Copies of the 2000 Edition (not the very latest update) available from AbeBooks for £0.61 plus postage On your advice I've just ordered one. Best regards John On 20/01/2014 20:50, Jean Harris wrote: > Hi all > > Brian is so right as after 40 years of researching my own family history I have never seen or read a better book than this one by Mark Herber. It was published 1997 with the association of the Society of Genealogists, London. > > AND the joy of it is that he gives examples from his own Devonian families!! Hence he quotes many Devon documents and sources. > > I am sure that a copy can be found in any major City Library (Dewey decimal 929 for genealogy) and University Library. Find this book and enjoy!! > > Jean Harris in Toronto, Ontario > > (a former Devonian) > On Jan 20, 2014, at 6:13 AM, Brian Randell wrote: > >> Hi Bev: >> >> Yes - I'd heard of this, I think from reading the splendid book: >> >> M.D. Herber. Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. >> >> which I regard as *the* best single book on UH genealogy. >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >>

You might not read the whole book as it's more of a genealogical reference book but it is one you will go back to, again and again. All the best, Edna - Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: Thelma Hartman Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 7:37 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Ancestral Trails by Mark D. Herber Thanks for the tip - I found this book in my public library resources and have put a hold on it. I am looking forward to reading it. Thelma

I know of no better ways to find a particular gravesite than we have been doing. However, I have begun to record GPS readings on the gravestones. Found I could get a reading on my gggrandfather's stone. (Francis Hill b.1822 Clayhanger) Original reading by satellite varied 6" from cell phone reading laid directly on the stone when I visited. I now take GPS measurement readings on all sites and record them in my family tree file. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> Date:01/20/2014 19:59 (GMT-05:00) To: DEVON@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Recording burials Morning List, For years I have wanted to ask this, but it is one of those questions........................... How does everyone record a place of burial if the exact churchyard is not known? Generally Family Tree Programs have spots for Died Buried For instance, if the burial is noted in a Parish Church PR, does it necessarily mean they were buried there? In London, if a burial is listed in St Mary Fulham in 1857, would the child be buried there, or would just the service be held there, and the child be taken elsewhere to be buried? I have just started entering in Buried [place in my program] as... Service at St Mary Fulham, which then covers the fact that the child might just not be buried at that Church but in another cemetery. Where I live, no churches have a burial ground [unless in the country side], there is just one major cemetery and a crematorium. In the past, I have always just put the place of burial in the Church of the place the entry was found, which I know is not strictly correct unless there is a tombstone to prove it [or a Sexton's Book], but how else does one get around this? Bev ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I wonder if this is the origin of the " Crew Cut " hair style. I thought I was seeing things when I first saw this: ) Bev A Hundred Years Ago An important tax of the year was the one known as the Hair Powder Tax, by which a guinea per annum was imposed on all wearers of hair powder. The penalty for infringing the Act was £20 Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954) Monday 24 June 1895 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/114982046

Thanks for the tip - I found this book in my public library resources and have put a hold on it. I am looking forward to reading it. Thelma -----Original Message----- From: liverpud Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 2:29 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Ancestral Trails by Mark D. Herber I first retrieved it from our own local Ottawa Library. So impressed with it, I purchased a copy for myself. Cheers, Edna - Ottawa ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I first retrieved it from our own local Ottawa Library. So impressed with it, I purchased a copy for myself. Cheers, Edna - Ottawa

Hello Barbara, I would be interested in any link that can be made between the ELLIOTT & TOTHILL names in Devon. For other reasons I have conducted some research of the Tothill name in Australia. Mary Ann Tothill married Frank Raymond 1856 in New South Wales and according to her Australian records she was born in Totnes abt 1832, father William, mother Mary A Harris. Mary Ann also had a sister Rebecca in Australia. The origins of Frank Raymond have not yet been located, possibly born Ludgate Hill, London abt 1802, father also William ? A link to the Elliott's would be most interesting. Alan Elliott -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Mallyon Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2014 10:49 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Surnames CHANNING, TREE, SHEARS,TOTHILL, ELLIOTT Is anyone researching the following families:- William CHANNING married Sarah TOTHILL 7 April 1803 St. Sidwell, Exeter they had 3 children all born in Exeter. One child named Elizabeth Elliott CHANNING, could this be her grandparents surname ELLIOTT.

