Hello Listers An Update on Staffordshire FreeREG When I took over as Staffordshire Coordinator for FreeREG I found dozens of files of records which were online, but had not been recorded as such on the STS County page. Therefore, although they were searchable online, no-one knew exactly what was there. Sometime this week the monthly update will be available and these records will now be showing as present - and credit will be given to those transcribers who put in so much hard work. I'll give you the link to the page as there really are too many to go into details here, suffice to say that the following places do have records online - Wolverhampton (many, inc many n.c. churchs), some for Bilston, Ettingshall, Wednesfield, West Bromwich, Willenhall. New records going online this month - Betley 1538 onwards for Baptisms, Burials and Marriages Ellastone 1538 onwards - Ba., Bu., Ma. Gnosall 1572 onwards - Ba, Bu, Ma. Penn 1569 - 1790 - Ba Trentham 1538-1703 Ba, 1612 - 1758 Ma, 1598 -1634 Bu Those new records were the only 'stock' of records Staffordshire held. So now its my job to build up that stock again - any help or suggestions on this will be gratefully received! There's a long way to go! (please reply off list) The response to my plea for volunteer transcribers was so successful, and already I have a wonderful team of people already working on Stoke on Trent Parish Records. They are a great team, and I feel very lucky to be working with them. More new transcribers are currently going through the training process. I'm hoping that shortly we'll be working on many more Donated fiche are always welcome, and if you are interested in becoming a transcriber, for both of these could you contact me off list, so that in the case of fiche etc we can look at copyright. I'll send out an update like this every month and here is the link to our county page which shows a breakdown of the records online http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts.htm Hope that helps Lesley

Hi My name is Jan, I know live in Canada. Would any have any information on Son's of Rest, I remember growing up in Hamstead and there being a hut were men went and was called the son's of rest. Have checked the net but don't seem to be able to get very much information from there. I would like to know how it orginated and why. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Jan in Stoney Creek. researching: Humphries,Hope,O'Neill,Timmins,Porter.Lowe,Miller,Mills,Shepheard,

Hi Listers The Staffs BMD has been updated with the following records .... Added 10,873 Marriages for the Stoke-on-Trent Registration District for the following venues: 251 for Goldenhill, St John, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1954-1965) 266 for Stoke, Methodist Church, Longsdale Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1911-1972) 250 for Burslem, St Joseph's Roman Cathoilc Church, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1951-1965) 361 for Burslem, Clowse Memorial Church, Clowse Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1920-1956) 61 for Longton, Methodist Church, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1958-1980) 421 for Norton (Ford Green Rd), St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1935-1974) 121 for Boothen (All Saints Road), Stoke Baptist Church, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1931-1963) 681 for Boothen, All Saints, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1944-1972) 448 for Ubberley Estate, St Stephen, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1958-1990) 869 for Sneyd Green, St Andrew, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1959-1983) 968 for Edensor, St Paul, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1938-1983) 6,140 for Civil Marriage (Stoke), registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1967-1983) regards Bill Many Thanks to you all for your hard work in making this possible..... ======================================================================== The Staffordshire BMD can be found at http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk and the West Midlands BMD at http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk ========================================================================

Just thought I'd let you all know about a forthcoming GOONS Seminar in the area - and yes I do have to declare an interest as I am one of the speakers, talking about the ROWBERRY yDNA Project, which has already been very successful! Hope to see you there Polly The Guild of One Name Studies is organising a "DNA Developments" seminar at the National Star College, Ullenwood near Cheltenham, from 9.30am on Saturday February 20th 2010. DNA testing is changing the way we are now able to study surnames and the seminar will build on previous DNA discussions with emphasis on practical experience and the interpretation of results. The morning sessions will concentrate on project results and conclusions (looking at four specific surname studies) and consider the implications for surname studies in general. The afternoon sessions will look at the administration process (marketing and promotion, tracking down living relatives to test, fundraising and subsidies, and interpreting group results). The final session will discuss how to run a more effective project. The cost of attending is £18.00 and includes tea/coffee and a light buffet lunch. Full details and a booking form are available on the Guild website www.one-name.org Many thanks, Alan R Moorhouse [Seminar Organiser] Stroud, Gloucestershire [email protected]

