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Yes PLEASE I live in Shefford and can collect. Where are you? Sarah -----Original Message----- From: bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: 02 April 2010 11:31 To: bedford@rootsweb.com Subject: [BDF] Free Microfiche Viewer Not an advert for something for sale but a free Easter gift for someone ... yes .... a free microfiche viewer. It is a fully working and professional quality machine BUT it must be collected from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. I have it on my website here and am having a clear-out: http://www.yourtotalevent.com/Sale/Sale.htm#Northwest Email direct please, not to list Thanks Mike The List Guidelines http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ The Bedfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not an advert for something for sale but a free Easter gift for someone ... yes .... a free microfiche viewer. It is a fully working and professional quality machine BUT it must be collected from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. I have it on my website here and am having a clear-out: http://www.yourtotalevent.com/Sale/Sale.htm#Northwest Email direct please, not to list Thanks Mike

Thanks, Eve, for passing on this tip about errors and the website to look at to assist. With so many 'bad' errors in transcriptions having occurred previously on Ancestry and the complaints/comments that have been made to them, you would think that they would make sure that 'Quality control' is put in place to avoid this happening further. An index with major blunders seems hardly better than no index at all. It seems to me that special care should be taken when they have sole indexing rights to the LMA info. Perhaps I'm just too picky! Regards Lyn Australia >> > The great snag is that, apart from their usual mistranscriptions which > ofte3n make searching for any name in any of their indexes a matter > of wild guesswork, in this instance they have added the complication > that very many of the entries are labelled as belonging to a parish > quite different from that to which they really belong. > Cliff Webb has been through a lot of their offerings and worked out > what the parish really is - and has put a list of these errors on the > West Surrey FHS website, from which it can be downloaded. > EVE > Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians > Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

From: "Steven Gibbs" <steven@sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Date sent: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:14:09 -0000 Subject: Re: [BDF] ANCESTRY's LMA Collection Send reply to: bedford@rootsweb.com > > But Stephen mentioned Ancestry's LMA collection? > > > > I haven't come across it before and wondered if Stephen would > > mind > > elaborating on what it may contain? > > As others have said, it is the London Metropolitan Archive, which is > the main repository for the vast majority of churches in the London > area. The initial set of entries comprises four collections:- 1) > Births & baptisms, 1813-1906 2) Marriages & banns, 1754-1921 3) Deaths > & burials, 1813-1980 4) Baptisms, marriages & burials, 1538-1812 > (this is UNINDEXED) These are all collections of the actual images, > not just indexes. > > A few entries have been added since the initial launch; these are, I > understand, mainly BTs for those churches where the LMA does not hold > the parish registers, mostly Westminster which has its own archive. > > Ancestry has promised that other documents will be added to the > collection in the future. > The great snag is that, apart from their usual mistranscriptions which ofte3n make searching for any name in any of their indexes a matter of wild guesswork, in this instance they have added the complication that very many of the entries are labelled as belonging to a parish quite different from that to which they really belong. Cliff Webb has been through a lot of their offerings and worked out what the parish really is - and has put a list of these errors on the West Surrey FHS website, from which it can be downloaded. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

Thanks Lyn, I'll have to have a look next time I visit the library. Surprisingly I don't have much call with London Hope all is well with you. Peter

It's London Metropolitan Archives, Peter. I visited there in 2007, to look up my gg grandmother in Stepney Union Workhouse Admissions and Discharge Register but haven't looked at LMA on Ancestry to see what they have. Best wishes Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:13 PM Subject: [BDF] ANCESTRY's LMA Collection > > Stephen Gibbs has done wonders again. The clue was in 1861 census where > relationship was missed. > > But Stephen mentioned Ancestry's LMA collection? > > I haven't come across it before and wondered if Stephen would mind > elaborating on what it may contain? > > I'm guessing it might be London Marriage Archives, and so is exclusive > to London only. I also wonder about the period? > > Peter > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Stephen Gibbs has done wonders again. The clue was in 1861 census where relationship was missed. But Stephen mentioned Ancestry's LMA collection? I haven't come across it before and wondered if Stephen would mind elaborating on what it may contain? I'm guessing it might be London Marriage Archives, and so is exclusive to London only. I also wonder about the period? Peter

