Berkshire Record Office recently received the records of Broadmoor Hospital. I suggest you look at http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/localhistory/broadmoor.htm They will do a search for you - for a fee. Jocie > G'day from Western Australia, > > > > Only minutes ago did I subscribe as I'm trying to track down what happened > to my GG grandmother Lucy HOLMES (nee GILL) > > > > Ancestry has her in the 1891 census as > > > > Lucy HOLMES born abt 1847 in East Keal, Lincolnshire > > > > Resident (as a patient of the Broadmoor asylum) at Sandhurst in Berkshire. > > > > So far I can't find her death or an entry in the 1901 England census and > so > far surviving older family members have not been able to assist. > > > > She entered the asylum between the 1881 & '91 census dates after leaving > the > family farm in Pinchbeck (west) near Spalding, in Lincolnshire. It would > be > interesting to discover some records about that state of her health at > time > of her admission (or the reason for) and before she died if still as a > Broadmoor resident. > > > > Do any of the list members have any ideas how I can knock over this brick > wall - other than by masses of hard work by telephone, letter or personal > visits as I'm not quite "down the road"? > > > > Peter Holmes > > Western Australia. Skype ; p.g.holmes > > [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Donington > then > Leicestershire)]. [DAVISON (Spalding, Donington, Ingoldmells, Skegness)]. > [CRAGG (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire)] [FREER > (Leicestershire)]. [RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Anwick, N & S Kyme, N & S > Rauceby, Surfleet, Gosberton Clough etc., Spalding)] [RYLOTT (Ontario > Canada > & some in New York & Florida USA)] Villages are in Lincolnshire unless > stated. PLUS 4 DUTCH surname lines - from Rotterdam area (in Dutch). > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2394 - Release Date: 09/25/09 05:51:00

Hi See this page on Berks FHS site http://berksfhs.org.uk/journal/Jun2002/jun2002BroadmoorHospitalArchives.htm Bob -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter HOLMES Sent: 25 September 2009 10:06 To: Berkshire list Subject: [BRK] Mental asylum resident "Lucy HOLMES" (Sandhurst) G'day from Western Australia, Only minutes ago did I subscribe as I'm trying to track down what happened to my GG grandmother Lucy HOLMES (nee GILL) Ancestry has her in the 1891 census as Lucy HOLMES born abt 1847 in East Keal, Lincolnshire Resident (as a patient of the Broadmoor asylum) at Sandhurst in Berkshire. So far I can't find her death or an entry in the 1901 England census and so far surviving older family members have not been able to assist. She entered the asylum between the 1881 & '91 census dates after leaving the family farm in Pinchbeck (west) near Spalding, in Lincolnshire. It would be interesting to discover some records about that state of her health at time of her admission (or the reason for) and before she died if still as a Broadmoor resident. Do any of the list members have any ideas how I can knock over this brick wall - other than by masses of hard work by telephone, letter or personal visits as I'm not quite "down the road"? Peter Holmes Western Australia. Skype ; p.g.holmes [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Donington then Leicestershire)]. [DAVISON (Spalding, Donington, Ingoldmells, Skegness)]. [CRAGG (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire)] [FREER (Leicestershire)]. [RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Anwick, N & S Kyme, N & S Rauceby, Surfleet, Gosberton Clough etc., Spalding)] [RYLOTT (Ontario Canada & some in New York & Florida USA)] Villages are in Lincolnshire unless stated. PLUS 4 DUTCH surname lines - from Rotterdam area (in Dutch). ------------------------------- 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: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2391 - Release Date: 09/24/09 18:00:00