Subject: re Volunteers to transcribe Staffordshire Parish Records What a wonderful response!! Many, many thanks to everyone who replied to my email. I've replied to them all off list via email and think that, for the time being I now have enough volunteers to help with transcribing. I'm really excited about the response and am looking forward to us all getting more records online for you all to search. If anyone would like me to keep their name and email address for when more help is needed, then please do get in touch, I'd love to hear from you, as I'm sure that more help will be needed as I obtain more records in the near future. And I will always be on the lookout for Parish Records to transcribe! Thank you all so much - you're all great people on these lists! Lesley

Hi All Maybe some of you out there could point my thinking in the right direction. My grandmother was born in 1883 her name was Minnie Jane Dudley. Her father was John Dudley Simms. Her mother Mary Ann Simms. On John and Mary's marriage certificate he goes as John Dudley Simms, his father Edwayd Dudley married an Ann Simms so he seems to have taken on the Simms surname. So my gran is Minnie Jane Dudley (surname) Simms. When she marries she is just known as Minnie Jane Dudley on the marriage certificate father John Dudley (no Simms mentioned). Could the surname have been dropped just like that, she is born Simms and nothing is mentioned on the marriage certificate. Or is there a reason out there for the dropping of it. Thanks in anticipation. Paul _________________________________________________________________ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/

Hi Lesley, would love to help, just let me know what to do and when. Cheers Sandra Harper On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Volunteer Transcribers needed for Staffordshire county, > FreeReg please! (lesley hampton) > 2. Fw: re Volunteers to transcribe Staffordshire Parish Records > (lesley hampton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:52:04 +0000 (GMT) > From: lesley hampton <[email protected]> > Subject: [Black Country] Volunteer Transcribers needed for > Staffordshire county, FreeReg please! > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hello Listers > > I've just become the CoOrdinator for the county of > Staffordshire on FreeReg and am writing to ask whether any of you would > like to consider becoming part of the team, helping to > transcribeStaffordshire parish records > > I've only just started > this voluntary post but want to get together a list of people > interested so that when everything makes sense to me Staffs will be off > and running! I can then get together the training over the internet for > you. > > As you all know, in order to find out information about our > families we need records to have been transcribed by someone in the > first place, so we are looking for volunteer transcribers to undertake > transcriptions of registers. The only requirement is a good eye for > reading handwriting (but many of the records are already in printed > books), patience and some very basic skills with a computer. It is a > function that can be performed anywhere in the world, and you spend > asmuch or as little time as you want on it - an hour a month, a week or > more, > totally up to you. You won't be left on your own, but will have my help > and support always. Full training will be given and you'll do 'practice > runs' until you - and I - feel that you are fullycompetent. > > If > you're interested - and I'd love you to join! have a look at the home > page of FreeReg which gives great information on how it was formed, > its aims, etc. I love transcribing for FreeReg and am fully committed > to their objective to provide free Internet searches of baptism, > marriage, and burial records, which have been extracted from parish > registers and non-conformist church records in the UK. Itsan incredibly > important project. > > http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > (You'll > see a section saying 'how to volunteer'. Please ignore the advice on > this as its currently in the process of being updated, ie my name > hasntbeen added yet, so please reply to me at this email address. > Thanks) > > Any questions please dont hesitate to reply to this off list > > And > if anyone out there has free access to any parish records for the > county PLEASE let me know! I'm in the process of gathering records > andall would be received with many, many thanks! > > I've put this email in a couple of other lists also, so sorry if you come > across it again > > Lesley (Hampton). Coordinator Staffordshire, FreeReg > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:01:45 +0000 (GMT) > From: lesley hampton <[email protected]> > Subject: [Black Country] Fw: re Volunteers to transcribe Staffordshire > Parish Records > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > Subject: re Volunteers to transcribe Staffordshire Parish Records > > Many, many thanks to everyone who replied to my email. I've replied to them > all off list via email and think that, for the time being I now have enough > volunteers to help with transcribing. I'm really excited about the response > and am looking forward to us all getting more records online for you all to > search. > > If anyone would like me to keep their name and email address for when more > help is needed, then please do get in touch, I'd love to hear from you, as > I'm sure that more help will be needed as I obtain more records in the near > future. > > And I will always be on the lookout for Parish Records to transcribe! > > Thank you all so much - you're all great people on these lists! > > Lesley > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 12 > ************************************************ >

Subject: re Volunteers to transcribe Staffordshire Parish Records Many, many thanks to everyone who replied to my email. I've replied to them all off list via email and think that, for the time being I now have enough volunteers to help with transcribing. I'm really excited about the response and am looking forward to us all getting more records online for you all to search. If anyone would like me to keep their name and email address for when more help is needed, then please do get in touch, I'd love to hear from you, as I'm sure that more help will be needed as I obtain more records in the near future. And I will always be on the lookout for Parish Records to transcribe! Thank you all so much - you're all great people on these lists! Lesley

