Hi Micheal, Thank you so much for letting me know that you had managed to spend some time with John. I am ever so pleased he is well again and that he is indeed up and running in trying to connect people who have Birch contacts like us all. I will give John a call sometime and touch base. I really eny you as it sounds like you had a good few hours with John and were able to find your roots. Also to get a copy of the Birch chronicle is really wonderful, something I would love to get myself. I may have to get him to book me the 2nd chronicle he puts out. I am trying to trace my Birch's in Staffordshire area mainly Leek, Ipstones, Kingsley,Whiston and froghall last time John couldnt find any of them mainly my gggrandfather Joseph Birch born 1781 in Leek he married a Hannah Bardell. So if you come across any from these areas you will know they belong to me. Thank you once again for letting me know about John, I guess now he will be flooded with enquires so will let the dust settle before I make contact so as not to bog him down. Kind regards. Margaret (Birch) in a a windy Hamilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Jones" <mejones@slingshot.co.nz> To: <birch@rootsweb.com> Cc: <659@btinternet.com> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 5:23 PM Subject: [BIRCH] John Birch's One-Name Study > Dear Birch Colleagues, > > If you cast your mind back to May, you will recall that I hoped to call in > on John Birch while travelling in the UK from NZ. I am now able to say > that > on 27 June I visited John at his home on the edge of Leicester, just off > the > M1. He made me so welcome. John has a slight connection with NZ, insofar > as one of his daughters, Alison, now a speech therapist, spent some time > there. > > As some of you suspected, I found that John had not been well last year, > but > he is now much recovered. We enjoyed a lovely couple of hours - talking > generally about the Birches and spending time at his computer while he > pushed back the boundaries of my Cheshire Birches a little on Ancestry. > John was able to find the birthplace of my ggg grandfather Henry Birch in > the late 1790s. It turned out to be the village of Partington, Cheshire. > Do any of you connect to Partington? It is now considered part of Greater > Manchester. I asked John where the great centres of origin of the Birches > were, within the British Isles, and he told me there were three : Ireland > (Tipperary), Yorkshire, and Manchester; he added that there was also a > significant group in Staffordshire. John honoured me with a copy of his > book The Birch Chronicles Vol 1, and told me he has begun work on Vol 2. > John also showed me his copy of a book written in 1998 by Bernie O'Neil > (USA) about his wife's Birch ancestry, which includes good introductory > pages on the English Birches. I was also shown a book written in 1992 by > Joan Gouldston of Bovey Tracey (Devon) which covers her ancestry in the > Manchester Birches. > > John assures us that he is now in a position to answer email inquiries > again. He receives about 34 emails a day, and has entered 60,000 names on > his data base. One of the reasons some of us didn't get email replies > from > John last year was that the Tiscali server started to malfunction and a > whole lot of emails never reached him. That persuaded John to leave > Tiscali, > and as many of you know, his address is now birch659@btinternet.com. > > John told me he plans to build a website "in a bit". I told him that some > of us on the List had wondered if we could help with funding, though he > and > I did not reach any conclusion on that. John is such a hospitable man, > and > I am sure he would welcome other Birch members if passing. His phone > number > is +44.116.2772550. > > Warm wishes, > > Michael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Jones" <mejones@slingshot.co.nz> > To: <birch@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:09 PM > Subject: Re: [BIRCH] BIRCH one off name. > > >> Thank you, Margaret, I will see what I can do - Michael >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John & Maggie" <johnmaggie@xtra.co.nz> >> To: <birch@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:05 PM >> Subject: [BIRCH] BIRCH one off name. >> >> >>> Hi again List, >>> >>> I do know apart from John not being well last year he has also put out a >>> book called "John William Birch" >>> I would like to think that this is why he's been too busy to reply to >>> peoples e-mails and not his health issue again. >>> I think Michaels idea is great if that could be done and I'm sure such >>> alot of us would benefit from such knowledge that >>> John has put together. If you get to see him Michael on your trip. >>> Wish >>> him well from the List. I do not have a phone number for him but here >>> is >>> an address that maybe of some help. >>> The Birch chronicles >>> 166 Lutterworth Road. >>> LEA 4 DP Blaby >>> Leicester >>> England. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BIRCH-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 Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.9/1067 - Release Date: > 12/10/2007 6:02 p.m. > >