Would anyone on the list have photos of Lane End, Coleford (before, now it doesn't matter) that I could use in presenting my family history? My Howells were in the area from early 1800's till well after 1860. It would be nice to know what the place looks like. Many thanks. Chris O'Sullivan Picton, NSW (100km sw of Sydney)

Hi Pete I am very interested in your William Edwards. My original Richard and Sarah Edwards no doubt had more children but so far records have only been located for 4 - Richard 1777 (emigrated Western Australia); Joseph (1778), William (1782 but died infancy); Sarah (1784). Have you looked at the marriage entry for William and Mary Lee in 1804? It is highly likely that witnesses were mentioned which might help me link into my Edwards line. Regards Chris O'Sullivan Picton, NSW (100km sw of Sydney)

In a message dated 04/09/2004 23:41:29 GMT Daylight Time, familyhistory@iprimus.com.au writes: Hi Pete I am very interested in your William Edwards. My original Richard and Sarah Edwards no doubt had more children but so far records have only been located for 4 - Richard 1777 (emigrated Western Australia); Joseph (1778), William (1782 but died infancy); Sarah (1784). Have you looked at the marriage entry for William and Mary Lee in 1804? It is highly likely that witnesses were mentioned which might help me link into my Edwards line. Regards Chris O'Sullivan Picton, NSW (100km sw of Sydney) Hi Chris. The info I have is from the IGI, I know William & Mary had children Phoebe & Frances (got baptism records, residence Forest of Dean) but no marriage. I think I looked (WILLIAM EDWARDS Spouse: MARY LEE Marriage: 18 OCT 1804 Newent, Gloucester, England) and could not find it a while back and never carried on my search. Although not quite as far away as you are I am still reasonably far away from Glos. records office. I'll get back to you when / if I can find the records. Best Regards Peter Wayman in Stoke-on-Trent

Hi all Its been quite a while since I last subscribed to this list (involved with other research interests) and now find myself drawn back to my ancestry from the Forest. I would like to make contact with anyone who may be researching either Edwards or Howell ancestry from the Forest. I have a web site at http://home.iprimus.com.au/raccos/ which provides an overview of these two families. My Edwards were widely spread throughout West Dean, particularly Lydbrook in the mid to late 1800's. The Howells were originally from Newland ca 1770 but more predominantly from Lane End near Coleford in the early to mid 1800's. In fact, there is evidence that most of the 7 Howell families on the 1851 census of Lane End were related, so if you have an interest in these families, please contact me. I am particularly interested in a family called Griffith - Sarah Edwards married Edward Griffiths 12 May, 1811 at Newland. Two known children were Thomas 1812 and John 1814. Sarah represents a missing line of Edwards and I would be very interested in hearing from anyone with an interest in this surname. Regards Chris Picton, NSW (100 kms s.w. of Sydney)

Can someone please tell me anything about a Catherine POWELL showing in the 1871 census as having been born in Madley Hereford?. She was 17 and her father was William but her mother wasn`t listed.They were living at Madley Sylvia morgan _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo

Hi Chris, I have a William Edwards (my Gx4) born in Glos. who definitely wandered 'The Forest' in the early 1800s, unfortunately the below is all I have at the moment. Any connection? 1 William EDWARDS (1791- ) b. 1791, Gloucestershire occupation 1815, Labourer residence 1815, Forest of Dean occupation 1838, Labourer occupation 31 October 1868, Labourer Sp. Mary LEE (1782- ) b. 1782, NOT GLOUCESTERSHIRE m. 18 October 1804 census 1841, Dean Forest, Glos 1 Frances EDWARDS (1809-1828) b. 17 September 1809, Lydney, Gloucestershire d. March 1828, Awre With Blakeney, Gloucestershire bur. 12 March 1828, Awre With Blakeney, Gloucestershire Sp. Daniel WYMAN (1804-1863), son of Daniel WYMAN (1768-1846) and Mary VIRGO (1772-1854) 2 Phebe EDWARDS (1815-1883) b. August 1815, Lidney, Gloucestershire bap. 27 August 1815, Lidney, Gloucestershire residence 1815, Forest of Dean residence 21 April 1838, Oldcroft census 5 April 1871, London d. Q2 1883, Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire Sp. Daniel WYMAN (1804-1863), son of Daniel WYMAN (1768-1846) and Mary VIRGO (1772-1854) Best regards Peter Wayman in Stoke-on-Trent Interests WAYMAN, WYMAN etc, All Glos VIRGO, Forest of Dean POOL, Newnham LESTER, Forest of Dean POLLARD Cirencester PORTER Forest of Dean