Hello Listers I've just become the CoOrdinator for the county of Staffordshire on FreeReg and am writing to ask whether any of you would like to consider becoming part of the team, helping to transcribeStaffordshire parish records I've only just started this voluntary post but want to get together a list of people interested so that when everything makes sense to me Staffs will be off and running! I can then get together the training over the internet for you. As you all know, in order to find out information about our families we need records to have been transcribed by someone in the first place, so we are looking for volunteer transcribers to undertake transcriptions of registers. The only requirement is a good eye for reading handwriting (but many of the records are already in printed books), patience and some very basic skills with a computer. It is a function that can be performed anywhere in the world, and you spend asmuch or as little time as you want on it - an hour a month, a week or more, totally up to you. You won't be left on your own, but will have my help and support always. Full training will be given and you'll do 'practice runs' until you - and I - feel that you are fullycompetent. If you're interested - and I'd love you to join! have a look at the home page of FreeReg which gives great information on how it was formed, its aims, etc. I love transcribing for FreeReg and am fully committed to their objective to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been extracted from parish registers and non-conformist church records in the UK. Itsan incredibly important project. http://www.freereg.org.uk/ (You'll see a section saying 'how to volunteer'. Please ignore the advice on this as its currently in the process of being updated, ie my name hasntbeen added yet, so please reply to me at this email address. Thanks) Any questions please dont hesitate to reply to this off list And if anyone out there has free access to any parish records for the county PLEASE let me know! I'm in the process of gathering records andall would be received with many, many thanks! I've put this email in a couple of other lists also, so sorry if you come across it again Lesley (Hampton). Coordinator Staffordshire, FreeReg

Hi All I know this is a daft question , but has anyone got a Jim Jones born before 1900 , who used to live on the barges at Stone Cross , later moved to Friar Park when they built it Cheers Cassy Franklin List Owner Griffiths , List Admin BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries

In the 1841 census their are several John Longmore. One born in 1820 and living with an Ann on Bellett or Bettett Lane in Kingswinford. Do you have more info? Wanda On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 1841 census look-up (william Longmore) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:01:39 -0000 > From: "william Longmore" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Black Country] 1841 census look-up > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I have a query about a Gt Grand Uncle named John Longmore. One story is > John > was born in Tipton December 1820 married Ann ?? > and had a daughter Maria born 1946 in Brierley Hill. > The second story is that John was born 1817 in Tipton and married Eliza > Winterton 1841 in West Bromwich and had eight kids born between > Wednesbury, > West Bromwich, and Fenton. Would some kind soul be able to do a look up > for me, Please. Thank you in advance. > Talk to you soon, > Bill > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 9 > *********************************************** >

I have a query about a Gt Grand Uncle named John Longmore. One story is John was born in Tipton December 1820 married Ann ?? and had a daughter Maria born 1946 in Brierley Hill. The second story is that John was born 1817 in Tipton and married Eliza Winterton 1841 in West Bromwich and had eight kids born between Wednesbury, West Bromwich, and Fenton. Would some kind soul be able to do a look up for me, Please. Thank you in advance. Talk to you soon, Bill

LOL! I just knew I'd get at least one reply like that?!!! Happy New Year to you too! On 11 Jan 2010, at 21:30, Jon James wrote: > I've spent a lot of time in them. Not sure if that's what you're > looking > for. Happy New year. > > Jon from Toronto. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nettie > Edwards > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 4:03 PM > To: Black Country List > Subject: [Black Country] Cape Hill pubs: Walter GREEN: > > Hello! > Are there any pub experts out there???? > I have a Walter Green (publican) and wife Emma living at 7, Cape > Hill in > 1891 and I'm wondering whether these was a pub at that address or > if anyone > has access to any directories that list Walter? > Fingers crossed! > All the best, > Nettie > > > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black > Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.134/2613 - Release Date: > 01/11/10 > 02:35:00 >

Hi Nettie There is a free website online directories its www.historicaldirectories.org Good luck Best wishes Joy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nettie Edwards Sent: 11 January 2010 21:03 To: Black Country List Subject: [Black Country] Cape Hill pubs: Walter GREEN: Hello! Are there any pub experts out there???? I have a Walter Green (publican) and wife Emma living at 7, Cape Hill in 1891 and I'm wondering whether these was a pub at that address or if anyone has access to any directories that list Walter? Fingers crossed! All the best, Nettie ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello! Are there any pub experts out there???? I have a Walter Green (publican) and wife Emma living at 7, Cape Hill in 1891 and I'm wondering whether these was a pub at that address or if anyone has access to any directories that list Walter? Fingers crossed! All the best, Nettie