Hello Elizabeth, Thank you for your reply and all of the information that you have given,I will do a bit of research to see where it all fits in. Best wishes Barbara Lewis Mallyon -----Original Message----- From: elizabeth howard Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:45 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Surnames CHANNING, TREE, SHEARS,TOTHILL, ELLIOTT Hi, the Tothills seem to be Quakers in Exeter , don`t know if that applies to Sarah ? but Ancestry now has a lot of Quaker records. Wm Channing died 1st April 1851 , of Exeter, carpenter, widower, Administration of his effects is granted to Thomas Hector of Crediton , thatcher, husband and adminstrator of the effects of Louisa Hector the dau and one of the next of kin, in 1874 , effects under £200. In the 1841 there is a William Channing, 60, Y, labourer , with Elizabeth , also 60 Y, and Giles, 30, shoemaker, Y, and Richard, 20, shoemaker, Y. living in St Davids. And a William and Grace , 68 , cheesemonger, Y, and Grace, 61 , Y , both living in St Mary Major , Exeter. None of these are mine. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Mallyon" <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:49 AM Subject: [DEV] Surnames CHANNING, TREE, SHEARS,TOTHILL, ELLIOTT > > > Is anyone researching the following families:- > > William CHANNING married Sarah TOTHILL 7 April 1803 > St. Sidwell, Exeter they had 3 children all born in Exeter. > One child named Elizabeth Elliott CHANNING, could this be her > grandparents surname ELLIOTT. > > William CHANNING married Sophia TREE 23 January 1826 St. Lawrence > Exeter, they had 9 children. All children born in Exeter. > > The 1851 Census shows William as a widower living in Exeter. > The 1861 Census shows that William had remarried to a Mary Ann LAMB > married > September 1858 Exeter > who was looking after 2 of Williams children, she was now a widow > living in Clerkenwell, Middlesex.. > > Daughter Hannah CHANNING married Joseph SHEARS, his parents > Joseph SHEARS and Mary Ann ?? living in Exeter. They had 3 children. > > Kind regards > > Barbara Lewis Mallyon > > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all Brian is so right as after 40 years of researching my own family history I have never seen or read a better book than this one by Mark Herber. It was published 1997 with the association of the Society of Genealogists, London. AND the joy of it is that he gives examples from his own Devonian families!! Hence he quotes many Devon documents and sources. I am sure that a copy can be found in any major City Library (Dewey decimal 929 for genealogy) and University Library. Find this book and enjoy!! Jean Harris in Toronto, Ontario (a former Devonian) On Jan 20, 2014, at 6:13 AM, Brian Randell wrote: > Hi Bev: > > Yes - I'd heard of this, I think from reading the splendid book: > > M.D. Herber. Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. > > which I regard as *the* best single book on UH genealogy. > > Cheers > > Brian > > On 20 Jan 2014, at 09:48, "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> > wrote: > >> I wonder if this is the origin of the " Crew Cut " hair style. >> >> I thought I was seeing things when I first saw this: ) Bev >> >> A Hundred Years Ago >> >> An important tax of the year was the one known as the Hair Powder Tax, by >> which a guinea per annum was imposed on all wearers of hair powder. The >> penalty for infringing the Act was £20 >> >> >> Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954) Monday 24 June >> 1895 >> >> http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/114982046 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU > EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 > URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The records for the Hair Powder Tax, if they survive, are most likely to be kept in the county record office. I know that Wiltshire has these for 1796 & 1797, but don't know about Devon. Michael Walsby On 20/01/2014 10:48, B. Edmonds wrote: > I wonder if this is the origin of the " Crew Cut " hair style. > > I thought I was seeing things when I first saw this: ) Bev > > A Hundred Years Ago > > An important tax of the year was the one known as the Hair Powder Tax, by > which a guinea per annum was imposed on all wearers of hair powder. The > penalty for infringing the Act was £20 > > > Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954) Monday 24 June > 1895 > > http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/114982046 > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Hi Bev: Yes - I'd heard of this, I think from reading the splendid book: M.D. Herber. Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. which I regard as *the* best single book on UH genealogy. Cheers Brian On 20 Jan 2014, at 09:48, "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> wrote: > I wonder if this is the origin of the " Crew Cut " hair style. > > I thought I was seeing things when I first saw this: ) Bev > > A Hundred Years Ago > > An important tax of the year was the one known as the Hair Powder Tax, by > which a guinea per annum was imposed on all wearers of hair powder. The > penalty for infringing the Act was £20 > > > Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954) Monday 24 June > 1895 > > http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/114982046 > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell

