This site has film and pictures of various locations in Bristol over the last 100 years. <http://www.atimetravellersguide.com/home.html#/introduction> Because YouTube lists other videos available on a similar subject, as well as the video links I posted yesterday there were other Bristol related videos old and new on cars, buses, trains, aeroplanes and tourism. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: 20 October 2010 07:33 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Old Film of Bristol On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:08:24 +0100, Chris Jefferies <chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Here are three old Bristol related films:- > > Bristol in the 1960s (9 minute) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtSHKesfAP0 > > Bristol in the 1920s (3 minute) > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FG2CRD-fjc&feature=related> > > Bristol Brabazon (10 Minute) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRV-SgYx7Q Many thanks for these films, Chris. I watched the first two with great nostalgia and then saw another about the snow of 1963 and started to watch that. I drew my husband's attention to it because of the steam trains in the film and he discovered more train films on the sites concerning places in Wales. So we both enjoyed your links. 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

Thanks so much Chris for those films, we're really enjoying them. (;-)) Edna - Ottawa

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:08:24 +0100, Chris Jefferies <chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Here are three old Bristol related films:- > > Bristol in the 1960s (9 minute) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtSHKesfAP0 > > Bristol in the 1920s (3 minute) > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FG2CRD-fjc&feature=related> > > Bristol Brabazon (10 Minute) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRV-SgYx7Q Many thanks for these films, Chris. I watched the first two with great nostalgia and then saw another about the snow of 1963 and started to watch that. I drew my husband's attention to it because of the steam trains in the film and he discovered more train films on the sites concerning places in Wales. So we both enjoyed your links. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Finally, I might be able to return the favour for the times you have helped me over the years, Josephine! I have only found two men named Thomas HAYMAN who were Chelsea Pensioners and only one who was pensioned by 1832, the time of the trial. Thomas HAYMAN born in Northerin[?], Hanover [according to the pensioner papers] joined the York Rangers in 1792. He was pensioned in 1804 after losing a leg in Saint Domingo. Although the papers do not give his address at the time, the word 'Bristol' is handwritten on the top. I can send you scans of the papers as attachments if you new PC is up to receiving such. They contain a description of Thomas. Kind regards, Jenny W [Brisbane] - who also has a Chelsea Pensioner as her ancestor - copy to list

Here are three old Bristol related films:- Bristol in the 1960s (9 minute) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtSHKesfAP0 Bristol in the 1920s (3 minute) <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FG2CRD-fjc&feature=related> Bristol Brabazon (10 Minute) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRV-SgYx7Q Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos

Something I have not seen before is Google News Archive. http://news.google.com/archivesearch It enables you to search and read newspaper articles which have been digitised and specify a time period of interest. For recent articles newspaper web sites are searched but for earlier dates the digitised original newspaper is searched. Unfortunately there does not seem to be an easy way to find out exactly which papers are searched. At the moment the only Bristol newspaper included is the Evening News web site. Copies of the "Bristol Herald" around 1900 have been digitised but this is in the USA!! Very few old British newspapers seem to be included at the moment. However pre 1900 searches for various Bristol parish names finds hits mainly in old New Zealand newspapers but also some in Australia and Canada in articles telegraphed from London. Hopefully some old Bristol newspapers will be included soon! Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos

Thanks for the help Jean and Josephine. If I could just find the birth or death for one of these people I could solve the age - maybe some day, so far it's difficult. I'm looking over in Nottingham so well out of your territory. Alan

Thank you. I will work on it with my cousin. I appreciate your help. Marianne Dillow ----- Original Message ----- From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com To: "bristol and somerset" <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:17:48 AM Subject: [B&S] Pope Family of Bristol, Google Books From: marlowest155@frontier.com Subject: [B&S] Col. Nathaniel Pope and Pope Family To Virginia Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:22:37 +0000 (UTC) > As early as 1653 a John Pope from Bristol came to Virginia to help John > Washington with legal papers. > Any help with the Pope family would greatly be appreciated. Marianne, if you have not already done so, try Google Books. Search for "John Pope""Bristol" or "Michael Pope""Bristol" or "Thomas Pope""Bristol" or Nathaniel Pope""Bristol" and you will find some full page views with information about the 17th-century Pope family of Bristol. Josephine -- www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

