Sure the term "lawyer" was around, and for a long time. Don't you recall Shakespeare's famous line: "First we must kill all the lawyers" ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 58 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [CUL-CAR] 1891 Maryport ["Bryan Richards" <Bryanrichards@bt] > #2 [CUL-CAR] Wigton ["Judy Marsden" <ggm@homedc.com.au>] > #3 [CUL-CAR] Re: Castle W: plus WWi r [BICKERTONP@aol.com] > #4 [CUL-CAR] Wigton lookup ["Judy Marsden" <ggm@homedc.com.au>] > #5 [CUL-CAR] Term for Legal Professio [CDKnow@aol.com] > #6 [CUL-CAR] Phillipstown [Bill Knight <redlegs7@apk.net>] > #7 Re: [CUL-CAR] Term for Legal Profe [Rod Neep <rod@neep.demon.co.uk>] > #8 [CUL-CAR] National Archives ["Chris Dickinson" <chris@dickinson] > #9 [CUL-CAR] ADMIN: recent server pro ["Chris Dickinson" <chris@dickinson] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-D, send a message to > > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >To contact the ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-D list administrator, send mail to >ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-admin@rootsweb.com. > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CUL-CAR] 1891 Maryport > From: > "Bryan Richards" <Bryanrichards@btinternet.com> > Date: > Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:10:36 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > >Hi List > > >Woud anyone happen to have access to 1891census Maryport >looking for Margaret Brisco - merchant seamans wife and >4 sons, was living 3 cathrine Street Crosscanonby in 1881. > >No sign of family in UK 1901 Census, maybe emigrated. > >regards > >Bryan Richards > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CUL-CAR] Wigton > From: > "Judy Marsden" <ggm@homedc.com.au> > Date: > Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:02:42 +1000 > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > >Would anyone be able to tell me if there are McNeils still living at 56 King St, Wigton Please? >Thanks >Judy Marsden > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CUL-CAR] Re: Castle W: plus WWi records > From: > BICKERTONP@aol.com > Date: > Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:01:44 EST > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > >I have been researching on the GRO and kept coming across the district Castle >W. What does the W stand for and where is it in Carlisle? >The other question I would like to ask is, is there another site that you can >access for WW1 information apart from the CWWG site. I have found an entry >for one of my relatives but it doen't give an age and I would like to confirm >a year of birth to tie up loose ends. Any suggestions welcome. > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CUL-CAR] Wigton lookup > From: > "Judy Marsden" <ggm@homedc.com.au> > Date: > Sun, 30 Mar 2003 07:57:26 +1000 > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > >Please can anybody tell me if any McNeils still live at 56 King St Wigton Cul? >Many thanks >Judy Marsden > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CUL-CAR] Term for Legal Profession > From: > CDKnow@aol.com > Date: > Fri, 28 Mar 2003 21:27:03 EST > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > >Hi, > >I just received a wedding certificate from 1874 in Cockermouth. It is very >faint in places. > >The groom is Robert Birkett and says his father is Irving Birkett. (Bride is >Sarah Carlton Stobart, widow). The father's profession is faint but it looks >to be Lawyer. >Was that term in use in England in 1874 for the legal profession ? > >I have other known letters on the cert and feel certain that it is _awyer. >Unfortunately the first letter is the faintest and there's no capital L to >compare to. > >Regards, >David > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CUL-CAR] Phillipstown > From: > Bill Knight <redlegs7@apk.net> > Date: > Sat, 29 Mar 2003 17:05:58 -0500 > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > > I could use some help finding Phillipstown. I found the following > records of two potential ancestors on a film of the church records of > KirkAndrews upon Esk: > > 1686 > "Anne daughter of Richard Rea of Phillipstown baptized March 31" > > 1698 > "Janet Hellen[?] daughter of William and Janet Rea of Phillipstown > bapt. Sept 24th" > > I have not been able to find "Phillipstown". I did find a > "Pattenstown" but I'm pretty sure it is "Phillipstown". Your ideas > and suggestions are most welcome. > > Bill Knight > Chagrin Falls, Ohio > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [CUL-CAR] Term for Legal Profession > From: > Rod Neep <rod@neep.demon.co.uk> > Date: > Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:30:55 +0100 > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > > In message <4b.2c974ea0.2bb65e77@aol.com>, CDKnow@aol.com writes > >> The groom is Robert Birkett and says his father is Irving Birkett. >> (Bride is >> Sarah Carlton Stobart, widow). The father's profession is faint but >> it looks >> to be Lawyer. >> Was that term in use in England in 1874 for the legal profession ? >> >> I have other known letters on the cert and feel certain that it is >> _awyer. >> Unfortunately the first letter is the faintest and there's no capital >> L to >> compare to. > > > In reality, then it can only be either Lawyer or Sawyer. > > You can find out, however, from the birth certificate of Robert > BIRKETT (or a baptism record) as both will state his father's occupation. > > Regards > Rod Neep > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CUL-CAR] National Archives > From: > "Chris Dickinson" <chris@dickinson.uk.net> > Date: > Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:40:06 -0000 > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > >http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-625794,00.html > > >Chris >chris@dickinson.uk.net > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CUL-CAR] ADMIN: recent server problems > From: > "Chris Dickinson" <chris@dickinson.uk.net> > Date: > Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:37:52 +0100 > To: > ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-L@rootsweb.com > > >Hi All > >As some of you may be aware, Rootsweb has been having some quite >serious problems over the last few days. > >The server that handles mail for this list (and all the Cumbrian >lists bar CUL) went down on the 26th. One of the hard drives had >to be replaced. Any mail that was being processed by the server >when it self-destructed was lost. Any mail sent since has been >stored (about 40000 messages) and is being released as quickly as >possible. This process should be completed by now, but you may >still find mail trickling through in the wrong order. > >If your post doesn't appear within the next 24 hours, try posting >again. > >Sorry about the inconvenience of all this and the relative >emptiness of your inboxes. At least you probably all had plenty >of spam to look at :-) > >Chris >chris@dickinson.uk.net >ENG-CUL-CARLISLE-admin@rootsweb.com >ENG-CUL-COPELAND-admin@rootsweb.com > >