I do not mean to harp on re the birth of babies who are either still born or die so soon after birth. But.......... How would anyone know of this little chap unless it was recorded somewhere, even though it is far away from home. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wednesday 9 February 1859 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/7309511 On the 24th November last, at the residence of her father, Colonel POOLE, Teignmouth, Devon, the wife of J. A. J. MacGREGOR, Esq., of a son, who only survived a few hours. I did not see him on FeeBMD, but he could be there. Bev

It usually means vide or see Wm Byass . in the Alumni Cantab. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Waymouth" <waymouth@ihug.com.au> To: "Rootsweb DEVON list" <DEVON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 9:41 PM Subject: [DEV] Abbreviations in a footnote > > Greetings all, > > Can someone help me to interpret these abbreviations found in a > footnote to an article on the Victoria County History website? > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22947&strquery=byass#n333 > > B.L. Add. MS. 39348, ff. 258-9; _Alum. Cantab. to_ 1751, s.v. Wm. > Byass. > > The bit that I don't get is "s.v. Wm. Byass" as there's no mention of > Wm Byass in the article. He's the chap I'm interested in (his > descendent married into my Devon Waymouths, so it's nearly Devon > related). > > Many thanks, > > Robyn > Recovering from a vile heatwave in Melbourne > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bev, How is hubby after his fall? I'm ploughing through un-read Dev messages....going back to November! Regards, Louise -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of B. Edmonds Sent: 11 January 2014 22:47 To: DEVON@rootsweb.com; eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Michael LEE c 1640 & Joan EDMONDS [OOPS] >>Snipped<< I need a coffee, I am a bit stressed, hubby fell from the ladder yesterday and it was panic stations all round. This morning he is like the walking wounded and ladders are banned unless I am within 2 feet of him. Bev >>snipped<< -------------------------------------------------- From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 8:32 AM To: <DEVON@rootsweb.com>; <eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DEV] Michael LEE c 1640 & Joan EDMONDS

I'll make this my last post to the list about this as it's clearly not Devon related.  Email me privately if you would like to continue the conversation. If a baby only takes one breath after birth, it's not a still birth, and you would expect the birth to be registered, and its subsequent death.  It is very unusual for true still births to be registered (as distinct from recorded).  But this is by recent/modern standards and I guess there have been a range of practices found across time and place. Many families are now attempting to find the burial places of babies who were stillborn or who died very early as the parents were only rarely involved in the arrangements  At least where I work, we can mostly help as we do have the records. Robyn   ----- Original Message ----- From: devon@rootsweb.com To: Cc: Sent:Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:22:24 -0500 Subject:Re: [DEV] Historic Still Birth Register Robyn wrote, "Other than in modern hospital patient records, still births are simply not recorded, let alone registered anywhere, so entries in this Register can only be derived from personal correspondence or memory." While it is far both geographically and in record-keeping systems from historical Devon, stillbirths and children who died within minutes to a few hours of their birth were regularly recorded by many of the town clerks in colonial Massachusetts. I have been able to fill in additional information on many of my colonial families this way as these infants are much less likely to have extant gravestones than infants/children who died when they were slightly older. I would be very surprised if it were the only place in the world that recorded stillbirths, and indeed, Bev's response indicates that it is not. Liz Loveland Massachusetts, USA ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

PS: Or you might view on-line: http://public.oed.com/how-to-use-the-oed/abbreviations/ Edna - Ottawa

