From: david@davidcode.net Can anyone help David find his Elliotts or Nolans in time? Dear Tigger, I write to seek your “Sherlock Holmes” advice on a mystery that has me stumped.  This story falls outside your geographic area of expertise, but I want to call upon your experience and creativity, rather than your legwork.  I’m hoping you can read my story and generate some leads to investigate: We are planning a family reunion in Calgary, Canada July.  My mother and aunt are quite elderly, and this is probably our final chance to bring together all their offspring and relatives.  That is why I’m so eager to get back in touch with our living English relatives, the Elliotts. This reunion is an opportunity for community, love and re-connection.  As the father of a 4 year-old son and 2 year-old daughter, I am eager to put my children in touch with their British roots, and give them a sense of family and groundedness.  I want them to understand that they are the new “threads” in a long and beautiful tapestry of our family that has been woven over generations. My mom corresponded with our relatives, Tom & Emmie Elliott, until the 1950s.  They lived in the same house for decades.  Although they must be dead by now, their address through the 1950s (and perhaps the 60s and 70s as well) was: Tom & Emmie Elliott Old Cottage New Road Worthing Road Horsham, Sussex Here’s the family tree information I have on them and their offspring: Emmie Allam (b. 1880’s) and Thomas Henry Elliott (b. 1872, who had a brother named Percy b. 1879) were married in 1900 in Hampshire. They had one son, Ernie, born 1901.  Ernie was an RAF pilot in WW1.  He also worked for BBC TV, and we have a photo of him on TV, taken in 1959. We were told he was quite famous in England, but we are not sure. Ernie Elliott married an “Alice,” (her maiden name is unknown but she was a niece to a “Mabel Hyett”). Ernie & Alice had (at least) three children: 1) Douglas, born 12/25/34 2) Jean, born about April 1938 3) Mary We have a photo taken at the marriage of Mary Elliott to Roy Nolan on Sept 1, 1962 (I can email you a copy, if that would help).  I would have expected them to marry near the bride’s birthplace, Horsham.  However, the photo studio is in Bristol, so I wonder if they married and lived in Bristol.  If the photo studio still exists, I’m hoping they can put me in touch with Roy or Mary Nolan. The studio is: Tudor, Tracy & Miller Ltd. Regent House High Street Corner Bristol 1, England Tel 26-975 What digits would I add to the telephone number in order to try calling them? I am so eager to re-connect with these relatives that I am even prepared to telephone every Douglas Elliott, Mary Nolan or Roy Nolan in England, starting of course with those in Horsham and Bristol.  However, if you have any advice or leads for me, I would be very grateful for your help, to narrow the search.  Thank you in advance for your consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you. Grace and peace to you, The Rev. David A. Code -- David Code Email (I do NOT check email every day): wk: dcode@carolinechurch.net hm: david@davidcode.net Tel #'s: wk: 631-941-4245 hm: 751-0071