I too would like to know if the 1891 Census has been indexed. Regards, Irene in Melbourne, Australia _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Hi Bill: Just noticed your bit about the GWILLIAM connection. We lived near a family of GWILLIAM's in a lane off Joyford hill. I think it would be somewhere near where the Lonk is today. Dad worked at Cannop pit and we rented a cottage off Mr GWILLIAM for 4/6 a week. (I have the rent book.) I realize that there were a lot of GWILLIAMs in the Forest, but thought that this might be your Grancher or a relative. Pearl Western Australia. -----Original Message----- From: Nash Family [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FoD] Re: [GLS] Re: Forest of Dean - Biblins And there's me thinking its cold miserable and snowing in England! I have walked along there and cycled along the old rail track (not long after the track was lifted.) I vaugely remember seeing a steam train waiting at Symonds Yat station... probably the last one before the line was closed I must have been about four Bet they wish that line was still there today...As a tourist railway from Chepstow to Ross it would make a motsa!!!!! I have just been looking at the old maps to find the route my GWILLIAM forebears would have used to cart the coal from Farmer's Folly pit down to "Bicknor Siding" The line stayed open from Ross to the Cable Works for some time longer taking the cable via Kerne Bridge and Ross Regards Bill Nash ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Re: Forest of Dean - Biblins > In a message dated 15/02/01 14:40:02 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << there was a suspension footbridge >> > It's still there - and if you walk along a bit towards Symonds Yat you can > cross back on the ferry-boat which is pulled across on a rope. A pleasant > afternoon's stroll - did it a few weeks ago. > > Best wishes, > Margaret. > ==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== There's a new mailing list for the Lost Conections web site [email protected] , dont forget http://www.lostconnections.co.uk for all your UK needs ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Hi I am researching the following;- EDDY and derivities HARRIS HATTON HODGES MEEK JONES Some of the research goes back to the l600s and is mostly around Ruardean. Two of their farms were Waterscross and Smithway. Cheers Coral

Would SKS be willing to help with a search for a marriage at Cirencester RO? I am looking for a marriage between....... Samuel GOODWIN and Charlotte M ????? The 1881 census gives her as married, age 24 and born in Cirencester - with 2 daughters, aged 2 and 1 years old. I would think they could not have married until 1877/8 when she was 21 years? Samuel was born in Rocester Staffs in 1854, fathers name was John and he had been both a railway worker and later a master butcher! Samuel was listed as a railway clerk in the 1881 census TIA Regards Anne Suffolk UK

And there's me thinking its cold miserable and snowing in England! I have walked along there and cycled along the old rail track (not long after the track was lifted.) I vaugely remember seeing a steam train waiting at Symonds Yat station... probably the last one before the line was closed I must have been about four Bet they wish that line was still there today...As a tourist railway from Chepstow to Ross it would make a motsa!!!!! I have just been looking at the old maps to find the route my GWILLIAM forebears would have used to cart the coal from Farmer's Folly pit down to "Bicknor Siding" The line stayed open from Ross to the Cable Works for some time longer taking the cable via Kerne Bridge and Ross Regards Bill Nash ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Re: Forest of Dean - Biblins > In a message dated 15/02/01 14:40:02 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << there was a suspension footbridge >> > It's still there - and if you walk along a bit towards Symonds Yat you can > cross back on the ferry-boat which is pulled across on a rope. A pleasant > afternoon's stroll - did it a few weeks ago. > > Best wishes, > Margaret. >

Hi Listers, does anyone out there have any info on a Lucy (Dally) of East Dean, born 1827/29? She married a William Dally from Ross On Wye, born 1817/19, son of James and Elizabeth Dally. William and Lucy moved to Beaufort, Brecon, sometime before the 1851 census, then on to Porth, Glamorgan in time for the 1881 census. I'm trying to find her maiden name. Unfortunately, Lucy appears to be a very common name around that time in East Dean!! Perhaps someone has come across her on their genealogical travels! Any advice/help gratefuly appreciated. Thanks, Gwyn Dalley, Southend On Sea _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Hi, all Forest researchers A couple of sites for you which may be of interest: http://www.forestofdeanhistory.co.uk http://www.users.waitrose.com/~iapope/Coalopen.html The second site gives details of the various coal gales, so far A-M is up and running, rest and some photographs of many of the gales to follow soon. Ian _______________________________________ Ian Pope Cartographer Oxford Centre for Cartography & Geographical Information Sciences School of Planning Oxford Brookes University Gipsy Lane Oxford 01865-483368 Chairman, Forest of Dean Local History Society http://www.forestofdeanhistory.co.uk _______________________________________

