The Vale of the White Horse Branch, Berkshire Family History Society will be having a Meeting on Monday 17 May 2010. When Mark Davis makes a welcome return to the Branch with his talk 'A Literary Tour of Oxford's Waterways' Mark has written several books including A Towpath Walk in Oxford, Stories of Oxford Castle and The Abingdon Waterturnpike Murder. <http://oxfordwaterwalks.co.uk> http://oxfordwaterwalks.co.uk The meeting will start at 7.30pm and will be held as usual at Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive, Abingdon. Where there is ample free parking. Everyone welcome. Regards Sue Matthews Chairman/Programme Secretary Vale of the White Horse Branch, Berkshire Family History Society

Hi Jocie Thanks for the info regards MOIRA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jocie" <jocie@lineone.net> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! > The Bradfield Parish Registers have been transcribed by BerksFHS > See > http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/berksfhsbooks/ParishRegistersBerksFHS%20CCE.htm > Jocie > > -----Original Message----- > From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Moira Fidler > Sent: 27 April 2010 09:39 > To: BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! > > Hi Everyone > > I have a Hannah Hanson who married Charles Grover in 1824 >>From census it would appear Hannah was born in Ashampstead about 1798. > Although the banns for their marriage were read in St Mary Burghfield > (where > they later lived) they actually married on 3 Jun 1824 at Bradfield Church > Berkshire > > My problem-- there are TWO Hannah Hanson's born in Ashampstead to > different > parents, one in 1798 d/o William & Elizabeth and one in 1799 d/o John & > Ann > and I don't know which one could be mine > > Hannah's age on census is more consistant with the one born in 1798, she > named one of her children William and there is a William Hanson on the > Ashampstead 1851 census who states he comes from Bradfield Berkshire. > > Please can anyone help? > > Are there any transcripts of marriages from Bradfield Church which might > tell me who the witnessess might be? > > regards > MOIRA > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2837 - Release Date: 04/26/10 18:27:00

The Bradfield Parish Registers have been transcribed by BerksFHS See http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/berksfhsbooks/ParishRegistersBerksFHS%20CCE.htm Jocie -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Moira Fidler Sent: 27 April 2010 09:39 To: BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! Hi Everyone I have a Hannah Hanson who married Charles Grover in 1824 >From census it would appear Hannah was born in Ashampstead about 1798. Although the banns for their marriage were read in St Mary Burghfield (where they later lived) they actually married on 3 Jun 1824 at Bradfield Church Berkshire My problem-- there are TWO Hannah Hanson's born in Ashampstead to different parents, one in 1798 d/o William & Elizabeth and one in 1799 d/o John & Ann and I don't know which one could be mine Hannah's age on census is more consistant with the one born in 1798, she named one of her children William and there is a William Hanson on the Ashampstead 1851 census who states he comes from Bradfield Berkshire. Please can anyone help? Are there any transcripts of marriages from Bradfield Church which might tell me who the witnessess might be? regards MOIRA ------------------------------- 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

Hi Tony Many thanks for the links. I hadn't thought to check for Wills for the Hanson's as my Charles & Hannah Grover didn't have a bean! (Already looked for Wills for both of them and came up with nothing) Anyway I bought both of the Wills....very glad I did as the one for William Hanson didn't give me any clues what so ever but the one for John Hanson was much better .....and has solved my mystery!!!!! My Hannah Hanson has to be the daughter of William Hanson as John Hanson's daughter Hannah was named as Hannah Butler in his will.(I had already found her marriage on the IGI) I was already leaning toward William Hanson being her father based solely on circumstantial evidence but I needed that bit of real proof to be 100% sure. regards MOIRA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Pottrell" <editor@pyroport.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! > Another angle may be to look for any surviving wills, if the family was > fairly well off. They can sometimes contain useful snippets relating to > relationships within the family. > > > On 27/04/2010 10:55, Jeff Coleman wrote: >> If you have two possibles with the same name it is worth tracking both >> forward through time, to see if you can find the fate of both. >> Jeff >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Moira Fidler"<mofid42@tiscali.co.uk> >> To:<BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:39 AM >> Subject: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! >> >> >> >>> Hi Everyone >>> >>> I have a Hannah Hanson who married Charles Grover in 1824 >>> > From census it would appear Hannah was born in Ashampstead about 1798. >>> Although the banns for their marriage were read in St Mary Burghfield >>> (where they later lived) they actually married on 3 Jun 1824 at >>> Bradfield >>> Church Berkshire >>> >>> My problem-- there are TWO Hannah Hanson's born in Ashampstead to >>> different parents, one in 1798 d/o William& Elizabeth and one in 1799 >>> d/o John& Ann and I don't know which one could be mine >>> >>> Hannah's age on census is more consistant with the one born in 1798, she >>> named one of her children William and there is a William Hanson on the >>> Ashampstead 1851 census who states he comes from Bradfield Berkshire. >>> >>> Please can anyone help? >>> >>> Are there any transcripts of marriages from Bradfield Church which might >>> tell me who the witnessess might be? >>> >>> regards >>> MOIRA >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2837 - Release Date: 04/26/10 18:27:00