> But Stephen mentioned Ancestry's LMA collection? > > I haven't come across it before and wondered if Stephen would mind > elaborating on what it may contain? As others have said, it is the London Metropolitan Archive, which is the main repository for the vast majority of churches in the London area. The initial set of entries comprises four collections:- 1) Births & baptisms, 1813-1906 2) Marriages & banns, 1754-1921 3) Deaths & burials, 1813-1980 4) Baptisms, marriages & burials, 1538-1812 (this is UNINDEXED) These are all collections of the actual images, not just indexes. A few entries have been added since the initial launch; these are, I understand, mainly BTs for those churches where the LMA does not hold the parish registers, mostly Westminster which has its own archive. Ancestry has promised that other documents will be added to the collection in the future. Steven

Elizabeth, William Randall married Charlotte Single in Sept 1854 at Biggleswade. There is no birth of a Sarah Randall at Biggleswade but there are to Sarah Taylor births around that time. I'm not sure of the implications of that. It could be that Charlotte had a child to a Mr Taylor around the time of her marriage to William. The only way to find out would be to get certificates for both Taylor births. Sarah has left home by 1871 and is possibly married or mistranscribed. So even if you find her, it's not going to show her relationship to William. I couldn't find any likely Sarah's c1854 +/-5 years giving a birthplace of Biggleswade. You should obviously exclude any shown as daughter. With 1901 data, I sometimes find enlarging the image and going over it with a pencil helps. You might also try looking for the births on FreeBMD that should give you the right names. Apart from that, try FindMyPast on a pay per view basis. It would cost me to look for you. Often their transcriptions differ from Ancestry. But if you're struggling reading the original, so too would the person doing the transcription. Peter

Hi Carol Thanks for your reply. I'll keep those dates in mind. Looks like I'll have to work harder on my husband to convince him to go to England next year so I can visit the churchyards. Regards, Robyn

I think the marriage of William Randall to Charlotte Single is a red herring, the ages are given on the IGI and both are completely wrong. However ... I note that the 1861 census gives Sarah's name as Taylor, not Randall (and relationship daughter-in-law) also that the second child is only three months old, suggesting a remarriage around 1860ish. The 1851 census (Ancestry) gives:- Name: Charlotte Tustin Age: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1830 Relation: Daughter Mother's Name: Elizabeth Gender: Female Where born: Chington, Nottinghamshire, England Civil parish: Assington County/Island: Nottinghamshire Country: England Registration district: Southwell Sub-registration district: Kneesal ED, institution, or vessel: 21 and 14b Household schedule number: 33 Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Tustin 58 Charlotte Tustin 21 John Bee 9 Henry Holland 22 FreeBMD gives Marriages Mar 1853 (>99%) Eyre Jane Southwell 7b 333 SHERRATT Henry Southwell 7b 333 TAYLOR James Southwell 7b 333 TUSTIN Charlotte Southwell 7b 333 and Marriages Jun 1860 (>99%) Dobson Sarah W. London 1c 102 Poole Arthur George W.London 1c 102 Randall William W London 1c 102 TAYLOR Charlotte W. London 1c 102 This last marriage is indeed the correct one, as Ancestry's LMA collection gives ... June 12th 1860, St Andrew, Holborn William RANDALL, full, bachelor, gardener, Chancery Lane, William Randall, gardener Charlotte TAYLOR, full, spinster, parish of Biggleswade in the county of Bedford, William TUSTIN, farmer (and it DOES say "single", not widow, for Charlotte) Hope this helps Steven

Any idea what a Navvy was? Originally a man who worked on digging and building a 'navigation' - i.e. a canal. By extension, a man who later dug out and laid the foundations for a railway line, which could be regarded also as a form of navigating accross country. By further extension, it was applied to any labourer on a large construction, like a major road, municipal building or a dockyard etc. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

