>From the "Daily Mail" Wednesday December 5th Found on the Wirral, a man with the blood of a warrior By Adam Powell Bill Housley went to the dentist an ordinary fisherman and emerged a fully-fledged Viking The 63 year old grandfather was asked for a saliva sample as part of a scientific study into the Norse invaders of Britain Amazingly it proved that he is a direct descendant of the sea-faring warriors who plundered the north of England 1,200 years ago The whole-sale fish merchants roots only emerged when he recieved a phone call from Professor David Goldstein of University College London who tested his saliva sample for the BBC2's Programme Blood of The Vikings Mr Housely's DNA matched ancient records from Norway and also that of three modern day Norwegians tested for the study Only three matches were found-in Scotland- and their genetic heritage was not as strong Mr Housely from Meols Wirral said "I always thought we were an ordinary fishing family which could be traced back 150 years" "I was utterly amazed I didn't know what I was going to be told but it certainly wasn't that I was a Viking. It means that my sons and their sons are also Vikings which is pretty spectacular when you think most people don't have that kind of history" "I was told that there are three people in Norway with similar DNA Sadly I don't know who they are because they were stopped in shopping centres and weren't asked for details" "Now I am determined to try to find the rest of my relatives and ancestors" Mr Housely was one of 2,000 men from Britain, Ireland, Norway and Denmark and northern Germany who took part in the random survey. The Y chromosone, which gives out information about ancestry was compared to DNA markers common in Scandinavia The research revealed that Norwegian Vikings settled in Scotland, Cumbria, the Isle of Man and as far south as Merseyside. Shetland Orkney and the far north of Scotland are the most Viking parts of Britain with 60 per cent of men having Norwegian genes. In England only Penrith in Cumbria has clear evidence of Norwegian influence, while York has the highest Danish genes. Prof Goldstein said: "Modern genetics have opened a powerful window on the past. We can trace movements of peoples that have proved difficult through history ........ Thought you would all be interested in the above article Caryl List Owner

Bryan, You have come to the right place! There are many people on the BIRKENHEAD website who can direct you in the right direction. While I am not related to any BRISCOE's, my FARRALL relatives came from the Bebington/Birkenhead area. My DAWSON relatives came from Liverpool and before that from Kendal. I would be interested in knowing what your interests were regarding surnames FARRALL and DAWSON - your list. Regards, John Farrall Burke, Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: <Citizenuk@aol.com> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 12:40 PM Subject: [BKHD] Brand New > Good Morning. > > I am new to this web site...... this is my first e-mail. > I was born in Liverpool, quite some years ago, have lived in America for > about 40 years. Have been into genealogy for about 5 years. Although I have > made great progress during this time I am completely stumped with mother's > family, in fact I'm at a great big "Brick Wall." Many of our family > records/papers were destroyed during the blitz and also records in the > registry offices. > I am interested in the following names: > Frederick William Nodin Briscoe - grandfather born 1869 in Bebington. > Sarah Davey - grandmother born in 1870 in either New Ferry or Birkenhead > Frederica Margaret Briscoe - daughter born about 1891, in Birkenhead...... I > think. > Ada Briscoe - daughter born about 1895, in Birkenhead........ I think. > Helena Briscoe - daughter born 6th June 1898 (my mother) in Birkenhead. For > sure. > Dora Briscoe - daughter born about 1904......... Don't know where she was > born. > I'm also interested in the following names who are a part of the family: > Nodin. > Powley. > Charlton. > Robert Walker - my 2x great grandfather was head coachman for the Lord Mayor > of Liverpool in the middle to late 1800s. > Dawson. > Dodd. > Farrall. > Chatton. > Smith. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Bryan Briscoe-Smith. > Colorado Springs. > Colorado. > > > > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

Hi To All, if anyone has access to the 1891 census for Great Meols, could I please have a look up for a John HARDMAN born in Great Meols in 1879. His parents were Nancy and James HARDMAN. Thank you in anticipation. From Anne in Australia.

List, Does anyone know what all the LDS has filmed with regard to the Flaybrick cemetery records? I just got an e-mail from their British Reference Consultant telling me that the records have been put into the catalog system and that there is a total of 22 rolls of microfilm. Knowing that a census of a good sized town fits on 2 microfilm rolls, I can’t imagine what a cemetery could have in its records that would take 22. At any rate the records should be showing up on the LDS website catalog by the end of the year. Tom Wood Pittsburgh, PA USA _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Hi To All, is anyone out there with any connection to the SPARKS families from Birkenhead? I have Elizabeth SPARKS born in Bebington Chs in 1851. Her parents were Mary and John SPARKS. Elizabeth married William YOUDS in Liverpool 1870. Please let me know if we can make a connection. Anne.