I have been searching in Google Books for some of the names of my ancestors and I saw a reference to Thomas HAYMAN, a Chelsea Pensioner, who was examined in 1832 at the trial of Charles PINNEY. I'm wondering if this Thomas HAYMAN was my 4x great-grandfather, who lived in Bristol at this time. Can anyone give me any information about this Chelsea Pensioner, Thomas HAYMAN, please? I know my Thomas HAYMAN was living at Portch House, Baptist Mills at the time of the 1841 census. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Afternoon Deena Once you've located a pst file (and you may also find them in eg 'windowsold' folder, then open outlook express and on the file tab at the top left of the screen click 'import export', select import from another program or file, next, personal folder .pst, next, then in the file name box click browse to the left until you select the address that you found your .pst folder in. Then, next, and you should in a min see the old e mails being reloaded into outlook express etc. If it's too jam packed then on the top file menu select archive and set the date to the most recent date you want to keep current and then let it archive. The e mails will be saved in a .pst file as a back up and shown in a separate e mail section "Archive" beneath your current e mails. It's worth running the .pst search program a couple of times as Ive found (maybe peculiar to my systems) that it is not identical every time Ive searched and I have located other .pst files. Any probs or clarifications please let me know Regards JOhn M -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of deana.smith@btinternet.com, Sent: 19 October 2010 12:12 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! Hi. John. Thanks for reply. I have done what you said. Just one came up from old windows mail. Alas not one of my family history names, but Angel where I kept all her breeders e-mails to me, first photos, and about shows etc. Sadly it's all in notepad so I can't read it. Any ideas. Hope your suggestion helped others as well, these little tips are amazing. Thanks from Deana. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M" <JHWM1@btconnect.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > Afternoon Deana > On vista go into SEARCH at the bottom left line of the opening screen and > see if you get anything listed if you search for the term ".pst". If so > your > old e mails may be there. > Regards > JOhn M > > -----Original Message----- > From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > deana.smith@btinternet.com > Sent: 18 October 2010 15:21 > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > > Oh Josephine I so know how you feel. My computer went into a shop as it > had > a virus which was making it run slowly. A young lad said 'what do you want > to save' everything I said documents etc photos. Alas without any warning > I > lost all my e-mails. I had set up all my family search names and put > e-mails > > regarding the different family history into each name. I did print a > paper > copy of really important stuff but so many other e-mails, research etc > and > bits and bobs, interesting discussions re family names, I didn't. The > computer chap who set up my computer hadn't ticked copy to server, if he > had > > I could have got the lot back. All gone. Ten years of this and that. At > the > time it was too awful to imagine, I felt numb, I thought they were just > going to get rid of the virus that had slippped through my firewall but > even > > Vista had gone. The one saving grace was that the book I had written was > still there, all those words and hours spent. It will be published in > February and that is the only saving grace I take from the dreadful > expericence in May. Hope all goes well for you and that you get all you > want back safe and sound. I love reading your e-mails so full of knowledge > and heritage. Good luck from Deana in Hastings. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:47 AM > Subject: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > > >> Hello Listers, >> >> My beloved Acorn computer suffered a fatal internal error, this morning, >> and the hard disc with my huge archive is now in its death throes:-( >> >> I am now reduced to a PC so I may not be able to send or reply to >> messages >> on such a regular basis as I have done in the past. 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From: marlowest155@frontier.com Subject: [B&S] Col. Nathaniel Pope and Pope Family To Virginia Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:22:37 +0000 (UTC) > As early as 1653 a John Pope from Bristol came to Virginia to help John > Washington with legal papers. > Any help with the Pope family would greatly be appreciated. Marianne, if you have not already done so, try Google Books. Search for "John Pope""Bristol" or "Michael Pope""Bristol" or "Thomas Pope""Bristol" or Nathaniel Pope""Bristol" and you will find some full page views with information about the 17th-century Pope family of Bristol. Josephine -- www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hi. John. Thanks for reply. I have done what you said. Just one came up from old windows mail. Alas not one of my family history names, but Angel where I kept all her breeders e-mails to me, first photos, and about shows etc. Sadly it's all in notepad so I can't read it. Any ideas. Hope your suggestion helped others as well, these little tips are amazing. Thanks from Deana. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M" <JHWM1@btconnect.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > Afternoon Deana > On vista go into SEARCH at the bottom left line of the opening screen and > see if you get anything listed if you search for the term ".pst". If so > your > old e mails may be there. > Regards > JOhn M > > -----Original Message----- > From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > deana.smith@btinternet.com > Sent: 18 October 2010 15:21 > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > > Oh Josephine I so know how you feel. My computer went into a shop as it > had > a virus which was making it run slowly. A young lad said 'what do you want > to save' everything I said documents etc photos. Alas without any warning > I > lost all my e-mails. I had set up all my family search names and put > e-mails > > regarding the different family history into each name. I did print a > paper > copy of really important stuff but so many other e-mails, research etc > and > bits and bobs, interesting discussions re family names, I didn't. The > computer chap who set up my computer hadn't ticked copy to server, if he > had > > I could have got the lot back. All gone. Ten years of this and that. At > the > time it was too awful to imagine, I felt numb, I thought they were just > going to get rid of the virus that had slippped through my firewall but > even > > Vista had gone. The one saving grace was that the book I had written was > still there, all those words and hours spent. It will be published in > February and that is the only saving grace I take from the dreadful > expericence in May. Hope all goes well for you and that you get all you > want back safe and sound. I love reading your e-mails so full of knowledge > and heritage. Good luck from Deana in Hastings. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:47 AM > Subject: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > > >> Hello Listers, >> >> My beloved Acorn computer suffered a fatal internal error, this morning, >> and the hard disc with my huge archive is now in its death throes:-( >> >> I am now reduced to a PC so I may not be able to send or reply to >> messages >> on such a regular basis as I have done in the past. I find it difficult >> to >> use e-mail on a PC, having been used to the ease and versatility of my >> Acorn for so many years. >> >> My other half tells me that some of my material is retrievable, but this >> will mean a lot of fiddling and it may be a winter job. >> >> However, when one door shuts another one opens and this may be the >> opportunity for me to concentrate on living family and friends, for a >> change, rather than dead ancestors:-) >> >> Josephine >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> ======= >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16090) >> http://www.pctools.com/ >> ======= > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16100) > http://www.pctools.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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16100) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16110) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

