South Wales: AUSTIN, COSTELLO. Victoria: AUSTIN, COSTELLO. Western Australia: AUSTIN, POND, YOUARD, PLAYLE, ROSER, DAY, HYMUS, WILKES, MOTTERSHEAD, FALLON, WHITE, JONES, HENSHAW, BOILEAU. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WebRings I maintain: AUSTRALIAN FAMILY HISTORY WebRing BARRETT's IN ENGLAND WebRing WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CONVICT's WebRing AUSTRALIAN SMITH's WebRing AUSTIN's IN ENGLAND WebRing YOUNG's IN ENGLAND WebRing ESSEX FAMILIES IN ENGLAND WebRing FAMILIES IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE ENGLAND WebRing ROMANI FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WebRing TASMANIAN CONVICT DESCENDANTS WebRing DREWRY's IN ENGLAND WebRing PLAYLE's AROUND THE WORLD WebRing Navigation bars to link to these WebRings are listed at: http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html Look for further WebRings coming soon.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [email protected] [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MSN instant messenger name: Fedelmar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Web Pages http://visionsplendid.homestead.com/familynames.html http://fedelmar.homestead.com/homepage.html http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/3607 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Family Members Web Pages http://www.treko.net.au/~coradine http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/8547 http://www.users.bigpond.com/gregdavis1/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mailing lists that I administer that are owned by Rootsweb.com. To subscribe to a mailing send an email to you list choice address and after the L add '[email protected]'. Type the word subscribe in the subject line. AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L AUS-WA-GEN-RESOURCES-L AUS-WA-PASSENGERLISTS-L ANGELL-UK-L AUS-SMITH-LOST-L AUS-WA-SHIPS-TIMELINES-L AUS-ROMANI-L AUSTIN-UK-L AUS-TAS-SURNAMES-L AUS-WA-SURNAMES-L BARRETT-UK-L BURTON-ESSEX-UK-L BUTTOLPH-UK-L BROWNE-ENG-CAM-L CRANE-UK-L CLEMENCE-CAMBRIDGE-UK-L DOCKERILL-L DAY-UK-L DREWRY-UK-L ENG-ESSEX-WITCHES-L ENG-CORNWALL-CRIMINALS-L FARRAR-ESSEX-UK-L HAWKINS-ENG-CORNWALL-L HEARD-UK-L HASLER-UK-L HURRIL-UK-L HYMUS-L GOWER-UK-L MOTTERSHEAD-UK-L MILBOURN-ESSEX-UK-L NUNN-UK OKEY-CAMBRIDGE-UK-L PAYNE-UK-L POND-CORNWALL-UK-L PLAYLE-L PAWSEY-ESSEX-UK-L ROSER-L RICHMOND-UK-L SMITH-AUS-L SWAN-SUFFOLK-UK-L SMOOTHY-L TOFTS-L UK-ROMANI-L WHITEHEAD-ESSEX-UK-L WARREN-SUFFOLK-UK-L WADHAMS-L WILKES-UK-L YOUARD-L YOUNG-UK-L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it and the skilful direct it. Manon Roland. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The text contained in this message is not considered of a private nature, unless otherwise indicated. Subsequently, permission is granted for the information contained in this email to be forwarded on to others.

For Len Heyward: You contacted me (regarding the BATTISHILL name) when I posted an enquiry on my COLEMAN convict. In November last year my husband Michael 'snailmailed' you copies of his family tree information - was there anything of interest. With apologies for posting this to this List - my email to you 'bounced'. Carol