Replied off-list with JPEG attachments David in Hertford, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne's Genes" <lists@oceanv.net> To: <ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: [FoD] 1841 Kingstanley, Stroud, GLS Folio 36, Pages 13 & 14 Help... > Hi, > I was wondering if anyone had the ArchivedCD books version of the 1841 > census for Gloucester as I would dearly love the transcription of the > family of WALKLEY's that reside on the pages mentioned above. If you can > create an image file and send it to me that would be even better, I do so > like to see the actual page of containing my tree people (press print > screen button and paste image into a graphics program and create a jpg or gif) > > Part of the family is on Folio 37 page 15 but only the tail end :-O) > > The file ref for on my cd's for folio 36 was 370-05 but I'm not sure how > that translates to other cd sets. > > Unfortunately the 1841 Census CD set that I purchased from a different > company is missing the pages that appear to have some of the WALKLEY's on > them and I've been waiting more than six months for them to rectify the > problem. I had thoped that in the meantime some kind person could let me > know the details of the family. > > Thanks for reading, > Joanne > > > > > ------------------ > Research Interests > check out my trees: > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=oceanv1&I11.x=44&I11.y=11 > ------------------ > ADDIS - Worcester (Caroline Addis m. Edward Kennard m.1842 Worcester, her > sister m. William Smith) > ALDRIDGE - Gloucester (Harriet married Joseph Walkley) > AUSTIN - Warwick, Leicester, Rutland (Florence Stride m. Albert Austin > m.1918 Bham) > BALL - Married Dawson - Castle Donnington, Leicester > BARNETT - Nailsea, Bedminster > CARTER - West Bromwich (Emily Carter m. Frederick KNIGHT m. 1893 West Brom) > CHALLINGSWORTH - Kingswinford, Sts (Eliza Challingsworth m. Peter Firmstone > m. 1831 Dudley) > CHAPPELL - Birmingham, Warwick (Clara Chappel m. William REEVES m. 1879 Bham) > CLARKE - Leicester (m. into RICHARDS m. 1873 Harborne) > CORRY - Married Wagstaff (boatman) > DAWSON - Wolverhampton, Sts, Castle D, Lei, Shardlow, Dby (mostly boatmen) > DUNN - Kingswinford, Sts (Mariah Dunn m. Thomas Roberts m. 1849 Dudley) > FIRMSTONE - Kingswinford, Sts (Susannah Firmstone m. Samuel Mallen m.1873 > Dudley) > HILL - Warwick (Kings Norton), Smethwick, West Bromwich - Walter Hill > JACQUES - Rugby, War (Elizabeth m. John SHED m. 1893 Uxbridge - boatman) > KENNARD - Birmingham & Worcester > KNIGHT - West Bromwich/Wolverhampton (Frederick KNIGHT) > MALLEN - Kingswinford, Sts or Worcester > LOCKLEY - Wolverhampton, Sts (Sarah m. John DAWSON m 1855 Wolverhampton - > boatman) > PEMBERTON - Dumbarton, Scotland/Smethwick, Sts - Margaret m. William CARTER) > QUEEN - Glasgow, Scotland (Mary m. Thomas PEMBERTON bef. 1837 somewhere....) > RICHARDS - London, War, Sts - William RICHARDS (Hair Dresser) Son - William > (Japanner) > REEVES - Birmingham, Kings Norton (Polly Lily Reeves m. Thomas HILL m. 1904) > ROBERTS - Quarry Bank/Kingswinford, Worcester or Stafford > SAVAGE - Wolverhampton, Stafford (Caroline m. Thomas DAWSON m. 1855 Tipton) > SHED - Paddington, London (Emily m. Thomas DAWSON m. 1916 Bham) > SMITH - Pershore, Worcester to Birmingham (George Smith m. Caroline Kennard > & William Smith m. Susannah Addis) > SPONGE - Bingham, Nottingham (Mary m. William Shelton Hoby, Leicester) > STEWART - Midlothian area, Scotland > STRIDE - Warwick, Worcester - always interested in ALL STRIDE/STROYDs > WARD - Warwick - Occupation Carpenter > WITHERS - Newcastle on Tyne (Mary m. William RICHARDS, her father was Ephraim) > > I Administer the following lists on Rootsweb.com. Send an email with > Subscribe in the subject line to Join: > CHALLINGSWORTH-l-request@rootsweb.com > GRASIER-l-request@rootsweb.com > LOCKLEY-UK-l-request@rootsweb.com > SHED-UK-l-request@rootsweb.com > STRIDE-l-request@rootsweb.com > > >

