Does anybody on this list know if records exist for the above school for the period 1925-1935? I've just found that my mum Phylis Barber attended during this period and am keen to find out more. Many thanks Tony, Bristol

My most elusive ancestor is my maternal grandfather. He was a stonemason like his father, swimming champion of Staffordshire in 1910/11 and a bit of a rogue. He thought he killed a gamekeeper one evening and quietly disappeared for a year or so. The family were always on the move to escape the landlord or debt. I hunted for his marriage lines for years since my mother was baptised Hilda Clara MOORLEY the daughter of Sarah MORRIS now the wife of Harry MOORLEY. I should have known better after all these years to read these things more carefully. When I did find the marriage it had occurred on the very day my mothers birth was registered - a neat bit of tidying up. Go to the Registrar, get birth registered and get married all at the same time! Harry went to work on the War Memorial at Broadstone nr Poole one morning in 1927/8 and was never seen again! The one doubt I now have regarding my Grandfather is whether he really is my mothers father or was he the guy my grandmother managed to convince was the father of her child? Mike Waterlooville

Since summer is fast approaching (admittedly winter in the southern hemisphere) many of you will be planning vacations or trips of a genealogical nature, please be sure to share with us, your new found cousins, family history and research tips or plans. The lists tend to get a bit quiet this time of year but there are also many who can't travel or otherwise research outside the home. So...........we think it would be great to take this opportunity to post something. Who is your most elusive ancestor as in connection to this specific list? What are your goals? Do you have tips to share? A genealogy (non commercial!!) web site, perhaps? Writing and sharing a family story or tradition with us? Our eldest son gets wed on Saturday 18 June at Romsey Abbey and is the reason we have suspended lookups until the end of next week. Please feel free to send in dates of specific events and we will have a look as soon as we can. Great excitement in the Knight family and another branch to research on our tree. Take care Linda & Tony List Admin

Hello all just a quick note to you all as we have received suggestions that e-mails aren't getting thru to our e-mail address. So far as we're aware there are no problems and we are getting e-mails but lately we note that several listers sem to think of our e-mail as knightsroots when the correct one is _knightroots@aol.com_ (mailto:knightroots@aol.com) no S in the middle, perhaps this explains why? If anyone has any problems feel free to post to _bestcover@lineone.net_ (mailto:bestcover@lineone.net) we can always reply from either e-mail address. Take care and hope you're all ok,Linda and Tony

Receiving! -----Original Message----- From: Edna & Ken [mailto:ekbrit@rogers.com] Sent: 15 June 2005 20:36 To: ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Testing Testing... Edna ==== ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT Mailing List ==== Treat others as you wish to be treated yourselves, with respect Visit the knightroots website at www.knightroots.co.uk ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

Hi Edna, Yes we are all alive and well but its nearly midsummer thus the silence. Mike Waterlooville where it is seasonally quite cold and mercifully wet today although we are promised warmer weather this weekend.

Nah you're still on board Edna but it has been quiet. Linda and Tony Testing... Edna

Testing... Edna

I have discovered that three of my great grandparents daughters married in Portsea. Mary Elizabeth Sellick married James Buckley in 1877. Emma Sellick married Albert Aylmer in 1876 and Jane Sellick married John Napper in 1892. Does anyone have any information on them please? Regards Cherryl

Thanks to Tony Higgins I have been given transcriptions of Burials for Canford Magna, amongst which I have: 1819 May 2 GALLOP Hannah, aged 70 years, of Portsmouth Tony has done 1813 to 1837 and there are more to come! I will pass on any more strays as they arise. Best Wishes Rosemary Canford Magna OPC

Hello Listers I sent an email to Knightsroots but received the following 'reply' (not from them, but from an automated something-or-other): Your mail to the following recipients could not be delivered because they are not accepting mail from cliveden@acenet.net.au: knightroots I used their latest message as a 'reply to' so there's no possibility of typing something incorrectly. Could someone advise what I should do next please? I can't think what I've done wrong. I don't understand the colon at the end of my address - my address would have been the usual that is automatically produced when sending an email. I was wanting to find out the procedure for asking for a look up, and also to see if my possibly KNIGHT ancestor had any link with them. Help, please! Many thanks. Pam cliveden@acenet.net.au Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia.

