Hi Nivard, I don't have a problem with someone asking such a question, but the answers are going to be the same whatever list its posted on. Obviously different people sub to these lists and wonder the same thing, but once the question is asked, why go ask elsewhere, don't they trust the replies? Sorry I think I must be having a bit of a grouchy day? <G> Jon

Hi Jon This is often the way unfortunately Those of us not presently on Hamps are not aware of the OP posting there It gets asked quite often on a variety of lists and usually gets similar replies It is at least better than cross posting which really does confuse matters :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Sorry to appear rude but this same question was posted on the Hampshire > list within the past couple of days by the same poster and had quite a few > replies. > > looks like the same thing is going to happen on the Berks list.

Sorry to appear rude but this same question was posted on the Hampshire list within the past couple of days by the same poster and had quite a few replies. looks like the same thing is going to happen on the Berks list.

If, as many have suggested, the place of birth is Burghfield & he was baprised there, you may be interested to know that BerksFHS have transcribed the Parish Registers of Burghfield and made them available on CD. See http://www.berksfhs.co.uk/berksfhsbooks/ParishRegistersBerksFHS%20CCE.htm Jocie -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Nichols Sent: 20 April 2010 10:38 To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] Berkshire town mystery Dear Listers I wrote to the Berkshire County Office re the derivation/existence of Burville in Berkshire and received the following very prompt reply: Ref: GG/E10N Dear Ms Nichols, Thank you for your enquiry. I have not been able to find that any place called Burville has ever existed in Berkshire. My guess would be that the person concerned was born in Burghfield, which is a village just to the south-west of Reading. The enumerators wrote down people's replies to the census questions, so unfamiliar names where sometimes misheard and recorded wrongly. I hope this is helpful. Yours sincerely, Gill Gough Archives Assistant Berkshire Record Office 9 Coley Avenue Reading Berkshire RG1 6AF Tel: 0118 9015132 www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk Well done to the folk who figured it out and let me know! Thank you for your replies and interest. Cheers, Margaret On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 20:58 +1000, Margaret Nichols wrote: > Dear Listers > > I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. > The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google > maps does not recognise it. > The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. > > Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? > > With thanks, Margaret > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Ron There is no one answer unfortunately as we are all looking for different things Ancestry is certainly better value in my opinion and has far greater coverage The only thing FMP has over Ancestry is the 1911 but thats extra anyway All you can do is list your requirements against what is available on both sites Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Just coming up to renewing my subs to Ancestry. Dose anyone have any > particular opinions regarding preference of Ancestry or findmypast? > Regards > Ron Alexander

Find my past has a much smaller database is is less easy to use Sally On 21 April 2010 09:07, Ron Alexander <ron@jgandp.co.uk> wrote: > Just coming up to renewing my subs to Ancestry. Dose anyone have any > particular opinions regarding preference of Ancestry or findmypast? > Regards > Ron Alexander > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Just coming up to renewing my subs to Ancestry. Dose anyone have any particular opinions regarding preference of Ancestry or findmypast? Regards Ron Alexander

In my experience it's been the other way around, I've found Ancestry's site much better value for money and easier to use. On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:15:14 +1200, Garry F Bell <gazza@woosh.co.nz> wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Dear Listers I wrote to the Berkshire County Office re the derivation/existence of Burville in Berkshire and received the following very prompt reply: Ref: GG/E10N Dear Ms Nichols, Thank you for your enquiry. I have not been able to find that any place called Burville has ever existed in Berkshire. My guess would be that the person concerned was born in Burghfield, which is a village just to the south-west of Reading. The enumerators wrote down people's replies to the census questions, so unfamiliar names where sometimes misheard and recorded wrongly. I hope this is helpful. Yours sincerely, Gill Gough Archives Assistant Berkshire Record Office 9 Coley Avenue Reading Berkshire RG1 6AF Tel: 0118 9015132 www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk Well done to the folk who figured it out and let me know! Thank you for your replies and interest. Cheers, Margaret On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 20:58 +1000, Margaret Nichols wrote: > Dear Listers > > I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. > The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google maps > does not recognise it. > The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. > > Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? > > With thanks, Margaret > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Have you considered Turville in Buckinghamshire, the adjoining county? Many parts of Berkshire were in Bucks although I don't think this applies to Turville. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Nichols" <mnichols@netspeed.com.au> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [BRK] Berkshire town mystery > Dear Listers > > I wrote to the Berkshire County Office re the derivation/existence of > Burville in Berkshire and received the following very prompt reply: > > Ref: GG/E10N > > Dear Ms Nichols, > > Thank you for your enquiry. > > I have not been able to find that any place called Burville has ever > existed > in Berkshire. My guess would be that the person concerned was born in > Burghfield, which is a village just to the south-west of Reading. The > enumerators wrote down people's replies to the census questions, so > unfamiliar names where sometimes misheard and recorded wrongly. > > I hope this is helpful. > > Yours sincerely, > Gill Gough > Archives Assistant > > Berkshire Record Office > 9 Coley Avenue > Reading > Berkshire > RG1 6AF > > Tel: 0118 9015132 > www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk > > Well done to the folk who figured it out and let me know! > Thank you for your replies and interest. > > Cheers, Margaret > > > > > On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 20:58 +1000, Margaret Nichols wrote: >> Dear Listers >> >> I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. >> The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google maps >> does not recognise it. >> The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. >> >> Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? >> >> With thanks, Margaret >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2822 - Release Date: 04/20/10 07:31:00