Just wanted the lists to know that I received a reply to this request. Thanks again for reading! Also, if anyone has any Walkley/Yerzzley ancestors in their trees maybe drop me a line as the information I have is a bit lacking. My Joseph Walkley passed away before the 1841. He married Harriet Alldridge. I think his father is Thomas Walkley and mother Sarah (yet to be proven) but have no hard proof. I think his brother's were Aaron, Samuel and Charles (yet to be proven). Regards, Joanne Hi, I was wondering if anyone had the ArchivedCD books version of the 1841 census for Gloucester as I would dearly love the transcription of the family of WALKLEY's that reside on the pages mentioned above. If you can create an image file and send it to me that would be even better, I do so like to see the actual page of containing my tree people (press print screen button and paste image into a graphics program and create a jpg or gif) Part of the family is on Folio 37 page 15 but only the tail end :-O) The file ref for on my cd's for folio 36 was 370-05 but I'm not sure how that translates to other cd sets. Unfortunately the 1841 Census CD set that I purchased from a different company is missing the pages that appear to have some of the WALKLEY's on them and I've been waiting more than six months for them to rectify the problem. I had thoped that in the meantime some kind person could let me know the details of the family. Thanks for reading, Joanne ------------------ Research Interests check out my trees: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=oceanv1&I11.x=44&I11.y=11 ------------------ ADDIS - Worcester (Caroline Addis m. Edward Kennard m.1842 Worcester, her sister m. William Smith) ALDRIDGE - Gloucester (Harriet married Joseph Walkley) AUSTIN - Warwick, Leicester, Rutland (Florence Stride m. Albert Austin m.1918 Bham) BALL - Married Dawson - Castle Donnington, Leicester BARNETT - Nailsea, Bedminster CARTER - West Bromwich (Emily Carter m. Frederick KNIGHT m. 1893 West Brom) CHALLINGSWORTH - Kingswinford, Sts (Eliza Challingsworth m. Peter Firmstone m. 1831 Dudley) CHAPPELL - Birmingham, Warwick (Clara Chappel m. William REEVES m. 1879 Bham) CLARKE - Leicester (m. into RICHARDS m. 1873 Harborne) CORRY - Married Wagstaff (boatman) DAWSON - Wolverhampton, Sts, Castle D, Lei, Shardlow, Dby (mostly boatmen) DUNN - Kingswinford, Sts (Mariah Dunn m. Thomas Roberts m. 1849 Dudley) FIRMSTONE - Kingswinford, Sts (Susannah Firmstone m. Samuel Mallen m.1873 Dudley) HILL - Warwick (Kings Norton), Smethwick, West Bromwich - Walter Hill JACQUES - Rugby, War (Elizabeth m. John SHED m. 1893 Uxbridge - boatman) KENNARD - Birmingham & Worcester KNIGHT - West Bromwich/Wolverhampton (Frederick KNIGHT) MALLEN - Kingswinford, Sts or Worcester LOCKLEY - Wolverhampton, Sts (Sarah m. John DAWSON m 1855 Wolverhampton - boatman) PEMBERTON - Dumbarton, Scotland/Smethwick, Sts - Margaret m. William CARTER) QUEEN - Glasgow, Scotland (Mary m. Thomas PEMBERTON bef. 1837 somewhere....) RICHARDS - London, War, Sts - William RICHARDS (Hair Dresser) Son - William (Japanner) REEVES - Birmingham, Kings Norton (Polly Lily Reeves m. Thomas HILL m. 1904) ROBERTS - Quarry Bank/Kingswinford, Worcester or Stafford SAVAGE - Wolverhampton, Stafford (Caroline m. Thomas DAWSON m. 1855 Tipton) SHED - Paddington, London (Emily m. Thomas DAWSON m. 1916 Bham) SMITH - Pershore, Worcester to Birmingham (George Smith m. Caroline Kennard & William Smith m. Susannah Addis) SPONGE - Bingham, Nottingham (Mary m. William Shelton Hoby, Leicester) STEWART - Midlothian area, Scotland STRIDE - Warwick, Worcester - always interested in ALL STRIDE/STROYDs WARD - Warwick - Occupation Carpenter WITHERS - Newcastle on Tyne (Mary m. William RICHARDS, her father was Ephraim) I Administer the following lists on Rootsweb.com. Send an email with Subscribe in the subject line to Join: CHALLINGSWORTH-l-request@rootsweb.com GRASIER-l-request@rootsweb.com LOCKLEY-UK-l-request@rootsweb.com SHED-UK-l-request@rootsweb.com STRIDE-l-request@rootsweb.com

