Hi Pam, A belated welcome to the list. Thanks for providing information about the Pocock and Williams families. Even though you may not be able to visit Bristol, you might be interested in the online catalogue for the Bristol Record Office. If you find something interesting in it, you could post a request on the list for someone visiting the Record Office to look it up for you, or if it involves a bit more searching, you may need to pay either a local researcher or the Record Office staff to find it for you. The online catalogue is here: <http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/dserve/> By the way, you may not have realised that because you are subscribed in digest mode, when you click "Reply to", you will get the whole of the digest added to the bottom of your email. You will also get a very general subject text, as you can see here (yours is "RE: [B&S] BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET Digest, Vol 7, Issue 216"). So it's best after clicking "Reply to" to strip out all the digest text on the end of the email and change the subject to the one used in the post to which you are replying. Hope this helps. Best wishes, Mike Gould Leicestershire -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pamela Ehrlich Sent: 08 September 2012 16:46 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET Digest, Vol 7, Issue 216 Hi Everyone, I've been a member of this list for awhile but haven't had a chance to contribute yet. Thanks all for the genealogical research tips. Today the notice about the Pocock painting up for auction was of great interest to me. Pocock also illustrated a novel by the artist, stage designer, musician, seaman, and author, William Williams (born and died in Bristol) who lived for a time in America (approximately from 1740 to 1773). Here is a link which might be of interest. It's to the Christie's sale in 2006 of the Williams' manuscript with Pocock's illustrations––it is now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4784218 Also of interest might be the article about the Bristol School of artists: http://mshed.org/explore-contribute/themes/creating/visual-arts/the-bristol-school-of-artists/ I am researching William Williams (1727-1791) and a group of people associated with him in Bristol––among them––Thomas and Rev. John Eagles, Edward Bird, and Dr. Thomas Pole. I know there are many people by the name of William Williams, but if anyone knows anything about the man who died in the Mariners' almshouse in 1791, I would very much love to hear about it. Living in America, I can't get to Bristol easily. Williams married a woman named Hester/Esther Hart in New York in 1773 and had a step-daughter Mary, who married one Robert Byrchmore in London in 1784. Any hints on sources for research in the Bristol/Gloucestershire area for this time period would be much appreciated. Best regards, Pam ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, September 8, 2012 3:11:57 AM Subject: BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET Digest, Vol 7, Issue 216 Today's Topics: 1. Maritime painting set to fetch thousands -- article in The Post (Josephine Jeremiah) <clipped>