Good Morning. I am new to this web site...... this is my first e-mail. I was born in Liverpool, quite some years ago, have lived in America for about 40 years. Have been into genealogy for about 5 years. Although I have made great progress during this time I am completely stumped with mother's family, in fact I'm at a great big "Brick Wall." Many of our family records/papers were destroyed during the blitz and also records in the registry offices. I am interested in the following names: Frederick William Nodin Briscoe - grandfather born 1869 in Bebington. Sarah Davey - grandmother born in 1870 in either New Ferry or Birkenhead Frederica Margaret Briscoe - daughter born about 1891, in Birkenhead...... I think. Ada Briscoe - daughter born about 1895, in Birkenhead........ I think. Helena Briscoe - daughter born 6th June 1898 (my mother) in Birkenhead. For sure. Dora Briscoe - daughter born about 1904......... Don't know where she was born. I'm also interested in the following names who are a part of the family: Nodin. Powley. Charlton. Robert Walker - my 2x great grandfather was head coachman for the Lord Mayor of Liverpool in the middle to late 1800s. Dawson. Dodd. Farrall. Chatton. Smith. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Bryan Briscoe-Smith. Colorado Springs. Colorado.

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I am researching the following names - BANKS : Stretton (Cheshire), Manchester (Lancs) BRADBURY : Lymm (Cheshire) BROWNBILL : St Helens (Lancs) CALLAGHAN : St Helens (Lancs), Ireland GABRIEL : St Helens (Lancs), Liverpool (Lancs) GRATWICH : Barlaston (Staffs) HIGHAM : Lymm (Cheshire), Leigh (Lancs) JEFFS : Waverton (Cheshire) JOHNS(T)ON : Wallasey (Cheshire), Birkenhead (Cheshire), Hull (East Riding), Tynemouth (Northumberland), Hebburn/Chester-le-Street (Northumberland) JONES : Whitchurch (Shrops) LOWE : Pulford (Cheshire) MILLER : Lymm (Cheshire), Grappenhall (Cheshire) MOSTON : Lymm (Cheshire) NORBURY : Liverpool (Lancs) PERCIVAL : Lymm (Cheshire), Antrobus (Cheshire) RICHARDSON : Barthomley (Cheshire), Church Lawton (Cheshire), Crewe (Cheshire) TABERN : St Helens (Lancs) WILLIAMSON : Cheshire WOOTTON : Barlaston (Staffs), Moddershall (Staffs), Stone (Staffs) I would be pleased to hear from anyone with similar interests. Tim

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Hi To All, has anyone any connection with the name Mary FARRRELL b 1907 c in West Kirby? Anne.

Some useful links for anyone new to genealogy research in Birkenhead and Wirral Wirral archives http://www.wirral-libraries.net/archives/ Genuki Birkenhead page: http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/chs/birken.htm For a complete index listing of Cheshire Wills available at the Cheshire Record Office Chester http://www.fhsc.org.uk/wills/index.htm Family History Society of Cheshire http://www.fhsc.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire BMD's (Births Marriages and Deaths) Register Office indexes of births, marriages and deaths in the county. http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire surnames directory Check if anyone else researching the names you are researching, make contact, find cousins etc http://www.fhsc.org.uk/surnames/index.htm Cheshire towns and parishes http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/chs/parishes.htm Lot of useful information Caryl

In a message dated 11/29/2001 5:08:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, barbara.terrace@lineone.net writes: > Sorry I am trying to reply to SU as instructed but don't know her E-mail > address and who is paul cowley? > It would have been more help if you had said please reply to su @......... > Please forgive me if this comes to you Caryl.I am trying so hard to get > this > computer jargon sussed. Barbara Terrace. Northwich Cheshire. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Cpwill5@aol.com> > To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:54 PM > Subject: [BKHD] FW:OWEN > > > > Please reply to Su not to me > > > > Caryl > > List Owner > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > Forward: > > Subj: OWEN > > Date: 11/29/2001 11:38:19 AM Pacific Standard Time > > From: mail@paulandsu.freeserve.co.uk (Paul Cowley) > > To: birkenhead-l-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > The e-mail address is clearly displayed above in the e-mail header of the message. Paul Cowley is the name that has been configured in the e-mail set-up for the message sent by Su. It is a common occurrence if people are sharing e-mail addresses with spouses, partners or whatever The reason that myself and other list owners have to forward such messages to the lists is that subscribers and non-subscribers post messages with the BIRKENHEAD-L-request@rootsweb.com address instead of the correct address of BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com Caryl List Admin