Hi If anyone has access to the burials at either the Keysoe Churchyard or Keysoe Brook End Baptist Burial Ground I would very much appreciate if you could check to see if the following are buried there. Thomas Gilbert died 18 Jul 1888 Keysoe his wife Anna/Hannah/Ann Gilbert nee Cunnington died between 1851 and 1861 (if census records are correct). I am trying to avoid purchasing yet another incorrect death cert for her. Thanks, Robyn from Aus

A "navvy" (abbrev. of "navigator") was a person employed to do drudgery or menial work, paricularly in the building trade; possibly from assocoation with the "navigation canals" for which many were employed in cutting the channels. Joan. Honeycutt, Linda wrote: > Thanks Steven. Have been to your site in the past and its has been a > great help. Your info on William in 1891 also confirms what other's > have thought as well. Any idea what a Navvy was? > Thanks > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of bedford-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 3:01 AM > To: bedford@rootsweb.com > Subject: BEDFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 63 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Kimpton / Kempton (Honeycutt, Linda) > 2. Re: Kimpton / Kempton (Steven Gibbs) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:32:31 -0400 > From: "Honeycutt, Linda" <lhoneycutt@alexandercountync.gov> > Subject: [BDF] Kimpton / Kempton > To: <BEDFORD@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > > <10374F981E5A5B44BF01CE1F407F7EAB02808E12@mailsvr01.Alexander_co.local> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi, > I'm new to this board and am looking for information for my GG > Grandfather William Alfred Kempton born 1852 in Bedfordshire. > Originally the surname was spelled Kimpton but for whatever reason he > changed it to Kempton. He married Sarah Betts about 1872 and had > several children Sarah Matilda, William Arthur, Sophia Grace, Emily > Jane, James. Supposedly there are two additional children Tom born 1882 > and Eliza Maud born 1885. I've not been able to confirm either of these > births as being the children of William and Sarah - can anyone help with > that? > Secondly sometime between 1885 and 1887 Sarah left William taking up > with Alfred George Clayton. Their first daughter was born in 1887. As > to what happened to William is unknown. I've found two census records > in 1891 for a William born 1852 in Bedfordshire - one with a wife Ann > and the other with a wife Louisa. According to early census records > William was an "Ag Labourer" and these two census records list him as a > Boot Repairer and a Navvy. When daughter Emily Jane married in 1906 she > listed her father as being a Construction Foreman so obviously he was > still living at that time. (Her father in law was listed as deceased). > Anyone have any idea's as to where to go from here in locating the > correct records and or death entry for William. > > Thank you, > Linda > > Confidentiality Notice: > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information > intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient, any distribution, copying, or use > of this e-mail or its attachments is prohibited. If you received this > message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and > delete this message and any copies. Thank you. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:30:32 -0000 > From: "Steven Gibbs" <steven@sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [BDF] Kimpton / Kempton > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <8D3F3816568948A5ADCE485ED581169A@POWERPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello Linda, > > This family was from Great Barford. Partial transcripts of Great > Barford > census returns and parish registers can be found on my website at > http://www.sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk/gtbarford/ > > For what it's worth, I'm almost certain that the correct 1891 census > record > is the one where William is in Tottenham, as a navvy. (The Bedford boot > > repairer can also be found in 1881 and marries in 1885 which rules him > out.) > > Steven > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> Hi, >> I'm new to this board and am looking for information for my GG >> Grandfather William Alfred Kempton born 1852 in Bedfordshire. >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BEDFORD list administrator, send an email to > BEDFORD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BEDFORD mailing list, send an email to > BEDFORD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BEDFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 63 > ************************************** > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I can't answer your query, I have Keysoe CoE 1602 - 1812 if you can trace backwards & need a lookup covering those years, Also if you check the website :: http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/index.html for Higham Ferrers Methodist Circuit you can see a child from Thomas & Anne bap. 19 Dec 1847 Forename SURNAME Parents Abode Age/Birth Date Year Annie Cunnington GILBERT Thomas & Anne Kimbolton HUN 07 Nov 1847 19 Dec 1847 also in the past few months they have added Parish records for a few Beds villages that boarded Northants at the Rushden website. Carole

