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

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

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