Hi Sarah, I don't have any of the Harris's you named but I do have some members of the family who moved from London to Portsea between 1881 and 1891. John Harris b 1840 Norwich married to Maria b1842 St James, Middlesex and two of their sons Sydney T Harris b 1874 Kentish Town, London and Albert E Harris b 1871 Kentish Town, London. Albert married Emily Julia Gough b 1871 Landport, Hampshire and had these children: Albert Augustus N Harris b 1891 Portsea, Hampshire Gladys Emily Harris b 1893 Portsea, Hampshire William E Harris b 1898 Portsea, Hampshire Regards, Stu -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Middleton [mailto:slmiddleton@ntlworld.com] Sent: 14 June 2005 11:16 To: stu.lawton@ntlworld.com Cc: ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Posting Interests Hi Stu, I also have a couple of HARRIS's on my tree: Charles HARRIS married to Hannah with children David, born 1818 Samuel, born 1822 Mary Ann, born 1825 (my 3xgt-grandmother, married to John MIDLANE) Joseph Arthur, born about 1828 I have very little information about this family. Does it connect with your tree? Best wishes, Sarah -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Lawton [mailto:stu.lawton@ntlworld.com] Sent: 14 June 2005 07:58 To: ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Posting Interests Interests: ========== Harris - Hampshire (Portsea, Portsmouth) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.1 - Release Date: 13/06/2005

Stu, I have a Mary INGS who married William MUCKETT in December Quarter 1822 in Titchfield. She died March Quarter 1824 in Titchfield, age 25. Is she in your records? Robert At 02:58 AM 14/06/2005, you wrote: >Interests: >========== > >Ings - Hampshire (Portsea, Portsmouth) > >Stu >Watford, Hertfordshire

I was browsing the internet (as you do!) and found this website: HYPERLINK "http://www.framland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/"http://www.framland.pwp.bluey onder.co.uk/ Which aims to "provide a photographic record of the various churches, churchyards, graveyards and cemeteries for the benefit of those genealogists who live some distance away". One of the pages is about two gravestones that need identifying. They are thought to be in or from Portsmouth: HYPERLINK "http://www.framland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cshmi.htm"http://www.framland. pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cshmi.htm I thought maybe someone on this list might be able to help. I have no connection to the family myself. Sarah -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.1 - Release Date: 13/06/2005

Hi Stu, I also have a couple of HARRIS's on my tree: Charles HARRIS married to Hannah with children David, born 1818 Samuel, born 1822 Mary Ann, born 1825 (my 3xgt-grandmother, married to John MIDLANE) Joseph Arthur, born about 1828 I have very little information about this family. Does it connect with your tree? Best wishes, Sarah -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Lawton [mailto:stu.lawton@ntlworld.com] Sent: 14 June 2005 07:58 To: ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Posting Interests Interests: ========== Harris - Hampshire (Portsea, Portsmouth) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.1 - Release Date: 13/06/2005

Many thanks Jon I am hoping that I can find out who George's father was too. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.0 - Release Date: 6/13/2005

Barbara I do indeed have Kate on my tree. If you let me know what file formats you can accept I will send you details directly. Carol -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.0 - Release Date: 6/13/2005

Interests: ========== Astrella - Hertfordshire (Watford, Bushey), London (Hackney), Essex (West Ham) Bass - Cambridgeshire (Grantchester), London (St Pancras, Kentish Town) Bennett - Hampshire (Portsea, Portsmouth) Eastoe - London (St Pancras, Kentish Town), Norfolk (East Dereham) Gough - Hampshire (Portsea, Portsmouth), London (St Pancras, Kentish Town, Mile End), Hertfordshire (Watford), Canada (Ontario) Green - London (Stepney, Hackney, Mile End, Limehouse, Bow, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel), Hertfordshire (Watford, Bushey) Hackman - Hertfordshire (Watford, Bushey) Harris - Hampshire (Portsea, Portsmouth) Ings - Hampshire (Portsea, Portsmouth) Lawton - Hertfordshire (Watford, Bushey, Rickmansworth), Northamptonshire (Wellingborough), London, Dorset (Lyme Regis) Woodworth - London (St Pancras, Limehouse, Stepney, Whitechapel) Wright - Hertfordshire (Watford, Bushey, St Albans), London (Hounslow), Kent (Chislehurst) Stu Watford, Hertfordshire

Hi Carol, Please send info PDF format . Many thanks, Barbara

Hi these aren't the full parish details, but I found their marriage on the LDS website http://www.familysearch.org George Dotterill and Betsey Ann cond August 2, 1819 Saint Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire, England Kindest regards, Jon -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.9 - Release Date: 6/11/05