On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:16:29 -0000, Roy Stockdill <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > I hope you will forgive me but I beg to differ! Hi Roy, It would be dull if we all thought the same and if no one had a different opinion. Talking from my own experience, a long time ago a number of my relatives were approached by heir hunters after the death of a family member. In the event, a will was found and no inheritance came to the relatives I knew. However, each one was given a copy of the will and the paper work on the case and a lot of family history information was gleaned from both. Subsequently, I met several distant cousins and corresponded with another so lots of gaps were filled in concerning our family history because of this contact with the heir hunters. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

>>Anyway that's me glued to the tv for the next few mornings if I'm in!<< Or the iPlayer if you're not! Polly

On 21 Feb 2011 at 14:30, Lcsearch3528@aol.com wrote: > Hi Josephine > > Thanks for letting us know, I love this programme and often think I > would like to work for Fraser & Fraser, it would be fascinating. > I hope you will forgive me but I beg to differ! In my book, these people are what I would call "ambulance chasers", much like no- win-no-fee lawyers. They are interested only in profit and have no interest whatsoever in genealogy for its own sake. I happen to know also that the percentage of an estate they demand when they sign people up can be very substantial indeed - sometimes as much as 30-35 per cent - and they refuse to release any details whatsoever until they have got mugs to sign on the dotted line. I would not call them genealogists at all - more like commission agents, i.e. bookmakers, since they take advantage of people's greed and desire to get rich quick. I used to see them operating at the dear old Family Records Centre when it was open, and they were more like spivs than genealogists and family historians. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:30:45 -0000, <Lcsearch3528@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Josephine > Thanks for letting us know, I love this programme and often think I would > like to work for Fraser & Fraser, it would be fascinating. > Anyway that's me glued to the tv for the next few mornings if I'm in! Me, too, Lin! It's an incentive to get up early and not loaf around on the computer:-) Like you, I think the work of the Heir Hunters looks fascinating. It would be great to have all those resources at one's fingertips. As it is, we don't do so badly with all that there is online for free. I have been scooting around FreeBMD and finding out lots of interesting snippets, today. Josephine Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

List members interested in the forthcoming census might like to look at today's BBC article: 2011 census awareness campaign to be launched http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12520758 Bristol's Evening Post has an article today entitled Any queries over census? Stop the bus http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/queries-census-Stop-bus/article-3246493-detail/article.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:52:25 -0000, Trish Hall <triciakh@aapt.net.au> wrote: > I have recently confirmed the name of SHARYAR as one of my research > names and as it is such an unusual name wondered if there was anyone on > this list who is researching this name also. There are Carhampton and > Old Cleeve connections (all with this same spelling) for 2 generations > from mid 1700s till early 1800s . Harriet Sharyar married William > Wilkins in Bristol in 1822 but some of their children were baptised in > Old Cleeve. Hi Trish, The baptism of Edwin WILKINS, son of William and Harriet, on 3rd. November 1822 at Old Cleeve is shown in the Old Cleeve Bpatisms 1813-1830: http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/OClevBap18131830.htm William's occupation is shown as joiner. Bristol baptisms of children of William WILKINS, carpenter, and Harriet WILKINS are to be found in the Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers Vols. 1 to 7 Index & Transcripts 1813-1837. wwww.bafhs.org.uk They include the baptisms of Emma (1826), Lavinia (1828) and Jemima (1830) at St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol. Abode was Redcliff in 1826 and 1830 and Bedminster in 1828. There were also baptisms for children of William and Harriet WILKINS in the church of St. James, Bristol, but at the baptisms of Ephraim (1823) and Selina (1825) the father's occupation was recorded as chimney sweep. Abode at the time of these baptisms was Castle Precincts, Bristol. Perhaps this WILKINS family isn't yours unless you have an Edwin or Selina in your tree. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hi Josephine Thanks for letting us know, I love this programme and often think I would like to work for Fraser & Fraser, it would be fascinating. Anyway that's me glued to the tv for the next few mornings if I'm in! Lin In a message dated 21/02/2011 07:57:22 GMT Standard Time, jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com writes: The BBC One series Heir Hunters returns to U.K. television screens this morning at 9.15 a.m. Information about today's programme is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z1jm8 There will be 25 episodes. Information on the first six programes is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z1jgp/episodes/upcoming -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I wonder if Albert Charles Western knew my grandfather John Floyd who was also an insurance agent living in Kingswood at the same time. He too was buried in Kingswood Holy Trinity churchyard. Bernice