Can anyone help with the family of Sarah Tustin Randall? She was born in Biggleswade about 1853 or 1854, the daughter of William Randall (bp B'wade Aug 1819, bur B'wade Jul 1911) and Charlotte (born Ossington, Ntt 1830/1, bur B'wade Dec 1902). She married Alexander D Fraser some time before the 1881 census. In Free BMD I found - Marriages Sep 1880 Cartwright George Biggleswade 3b 552 FRASER Alexander Donald Biggleswade 3b 552 Lincoln Eliza Biggleswade 3b 552 Taylor Sarah Tuslin Biggleswade 3b 552 - which seems to indicate that Sarah was married previously, or was a stepdaughter of William Randall? There is nothing in FreeBMD to help clarify. >From FreeBMD - Deaths Mar 1931 Fraser Sarah T 77 Rochford 4a 994 I need help especially with the 1901 census, does anyone have access to a transcription other than that of Ancestry? Any other assistance with this family will be gratefully received. In the 1861 census Sarah is aged 7, with parents William 41 and Charlotte 31. I have not found her in the 1871 census. In the 1881 census - Cemetery Road, Biggleswade, Bedford, RG11 Piece / Folio 1630 / 59 Pg 9 William RANDALL Head M Male 61 Biggleswade, Bedford, Market Gardener (N D) Charlotte RANDALL Wife M Female 57 Ossington, Nottingham, England Sarah Tustin FRASER Daur M Female 27 Biggleswade, Bedford, Wife Of Clerk In Bank Of England Hannah Tustin RANDALL Daughter U Female 9 Biggleswade, Bedford, Scholar In the 1891 census - Tyrish Lodge, Chipping Barnet RG12/1053 Folio 59 Pg 62 Alexander D Fraser, Head, M, 41, Clerk in the Bank of England, employed, born Scotland Sarah D Fraser, wife, M, 37. born Beds, Biggleswade Alister Fraser. son, 9, born London, Barnsbury William J. Fraser, son, 8, born London, Barnsbury Muriel L. Fraser, daur, 6, born Herts New Barnet Jessie Fraser, daur, 4, born Herts New Barnet Eric Fraser, son, 3, born Herts New Barnet Charlotte Randall, visitor, S, 27, born Beds, Biggleswade - Sarah's sister, Charlotte Tustin Randall, bp B'wade Jan 1861 Donald Fraser, visitor, S, 27, Minister of Ch of Scotland, born Scotland In the 1901 census - Elizabeth House, Hadleigh, Essex RG13/1676 Folio 16 Pg3 Alexander Fraser, Head, M, 67, Retired Bank Clerk, born Scotland Sarah Fraser, wife, 48, born Beds, Biggleswade Minach Fraser, daughter, 16, born Herts New Barnet - this could be Muriel Essie Fraser, son, 13, born Herts New Barnet - this is probably Jessie Donald Fraser, son, 12, born Herts New Barnet Nellie Fraser, daughter, 9, born Herts New Barnet Longanst Fraser, son, 5,born Herts New Barnet - what does this really say? Hector Fraser, son, 7, born Herts New Barnet On FreeBMD, for the children of Alexander Fraser and Sarah Tustin Randall, I have found: Births Sep 1881 Fraser Alister Islington 1b 256 Births Dec 1882 Fraser William James Islington 1b 251 Births Jun 1885 Fraser Muriel Yottle Barnet 3a 210 Births Sep 1886 Fraser Jessie Barnet 3a 221 Births Sep 1887 FRASER Eric Barnet 3a 223 Births Sep 1888 FRASER Donald Barnet 3a 223 ?Births Sep 1890 Fraser Ella Jeannie Barnet 3a 228 - this could be Nellie ?Births Jun 1893 Fraser Ian Torquil Barnet 3a 2_0 - is this Longanst? Births Sep 1894 Fraser Hector Barnet 3a 239 In the index of the 1911 census I have found: FRASER SARAH TUSTIN F 1854 57 Rochford Essex FRASER MURIEL LOTTIE F 1885 26 Rochford Essex FRASER JESSIE F 1887 24 Rochford Essex FRASER DONALD M 1889 22 Rochford Essex FRASER IAN TORQUIL M 1893 18 Medway Kent Elizabeth Crouch southern Ontario