Hi Mary Go to Reading Borough Council at:- http://www.reading.gov.uk/ adresses for coroner's offices are shown and contact details Regards,William in South Australia On 18/04/2010 8:26 PM, Mary Haskell wrote: > My husband's great, great grandfather, William Haskell, died in August 1847 > and his death certificate was issued AFTER burial. There was an inquest and > the informant of death was the Coroner. William was only 40 and so far I > have not found any reference to the inquest - wish I knew how he died so > suddenly - death certificate tells me nothing much. > >

Im hoping to make contact with members of the family of Thomas Pearce who Married Eliza Pither,1877 also Edmund Pearce who married Elizabeth Hamblin, 1839 Im tracing this family for a friend, we live in Australia Thanks, Carole Leer, Douch, Box, Berrington, Hayden, Bowtell,Owens, Chapman,

My husband's great, great grandfather, William Haskell, died in August 1847 and his death certificate was issued AFTER burial. There was an inquest and the informant of death was the Coroner. William was only 40 and so far I have not found any reference to the inquest - wish I knew how he died so suddenly - death certificate tells me nothing much. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <berkshire-request@rootsweb.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:01 AM Subject: BERKSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 63 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to cut out irrelevant text if you reply to this digest. > Digests are available in MIME and plaintext formats. MIME is the default > for new subscribers (posts sent as attachments to a digest email) - > contact list admin (Berkshire-admin@rootsweb.com) if you want plaintext. > If you want to change from plaintext to MIME you can simply unsubscribe > and then subscribe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Today's Topics: > > 1. Robert Jordan (MARGARET ALEXANDER) > 2. Re: Robert Jordan (Nivard Ovington) > 3. Re: Robert Jordan (HILARY BLANFORD) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To contact the BERKSHIRE list administrator, send an email to > BERKSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BERKSHIRE mailing list, send an email to > BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. >

Silly question, and please forgive me for asking, but on the certificate are you looking at the fist column that gives the date of death, or the column that records the date of registration of the death? If the latter, then the January date is quite feasible. Alternatively are you looking at 2 Robert Jordans? HB --- On Sat, 17/4/10, MARGARET ALEXANDER <malexa2889@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: MARGARET ALEXANDER <malexa2889@btinternet.com> > Subject: [BRK] Robert Jordan > To: "Berkshire Rootsweb" <berkshire@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, 17 April, 2010, 20:32 > Have today received a copy of the > Death Certificate for the above which states he died of a > diseased heart on 15 Jan 1868 in Longcot, Berkshire.  > However the burial records for Longcot as found on the > Berkshire FHS CD states he was buried 19 Dec 1867 - any > ideas ?? > > Would you assume that the Certificate was correct? > > Margaret Alexander > > ------------------------------- > 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 Margaret Certainly the death certificate is more likely to be correct than the burial However there is plenty of scope for human intervention with both <g> Are you sure its the same person, does the age at death tally with the age at burial ? If ages do not tally you may be looking at a coincidence of two people Does it mention that an inquest took place, was it registered by the Coroner? I would first ask the GRO or Registrars office to confirm the date is correct then check the burial with Berks FHS All it takes is slight mistake on eithers part which is extremely easy to do Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Have today received a copy of the Death Certificate for the above which states he died of a diseased heart on 15 Jan 1868 in Longcot, Berkshire. However the burial records for Longcot as found on the Berkshire FHS CD states he was buried 19 Dec 1867 - any ideas ?? Would you assume that the Certificate was correct? Margaret Alexander

Have today received a copy of the Death Certificate for the above which states he died of a diseased heart on 15 Jan 1868 in Longcot, Berkshire.  However the burial records for Longcot as found on the Berkshire FHS CD states he was buried 19 Dec 1867 - any ideas ?? Would you assume that the Certificate was correct? Margaret Alexander