Kerrie, There was a widow Henwood in Whitchurch, Oxon in the early 17th c - mentioned in the will of Richard Applebee ref. O.R.O wills 1/5/7 also a will of John Henwood at Whitchurch in 1631 ref. O.R.O. 31/3/18 also the will of Robert Henwood at Aston in 1686 ref. O.R.O 34/3/14 where he mentions his son John, daughter Martha and brothers John and Edward and a George Henwood was a witness on the 1635 Whitchurch will of Agnes Pickten ref. 144/2/26 Geoff Bowles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerrie" <kerriea@aapt.net.au> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 5:21 AM Subject: [BRK] IGI Coverage of Berks > Hi Paul > > The parishes where I've found the family so far have been Basildon, > Arborfield & Tidmarsh which I think are in the south of the county. But I > realise now that Basildon is right on the Oxfordshire border so they may > even have originated from there. > > Thanks for your reply. > > Regards > Kerrie > >> What part of Berkshire are you interested in ? If it's the area commonly >> known as North Berkshire, which moved to Oxfordshire as a result of the >> local government re-organisation of 1974, then the "Search Services" of >> this >> society might be able to help you. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 found in all my searches the seaarcher doesn't always pick up all the variations of names, even Soundex, so if I seriously want to find somebody I browse the IGI and try to join families between parishes, it has helped a lot but still have my brick wall. My name is Mattingley (ly), my actual US family is a variation, Matney. I want to find out where the Mattingley family originates, altho English researchers tell us it is French. So, I think they came over with William the Conquerer as do many people about their ancestors, but I can't prove it. Yes, I know about the village of Mattingley in Hants and I've read it in Domesday, but the Mattinglys actually left that county early and moved into Berks. They are found in the Channel Islands in 1350 with French names speaking French, I can't believe they went there from England and became French. There is a large Flanders family named de Metteneny (Metheney, Mathany from France,Mettingly, Maddingly, Matherly, Matley, etc. ), their chart has been sort of completed from 1200 and I think we are related. You'd be suprised how mamy people can't pronounce "tt" and it comes out "th". Most searchers lead me to "matting", so frustrating. Anyway, you will find a lot of variations if you browse instead of searching, especially in early records where they had 15 ways to spell every name. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerrie" <kerriea@aapt.net.au> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:17 PM Subject: [BRK] IGI Coverage of Berks > > Hi Phil > > Many thanks for your detailed explanation of the Berkshire parishes and the > IGI coverage. I've had a look at the Berkshire FHS website & will go ahead > and get a few searches done of their databases. Hopefully I'll find a few > of my missing families this way. > > I will also look at the Berkshire RO website for their coverage of parishes. > > Thanks again for your great help. > > Cheers > Kerrie > > > > Berkshire is quite well covered by the IGI - it has been suggested that > > around 70% of pre-1837 baptisms and marriages are there. I suspect this is > > an over-estimate; perhaps 70% of parishes are covered in part. There are, > > of course, a great many gaps - is any county complete? > > > ------------------------------- > 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

In a message dated 24/09/2009 01:07:09 GMT Daylight Time, kerriea@aapt.net.au writes: Berkshire is new territory for me & I'm stumbling my way around trying different websites looking for references to my family name - HENWOOD. I'm not really finding a lot and wonder if anyone could tell me whether Berks is well represented on the IGI or paid websites eg Findmypast? Hi Kerrie What part of Berkshire are you interested in ? If it's the area commonly known as North Berkshire, which moved to Oxfordshire as a result of the local government re-organisation of 1974, then the "Search Services" of this society might be able to help you. Essentially, our "Search Services" are a database of entries extracted from parish registers - baptisms, marriages and burials - and from monumental inscriptions and from census returns. These indexes cover both historic Oxfordshire and the former North Berkshire. We can search the database for you, and let you have the results either through the post or by e-mail. You can get more details from :- _http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/_ (http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/) If your HENWOOD ancestors happen to be from North Berkshire, please post more details to the list, and we'll see what help the "Search Services" can give you. Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