Please can anyone tell me if the 1891 census for Gloucester has been indexed? And if so, where can I get a copy or does anyone have access to a copy? And would they be willing to do a look up for me? TIA Regards Anne Suffolk UK

Hello List I am new to this list as I have just discovered a lost relative in 'your' area. Can anyone help with a look up in the 1891 census please? I am looking for 34 Belle Vue Road, Flaxley, Gloucester Hoping to find .......... Samuel GOODWIN 37 b Rocester Staff. Charlotte M GOODWIN wife 34 Jane E GOODWIN dau. 12 Charlotte E GOODWIN dau 11 TIA Regards Anne Suffolk UK

Hello, I'm searching for my ggg grandfather James WHITE b 1815 in Gloucester. On the 1871 Census he is living in St Pancras, London having married Ellen b 1827, in Deal, Kent. His occupation is a Baker. I've had a look through the archive messages this evening. I realise that the name WHITE, is quite popular in this area. So if anyone is curious about James's descendants, please contact me on [email protected] Thankyou Susie

Hello all, I am interested in the HARRIS family of Whitecroft, West Dean. 1851 census details are: Lower Row, Whitecroft. Nimila HARRIS 45 u Seamstress. born Woolaston. William do son 17 u Coal miner. born Blakeney. Alfred do do 10 b. Whitecroft. (My g.grandfather.) Calib do do 7 do Alfred HARRIS married Elizabeth MORTIMER of Bristol, at Stratford on Avon in 1865. On his marriage certificate he gave his father as William HARRIS. The 1851 census suggests Nimila the mother was unmarried . Perhaps they both bore the same surname. I have checked with the IGI without success. I have applied to the Registrars for certificates but without success. They say that their records were bomb damaged in the 2nd world war. In 1891, Alfred HARRIS and his family lived at Chapel Hill, Whitecroft, for which I have details, likewise the 1881 census. One of his youngest was Caleb born 1879, my grandfather. Caleb moved to the Rhondda Valley , Treherbert, to mine the coal fields. He died there 1940, a year after my birth to his son, Glyndwr. My brick wall is Nimila HARRIS, her perhaps husband, lover, William HARRIS, and their offspring. Does anyone know where I can purchase the 1861 and 1871 census returns for Whitecroft and their reference numbers? Is it possible to purchase the BMD fiche ? If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks from Jocelyn GRIFFITHS, nee HARRIS, now of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

Researching family of THOMAS PHILLIPS, b. ca. 1795 - married ELIZABETH BETHEL 1818 NEWLAND - had children ( all baptised in LYDNEY ) JAMES ( 1819 ) THOMAS (my ggrandfather - 1821) who both immigrated to Pennsylvania U.S.A. ca 1849, WILLIAM ( 1824) who married ANN GRIFFITH AND SAMUEL( 1826) Still missing information on WILLIAM AND SAMUEL, after 1851. THOMAS b. 1795, died 1828 and left a will. Owned house at St. Briavels, and left it to James. Had a house in Lydney and left to his wife for her lifetime. ELIZABETH BETHEL PHILLIPS remarried 1829 to MATTHEW JAMES, who was a witness to her marriage to THOMAS PHILLIPS. According to 1851 Census Elizabeth Bethel l Phillips JAMES and MATTHEW JAMES had children: JOHN, MARK, AND ELIZABETH. MATTHEW JAMES was dead by 1851. Have no information on these half siblings of my PHILLIPS family. Any help much appreciated, and willing to share what I have learned in the U.S. Nancy Sullivan [email protected] Columbus, Ohio