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had the ArchivedCD books version of the 1841 census for Gloucester as I would dearly love the transcription of the family of WALKLEY's that reside on the pages mentioned above. If you can create an image file and send it to me that would be even better, I do so like to see the actual page of containing my tree people (press print screen button and paste image into a graphics program and create a jpg or gif) Part of the family is on Folio 37 page 15 but only the tail end :-O) The file ref for on my cd's for folio 36 was 370-05 but I'm not sure how that translates to other cd sets. Unfortunately the 1841 Census CD set that I purchased from a different company is missing the pages that appear to have some of the WALKLEY's on them and I've been waiting more than six months for them to rectify the problem. I had thoped that in the meantime some kind person could let me know the details of the family. Thanks for reading, Joanne ------------------ Research Interests check out my trees: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=oceanv1&I11.x=44&I11.y=11 ------------------ ADDIS - Worcester (Caroline Addis m. Edward Kennard m.1842 Worcester, her sister m. William Smith) ALDRIDGE - Gloucester (Harriet married Joseph Walkley) AUSTIN - Warwick, Leicester, Rutland (Florence Stride m. Albert Austin m.1918 Bham) BALL - Married Dawson - Castle Donnington, Leicester BARNETT - Nailsea, Bedminster CARTER - West Bromwich (Emily Carter m. Frederick KNIGHT m. 1893 West Brom) CHALLINGSWORTH - Kingswinford, Sts (Eliza Challingsworth m. Peter Firmstone m. 1831 Dudley) CHAPPELL - Birmingham, Warwick (Clara Chappel m. William REEVES m. 1879 Bham) CLARKE - Leicester (m. into RICHARDS m. 1873 Harborne) CORRY - Married Wagstaff (boatman) DAWSON - Wolverhampton, Sts, Castle D, Lei, Shardlow, Dby (mostly boatmen) DUNN - Kingswinford, Sts (Mariah Dunn m. Thomas Roberts m. 1849 Dudley) FIRMSTONE - Kingswinford, Sts (Susannah Firmstone m. Samuel Mallen m.1873 Dudley) HILL - Warwick (Kings Norton), Smethwick, West Bromwich - Walter Hill JACQUES - Rugby, War (Elizabeth m. John SHED m. 1893 Uxbridge - boatman) KENNARD - Birmingham & Worcester KNIGHT - West Bromwich/Wolverhampton (Frederick KNIGHT) MALLEN - Kingswinford, Sts or Worcester LOCKLEY - Wolverhampton, Sts (Sarah m. John DAWSON m 1855 Wolverhampton - boatman) PEMBERTON - Dumbarton, Scotland/Smethwick, Sts - Margaret m. William CARTER) QUEEN - Glasgow, Scotland (Mary m. Thomas PEMBERTON bef. 1837 somewhere....) RICHARDS - London, War, Sts - William RICHARDS (Hair Dresser) Son - William (Japanner) REEVES - Birmingham, Kings Norton (Polly Lily Reeves m. Thomas HILL m. 1904) ROBERTS - Quarry Bank/Kingswinford, Worcester or Stafford SAVAGE - Wolverhampton, Stafford (Caroline m. Thomas DAWSON m. 1855 Tipton) SHED - Paddington, London (Emily m. Thomas DAWSON m. 1916 Bham) SMITH - Pershore, Worcester to Birmingham (George Smith m. Caroline Kennard & William Smith m. Susannah Addis) SPONGE - Bingham, Nottingham (Mary m. William Shelton Hoby, Leicester) STEWART - Midlothian area, Scotland STRIDE - Warwick, Worcester - always interested in ALL STRIDE/STROYDs WARD - Warwick - Occupation Carpenter WITHERS - Newcastle on Tyne (Mary m. William RICHARDS, her father was Ephraim) I Administer the following lists on Rootsweb.com. Send an email with Subscribe in the subject line to Join: CHALLINGSWORTH-l-request@rootsweb.com GRASIER-l-request@rootsweb.com LOCKLEY-UK-l-request@rootsweb.com SHED-UK-l-request@rootsweb.com STRIDE-l-request@rootsweb.com

Dear List, I am looking for any other descendants of Aaron HALE, freeminer and yeoman of Ruardean (c.1670-1727) and his wife Elizabeth JORDAN whom he married in 1695. I already have an extensive collection of material relating to this family but I would like to add the lines of descent of as many other descendants as I can find - and I know there must be many! I descend from Aaron's son John but he also had sons Aaron junior and Isaac. If you have Ruardean HALEs in your tree but haven't got this far back yet then email me anyway and I'll see if I can connect you to the tree. TIA. Best wishes James Phillips-Evans