Berkshire is quite well covered by the IGI - it has been suggested that around 70% of pre-1837 baptisms and marriages are there. I suspect this is an over-estimate; perhaps 70% of parishes are covered in part. There are, of course, a great many gaps - is any county complete? The Berkshire Record Office website is a good place to check - they show their own holdings for each parish and chapel as well as the availability of printed transcripts and the coverage on the IGI. www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk Similar information is given in Phillimore's Atlas and Index of Parish Registers. Every committed family historian should have a copy. There is no other online source for Berks PRs that comes close to matching the IGI. Berkshire FHS sell CDs for 20 or so parishes as well as a Burial Index (incomplete work in progress) covering virtually every parish as well as chapels, cemeteries etc (updated each year adding 50,000+ burials each time). Coverage is shown on their website. www.berksfhs.org.uk Oxfordshire FHS sell CDs (also available via Berks FHS) covering groups of parishes in 'occupied Berkshire' - the parishes transferred to Oxfordshire County Council in 1974. They have transcripts for virtually all of these parishes. www.ofhs.org.uk Both societies also offer lookup services which include marriage indexes for the two parts of Berkshire. Phil -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kerrie Sent: 24 September 2009 01:40 To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] IGI Coverage of Berks Hi William Thank you for your reply and it is my fault in that I should have been more specific in my post. My Henwood's were in Middlesex during the 1800's and I have found them on all the census and I know about Hugh Wallis's site and the IGI. I was just wondering how well Berkshire was covered by the IGI as I seem to be finding big gaps. I can find a marriage but then no children appear to be recorded. Or I find a marriage but can't find any children born to the couple. This is using the IGI to search all of Berkshire and sometimes all of England. Are there any other paid sites other than Ancestry that has a good coverage of Berkshire records? Thanks Kerrie

Hi William Thank you for your reply and it is my fault in that I should have been more specific in my post. My Henwood's were in Middlesex during the 1800's and I have found them on all the census and I know about Hugh Wallis's site and the IGI. I was just wondering how well Berkshire was covered by the IGI as I seem to be finding big gaps. I can find a marriage but then no children appear to be recorded. Or I find a marriage but can't find any children born to the couple. This is using the IGI to search all of Berkshire and sometimes all of England. Are there any other paid sites other than Ancestry that has a good coverage of Berkshire records? Thanks Kerrie > Ancestry UK has Berkshire Henwoods in all censuses from 1841 to 1901 and > 360 > public trees of varying reliability and is a pay site >>looking for references to my family name - HENWOOD. >> I'm not really finding a lot and wonder if anyone could tell me whether >> Berks is well represented on the IGI or paid websites eg Findmypast?

Hi Yvonne I found this on " www.familysearch.org<http://www.familysearch.org/> " searching with the batch # P017891 International Genealogical Index / British Isles Abrey, British Isles Exact Spelling: Off Batch Number: P017891 These are the children of John and Lucy Abrey ( or Aubrey, or Aburey...I suspect transcriber spelling errors ) Thomas Abrey , Gender: Male, Christening: 28 OCT 1821 Bradfield, Berkshire, England Sarah Aubrey , Gender: Female, Christening: 25 DEC 1824 Bradfield, Berkshire, England Mary Ann Aburey , Gender: Female, Christening: 17 FEB 1828 Bradfield, Berkshire, England William Abrey , Gender: Male, Christening: 16 JAN 1831 Bradfield, Berkshire, England Also found William Abrey married Amelia Johnson 29 MAR 1856 Bradfield, Berkshire, England . I seems Williams surname is more likely to be ABREY as opposed to ABERY. Regards Corey Ottawa, Canada Message: 2 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:29:40 -0400 From: vonnystree@aol.com<mailto:vonnystree@aol.com> Subject: [BRK] help with search To: BERKSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:BERKSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <8CC0A6909FDCAC2-1164-11023@webmail-d056.sysops.aol.com<mailto:8CC0A6909FDCAC2-1164-11023@webmail-d056.sysops.aol.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Is there anyone out there that is related to or has any information on.... Amelia Johnson b 1829 Ufton Nervet, Father may be John Jonson b.c. 1800 and sister may be Sarah b.c. 1837. Amelia married William Abery b 1831 also information William (Will) Abery b 1890 Bradfield/Shinfield Henry (Harry) Abery b 1891 Bradfield/Shinfield William & Henry are my great uncles I never knew them?and I would love to contact their children/grandchhildren?to exchange information Their parents are William Abery b 1858 - married Ann Winchcombe b1868 Will & Harry's siblings are Fred Abery b 1893 - married Iris Cockcroft (Need to find Iris's family) Amelia Abery b 1896 Shinfield -?married William George Hutton (my grandparents) George Abery b 1898 Bradfield/Shinfield died 1971 WW1 also Information on?? Ann Buckle b1836? married to John Crook Winchcombe b 1833 Ogbourne St George/Andrew Gloucestershire but lived in Ufton Nervet one daughter Carrie married Harry Ham blacksmiith from Mortimer Berks thanks Yvonne Isle of Wight.uk