The BBC One series Heir Hunters returns to U.K. television screens this morning at 9.15 a.m. Information about today's programme is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z1jm8 There will be 25 episodes. Information on the first six programes is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z1jgp/episodes/upcoming -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:40:32 -0000, Bernie Bradner <berniebradner@gmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone researching the following families? > Joseph Bradner b abt 1845 Ireland m Mary Ann Crabb Netherbury > John Bradner b 1843 Ireland m Susan Dollin White b abt 1841 Clifton Hi Bernie If you look at the Bristol & Avon Family History Society Members' Interests, you will find that someone is researching BRADNER in Bristol: http://www.bafhs.org.uk/members_interests/bra.htm Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:02:04 -0000, Pat Cook <paver207@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Is anybody researching the WESTERN's in Bristol? > It would be nice to find the more recent connections in Bristol. On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:15:46 -0000, <Bernpeg@aol.com> wrote: > These burials are recorded at Holy Trinity churchyard, Kingswood, > Bristol. > Albert Charles Western 27.10.1941 Florence Western 23.9.1968 Hi Pat and Bernice, In Kelly's Bristol Directory of 1935 -- Albt. Chas. WESTERN, insur. agt, 11 Grantham Road, Kingswood. In Kelly's Bristol Directory of 1956 -- Mrs. Florence WESTERN, 11 Grantham Road, Kingswood. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Thanks Josephine, I'll check it now Cheers Bernie On 20 Feb 2011 at 23:48, Josephine Jeremiah wrote: > On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:40:32 -0000, Bernie Bradner > <berniebradner@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is anyone researching the following families? > > > Joseph Bradner b abt 1845 Ireland m Mary Ann Crabb Netherbury > > John Bradner b 1843 Ireland m Susan Dollin White b abt 1841 Clifton > > Hi Bernie > > If you look at the Bristol & Avon Family History Society Members' > Interests, you will find that someone is researching BRADNER in Bristol: > > http://www.bafhs.org.uk/members_interests/bra.htm > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Visit my Web Page http://www.aztec-net.com/~bradner/ Researching: Bradner, Bryant, Corrigan, Kezar, Whitewood families names

Hi Listers, Is anyone researching the following families? Joseph Bradner b abt 1845 Ireland m Mary Ann Crabb Netherbury John Bradner b 1843 Ireland m Susan Dollin White b abt 1841 Clifton William Yeates b 1852 Cheltenham m Mary Ann Morgan b 1858 Cheltenham My web site listed below includes my " Bradner One Name Study" with a world wide interest in this name.Visit my Web Page http://www.aztec- net.com/~bradner/ Researching: Bradner, Bryant, Corrigan, Kezar, Whitewood families names

Here's a quiz on Somerset 's National Trust properties with questions on Montacute House, Barrington Court, Dunster Castle, Tintinhull and Lytes Cary. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8481000/8481052.stm -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Somerset churches at Cleeve, Wincanton and Aller receive lottery grants for repairs -- BBC article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-12518294 -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:02:04 -0000, Pat Cook <paver207@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Ellen WESTERN dau of Peter Albert WESTERN and Georgiana LEE, married > Frederick Davis (b Dudley Staffs abt 1873) 26 March 1894 in Bristol. > Fredk was a Shoemaker. > Is anybody researching the WESTERN's in Bristol? > It would be nice to find the more recent connections in Bristol. Hi Pat, I looked on the Bristol & Avon Family History Society Members' Interests, http://www.bafhs.org.uk/membership/membershipinterests.htm but no one there is researching WESTERN in Bristol although this surname is being researched in other places. In Kelly's Bristol Directory of 1935, there is an entry for William James WESTERN at 90 High Street, Lower Easton, who may have been one of Ellen's brothers. If Ellen's brother, Albert, had the middle name of Charles, the entry, in the same directory, for Albt. Chas. WESTERN, insur. agt, 11 Grantham Road, Kingswood, could be a match. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hi Pat These burials are recorded at Holy Trinity churchyard, Kingswood, Bristol. Georgiana Western 31.12.1910? Peter Western 1.11.1922 Albert Charles Western 27.10.1941 Florence Western 23.9.1968 There are other burials for this surname including Fred. Edwd Western 31.3.1941 age 65 yrs, May Western 16.1.1963 age 78 yrs buried with Roy Fred John 6.5.1976 and there are two Westerns on the War Memorial 1914 - 1918. I have no connection with this family. Hope this helps Bernice

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:11:39 -0000 "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: Hello Josephine, > My beady eyes are everywhere, Brad:-) I've met you, remember. Your eyes aren't beady. :-) > And anyway, I've had my Welsh hat on this past week :-) Ah, that explains a lot. > I'm glad you've found some other BALMONDs. It's an interesting name and > one that catches the eye. Sadly, they all die off in Wales. The last generation were all female, so the name didn't continue. There are some BALMONDS in the Midlands, but I don't know if they're related in any way to my wife's. > So I've found out something new today, just by thinking about > Abersychan, and I've also located her birth registration in > Abergavenny. Tangents; I love 'em. :-)) -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Kill joy, bad guy, big talking, small fry Death On Two Legs - Queen

Ellen WESTERN dau of Peter Albert WESTERN and Georgiana LEE, married Frederick Davis (b Dudley Staffs abt 1873) 26 March 1894 in Bristol. Fredk was a Shoemaker. This is another of those events attributed to Abbots Leigh, the family lived in or near Kingswood, but also family events in St George. Is anybody researching the WESTERN's in Bristol? Ellen and Fredk has the following children. Gertrudge abt 1895 St George Ernest G abt 1896 St George Albert abt 1897 St George Beatrice abt 1898 Moorfields Bristol Crissie in 1900 St George. Have done a lot of research on the WESTERN's, before Bristol they wend their way back through, Bath, WSM, Wookey, all in Somerset to Halberton in Devon in 1600's. It would be nice to find the more recent connections in Bristol. Pat and Vernon in Grimsby, Lincs

I have recently confirmed the name of SHARYAR as one of my research names and as it is such an unusual name wondered if there was anyone on this list who is researching this name also. There are Carhampton and Old Cleeve connections (all with this same spelling) for 2 generations from mid 1700s till early 1800s . Harriet Sharyar married William Wilkins in Bristol in 1822 but some of their children were baptised in Old Cleeve. Regards Trish