Hello, Recently I found several hundred family photos of my grandmother's, including some that date back to the 1800's. I'm very excited about the find! I have begun scanning them. Many are labelled, which makes things a lot easier. By comparison I should be able to figure out some folks, and my dad's cousin is still alive so she may be able to help as well. All that aside, I'm trying to figure out how to present these online. I am scanning front and back (as my grandmother labelled many of them). Can anyone suggest a website or program that's useful for presenting pictures online? I have researched ways to preserve the photos themselves but don't know how to publish the images. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Cheers, Tony

I have compiled a 250ish page book that is in PDF format. This free book is an index with vital statistics and includes people who have lived and died in Cheshire and Lancashire. Only one line of a total of six lines of this family was in England. Here's the link to download the book: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E8AA5BE5FEB18E27!508&authkey=!AL3cZrGHnARNua8&ithint=file%2cpdf Here are the English (Irish) family names (Husband's Surname/Wife's Surname) that are in the book: Anderson/Doran Anderson/McKee Anderson/Pierce Anderson/Pollard Ashworth/Anderson Bailey/Smith Dodd/Anderson Dodd/Gillell Dodd/Hibbert Dodd/Jones Dodd/Middleton Dodd/Parker Dodd/Storer Fletcher/Bradley Fletcher/Dodd Gough/Kay Henshaw/Smith Kay/Smith Mottram/Dodd Owen/Bowen Smith/Anderson Smith/Fletcher Wallwork/Fletcher I'm looking for additional relatives/researchers who can perhaps provide additional information on people included in this book. I'm working on publishing this book in printed format; however, in the interim, I'm using the PDF to fish for more information. If you have a connection to this family, I would love to hear from you. Pamela Treme ptreme@yahoo.com

The following updates have just been announced for CheshireBMD ------------- Message from Ian Hartas, Cheshire. Hi, Cheshire BMD has been updated to add: Births: 502 for Urmston, registers at Trafford (1951-1952) Marriages: 343 for Reddish, St Elisabeth, registers at Stockport (1989-2009) 263 for Stockport, St Alban, registers at Stockport (1993-2013) Many thanks to Geoff Oultram, Peter Greenwood and their respective colleagues for these. ------------- Forwarded by: Bob Kirk Web address: http://kirksoft.co.uk/ Sent from my iPad

Hi All, Joseph WHITTAKER was born c 1871, Macclesfield, son of William WHITTAKER and Frances Sarah BROADHURST. He was living in 14 Samuel Street, Macclesfield in 1881. I cannot find him in 1891 but there is a very probable marriage in 1895 to Emily SAVAGE. Then I cannot find him again. There is a Joseph married to Emma in 1901 but he is a house furnisher and he was a weaver when he married. Possible but a lot of conflicting detail. His parents died in 1887 & 1888. Note he is not the Joseph WHITTAKER of almost the same age, son of Samuel, who married Lillie LEAH, I already have that pair in my tree. Can anyone find him in 1891, 1911 or with Emily in 1901, or any other detail or hypothesis to make this story fit together? Any help greatly appreciated Christine

His name is Bertram, not Bertrand Merrell. He was one of the founders of the FHSC .Met him when he was over in England a few years ago and he still had his local English accent. Lovely chap! Regards, Lyn

Hi Eric, Here's your man on FMP: First name(s) JAMES Last name LEIGH Marriage year 1807 Marriage date 16 Jun 1807 Marriage place - Spouse's first name(s) Sarah Spouse's last name Johnson County Cheshire Country England Reference Page: 94 Record number: 134 Record set Cheshire Diocese of Chester parish marriages 1538-1910 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Record collection Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain I'll send you the image off list. You were correct - the James Leigh who married Sarah Townsend was a Printer. Regards Lesley Baxendale Colwyn Bay On 20/08/2014 09:35, Eric Millward via wrote: > Adrian, > > Thanks for your input. > > My interest in the BM index is that I am faced with a choice of > marriages for James LEIGH of Stockport to a Sarah in the period > 1800-1818. I know that James came from a hatting family and on the FHSC > CD of North & East Cheshire Marriages (which complements the BM index) > one possible James is quoted as being a printer which suggests > that he is not my man. That detail is omitted from the Family Search > record and I was wondering if any similar details for the other > contenders were on the BM index to help me to focus future research into > the original records. > > Eric > > > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4745 / Virus Database: 4007/8068 - Release Date: 08/20/14 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The following updates for CheshireBMD have just been announced: ------------ Message from Ian Hartas, Cheshire. Hi, Cheshire BMD has been updated to add: Births: 502 for Urmston, registers at Trafford (1951-1952) Marriages: 343 for Reddish, St Elisabeth, registers at Stockport (1989-2009) 263 for Stockport, St Alban, registers at Stockport (1993-2013) Many thanks to Geoff Oultram, Peter Greenwood and their respective colleagues for these. ------------ Forwarded by: Bob Kirk Web address: http://kirksoft.co.uk/ Sent from my iPad

