Hi Charani The Tiverton Museum is manned by volunteers who are extremely helpful. Unfortunately they are closed from Christmas to early February. Whether that also includes the Family History section, I'm not sure. I have a leaflet that I picked up while I was there at the end of September and it says that Family History research facilities are available in the Museum library Monday (except Bank Holidays) 2 - 4.30pm. That seems a bit odd to me as we went on a Wednesday! Ah, further down it says they are open on Wednesdays 10.30am - 4.30pm so that solves that one. They do ask you to book in advance as they have a very small room - that's if you are going. You have to pay to enter the museum which includes the library. I made a good donation to the Record Office there as I was very grateful for the constant help they have given me. They hold the parish registers for a very wide area of Devon including, of course, Tiverton. They also have Non-conformist Baptism Registered for Tiverton Wesleyan and the Tiverton and Bampton Bible Christian/United Methodist Circuits. Photocopies of the Tiverton Wesleyan Chapel Burial Register and the Sampford Peverell Wesleyan Chapel Burial Register. Society of Friends records for Devon East Division and Exeter. Tiverton Register Office Marriage Notice Books 1837 - 1939. Lots of local newspapers and the Logbooks for John Heathcoat lace manufacturers. I was in touch with them many moons ago about people who worked there and they were extremely helpful. If you request information by internet, they do ask you to make a contribution to the Tiverton and Mid-Devon Museum Trust for at least the cost of what your admission would have been...I think that's extremely fair. They can be contacted at [email protected] and their web site is www.tivertonmuseum.org.uk Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <[email protected]> To: "B+D List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 11:05 AM Subject: [B&D] Home for Christmas: PONSFORD and PARKER > It's time to call any strayed, lost or errant ancestors home for > Christmas, they don't have to be local to the list. There's space at > our table for everyone and food aplenty - despite a whole 5 inches of > snow here which is 5 inches more than we'd normally get :)) Ancestors > can be called home from now until Boxing Day (26 Dec). > > Someone long missing and who I'd love to have home for Christmas is > James PONSFORD allegedly born Tiverton around 1828. He was also known > at various times as James William and William James. > > Also John PARKER of Newhall Derbys who was born around 1800 so I can > ask him about his parents, siblings and grandparents and also when he > married Catherine CHEATLE, if he actually did. I'd also like to know > if he is the same John PARKER who married Catherine SWAN in 1819 in > Loughborough. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message