Sorry I am trying to reply to SU as instructed but don't know her E-mail address and who is paul cowley? It would have been more help if you had said please reply to su @......... Please forgive me if this comes to you Caryl.I am trying so hard to get this computer jargon sussed. Barbara Terrace. Northwich Cheshire. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cpwill5@aol.com> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:54 PM Subject: [BKHD] FW:OWEN > Please reply to Su not to me > > Caryl > List Owner > >>>>>>>>>>> > Forward: > Subj: OWEN > Date: 11/29/2001 11:38:19 AM Pacific Standard Time > From: mail@paulandsu.freeserve.co.uk (Paul Cowley) > To: birkenhead-l-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > Does anyone know of a WILLIAM GEORGE OWEN who lived in the Birkenhead area, > possibly around Park Road West, or Cottage Street in the 1920`s to 1940`s. > He worked at Port Sunlight for a number of years. He died in Birkenhead. > Any info would be very welcome. > > Regards, > > Su > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

Even if they remember to change the subject line and put the surnames in capitals? Heh heh Of course its annoying when people post sloppy messages but we all make mistakes, and really if you complain you have to be certain of your own enduring perfection. Judy ---------- >From: "Andy Bell" <ajb1605@hotmail.com> >To: BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BKHD] Re: BIRKENHEAD-D Digest V01 #76 >Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2001, 3:37 pm > > If certain listers can't take the time to actually READ what they've > written, correct errors (like the wrong CENTURY!!) and punctuate their text > so that it actually makes sense in English, certain listers don't DESERVE > anyone's help! >

Hello List, I have to unsubscribe from the list in the morning for a week or so. . Family illness.(cancer ) But I was wondering if by chance anyone would have the 1861 and 1871 census if they would have a look see if my James FULTON can be found there with his family. That would truely be a bonus for me.And very much appreciated. I think I have him in 1841 census Great Meols, James FULTON 20, AG. LAD. in 1851. 23 Neptune Street Birkenhead, James FULTON 32 DOCK LAB. born Hoylake. with wife Margaret FULTON 30, born Hoylake. Sarah FULTON 7 yrs born Hoylake John FULTON 5 yrs, born Birkenhead. Thomas FULTON 2 mos. or 2 yrs. born Birkenhead. 1861 ??? 1871 ??? 1881 address 26, Pool Street Birkenhead. Thomas FULTON age 29, carter born Birkenhead. My G Grandfather. wife Rebecca (nee FOGG ) 23. born Seacombe. 1891 address 56 Cathcart Street, Birkenhead. Thomas 42, b. Birkenhead .contractors carter. My G Grandfather wife Rebecca FULTON 32 b, Seacombe. (She has some of her family with her here ) son James FULTON 8 yrs b. Birkenhead. My Grandfather. I have had so much wonderful help from you the people on the list, I hate to ask, But it would truely help me get onto the right trail. Thank You Again. Pat and Bill (/)__(/) (= ',' =) (")__(") pat0bill@telusplanet.net

Everyone, I want to thank all those listers who provided support and information regarding the acquisition of certificates. I have a lot to sort out to determine the best course of action. It is nice to have such a very supportive group out there. I have learned some local history and have been provided unique instruction in "English" language terminology, which we tend to forget or ignore here in America. The Admin folks of both the Birkenhead and Cheshire sites are to be commended. I have not found any other county or "shire" that is as progressive as Cheshire. The Cheshire BDM site is a very good tool - the best I have experienced. Cheers, John Farrall Burke, Virginia

Aimed at anyone in particular, or are we all generally lazy in this respect? Andrew Sutton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Bell" <ajb1605@hotmail.com> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:37 PM Subject: [BKHD] Re: BIRKENHEAD-D Digest V01 #76 > If certain listers can't take the time to actually READ what they've > written, correct errors (like the wrong CENTURY!!) and punctuate their text > so that it actually makes sense in English, certain listers don't DESERVE > anyone's help! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

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Please reply to Su not to me Caryl List Owner >>>>>>>>>>> Forward: Subj: OWEN Date: 11/29/2001 11:38:19 AM Pacific Standard Time From: mail@paulandsu.freeserve.co.uk (Paul Cowley) To: birkenhead-l-request@rootsweb.com Does anyone know of a WILLIAM GEORGE OWEN who lived in the Birkenhead area, possibly around Park Road West, or Cottage Street in the 1920`s to 1940`s. He worked at Port Sunlight for a number of years. He died in Birkenhead. Any info would be very welcome. Regards, Su