I'm most grateful for the encouragement and all the suggestions about existing websites and ways-to-set-up new ones that I've received on Lists and privately. I will investigate further. However, I need to clarify a couple of things. I realise that because I introduced into the conversation my own dilemma about what to do with personal memorabilia/artefacts I've skewed my original premise in readers' minds. I should have kept that as a separate issue. To recap: I was intrigued by Emma Griffin's book and the methods she used to gain her evidence. I am looking for a way to extend that method. My proposal for a website could only include scanned copies of the written word or drawing/plan which would give us 'the feel' of the person originating the document. What were our ancestors thinking? What were their concerns? What were they feeling? These are the things that names, dates and occupation titles found in official statistics don't tell us. And deep down, when we are researching, this is what we really want to know. The actual document(s) would remain in the hands of the owners. Embarrassingly for me, I have omitted or not emphasised the word 'COPIES' of documents or more importantly 'SCANNED COPIES' in the conversation. Many of us do scan material now quite easily - which is why, in my computer innocence, I thought a website could operate as a wiki - open to all and self-curated. But there are alternatives to consider and at this stage I'm just thinking aloud. If Rootsweb Administrators are happy to host this conversation in its early brainstorming phase it would be helpful if we could continue it on the Lists for a short time. For now, a collective thanks. I hope to get back to you all individually in a short while. Ruth

Ah - a reasonable question, which I can't answer as my BM CD long since succumbed to the plastic rot of which I speak. Adrian On 20/08/2014 09:35, Eric Millward wrote: > Adrian, > > Thanks for your input. > > My interest in the BM index is that I am faced with a choice of > marriages for James LEIGH of Stockport to a Sarah in the period > 1800-1818. I know that James came from a hatting family and on the FHSC > CD of North & East Cheshire Marriages (which complements the BM index) > one possible James is quoted as being a printer which suggests > that he is not my man. That detail is omitted from the Family Search > record and I was wondering if any similar details for the other > contenders were on the BM index to help me to focus future research into > the original records. > > Eric > > > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4745 / Virus Database: 4007/8068 - Release Date: 08/20/14 > > >

Adrian, Thanks for your input. My interest in the BM index is that I am faced with a choice of marriages for James LEIGH of Stockport to a Sarah in the period 1800-1818. I know that James came from a hatting family and on the FHSC CD of North & East Cheshire Marriages (which complements the BM index) one possible James is quoted as being a printer which suggests that he is not my man. That detail is omitted from the Family Search record and I was wondering if any similar details for the other contenders were on the BM index to help me to focus future research into the original records. Eric ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4745 / Virus Database: 4007/8068 - Release Date: 08/20/14

<<snipped>> On 19/08/2014 21:38, Eric Millward via wrote: ... Can someone please help me to access the data on the FHSC Bertrand Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire?. The CD is loaded correctly and I have set it up correctly as far as I can see because I can access the Hartley Jones data on the same CD with no trouble. However when I try to accesss the Bertrand Merrrell data I get a "Run Time Error 75 " message. <<snipped>> The CD may be physically failing. Mine gave up some time ago - basically, the plastic rots. However, unless I am much mistaken, the BM Index was compiled from the Bishop's Transcripts and is still only an index. The BTs and the PRs have been indexed on FamilySearch so there is no point to trying to resurrect the BM Index. Unless I'm missing something??? Adrian B

This may be marginally off topic but perhaps an expert at FHSC may be able to help me and others. Can someone please help me to access the data on the FHSC Bertrand Merrell Marriage Index of Cheshire?. The CD is loaded correctly and I have set it up correctly as far as I can see because I can access the Hartley Jones data on the same CD with no trouble. However when I try to accesss the Bertrand Merrrell data I get a "Run Time Error 75 " message. It was OK when I last used it a few years ago. Thanks Eric Millward ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4745 / Virus Database: 4007/8062 - Release Date: 08/19/14