Could anyone please look up a birth and /or Parents for Susannah Fennell, born about 1811. She married Thomas Bromley in 1833 at St Thomas Dudley. After they married they lived in Kingswinford so I am assuming that she came from there. Many thanks Sandra Harper

Hiya Cass. Go to www.google.co.uk and search the U.K. pages only, type in "canal boat hire Dudley" or Wolverhampton or whatever town you fancy starting from and you'll find more websites than you can shake a stick at. (well almost) I hear these people are very good, http://www.narrowboats.co.uk/ they operate just outside of Wolves at Penkridge on the Stafford Road. Turn right in the village centre by the island and you'll come to their yard. Watch out for them "water rots" they'm as big as cats :0))) Kind regards Ron O'Neill www.genealogyprinters.com

Hi All Is anyone going to Dudley archives and could do me a look up please for an Edward Fisher to Sarah Amis They married on the 1 November 1846 at St Thomas Church Dudley I am after the details of Edwards father and names of witnesses There are two Edwards on the 1841 census one with a stepfather the other with family so I am trying to sort out who his father is Cheers Cassy List Owner Griffiths , List Admin BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries

Hi Brenda I have Caroline Baxter (my great great aunt) marrying William Whitehouse (both born in Tipton 1825 and 1821 respectively) with children Samuel, William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Albert. Any connection? Regards Rosemary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Whitehouse" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 7:26 AM Subject: [Black Country] WHITEHOUSE > Hi Brenda, > > All my WHITEHOUSE family came from Tipton. I haven't come across any from > the Wednesbury area....yet. > > Best wishes > > Barbara > > > > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have got an Eliza Mason in my family tree, if any help is needed, please contact me. Sandra On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: WHITEHOUSE (Nettie Edwards) > 2. Re: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 2 > (Mrs. Kerry Anne Barter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 20:45:57 +0000 > From: Nettie Edwards <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Black Country] WHITEHOUSE > To: Barbara Whitehouse <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Hello! > > I am currently researching Whitehouses for a friend. > > Leonard Whitehouse born Birmingham 1894, married Ellen Pryce nee Green > Leonard's parents were Robert William Whitehouse born Manchester > 1864, wife Mary Elizabeth > Robert William's parents were James Whitehouse born Tipton 1827 and Jane > James's parents were Edward Whitehouse born Tittensor [?] Staffs, and > Elizabeth (Fisher?) > Edward's parents are said to have been Jeremiah and Sarah > Whitehouse but I have yet to follow this uop myself.. > > All this from Census returns and yet to be verified but would be > interested to hear from anyone who has a connection, however distant, > with this particular branch of the Whitehouse clan. > > Wishing you all a very happy new year, > Nettie > > > On 2 Jan 2010, at 18:26, Barbara Whitehouse wrote: > > > Hi Brenda, > > > > All my WHITEHOUSE family came from Tipton. I haven't come across > > any from the Wednesbury area....yet. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Barbara > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------- > > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black > > Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in > > the area. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BLACK- > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:25:31 +1000 > From: "Mrs. Kerry Anne Barter" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Black Country] ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 2 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > Hi Joy, > Many thanks for your interest in my posting. My brick wall is starting to > take on the proportions of the Berlin Wall at the moment although mine is > not coming down but rather going up and up. > I thought I may have found the birth registration for my Great Grandfather > (he is my big stumbling block at the moment), but when I sent to the GRO > they informed me that the regn no I had submitted had different parent > names. > I believe that I have traced gr,grandfather Henry SIMPSON back to his > parents but am now unable to find his birth registration fitting census > data > nor can I find his marriage regn to Rachel MORRIS. > I had thought I would like to visit the UK and stroll down some of the > streets my various ancestors strolled and research while I was there but > now > I am not so sure about the research. Mer thinks it would be cheaper to hire > a researcher. > Anyway, now that I do not officially exist because my gr,grandfather does > not appear to have been born, I may just have to discontinue my emails to > this list and that is a shame as everyone is so helpful! Ha, ha, ha!, about > the discontinuing part that is! > Kind regards, Kerry > > > > > [email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hello Black Country list > > > > > > > > I have been away for a very long but joined after reading this post. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Kerry > > > > > > > > I read your post while browsing through the archives. To be honest I was > a > > little shocked that you would come all the way here to do research. It > > seems > > a very desperate (and I mean that in a nice way) trip to consider. The > > reason being I did it myself, but the reverse trip. I had a few > additional > > reasons for my trip but did research while I was there. I went armed with > > all my dates, names photos you name it. I found it a very worthwhile > > experience. The downside was - not enough time! Trying to research using > > unfamiliar records is very time consuming. If you do decide to visit I > > would > > plan, plan & plan & get as much done before as possible. Linda's advice > > was > > good, post your brick walls. In the meantime I have a few ideas for you. > > > > > > > > Have you considered ordering the records you require through your local > > LDS > > church? > > > > You could ask the list for lookups, some researchers have their own > church > > records etc they could forward you the original in some cases. I have > > known > > some very kind soles do look ups at the record office, get photocopies, > > scan > > them & send them along. > > > > I can confirm Sammi Hoy is on facebook. > > > > > > > > Kerry if you do decide to visit the uk I wish you a fruitful visit & hope > > the weather is good for you. Bring your brolly, you will need it during > > any > > month LOL. > > > > > > > > The Black Country folk are very helpful, friendly people with lovely > towns > > & > > villages. A fabulous day out is the black country museum. I guarantee you > > will love it! > > > > > > > > Happy New Year to you all > > > > > > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > Living in Australia and having come across a few brick walls with my > > research, I am wondering if it is worth my while coming to England and > > visiting the various Archives. > > If I did decide to do this I would obviously want to see all the other > > places of interest but research would be my main purpose. > > I know that this is probably a more expensive way of doing things but it > > would be nice to see the actual records and I am sure I would be benefit > > in > > many other ways from this visit. > > Kind regards, > > Kerry from Queensland, Australia > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 00:21:10 -0000 > > From: "JOY ASGHAR" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Black Country] Possible visit to England for research > > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > Just remembered my Benjamin SIMPSON born 1839 in Bengeworth Evesham > > married > > Eliza MASON of Rowley Regis. They married at St Luke Cradley. In 1881 > they > > were living in Malt Mill Lane. > > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JOY ASGHAR > > Sent: 01 January 2010 23:56 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Black Country] Possible visit to England for research > > > > Hello Black Country list > > > > > > > > I have been away for a very long but joined after reading this post. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Kerry > > > > > > > > I read your post while browsing through the archives. To be honest I was > a > > little shocked that you would come all the way here to do research. It > > seems > > a very desperate (and I mean that in a nice way) trip to consider. The > > reason being I did it myself, but the reverse trip. I had a few > additional > > reasons for my trip but did research while I was there. I went armed with > > all my dates, names photos you name it. I found it a very worthwhile > > experience. The downside was - not enough time! Trying to research using > > unfamiliar records is very time consuming. If you do decide to visit I > > would > > plan, plan & plan & get as much done before as possible. Linda's advice > > was > > good, post your brick walls. In the meantime I have a few ideas for you. > > > > > > > > Have you considered ordering the records you require through your local > > LDS > > church? > > > > You could ask the list for lookups, some researchers have their own > church > > records etc they could forward you the original in some cases. I have > > known > > some very kind soles do look ups at the record office, get photocopies, > > scan > > them & send them along. > > > > I can confirm Sammi Hoy is on facebook. > > > > > > > > Kerry if you do decide to visit the uk I wish you a fruitful visit & hope > > the weather is good for you. Bring your brolly, you will need it during > > any > > month LOL. > > > > > > > > The Black Country folk are very helpful, friendly people with lovely > towns > > & > > villages. A fabulous day out is the black country museum. I guarantee you > > will love it! > > > > > > > > Happy New Year to you all > > > > > > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > Living in Australia and having come across a few brick walls with my > > research, I am wondering if it is worth my while coming to England and > > visiting the various Archives. > > If I did decide to do this I would obviously want to see all the other > > places of interest but research would be my main purpose. > > I know that this is probably a more expensive way of doing things but it > > would be nice to see the actual records and I am sure I would be benefit > > in > > many other ways from this visit. > > Kind regards, > > Kerry from Queensland, Australia > > > > ------------------------------------- > > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. > Run > > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To contact the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY list administrator, send an email to > > [email protected] > > > > To post a message to the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY mailing list, send an email to > > [email protected] > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] > > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body > > of the > > email with no additional text. > > > > > > End of ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 2 > > *********************************************** > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 4 > *********************************************** >