Many thanks Tim, Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: devon@rootsweb.com To: Cc: Sent:Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:15:59 +0000 Subject:Re: [DEV] Abbreviations in a footnote Hi Robyn If i have read and understood correctly, what it means is if you look in the Alum Cantab to 1751, then look up the entry for Wm. Byass See http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/latin-terms-and-abbreviations/ for meanings of obscure latin abbreviations. Tim Treeby DFHS 13926 On 18/01/2014 21:41, Robyn Waymouth wrote: > Greetings all, > > Can someone help me to interpret these abbreviations found in a > footnote to an article on the Victoria County History website? > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22947&strquery=byass#n333 > > B.L. Add. MS. 39348, ff. 258-9; _Alum. Cantab. to_ 1751, s.v. Wm. > Byass. > > The bit that I don't get is "s.v. Wm. Byass" as there's no mention of > Wm Byass in the article. He's the chap I'm interested in (his > descendent married into my Devon Waymouths, so it's nearly Devon > related). > > Many thanks, > > Robyn > ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiverrootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Usually at the back of a dictionary, Oxford Dictionary, there is a listing of abbreviations. You might check there. Edna - snowy Ottawa *** -----Original Message----- From: Robyn Waymouth Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 4:41 PM To: Rootsweb DEVON list Subject: [DEV] Abbreviations in a footnote Greetings all, Can someone help me to interpret these abbreviations found in a footnote to an article on the Victoria County History website? http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22947&strquery=byass#n333 B.L. Add. MS. 39348, ff. 258-9; _Alum. Cantab. to_ 1751, s.v. Wm. Byass. The bit that I don't get is "s.v. Wm. Byass" as there's no mention of Wm Byass in the article. He's the chap I'm interested in (his descendent married into my Devon Waymouths, so it's nearly Devon related). Many thanks, Robyn Recovering from a vile heatwave in Melbourne

Well said Liz, There are many of us in the UK who also cannot visit ROs or other establishments to research our families for a variety of reasons, mine is disability and I have only been able to further my research by sometimes paying for information or copies of documents from the ROs and joining such websites as Ancestry. From my point of view, more confirmation of facts is required when working at a distance, but I have found that many ROs and recently in my research, Oxford Colleges, their Archivists and Institutions have all been enormously helpful as has membership of relevant FHS's. Over the years I have purchased quite a few microfiche of original PRs and many other resources for the areas in which I am interested and a number of the ROs I use have had and are having their Wills and documents digitalised and available online which for me is a real bonus whether I have to pay for copies or not is irrelevant if I need it. The cost and whether it is considered to be value for money is down to the individual. For me every penny spent has been fruitful in one way or another to confirm something or show that one is on the wrong track. One chooses how to do Family History research, we all do it in a way that suits us and we all have different views on how to do it - horses for courses one might say! Jean Hodges Hampshire UK -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Liz Loveland Sent: 18 January 2014 21:02 To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Paying for Family information Speaking as someone who is not able to visit the Records Offices in person, I am grateful for any digitization project. I have used Essex RO's site extensively to view parish records from the 1600's and (in parishes where they survive) the 1500's for some of my lines that left England well before my Devon & Cornwall lines emigrated. Their site is not free, but neither was their digitization process. I also used BMDRegisters a few years ago to view a number of non-conformist records from Bible Christian circuits on the Devon/Cornwall border and have done extensive page-by-page searching in the Warwickshire parish records on Ancestry; again, neither record set is free, but both are worth the cost in the opinion of this non-local researcher. Liz Loveland Massachusetts, USA Terryblackmore@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: "Several years ago I came to the conclusion that every time I forked out a fee to use for one of the Services offered on the internet I wasted my time and money. Rare if ever did I ever get more than a name, let alone any real details. Most of what I saw was basically a repeat of a small part of the information already obtained from the Devon PRO at Exeter for a fraction of the price. Plus I had already viewed that information to know it was correct. Unlike on line, where you pay and pray. One now thinks that you can't beat a visit to the Devon PRO to obtain your information. Roll on the day when all the PROs are Virtual Sites and on the internet. Where you can request to see any document from their archives. Now that would really be something to behold." ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is certainly an interesting project, but I would have considerable doubts about how many such births will ever be registered in it.  Other than in modern hospital patient records, still births are simply not recorded, let alone registered anywhere, so entries in this Register can only be derived from personal correspondence or memory. As Archivist at a major women's hospital that has an extraordinary collection of patient records from the mid19th century on, I'd have to say it's something of a pipe dream to expect to find mention of any one specific person.  You might strike lucky, but the odds would be very poor. Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: devon@rootsweb.com To: Cc: Sent:Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:16:48 +1000 Subject:[DEV] Historic Still Birth Register The Historic Stillbirth Register can be purchased for £8. http://anguline.co.uk/dev.html I did not know things like this existed. Bev ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message