A big thank you to all those who have replied to my previous mailings. Time has prevented me from answering you all personally - apologies for that. I'm returning now to my point about finding funding for a Family History website for the gathering of written material squirreled away by family historians, especially those of us with unrecognised and undervalued ancestors who have never-the-less, and against all the odds, made their mark and deserve to be heard. Emma Griffin, I believe, has led the way. From her position as a working, established, respected historian she has had the opportunity to research in Archives, Record Offices and Libraries and has written about what has already been found and deemed significant to our national history. I contend that there is yet another layer of such material still to be unearthed - under our beds, on top of wardrobes, even in garden sheds! So maybe we should begin a search for it and put it all together in one place. As I imagine it, the website would hold standalone documents written by individuals at the time - not modern day articles *about* individuals or families. A wealth of those can be found in the journals of county Family History Societies and in Family History commercial magazines sold on news-stands everywhere. This would be different. It would be composed of our ancestors' own words, showing their own perceptions, their own understandings of their own experiences. Web-based, it could operate as a wiki type thing. (I think?) All under the briefest of information about the author of the entry which could be given on a pro-forma with photograph where possible - this only in order to set the context of the document - the website would hold: . yet-to-be-recognised-memoirs/autobiographies, diaries, . letters, postcards, poems, . pictorial matter. Now, I am merely brainstorming here. I know very little about computers - how to set up such a website - what it would involve - how it would be supervised, etc., etc. All I know is it would need some financial investment and that is one thing I do know a little about - fundraising. Maybe this is an idea off the scale. Maybe it doesn't have legs. Maybe it doesn't have worth ie historical significance at all. But I'd really like to hear what other people think. I've chosen to send these mailings to the five Northern and Midland Counties to which I'm a subscriber and where many of my ancestors had their roots. But I would like to broaden the idea if it is supported. So please brainstorm with me. I hope that this is a germ of an idea at least. Could it be expanded in any way, shape or form? For me it has the warm feel of a cooperative, collective thing to do. What say you? Regards Ruth

Tim, Looks like Isaac may have died young. There is a burial for an Isaac Mollineux at Weaverham on 24th July 1712. Rel : John Cheers, Lyn At 11:48 15/08/2014, you wrote: >Is there anyone on this list that can help with original script for the >above Abraham and Isaac Mullinex (Molyneux) baptised 9 Feb 1711 in >Weaverham, Northwich. The original image on FMP reads:- > >"Abraham and Isaac Mullinex sons of John Mullinex a Traveller who were >born at William Earls of Roolow and were baptized February the ninth". > >Does anyone know who William Earl was or where Roolow was or could it be >William, Earl of Roolow? > >Any thoughts or further information would be greatly appreciated. >Regards >Tim > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2014.0.4745 / Virus Database: 4007/8039 - Release Date: 08/15/14

<<snipped>> How do I go about obtaining a copy of the actual birth record? <<snipped>> Order it from the GRO at Southport, using the reference given. See http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ Adrian