Hi Kerrie Ancestry UK has Berkshire Henwoods in all censuses from 1841 to 1901 and 360 public trees of varying reliability and is a pay site Following are free sites http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp is the Family Search site including the IGI (Google would find this) and Henwood ,Berkshire search turns up in excess of 400 Henwoods. You can be more specific in you search at the following site which is linked to the IGI but allows searches by County and Parish http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/ regards,William ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerrie" <kerriea@aapt.net.au> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:13 AM Subject: [BRK] IGI Coverage of Berks > Hi > > Having received great assistance from my last query I thought I'd post > another! > > Berkshire is new territory for me & I'm stumbling my way around trying > different websites looking for references to my family name - HENWOOD. > I'm not really finding a lot and wonder if anyone could tell me whether > Berks is well represented on the IGI or paid websites eg Findmypast? > > Many thanks > Kerrie > Australia > > ------------------------------- > 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: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2389 - Release Date: 09/22/09 17:54:00

Hi Having received great assistance from my last query I thought I'd post another! Berkshire is new territory for me & I'm stumbling my way around trying different websites looking for references to my family name - HENWOOD. I'm not really finding a lot and wonder if anyone could tell me whether Berks is well represented on the IGI or paid websites eg Findmypast? Many thanks Kerrie Australia

Hi Nivard & Bob Thanks so much for your replies. I did find the page via a Google search which is why I didn't know about the other ways to view the pages. Thanks for the great advice. What a fantastic site, I think I will have to upgrade my download of 1GB so I can download more of these great books to enjoy at a later time. Thanks again Regards Kerrie > To search archive.org for other books try > http://www.archive.org/details/texts > > Under Berkshire Parish you will find two Philmores and a search for > Berkshire will find many very good and useful books for your research

Hi Mike, It is the bits of paper and the holes in the ground types of wills and wells. Current work by one member is being undertaken to locate the sites of all the wells in the village. Approximately 40 have been located so far A total of 190 wills have now been identified and transcribed, including many that pre-date the beginning of parish registers. A list of some of the names covered in these wills (including Wells!) can be found on the website here http://www.east.ilsley.btinternet.co.uk/wills.htm Another member has also researched the names on the war memorial, this work will be available to view on the day. Sarah Mike wrote: > Hello > > Are those names? Or bits of paper and holes in the ground? > > Mike Wells > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > East Ilsley Local History Society invites you to their Genealogy > Day on > Saturday 10^th October 2009 from 10am until 4pm at The Ilsleys > School, > East Ilsley. > > There will be an exhibition featuring the results of recent research > entitled > > ‘Wills and Wells’. > > >

Hi Would SKS have access to the Phillimore Marriage book for Sulham and could look a marriage up for me please. It's for Richard HENWOOD & Anne GUY. I saw it at http://www.archive.org/stream/berkshireparishr02phil/berkshireparishr02phil_djvu.txt but I can't find a date & I'm not sure of the parish. Thanks for any help. Regards Kerrie Australia

HI On the same website you can check the image (click on other formats) I use read online You can search and turn the pages online It says Richard Henwood of Tidmarsh, & Anne Guy, of S., lic 8th August 1756 This is definitely Sulham parish Bob -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kerrie Sent: 23 September 2009 14:06 To: BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] Marriage lookup please Hi Would SKS have access to the Phillimore Marriage book for Sulham and could look a marriage up for me please. It's for Richard HENWOOD & Anne GUY. I saw it at http://www.archive.org/stream/berkshireparishr02phil/berkshireparishr02phil_ djvu.txt but I can't find a date & I'm not sure of the parish. Thanks for any help. Regards Kerrie Australia ------------------------------- 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: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.13.110/2385 - Release Date: 09/23/09 05:52:00