Dear Friends, Can anyone come up with a listing after 1861 for James, baptised in Blaisdon but gives his place of birth as Westbury in the 61 census for Ruabon, Denbighshire he then seems to vanish without trace. I am also looking for his marriage to a Margaret Morris born ? 1830 in Welshpool, Mont, the only child I have is Daniel born in Ruabon in 1860[ my ggrandfather] Daniel by 71 is back in Westbury residing with his grandparents Daniel and Ann but I have been unable to locate his parents whereabouts after 1861 census Thanks Tim

Hi Everyone Wonder if anyone is connected to or on the Gloucester List.................I wondered if perhaps they might pass this message to them. I have absolutely no connection with this auction............BUT thought one of you might be interested................. WW1 Victory medal. M G C - kia,61 st co, from Keighley. Item number: 2265664515 WW1 Victory Medal 31162 Pte H W Thrush. M G C. Henry Walter Thrush was KIA age 21,16/9/16(Somme) with the 61 st co Machine Gun Corps,His name is on the Thiepval Memorial.He formerly served as18/1433 West Yorkshire Reg,Son of Francis W and Gertude Thrush . Born Keighley -Yorkshire.on 1901 census age 6 living Keighley. Rest of family on1901 census,Father age 33,caretaker of Church School(born Painswick,Glos) Mother age 32,Daisy age 4,Edith age This is a early casualty to the M G C Warmest Wishes Jan in Bronte Country List admin Bradford, Yorkshire ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com List admin Clewer surname CLEWER-L-request@rootsweb.com OPC- Keighley, Yorkshire opc-yks-keighley@british-genealogy.com AVG updated daily

For those interested http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/bloodofthevikings/genetics_results_01.shtml Some general background on the "Viking Blood" gene sampling ( not FOD specific)

Hello, Seven months ago I sent an Email about a theory I had heard that the NELM'S clan were originally Viking Farmers who had settled along the banks of the River Severn in Somerset and Gloucestershire. I had a few Replies, from People like me, with NELM's Ancestors. A few people informed me they were either waiting for their DNA results or were planning on having the test done in the near future. Perhaps part of the FOD scheme. Therefore, I was wondering if any NELM'S People had found good evidence of Viking Blood after all? Also, any other Race/Tribe such as Saxons, Celts etc. The only clue so far in my Family for Viking Blood is, one of the Niece had perfectly white hair when she was very young but it now has more of a leaning towards light ginger. Also, due to having MALLARD Ancestors as well, it would be very interesting if anyone knows of their DNA origins? Thank you, Gordon. Tel No. (01274) 23 5284 - VOICE MAIL Email: g.t.holmes@bradford.ac.uk Elect/IT Technician. Arch & Envi Sciences. Phoenix SW Building. Bradford University.

Hello all I wonder if someone could give me some advice on burial records please. I visited the Forest of Dean this past weekend and called on the villages and towns that my ancestors lived in (Cinderford, Yorkley and Oldcroft). I visited some of the graveyards in these areas armed with my camera hoping to be lucky enough to find some of my ancestors graves even though I didn't have a clue where they were buried! I'm hoping to visit again in a few months time and would like to be more prepared. I know the dates of deaths of my ancestors (I have the death certs) but don't know what what graveyards they're in. I understand that my ancestors, the CHARLES'S, from Yorkley and Oldcroft are probably at Viney Hill or Parkend and my COOPERS from Cinderford and Ruspidge could be at St. John's but how would I find out for sure? Do I contact the churches direct or are there any transcribed burial charts with the records office or Family history society? I appreciate any help or advice offered. Cheers Kath (Caerphilly) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Hi I would appreciate a search of one or both of these censuses for a James JONES and family who were living at Worral Hill West Dean in the 1881 census. In that year James was 40 and Ann 33(though this maybe a mis transcription) They had 2 daughters by 1871 Elizabeth (3) and Harriet(1) thank you Sylvia _________________________________________________________________ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/

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Hi Folks I have found another user name and password to access this site again especially for Ancestry Plus. This trial will end at the end of September. Site: http://trials.gale.com/pubacd/ User: pubacd17 Password: durable Happy Hunting Cheers Nardia kntaylor@ozemail.com.au

Hi I would be grateful for a lookup of the 1871 census for a James and Ann JONES perhhhahaps with 2 children Elizabeth and Harriet In the 1881 census they were living at Worral Hill West Dean james was born 1841 and Ann 1848 thank you Sylvia _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

Hi Would someone ,please do a lookup of the 1871 census for a James and Ann JONES and possibly their 3-year old daughter, Elizabeth? In 1881 they were living at Worral Hill West DEan They may allso have had another daughter, Harriet aged 1 thank you Sylvia _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo