Hello all I have found baptisms for five WHITE children as follows: Mary Richards 1786, John 1792, Richard 1795, Martha 1797 and Thomas 1801 at St Lawrence in Reading. But I haven't been able to find a marriage for their parents Edward Skeate WHITE and Judith ? Does anyone have access to the relevant parish records. They may have married in Newbury. I'd appreciate any help. Regards, Elissa Kester Western Australia

I found this parish move in a document dated 1839 on a Family Deeds website update in case it helps anyone: Joseph LARGE, Milkman of Faringdon, Berkshire formerly of Lushill in the Parish of Castle Eaton, Wiltshire. Kind regards Pat Family Deeds www.familydeeds.org Family Deeds is a non-commercial, voluntarily run Family History website _______________________________________________________________________

>From The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser ( NSW:1843-1893) ( Australia ) Saturday 15 January 1853. Page 3. MARRIED. On the 11th January, at Sydney, Lieutenant John WARD, of H.M.S. Calliope, son of John Rawdon WARD, Esq., Upton, Slough, Bucks, to Ann Huskisson, eldest daughter of Mr. Justice THERRY, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Hello Margaret. The Windsor Express (1812) and The Maidenhead Advertiser (1869) were published at that time. They are on tape in local libraries, but I don't think they have reached the internet yet; but ever hopeful. Good luck with your search, Bridget. www.royalmaidenhead.co.uk

Dear Listers One of my ancestors (Henry Cox) died on 6 November 1875 in Launceston, Tasmania. The death notice inserted in the local newspaper had the comment 'Berkshire papers please copy'. I believe his sister was living in Windsor at the time (name unknown). Would anyone be able to tell me what newspapers were available in Clewer or Windsor at the time and if they have been digitised? If not would the County Record office be the best point of contact to get someone to check the newspapers for a notice of his death? With thanks, Margaret (Canberra, Australia)

Colleagues The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 24 May 2010. It will be held at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for coffee, help with both genealogy and computers, and the bookstall. The subject of the talk at 8.00pm is "Forgery in the Archives", which will be presented by David Thomas. He will be talking about the long and interesting history of forgeries in archives and record offices. David will consider forged religious texts, through the forgeries of the American Civil War period to the great Mormon forgeries. This story will culminate with The National Archives’ own forger - and how Churchill did (or didn’t) murder Himmler ! Our speaker David Thomas is a very senior employee at The National Archives, where he fulfils the roles of Director of Technology and Chief Information Officer. David has a personal interest in nineteenth century poverty and debt, and is also currently working on a history of hotels. His interest in forged documents arose whilst he led the investigation into forgeries found in The National Archives. A pen-pic of David can be found on the website of The National Archives :- _http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/how-we-are-run/directors.htm_ (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/how-we-are-run/directors.htm) In addition, Exeter Hall veterans will remember David from our October 2004 meeting, when he spoke to us on "Stagecoaches and Coaching Inns". All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html) For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html) Any queries, please contact me. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

Dear Listers Does anyone have any suggestions about where I could find police officer recruitment records? William George Cox told the 1891 census enumerator (Clewer) that he was a retired policeman? He was 37 in 1891, a little young to be retired. In the 1871 census he is not a policeman at age 17. He is untraceable in the 1881 census (not in Scotland, Wales or the Isle of Man). Is Ireland a possibility? He is still a retired policeman in 1901 and his death certificate also mentions the ex-policeman. I have checked with the Berkshire County Record Office and the records they have do not mention him. Any help gratefully received. With thanks, Margaret Nichols (Canberra)

Margaret, I have located William in 1881 and have sent you the image off list. Cox William 26 Lodger Metropolitan Police Constable Clewer, Berkshire London Road Police Station, Enfield, Middlesex If the email is not in your inbox please look in your junk/spam folder as sometimes domain emails like mine end up in there. Regards Bob -- Genealogy Database Powered by TNG on Linux Mint Server http://www.roberthutchins.me.uk On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 23:15 +1000, Margaret Nichols wrote: > Dear Listers > > > Does anyone have any suggestions about where I could find police officer > recruitment records? > William George Cox told the 1891 census enumerator (Clewer) that he was a > retired policeman? He was 37 in 1891, a little young to be retired. > In the 1871 census he is not a policeman at age 17. > He is untraceable in the 1881 census (not in Scotland, Wales or the Isle of > Man). Is Ireland a possibility? > He is still a retired policeman in 1901 and his death certificate also > mentions the ex-policeman. > I have checked with the Berkshire County Record Office and the records they > have do not mention him. > > Any help gratefully received. > > With thanks, Margaret Nichols (Canberra) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Have you looked at RG number: RG11 Piece: 543 Folio: 29 Page: 22  William Cox is marrried to Charlotte and birthlace for both of them is given as Hereford, but might be an error. They are living in Newington, surrey, so I would think the best starting place would be the Metropolitan Police Archive. http://www.met.police.uk/history/ There are also some police records held at the National Archive at Kew http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/policeofficer.htm?WT.lp=rg-3120 looks promising Retired in his context just means that he was no longer a policeman - nothing to do with age HB --- On Thu, 20/5/10, Margaret Nichols <mnichols@netspeed.com.au> wrote: From: Margaret Nichols <mnichols@netspeed.com.au> Subject: [BRK] Policemen To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, 20 May, 2010, 14:15 Dear Listers Does anyone have any suggestions about where I could find police officer recruitment records? William George Cox told the 1891 census enumerator (Clewer) that he was a retired policeman? He was 37 in 1891, a little young to be retired. In the 1871 census he is not a policeman at age 17. He is untraceable in the 1881 census (not in Scotland, Wales or the Isle of Man).  Is Ireland a possibility? He is still a retired policeman in 1901 and his death certificate also mentions the ex-policeman. I have checked with the Berkshire County Record Office and the records they have do not mention him. Any help gratefully received. With thanks, Margaret Nichols (Canberra) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I did look at that and although it mentions Albert Road South and North to the steps? to the K Pound house nothing about a place . However after being suggested its either Mirah or Merah another look and it does look like Merah (no dot ) So thank you everyone , appreciate it Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Rogers" <brad@fineby.me.uk> To: "Berks ML" <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] 1871 census- address help needed > On Tue, 18 May 2010 23:08:51 +0100 > Kevin Poile <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hello Kevin, > >> Another trick is to look at the Description of the Enumeration >> District - because this sometimes gives you the route - certainly will > > Indeed. What Nivard called the 'header page'. > > Thanks to both of you for pointing that one out; I /always/ forget to > mention it. > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent" > > The public wants what the public gets > Going Underground - The Jam > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I looked in Multimap and Albert Road is very long road and didn't show anything that looked hopeful Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Poile" <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:38 AM Subject: Re: [BRK] 1871 census- address help needed > Brad. > > Another trick is to look at the Description of the Enumeration > District - because this sometimes gives you the route - certainly will > give the boundary and then compare this with the maps either Google > Maps or Multimap - for rural locations I find multimap better since > you have access to the OS maps and this gives farm and other odd place > names. > > To view the Description of the Enumeration District on Ancestry (the > only site I have access to) after displaying the image you will notice > above the image a line of underline text normally: County Town .... > District x > > Make a note of the district and then click on it. This will open a > "Browse" window, look down until you see the relevant district and > then click on the "View Description of the Enumeration District" link. > This will load the image of the "Description of the Enumeration > District" page from the census - occasionally it will load a summary > sheet instead (on ancestry anyway) not sure what is going on there > suspect its the links in their database. > > Regards > Kevin > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes thanks tried that no better Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Rogers" <brad@fineby.me.uk> To: "Berks ML" <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:23 AM wrote: > > > Finally.... > > A trick I use in deciphering addresses is to look at a few pages before > and, occasionally, after the page I'm interested in. You might find > that the first few times the word is written it's more easily understood > as it's written more clearly. > > Obviously, if you have a PPV (pay per view) subscription to the images, > this can be costly, but for an unlimited sub, it can be handy. > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent" > >