My main areas of research are ARNOLD Itton Common SAVERY Gloucestershire YORATH Newland & English Bicknor amd any time and any place If required for look up I have 1881 Census Great Britain 1851 Census Brecknock (Breconshire) Bristol & Bedminster (including parts of North West Somerset) Devon Eastern Somerset including some bordering villages in Wiltshire amd some Southern Somerset Parish's Glamorgan Gloucestershire Norfolk Warwickshire Vital Records Index British Isles General Index of Memorial Inscriptions for Gloucester Gloucestershire Electoral Roll Index 1832 Various Parish Records David Yorath Laugharne West Wales [email protected]

Hi I am searching for the above families FERRIS 1650- 1700 WILLIAMS 1800 - 1820 WATKINS 1800 BEDDEL 1650 - 1700 Is there anyone out there searching for these names Thanks in advance Elaine

Hello, listers, I am a new subscriber and I'd like to post my interests. PRICE and COLEMAN in the Forest of Dean, any period. If anyone has information or interests, I'd love to hear from you. best Flo Flo Montgomery Surrey, UK [email protected]

Greetings: Trying to find information on: Ellen RASBATCH, b. abt. 1832 West Dean. Sophia RASBATCH, b. 1851, Ellwood, West Dean. Henry HORWOOD & family a. 1860 - 1889 near Berry Hill, Newland George HORWOOD & family at Coleford. Any assistance would be appreciated. Don Horwood Cochrane, Alberta, Canada

Hi I am searching for FERRIS in about 1650 - 1700 in this area please could anyone help me. Thanks in advance Elaine

Can anyone help with a small problem relating to Alvington? In 1946 the wife of Roy WORKMAN - nee Hildegarde Mary Elizabeth LEWIS, married 20 August 1925, daughter of John Joseph LEWIS - said that her grandfather and his brother had been morris dancers at Alvington. I've hit a brick wall trying to find the marriage of John Joseph LEWIS, and thus push back the family to the necessary generation. >From information given, my best instincts tell me that Mrs. Workman's grandfather was probably John HOWELL, buried 4 June 1912, aged 88. I don't find a baptism, however. There is a James HOWELL, baptised 7 April 1822 to Ellen, 'single woman', who may be James' brother. I would be delighted (and grateful) if anyone can make the link. Keith Chandler Oxfordshire

I am researching the history of morris dancing in the Forest of Dean prior to 1900. The following men are recorded as having been involved, as dancers or musicians, at various dates during the 19th century. Does anyone have knowledge of sources which are not generally available, or has anyone heard stories within the family concerning any ancestors following this cultural pursuit? ALLEN, Henry Ruardean ALPIN, John Clifford's Mesne BALDWIN, Charles Newent BALDWIN, Stephen Mitcheldean [son of above] BODENHAM, [?] Clifford's Mesne BULLOCK, [?] Longhope? COLES, [?] Lydbrook DAVIES, Thomas Ruardean DUBERLY, Oascel Ruardean [musician] HALE, Esau Ruardean HARRIS, G Ruardean KNIGHT, James Ruardean LEE, Thomas [?] Mitcheldean MONSELL, [?] Mitcheldean MORGAN, Paddy [Patrick?] Kerne Bridge or Walford [fiddle player] MORGAN, Theophilus Goodrich or Howle Hill MORRICE, [?] Pludds PENN, Martin Ruardean PEWTNER, Isaiah Ruardean PHELPS, Thomas Mayhill PHILPOTTS, Thomas Clifford's Mesne PICK, William? Littledean REES, [?] Littledean SMITH, Tite 'Gypsy' Ruardean [fiddle player] WAITE, Charles Littledean Hill, Cinderford WARD, John Lydbrook WARD, Peter Joy's Green WARD, [?] Lydbrook WILLIAMS, John Lydbrook WILLIAMS, Richard Gonders Green/Mayhill WILLIAMS, [?] Mayhill [fiddle player] WOOD, Jonathan? unknown side [died 1841] VIRGO, Joseph? Blakeney With thanks, Keith Chandler Oxfordshire

Is anyone looking for Wilding Iles Isles Eyles or Phipps. I'll be happy to help/provide/swop information. John in Sussex by the Sea.