Thanks Steven. Have been to your site in the past and its has been a great help. Your info on William in 1891 also confirms what other's have thought as well. Any idea what a Navvy was? Thanks Linda -----Original Message----- From: bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bedford-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 3:01 AM To: bedford@rootsweb.com Subject: BEDFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 63 Today's Topics: 1. Kimpton / Kempton (Honeycutt, Linda) 2. Re: Kimpton / Kempton (Steven Gibbs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:32:31 -0400 From: "Honeycutt, Linda" <lhoneycutt@alexandercountync.gov> Subject: [BDF] Kimpton / Kempton To: <BEDFORD@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <10374F981E5A5B44BF01CE1F407F7EAB02808E12@mailsvr01.Alexander_co.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I'm new to this board and am looking for information for my GG Grandfather William Alfred Kempton born 1852 in Bedfordshire. Originally the surname was spelled Kimpton but for whatever reason he changed it to Kempton. He married Sarah Betts about 1872 and had several children Sarah Matilda, William Arthur, Sophia Grace, Emily Jane, James. Supposedly there are two additional children Tom born 1882 and Eliza Maud born 1885. I've not been able to confirm either of these births as being the children of William and Sarah - can anyone help with that? Secondly sometime between 1885 and 1887 Sarah left William taking up with Alfred George Clayton. Their first daughter was born in 1887. As to what happened to William is unknown. I've found two census records in 1891 for a William born 1852 in Bedfordshire - one with a wife Ann and the other with a wife Louisa. According to early census records William was an "Ag Labourer" and these two census records list him as a Boot Repairer and a Navvy. When daughter Emily Jane married in 1906 she listed her father as being a Construction Foreman so obviously he was still living at that time. (Her father in law was listed as deceased). Anyone have any idea's as to where to go from here in locating the correct records and or death entry for William. Thank you, Linda Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, any distribution, copying, or use of this e-mail or its attachments is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this message and any copies. Thank you. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:30:32 -0000 From: "Steven Gibbs" <steven@sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: [BDF] Kimpton / Kempton To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <8D3F3816568948A5ADCE485ED581169A@POWERPC> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hello Linda, This family was from Great Barford. Partial transcripts of Great Barford census returns and parish registers can be found on my website at http://www.sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk/gtbarford/ For what it's worth, I'm almost certain that the correct 1891 census record is the one where William is in Tottenham, as a navvy. (The Bedford boot repairer can also be found in 1881 and marries in 1885 which rules him out.) Steven ----- Original Message ----- > > Hi, > I'm new to this board and am looking for information for my GG > Grandfather William Alfred Kempton born 1852 in Bedfordshire. ------------------------------ To contact the BEDFORD list administrator, send an email to BEDFORD-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the BEDFORD mailing list, send an email to BEDFORD@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of BEDFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 63 **************************************

Hi Does anyone have the PRs for Wrestlingworth regards Keith

Does anyone have access to Maulden PR's and could look up the above marriage? I'm trying to ascertain John Sharp's age or parents. There are three John Sharp's christened 1765-1775 in Maulden that could possibly be the groom. *************************** International Genealogical Index / British Isles - 3 Select records to download - (50 maximum) 1. JOHN SHARP - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 30 SEP 1764 Maulden, Bedford, England 2. JOHN SHARP - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 02 NOV 1766 Maulden, Bedford, England 3. JOHN SHARP - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 26 JUL 1767 Maulden, Bedford, England ************************ The first one possible died. He is shown as the son of Henry Sharp and Elizabeth (probably Haynes). But so is the third one. The second one is the son of John Sharp and Sarah (probably Hill) I just need some little clue that might help identify which John married Ethel Fisher. Peter