Last night, I was glad to hear that my long-time correspondent and her family are safe in New Zealand. This morning I have had another message from former B & S list member, Dianne in Christchurch, which she has asked me to convey to the list: > Hi Josephine, > have just popped into the Bristol and Somerset archives rootsweb site - > please thank everyone from me and Christchurch for their thoughts and > especially to you. It has been a trying time and now our thoughts are > with those who now are trying to cope with bereavements and some still > trying to find loved family members. We are a small city compared to > some but this to all of us here is a personal tragedy. We have lost some > very important heritage buildings, some that will never be replaced and > a lot of these dating back to when our ancestors arrived in New Zealand. > Please convey my email to all of my friends on the Bristol and Rootsweb > site and to you Josephine, who all helped me tremendously in the past > regarding my Hobbs / Rippingille family in Gloucestershire and Somerset. > Whilst I am not subscribed to the Bristol and Somerset site at present I > still hover in the background and I still enjoy reading the various > threads regarding other members family research on this site. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

I contacted Adele who I have corresponded with in the past & got this Yes thanks, am in lower north island.. but the mess down south. luckily my sister wasn't down in Ch.ch. she was in Nelson the other day. which is higher up south island.. Adele On 23/02/2011 10:17, Josephine Jeremiah wrote: > Last night, I was glad to hear that my long-time correspondent and her > family are safe in New Zealand. This morning I have had another message > from former B& S list member, Dianne in Christchurch, which she has asked > me to convey to the list: > >> Hi Josephine, >> have just popped into the Bristol and Somerset archives rootsweb site - >> please thank everyone from me and Christchurch for their thoughts and >> especially to you. It has been a trying time and now our thoughts are >> with those who now are trying to cope with bereavements and some still >> trying to find loved family members. We are a small city compared to >> some but this to all of us here is a personal tragedy. We have lost some >> very important heritage buildings, some that will never be replaced and >> a lot of these dating back to when our ancestors arrived in New Zealand. >> Please convey my email to all of my friends on the Bristol and Rootsweb >> site and to you Josephine, who all helped me tremendously in the past >> regarding my Hobbs / Rippingille family in Gloucestershire and Somerset. >> Whilst I am not subscribed to the Bristol and Somerset site at present I >> still hover in the background and I still enjoy reading the various >> threads regarding other members family research on this site.

In this month's update FreeCEN has had the following pieces added to the database: 1861 Somerset RG9/1614 North Curry Parishes of Hatch Beauchamp, West Hatch, Thorne Falcon, North Curry 1861 Somerset RG9/1633 Ilminster Parishes of Shepton Beauchamp, Seavington St Mich, Seavington St Mary, White Lackington, Kingstone, Dowlish Wake, West Dowlish, Cricket Malherbie, Donyatt, Ilton, Ashill, Broadway 1861 Somerset RG9/1697 Batheaston Parishes of Bathford, Batheaston, St Catherine, Swainswick 1861 Somerset RG9/1704 Bedminster Parish of Bedminster 1871 Somerset RG10/2378 Bishops Lydeard Parishes of Ash Priors, Combe Florey, Tolland, Lydeard St Lawrence, West Bagborough 1891 Gloucestershire RG12/1963 Bristol Parish of St James In 1891 Gloucestershire RG12/1999 Thornbury Parishes of Cromhall, Cross Ways, Falfield, Morton, Oldbury on Severn, Rangeworthy, Rockhampton, Thornbury, Tytherington Regards Geoff Jarvis FreeCEN Coordinator Somerset (1841 - 1871) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~somtcen/