Hi Jeff Thanks for the suggestion. I did take a look at the 1841 & 1851 censuses for any clues they might give but unfortunately there was nothing conclusive, hence my dilemma. regards MOIRA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Coleman" <Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! > If you have two possibles with the same name it is worth tracking both > forward through time, to see if you can find the fate of both. > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Moira Fidler" <mofid42@tiscali.co.uk> > To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:39 AM > Subject: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! > > >> Hi Everyone >> >> I have a Hannah Hanson who married Charles Grover in 1824 >>>From census it would appear Hannah was born in Ashampstead about 1798. >> Although the banns for their marriage were read in St Mary Burghfield >> (where they later lived) they actually married on 3 Jun 1824 at Bradfield >> Church Berkshire >> >> My problem-- there are TWO Hannah Hanson's born in Ashampstead to >> different parents, one in 1798 d/o William & Elizabeth and one in 1799 >> d/o John & Ann and I don't know which one could be mine >> >> Hannah's age on census is more consistant with the one born in 1798, she >> named one of her children William and there is a William Hanson on the >> Ashampstead 1851 census who states he comes from Bradfield Berkshire. >> >> Please can anyone help? >> >> Are there any transcripts of marriages from Bradfield Church which might >> tell me who the witnessess might be? >> >> regards >> MOIRA >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2837 - Release Date: 04/26/10 18:27:00

Just to back up my previous point: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=60997 or maybe even http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=1004093 May have some clues for you :) Tony On 27/04/2010 10:55, Jeff Coleman wrote: > If you have two possibles with the same name it is worth tracking both > forward through time, to see if you can find the fate of both. > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Moira Fidler"<mofid42@tiscali.co.uk> > To:<BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:39 AM > Subject: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! > > > >> Hi Everyone >> >> I have a Hannah Hanson who married Charles Grover in 1824 >> > From census it would appear Hannah was born in Ashampstead about 1798. >> Although the banns for their marriage were read in St Mary Burghfield >> (where they later lived) they actually married on 3 Jun 1824 at Bradfield >> Church Berkshire >> >> My problem-- there are TWO Hannah Hanson's born in Ashampstead to >> different parents, one in 1798 d/o William& Elizabeth and one in 1799 >> d/o John& Ann and I don't know which one could be mine >> >> Hannah's age on census is more consistant with the one born in 1798, she >> named one of her children William and there is a William Hanson on the >> Ashampstead 1851 census who states he comes from Bradfield Berkshire. >> >> Please can anyone help? >> >> Are there any transcripts of marriages from Bradfield Church which might >> tell me who the witnessess might be? >> >> regards >> MOIRA >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Another angle may be to look for any surviving wills, if the family was fairly well off. They can sometimes contain useful snippets relating to relationships within the family. On 27/04/2010 10:55, Jeff Coleman wrote: > If you have two possibles with the same name it is worth tracking both > forward through time, to see if you can find the fate of both. > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Moira Fidler"<mofid42@tiscali.co.uk> > To:<BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:39 AM > Subject: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! > > > >> Hi Everyone >> >> I have a Hannah Hanson who married Charles Grover in 1824 >> > From census it would appear Hannah was born in Ashampstead about 1798. >> Although the banns for their marriage were read in St Mary Burghfield >> (where they later lived) they actually married on 3 Jun 1824 at Bradfield >> Church Berkshire >> >> My problem-- there are TWO Hannah Hanson's born in Ashampstead to >> different parents, one in 1798 d/o William& Elizabeth and one in 1799 >> d/o John& Ann and I don't know which one could be mine >> >> Hannah's age on census is more consistant with the one born in 1798, she >> named one of her children William and there is a William Hanson on the >> Ashampstead 1851 census who states he comes from Bradfield Berkshire. >> >> Please can anyone help? >> >> Are there any transcripts of marriages from Bradfield Church which might >> tell me who the witnessess might be? >> >> regards >> MOIRA >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