> I had reason to look this up a little while ago. It is not as simple as you think! > > Here is a little light reading for you! > > > http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/relationships/overview/lawofmarriage-/ > > http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/dmgmanual/html/DMG46001/10_0092_DMG47063.htm > > http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090211065533AA2V94a > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_majority > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent > > > Jean > > > > From: browns.home@sympatico.ca > > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:54:29 -0400 > > Subject: [B&S] Age of majority > > > > I have a marriage certificate from 1844 on which both the Bride and Groom's age is stated as "MINOR". > > The couple had a son born a few months after the marriage. > > Has anyone had occasion to look into the law in England which relates to the age of majority at that time? > > This event was not in Somerset, but I'm assuming the age of majority was common across England. > > Alan > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 had reason to look this up a little while ago. It is not as simple as you think! Here is a little light reading for you! http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/relationships/overview/lawofmarriage-/ http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/dmgmanual/html/DMG46001/10_0092_DMG47063.htm http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090211065533AA2V94a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_majority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent Jean > From: browns.home@sympatico.ca > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:54:29 -0400 > Subject: [B&S] Age of majority > > I have a marriage certificate from 1844 on which both the Bride and Groom's age is stated as "MINOR". > The couple had a son born a few months after the marriage. > Has anyone had occasion to look into the law in England which relates to the age of majority at that time? > This event was not in Somerset, but I'm assuming the age of majority was common across England. > Alan > > ------------------------------- > 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

Dear Josephine, So sorry about your trusty acorn. I hope your files can be recovered & that using a pc will seem better as you get used to it. >From Jenny [in a surprisingly chilly Sydney, Australia] My Family History Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~becher/index.htm > Hello Listers, > > My beloved Acorn computer suffered a fatal internal error, this morning, > and the hard disc with my huge archive is now in its death throes:-( > > I am now reduced to a PC so I may not be able to send or reply to messages > on such a regular basis as I have done in the past. I find it difficult to > use e-mail on a PC, having been used to the ease and versatility of my > Acorn for so many years.