Thank you Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Rogers" <brad@fineby.me.uk> To: "Berks ML" <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:16 AM Subject: Re: [BRK] 1871 census- address help needed > On Wed, 19 May 2010 03:38:30 +0930 > "Irene M" <tamshar@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hello Irene, > >> RG10 1284 St Giles, Reading, Berkshire > > A combination of the census page image (thanks, Nivard) and Google > reveal the address to be; > > 5, Merah Place, > Albert Road. > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent" > > Sign away your life > Tin Soldiers - Stiff Little Fingers > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Nivard Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [BRK] 1871 census- address help needed > Hi Irene > > My guess would be Mirah Place > > As Brad says its more likely on Albert Rd than off it > > I haven't found it separately enumerated in 1881 > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >

Okay thanks that's makes sense I am used to a Place being a small cul de sac Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Rogers" <brad@fineby.me.uk> To: "Berks ML" <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:55 AM Subject: Re: [BRK] 1871 census- address help needed > On Wed, 19 May 2010 03:38:30 +0930 > "Irene M" <tamshar@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hello Irene, > >> in 1872 looks like 5 ......... Place, at the top it says Albert Road >> so assume it is off Albert Road I've looked on Multimap but there >> doesn't appear to be any streets off Albert Road > > An address of 5 "Something" Place, Albert Road would most likely indicate > a row of terraced houses along Albert Road, not a road running off it. > > Unfortunately, I don't have access to the '71 census returns, so can't > help you decipher the address. Sorry. > > -- > Regards _ >

On Tue, 18 May 2010 23:08:51 +0100 Kevin Poile <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> wrote: Hello Kevin, > Another trick is to look at the Description of the Enumeration > District - because this sometimes gives you the route - certainly will Indeed. What Nivard called the 'header page'. Thanks to both of you for pointing that one out; I /always/ forget to mention it. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" The public wants what the public gets Going Underground - The Jam

Is anyone able to help please I can't make out the address for my 2 grt g/p Charles and Elizabeth Francis in 1872 looks like 5 ......... Place, at the top it says Albert Road so assume it is off Albert Road I've looked on Multimap but there doesn't appear to be any streets off Albert Road RG10 1284 St Giles, Reading, Berkshire Thank you Irene

Brad. Another trick is to look at the Description of the Enumeration District - because this sometimes gives you the route - certainly will give the boundary and then compare this with the maps either Google Maps or Multimap - for rural locations I find multimap better since you have access to the OS maps and this gives farm and other odd place names. To view the Description of the Enumeration District on Ancestry (the only site I have access to) after displaying the image you will notice above the image a line of underline text normally: County Town .... District x Make a note of the district and then click on it. This will open a "Browse" window, look down until you see the relevant district and then click on the "View Description of the Enumeration District" link. This will load the image of the "Description of the Enumeration District" page from the census - occasionally it will load a summary sheet instead (on ancestry anyway) not sure what is going on there suspect its the links in their database. Regards Kevin

Hi Brad Sadly in this case each page is as bad as the others :-( Its also worth checking the header page as that can also help (but again not on this one) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > Hello Irene, > >> Is anyone able to help please I can't make out the address for my 2 >> grt g/p Charles and Elizabeth Francis > > Finally.... > > A trick I use in deciphering addresses is to look at a few pages before > and, occasionally, after the page I'm interested in. You might find > that the first few times the word is written it's more easily understood > as it's written more clearly. > > Obviously, if you have a PPV (pay per view) subscription to the images, > this can be costly, but for an unlimited sub, it can be handy. > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent"

On Wed, 19 May 2010 03:38:30 +0930 "Irene M" <tamshar@bigpond.com> wrote: Hello Irene, > Is anyone able to help please I can't make out the address for my 2 > grt g/p Charles and Elizabeth Francis Finally.... A trick I use in deciphering addresses is to look at a few pages before and, occasionally, after the page I'm interested in. You might find that the first few times the word is written it's more easily understood as it's written more clearly. Obviously, if you have a PPV (pay per view) subscription to the images, this can be costly, but for an unlimited sub, it can be handy. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" What do you call that noise, that you put on? This Is Pop - XTC