If you have two possibles with the same name it is worth tracking both forward through time, to see if you can find the fate of both. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moira Fidler" <mofid42@tiscali.co.uk> To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:39 AM Subject: [BRK] Help I'm Stuck! > Hi Everyone > > I have a Hannah Hanson who married Charles Grover in 1824 >>From census it would appear Hannah was born in Ashampstead about 1798. > Although the banns for their marriage were read in St Mary Burghfield > (where they later lived) they actually married on 3 Jun 1824 at Bradfield > Church Berkshire > > My problem-- there are TWO Hannah Hanson's born in Ashampstead to > different parents, one in 1798 d/o William & Elizabeth and one in 1799 > d/o John & Ann and I don't know which one could be mine > > Hannah's age on census is more consistant with the one born in 1798, she > named one of her children William and there is a William Hanson on the > Ashampstead 1851 census who states he comes from Bradfield Berkshire. > > Please can anyone help? > > Are there any transcripts of marriages from Bradfield Church which might > tell me who the witnessess might be? > > regards > MOIRA > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Everyone I have a Hannah Hanson who married Charles Grover in 1824 >From census it would appear Hannah was born in Ashampstead about 1798. Although the banns for their marriage were read in St Mary Burghfield (where they later lived) they actually married on 3 Jun 1824 at Bradfield Church Berkshire My problem-- there are TWO Hannah Hanson's born in Ashampstead to different parents, one in 1798 d/o William & Elizabeth and one in 1799 d/o John & Ann and I don't know which one could be mine Hannah's age on census is more consistant with the one born in 1798, she named one of her children William and there is a William Hanson on the Ashampstead 1851 census who states he comes from Bradfield Berkshire. Please can anyone help? Are there any transcripts of marriages from Bradfield Church which might tell me who the witnessess might be? regards MOIRA

Hi Walter There is no one answer I am afraid No site has all marriage records whatever they may suggest Some sites use Phillimores or Pallots indexes (many of which are free elsewhere) My suggestion would be to check the coverage of the various sites for the Counties / Parishes you are interested in , you will probably find that they don't cover them For earlier records I would suggest looking towards the family history societies for the County in question, many of which do paid searches in transcribed Parish Records or can supply transcripts on CD or on paper As they specialise in their Counties you will get more informed information than you will from any commercial outfit All the sites you mention will have a different content, so its a matter of checking which has the best coverage for you Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Has anyone seen a comparison of online subscriptions or can anyone > advise which are the best online subscriptions for > church records, marriage records and wills etc > i currently subscribe to ancestry.co.uk > i would like to subscribe to another to get more access to church > records (baptism and marr records) > to help me with my 15 year brickwall John Fish & Eliz .. ? in Clewer > windsor around 1720 > dont know where they came from so it may be best to search parish > records everywhere and all marr records for their origin > > I like the origins network from the society of genealogists in london > but I would rather wait a few days and get your advice from your > personal experience > thanks you in advance for your advice > > regards > Walter

Has anyone seen a comparison of online subscriptions or can anyone advise which are the best online subscriptions for church records, marriage records and wills etc i currently subscribe to ancestry.co.uk i would like to subscribe to another to get more access to church records (baptism and marr records) to help me with my 15 year brickwall John Fish & Eliz .. ? in Clewer windsor around 1720 dont know where they came from so it may be best to search parish records everywhere and all marr records for their origin I like the origins network from the society of genealogists in london but I would rather wait a few days and get your advice from your personal experience thanks you in advance for your advice regards Walter -----Original Message----- From: Dianne <dianneb@baonline.com.au> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 1:27 Subject: [BRK] living relatives Am searching for any possible living relatives for the following marriages in Berkshire. William KENT/Ellen LOADER 1895 Albert BUMFORD/Elsie FOWLER 1916 William HILLARY/Alice FOWLER 1926 Charles CLACY/Alice LOADER 1913 George PRIEST/Elizabeth LOADER 1889 Walter LOADER/Annie NOYES 1896 James LOADER/Mary Ann ? abt 1864 George HALE/Elizabsth LOADER 1863 These are all descendants of William LOADER/Sarah MAYNARD 1826. Sarah was my g. aunt. Regards Dianne Researching PHILLIPS, TREWARTHA, NANKIVELL, CORNWALL MAYNARD, BERKSHIRE HOSKINS, SOMERSET. VORT WORLD WIDE ------------------------------- 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