Hi Margaret, Have you found the parents of George COX yet? I would be interested to know when you do as I think your lot is related to mine. Did you have any luck with the Word Doc I sent with the Parish records for St. Andrews Church, was it any help? Regards, Colin. ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Nichols To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Berkshire town mystery Dear Listers Thank you to Nivard for the very sensible suggestion. The 1861 census reference is for Dedworth Green. The family is George Cox (38, b. Dedworth Green), his wife Eliza Cox (39, b. Clewer), their son William George (7, b. Dedworth Green) and Eliza's father, William Cox (64, b. Durville?). The 1871 census entry is for the same family: George Cox (45, b. Clewer), Eliza (49, b. Clewer), William George (16, b. Dedworth Green), living at #39 Dedworth Green. William Cox, widower, aged 74 now lives alone next door at #38. His birth place looks like Durvel?, Berkshire. With thanks, Margaret -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2010 9:03 PM To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] Berkshire town mystery Hi Margaret With this sort of enquiry its always useful to give the census references, names/age & birth place Many listers have access to the census and can give a better opinion if they can see it for themselves Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Dear Listers > > I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. > The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google maps > does not recognise it. > The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. > > Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? > > With thanks, Margaret ------------------------------- 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

Dear Listers Thank you to Nivard for the very sensible suggestion. The 1861 census reference is for Dedworth Green. The family is George Cox (38, b. Dedworth Green), his wife Eliza Cox (39, b. Clewer), their son William George (7, b. Dedworth Green) and Eliza's father, William Cox (64, b. Durville?). The 1871 census entry is for the same family: George Cox (45, b. Clewer), Eliza (49, b. Clewer), William George (16, b. Dedworth Green), living at #39 Dedworth Green. William Cox, widower, aged 74 now lives alone next door at #38. His birth place looks like Durvel?, Berkshire. With thanks, Margaret -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2010 9:03 PM To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] Berkshire town mystery Hi Margaret With this sort of enquiry its always useful to give the census references, names/age & birth place Many listers have access to the census and can give a better opinion if they can see it for themselves Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Dear Listers > > I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. > The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google maps > does not recognise it. > The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. > > Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? > > With thanks, Margaret ------------------------------- 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

Dear Listers I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google maps does not recognise it. The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? With thanks, Margaret

There is TURVILLE in Bucks. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Berkshire town mystery > Hi Margaret > > Its a good one isn't it > > I would say that in 1861 its reads Burville and in 1871 its Burvil > > Neither exist as far as I can tell from Gazeteers etc > > However searching the IGI for anything like it I found > > WILLIAM COX > Christening: > 14 MAY 1797 Burghfield, Berkshire, England > Father: JAMES COX > Mother: GRACE > P017721 1761 - 1837 0088209 Film 1235447 Film > > Nothing like it in Bucks either as far as I can see > > For others , the 1861 & 1871 census refs are as follows (as transcribed on > Ancestry) > > 1861 > Name: William Cox > Age: 64 > Estimated birth year: abt 1797 > Relation: Wifes Father (Father-in-law) > Gender: Male > Where born: Burille, Berkshire, England > Civil parish: Dedworth > Ecclesiastical parish: Clewer St Andrew > County/Island: Berkshire > Country: England > Registration district: Windsor > Sub-registration district: Windsor > ED, institution, or vessel: 17 > Neighbors: View others on page > Household schedule number: 18 > Household Members: > Name Age > George Cox 38 > Misa Cox 39 > William G Cox 7 > William Cox 64 > > RG9; Piece: 761; Folio: 127; Page: 3 > > > 1871 > Name: William Cox > Age: 74 > Estimated birth year: abt 1797 > Relation: Head > Gender: Male > Where born: Darvel, Berkshire, England > Civil parish: New Windsor > Ecclesiastical parish: Clewer > Town: Bedworth > County/Island: Berkshire > Country: England > Registration district: Windsor > Sub-registration district: Windsor > ED, institution, or vessel: 19 > Household schedule number: 38 > Household Members: > Name Age > William Cox 74 > > RG10; Piece: 1302; Folio: 33; Page: 7 > > I take it as William COX is enumerated as wifes father they are both COX's > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > >> Dear Listers >> >> Thank you to Nivard for the very sensible suggestion. >> >> The 1861 census reference is for Dedworth Green. The family is George >> Cox >> (38, b. Dedworth Green), his wife Eliza Cox (39, b. Clewer), their son >> William George (7, b. Dedworth Green) and Eliza's father, William Cox >> (64, >> b. Durville?). >> >> The 1871 census entry is for the same family: George Cox (45, b. Clewer), >> Eliza (49, b. Clewer), William George (16, b. Dedworth Green), living at >> #39 >> Dedworth Green. >> William Cox, widower, aged 74 now lives alone next door at #38. His >> birth >> place looks like Durvel?, Berkshire. >> >> With thanks, Margaret > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2811 - Release Date: 04/14/10 19:31:00