I couldn't resist ... having found the advanced search I can see there were 359 men who came from Gloucestershire... including this one: Samuel Edwards 24 Whillinderidge, Gloucestershire, England Ordinary Seaman Whillinderidge??????? What chance do you think I have for the "most weird transcription" error? My bet - unless someone knows better is this might JUST be Wotton-under-Edge?????????? I also found Samuel Pritchard 30 Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England Private, Marine Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Moffat" <marilyn@Moffat-mk.co.uk> To: <ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:51 PM Subject: [HWK] Trafalgar Service roll on line > I've just noticed that the National Archives have transcribed the crew > lists for all the ships that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar as part of > the 200 year celebrations. This is now on line and searchable, so you can > see if you are related to anyone!! > > I've done a quick search and the nearewst I get is 2 THOMPSONs born in > Bristol ...but it isn't exactly a rare name round there!! > > Good Hunting > > Marilyn > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > Visit Robert Millard's local and family history web pages at > http://www.hawkesburyhistory.co.uk. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Thanks Marilyn, I couldn't resist it either! I wonder whether Samuel PRITCHARD was the son of Samuel PRITCHARD & Mary KEEPEN. They were having children baptised at Chipping Sodbury around 1770 and I know that they had a son called Samuel. Cheers Carole "I also found Samuel Pritchard 30 Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England Private, Marine Marilyn" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.8/22 - Release Date: 17/06/2005