Colleagues The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 26 April 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 "The Italian Connection", which will be presented by Philippa McCray. Based in Leicestershire, Philippa is a highly experienced family historian who fulfils the role of administrator of the Federation of Family History Societies. The talk will focus Philippa's own research into her Italian ancestry, and will offer guidance to those who might wish to try to examine their own Mediterranean connections. 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/)

For anyone who comes across Farmeberry as a place name I can confirm that this is referring to Farnborough in Berkshire. I think combined with the dialect and some scribes who couldn't spell there are some very peculiar place names to be found in old documents. Valerie Auckland NZ (researching in Berkshire Culley, Carter, Sherman, Wightwick, Tubb, Hornblow, Paulin, Scolfield, Walters, Hatt, Prince, Green, Salmon)

Am searching for any possible living relatives for the following marriages in Berkshire. William KENT/Ellen LOADER 1895 Albert BUMFORD/Elsie FOWLER 1916 William HILLARY/Alice FOWLER 1926 Charles CLACY/Alice LOADER 1913 George PRIEST/Elizabeth LOADER 1889 Walter LOADER/Annie NOYES 1896 James LOADER/Mary Ann ? abt 1864 George HALE/Elizabsth LOADER 1863 These are all descendants of William LOADER/Sarah MAYNARD 1826. Sarah was my g. aunt. Regards Dianne Researching PHILLIPS, TREWARTHA, NANKIVELL, CORNWALL MAYNARD, BERKSHIRE HOSKINS, SOMERSET. VORT WORLD WIDE

Message: 1 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:48:49 +0100 From: "Ron Alexander" <ron@jgandp.co.uk> Subject: [BRK] Ancestry/findmypast To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <MPELIOGFGAIGCJHDAIJDMEPPCMAA.ron@jgandp.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Whoops! I obviously upset someone with my innocent question. Will look else were for opinions. Ron There are no stupid questions but sometimes you get stupid answers IMHO I love Ancestry.co.uk I have been a member forever and have made contact through many other on the message boards, looked at family trees and of course trolled the indexes. I probably look at it every day. I do use other sites but only for the free component or short term fees, I use Find My Past to look at passenger lists (to Canada), 1911 census and burial index. You can look at some of the Find My Past registers for free but have to pay for the details. Pretty much all of my research is UK. Of course I look for anything new that is online. I have recently been helping to key and arbitrate the London Schools index and can see the vast amount of new records that will come online. Articles I have read in magazines always rates Ancestry very highly. If you research worldwide them you may need the Ancestry.com membership that covers a lot more but it is expensive. I wait until they give free access occasionally and then spend as much time as I can downloading data. Good Luck with your decision Margaret (Bowyer) Guest

Hello All, I live in Australia and Im tracing the Pearce family from Kintbury, does any one have this family in their trees. Thomas William Pearce b, 1855 Kintbury d???????Married Eliza Pither 1877 in Wokingham. their children Anne Margaret b 1877 Thomas William b1880 Arborfield, married 1907 Helen Goodwin and came to australia, he died 1971 in NSW Henry Edward b 1882 Arborfiled can any one help with information thanks carole

I don't think so Ron You had pretty much the same replies on both lists Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Whoops! I obviously upset someone with my innocent question. Will look > else were for opinions.

Whoops! I obviously upset someone with my innocent question. Will look else were for opinions.

I have another suggestion - familysearch.org is free and has hundreds of thousands of records. I actually did not see this suggestions on either list. Sometimes it just takes a bit of time for everyone on the list to read the list messages and respond. So, with one paid subscription and many free subscriptions, one can usually find most of what there is to be found on the web. Kim/Bucklebury, Berkshire researcher On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > I don't think so Ron > > You had pretty much the same replies on both lists > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> Whoops! I obviously upset someone with my innocent question. Will look >> else were for opinions. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 have subscriptions to both and find it easier to locate people in FindMyPast and then being able to see the details before viewing the actual image. But then I have found people in Ancestry that I have not been able to locate in the other. A lot of it depends on the transcribing. Garry: > Just coming up to renewing my subs to Ancestry. Dose anyone have any > particular opinions regarding preference of Ancestry or findmypast __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5045 (20100420) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com