The registers for this birth are held at the Oldham Register Office. You will have to apply there quoting the following information. CLIFFEGeorge WattsWINTERBOTTOM1861Uppermill, SaddleworthOldhamLancashireUPP/14/201N/A If you wish to search for this yourself take a look at the web site: LancashireBMD.org.uk Good luck Bob Kirk Web address: http://kirksoft.co.uk/ Sent from my iPad > On 15 Aug 2014, at 18:54, Tony Vernon via <cheshire@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > This is not in Cheshire, but I'm hoping for advice concerning finding an > actual birth record based on an index. I found the birth index record for > my great-grandfather - please see below. How do I go about obtaining a > copy of the actual birth record? Any assistance would be appreciated! > > England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription > > Learn more > <http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1861%2f4%2faz%2f000213%2f099&highlights=%22%22#learn-more> > Print individual transcription View image > <http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1861%2f4%2faz%2f000213&parentid=bmd%2fb%2f1861%2f4%2faz%2f000213%2f099> > First name(s)GEORGE WATTSLast nameCLIFFEBirth year1861Birth > quarter4Registration > month-Mother's last name-DistrictSADDLEWORTHCountyYorkshireCountryEngland > Volume9APage222Record setEngland & Wales births 1837-2006CategoryBirth, > Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)Record collectionBirths & > baptismsCollections > fromUnited Kingdom > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am posting below some details of a heritage Weekend being held at St. Laurence Church, Frodsham on the weekend of 20th and 21st September 2014. Admission is free to this event which is focusing on World War 1 and the impact this had on the local community. In particular we have tried to find more information about the WW! soldiers who are buried in the churchyard. Information booklets about these soldiers will be on sale. CDs of parish records and other local records will be on sale. You are most welcome to attend. if anyone has any information that would add to the display, please contact me on Tortoise225@aol.com We hope that as many visitors as possible will come along to this event. Thank you, Pauline Lowrie HERITAGE WEEKEND SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER, 10.00am - 4.00pm  SUNDAY 21SEPTEMBER, 12.00 noon – 3.00 pm EVERYONE WELCOME AT THE WWI EXHIBITION, TALKS, POETRY, MUSICAND FAMILY HISTORY EVENTS Entrance Free                                            Refreshmentsavailable   All day events ·     Guided tours ofthe church and the graveyard ·     Exhibition of WWImemorabilia, maps, original records and photographs ·     Refreshments andwelcome to the church ·     CDs and printedbooklets on sale ·     Family Historyhelp to find your ancestors: Family History Society of Cheshire, Runcorn   Saturday 11.00  Commemorating World War I in Frodsham:  The Mayor ofFrodsham, Cllr Allen Wales 12.00  Stories and poems of World War: hear about life in Frodsham during the war;  some familiar war poems and some you may not have heardbefore.   14.00  Soldiers of Frodsham who died during World War I and are remembered hereat St Laurence Church             Heather Powling 15.00: Music to remember the war and somesongs to sing along with Daniel and Peter Axworthy (violin & piano)                   Sunday 10.00 : ParishEucharist and Confirmation service:                          Visitorsare welcome at this service 12.00:  Storiesand poems of World War:  hear aboutlife in Frodsham during the war; some familiar war poems and some you may not have heard before. 

Hi Christine, <http://pembo50.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=pembo50&view=86&pid=333&ver=155> WHITTAKER, Charles, b.1861 - b. 23 Apr 1861 - Macclesfield Cheshire - d. 1921 - Macclesfield Cheshire - e. Census - 1911 - Vincent St Macclesfield - RD444 SD4 ED1 SN254 - m. NADEN, Annie <http://pembo50.tribalpages.com/family-tree/pembo50/155/126/Annie-NADEN-Family> - 15 Jul 1882 - Parish Church of St George Sutton Cheshire - d. 1901 This is my grandfather's sister - her husband Charles whose father was also Charles married a Sarah Anne BENNISON in Macclesfield 1874. There are numerous Whittakers listed in my tree which is on Tribal Pages I will send you an invite and you can look. Hope this helps Susan Pemberton On 15 August 2014 14:55, Christine Benson via <cheshire@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > In 1911 Frank WHITTAKER b 1902, Macclesfield is living with John WHITTAKER > b > 1835, Macclesfield and is shown as his adopted son. I can find no birth > records that correspond, suggesting that his birth name was not WHITTAKER. > There are plenty of marriages that may be a possibility, but no way I can > find to check them. And no matching parish records online that I can check. > > Can anyone "claim" this Frank, or has anyone "lost" a Frank? > > Can anyone suggest any way to find out more about him? > > Any help greatly appreciated > > Christine > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Sue Pemberton. http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/pembo50 http://www.chaddock.net/

I missed an important detail off the website address in my previous message. It should read www.lancashirebmd.org.uk All the best, Bob Hartley.

Hello Tony, Your great grandfather was born in Uppermill, Saddleworth near Oldham. Go on to the website www.lancashirebmd.org Look up your George Watts Cliffe by filling in the details and click SEARCH. If you then click on the reference number which is UPP/14/201 you will get a form to print off. Fill it in and send it to Oldham Register Office which is now housed in Chadderton Town Hall, Middleton Road, Chadderton, Oldham. Certificates I believe now cost £10 and I am sure the staff would appreciate a stamped addressed envelope. All the best in your search. Bob Hartley.