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:54:29 +0100, A&M Brown <browns.home@sympatico.ca> wrote: > I have a marriage certificate from 1844 on which both the Bride and > Groom's age is stated as "MINOR". > The couple had a son born a few months after the marriage. > Has anyone had occasion to look into the law in England which relates to > the age of majority at that time? > This event was not in Somerset, but I'm assuming the age of majority was > common across England. Hi Alan, The age when someone was legally deemed to be an adult used to be 21 until the age of majority was put down to 18 in 1969. However, in early Victorian time, brides and grooms may have been registered as "full age" even if they were under 21 years of age, if the person registering the marriage was going by the age of consent. Before the Age of Marriage Act of 1929, which prohibited marriage under the age of 16 years, it was legal for boys aged 14 and girls aged 12 to be married. None of this really answers your question, but at least this is a little bit of background. You could try putting "age of majority" into Google. If you sift through the sites or add other keywords to your search you may come up with something. Josephine -- www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:38:15 +0100, Jenny Stiles <jstiles2@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Dear Josephine, > So sorry about your trusty acorn. I hope your files can be recovered & > that using a pc will seem better as you get used to it. I hope our extensive correspondence about your Bristol DUDDLESTONE and BECHER families will among the research, which Ian recovers, Jenny. He was working hard recovering some of my material all day yesterday, while I was busy trying to handle e-mail on a PC. Yesterday morning, I didn't think I could do it, but this morning I am managing without any help. I must admit that there are advantages using a PC as now I can look at Google Books. Yesterday, I found some interesting information about one of my Quaker ancestors, who didn't pay his tithes. Josephine -- www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Here are some snippets about J.S. Fry & Sons, which may be of interest to anyone whose ancestors worked in Fry's chocolate factory in Bristol in the late 19th century. The River Frome ran under the factory and supplied the water for raising steam. The engines and boilers apparently made a splendid sight and there was a huge old beam engine plus other more modern motors. The firm looked after its workers with a night school for boys once a week and the same for girls. These classes were held in the large lecture room. In the same room, every morning at 9 a.m., a senior member of the firm read a chapter of the Bible. I have been told that my grandmother remembered attending these assemblies. The heads of the house were Joseph Storrs Fry and Francis James Fry, M.P. They were assisted in the work of managing the firm by younger members of the family. J.S. Fry and Sons were not associated just with Bristol. In the late 19th century, the firm had offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff. It also had important branch warehouses and offices at Liverpool, London and Sydney in Australia. Josephine -- www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

I have a marriage certificate from 1844 on which both the Bride and Groom's age is stated as "MINOR". The couple had a son born a few months after the marriage. Has anyone had occasion to look into the law in England which relates to the age of majority at that time? This event was not in Somerset, but I'm assuming the age of majority was common across England. Alan

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:35:21 +0100, <DavidPenn@aol.com> wrote: > Jo: I am so sorry to read about the loss of your beloved Acorn. I have > just gone through a similarprocess when the motherboard on my PC > computer suddenly died and somehow corrupted the hard drive sothat its > letter cannot be recognized. So the files could not be recovered. > All was not lost as I had my data backed up on a commercial service > called Carbonite which I highly recommend; David, I'm glad to hear that your recent experience wasn't a total disaster and that your data was backed up. > Luckily I had all my FTM data up to July 21 on a memory stick but I > still lost all that I had entered since then; thank goodness for paper > copies! That must have been a relief to have the memory stick and the paper copies. My FTM data is on this PC so wasn't affected by my Acorn disaster, but now I'm motivated to make sure it's backed up. > Anyhow, I know somewhat what you are going though Jo and wish you all > the best in getting used toanother PC. It will come. I think you are right, David. This morning I didn't think that I would be able to cope with sending and receiving e-mails on a PC, but I have persevered today with some list e-mails and although the process is quite different from what I have been doing for the past 12 years, I am making some headway. Whether I can keep it up or not remains to be seen. Josephine -- www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com