Hi Kerrie I take it you came to it via a net search? If you click the link at the top of the page the url you posted takes you to, it will then take you back to the page where you can select to read the book online (or download) Select the book and page through a few to find the list of Parishes covered in that volume Searching the volume for HENWOOD finds :- Under Sulham (Berkshire Parish Registers) Richard HENWOOD of Tidmarsh & Anne GUY of S Lic 8 Aug 1756 But there may be more so worth a further search perhaps To search archive.org for other books try http://www.archive.org/details/texts Under Berkshire Parish you will find two Philmores and a search for Berkshire will find many very good and useful books for your research Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi > > Would SKS have access to the Phillimore Marriage book for Sulham and could > look a marriage up for me please. > > It's for Richard HENWOOD & Anne GUY. I saw it at > http://www.archive.org/stream/berkshireparishr02phil/berkshireparishr02phil_djvu.txt > but I can't find a date & I'm not sure of the parish. > > Thanks for any help. > > Regards > Kerrie > Australia

Hello there, I've just joined this list and hope someone can help me please. I'm trying to find records for William LAWRENCE who was apparently born about 1782 in Old Windsor, Berkshire. His wife was Mary Ann and a number of their children were christened in Westminster at St Martins in the Fields....Eliza (1818), Mary Ann(1819), William (1820) and George (1822). William was a Wine Merchant and the family lived at 7 Grove Rd, Brixton, Surrey up until William's death in 1855. I would be very grateful to learn the names of his parents and anything else that can be found please? Many thanks, Jan in windy, dusty Queensland

Hi Is there anyone out there that is related to or has any information on.... Amelia Johnson b 1829 Ufton Nervet, Father may be John Jonson b.c. 1800 and sister may be Sarah b.c. 1837. Amelia married William Abery b 1831 also information William (Will) Abery b 1890 Bradfield/Shinfield Henry (Harry) Abery b 1891 Bradfield/Shinfield William & Henry are my great uncles I never knew them?and I would love to contact their children/grandchhildren?to exchange information Their parents are William Abery b 1858 - married Ann Winchcombe b1868 Will & Harry's siblings are Fred Abery b 1893 - married Iris Cockcroft (Need to find Iris's family) Amelia Abery b 1896 Shinfield -?married William George Hutton (my grandparents) George Abery b 1898 Bradfield/Shinfield died 1971 WW1 also Information on?? Ann Buckle b1836? married to John Crook Winchcombe b 1833 Ogbourne St George/Andrew Gloucestershire but lived in Ufton Nervet one daughter Carrie married Harry Ham blacksmiith from Mortimer Berks thanks Yvonne Isle of Wight.uk

Hi new to list jusst testing Yvonne

Hello Are those names? Or bits of paper and holes in the ground? Mike Wells -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- East Ilsley Local History Society invites you to their Genealogy Day on Saturday 10^th October 2009 from 10am until 4pm at The Ilsleys School, East Ilsley. There will be an exhibition featuring the results of recent research entitled ‘Wills and Wells’.

East Ilsley Local History Society invites you to their Genealogy Day on Saturday 10^th October 2009 from 10am until 4pm at The Ilsleys School, East Ilsley. There will be an exhibition featuring the results of recent research entitled ‘Wills and Wells’. All the Society’s considerable resources and research material will be available for examination. Members with specialised local knowledge will be on hand to help. Our published research will be available for purchase. Come along and explore your East Ilsley ancestry. For further details please contact: east.ilsley@btinternet.com <mailto:east.ilsley@btinternet.com> or 01635 281308 or visit our website www.east.ilsley.btinternet.co.uk <http://www.east.ilsley.btinternet.co.uk>