Since joining the list some four months ago, I have been avidly reading the messages in the hope that I would find some connections to my FOD family. Alas, no such assistance has materialised. Hence this message to the list. When a raw beginner in family history research, I was given some family details by a relative who lives in Hereford, and despite my best efforts I have been unable to build upon them. Briefly, the details of my forbears are as follows - In 1755 John JONES, my GGG Grandfather married Ann HORROOD at English Bicknor. They had the following children: John, b.& d. 1758; my GG Grandfather William, b.1761; Richard, b.1765; James, b. & d. 1766; and Sarah, b.1768. All the births are recorded as at LYDBROOK. Then in 1790 GG Grandfather William married Sarah SUFF and they had the following children, again all the births being recorded at LYDBROOK – My G Grandfather John JONES, b.1791; William, b.1795; Jane, b.1800; Mary, b.1802; Richard, b.1806; William, b.1808 and James, b.1811. If anyone can connect to any of the above and thereby throw some light on my benighted family history pathway, I would be most pleased to hear from you. Finally, may I express my thanks to the list for their messages, the contents of which have been most informative. Kind regards, Jim JONES (From a sunny Broadstairs in Kent)
Hello Jim Greetings from a fine Spring day in New Zealand. We have a large number of our Jones family born in all the districts you mention, so don't give up just yet! Whilst the names you have nominated don't seem related today, we will have a good look at our family research and see if we can find anything. You will be pleased to know that in the past two years we have found a number of new " Jones cousins" and it sure makes the wait worth while! Slàinte Brian OBrien Waipu -----Original Message----- From: Jim Jones [mailto:j.b.jones@tesco.net] Sent: Friday, 10 September 2004 02:56 To: ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FoD] JONES Family FOD - Help Sought Since joining the list some four months ago, I have been avidly reading the messages in the hope that I would find some connections to my FOD family. Alas, no such assistance has materialised. Hence this message to the list.