Hi I'm in lurk mode at the moment until time allows me to do more, but I wanted to offer another possibility. I have had great success through Genes Reunited, finding at least 3 2nd cousins and a few more definate relations. I do my best to reply to initial contact from other people, but may not always be able to. I have 2 young children constantly wanting my attention, so I tend to put emails to one side if I think there's something in them, so I can look at my reasearch, find the information and then give them something to look into. I don't always get the chance to look for the info and often forget about contacts. It's not through being rude, inept, infrequent use of the pc or such like, just day to day life with a family and little time to spend sitting at the pc looking into family history. As frustrating as it is, give the other end a bit of leeway. For all you know between messages someone may have fallen very ill and the last thing they're thinking about is the computer! Kim ----- Original Message ---- From: Trevor Tomasin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 29 March, 2007 11:25:10 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! Hi And what is it with the 'contacts'? They go to all that trouble to initiate a contact, then you reply, then nothing! Even when it was obvious from the start that there was a 'firm' match - nothing! ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos is now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo. http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

Hi Group: I am a fairly new member and have found a few closely related cousins on Genes Reunited. When receiving a query from another member, I answer through Genes the same day, usually immediately. Takes 5 minutes or less to look up a person on your own genealogy software, see if a match or not, and reply with a quick note. There seem to be lots of name collectors at Genes, and lots whose research is incorrect, but I have also found one marriage of mine to be incorrect. No one is infallible! On the other hand, there are excellent genealogists who are members too. Some members have absolutely nothing on their trees which defeats the purpose of Genes in a way. Are these members just plumbers and not sharers? And yes, some people never respond to inquiries! This is annoying. Why do they belong if they don't respond? Many members wonder about this. Upon the advice of another member of this list and through my own experience, I do not list everything on my tree at Genes. I list the mininum, concentrating on BMD and no sources. Members wanting to learn more about my folks hopefully will contact me. Of course, lines that I really want to connect with someone on are not being researched! Hopefully some day some of these people will join and get in contact! The Genes website is cumbersome to work with. There are a lot of areas which need improvement I feel. Regards, Eve ----- How do the rest of you get on with the Genes Reunited web site? Personally I find the Genes Reunited site unnecessarily tedious to use - I can't be bothered with all the secrecy and the convoluted workings. I have up loaded my 'tree'as a Gedcom file to it, but tend to redirect 'contacts' from the Genes Reunited web site to my own web site where they can search to their 'hearts delight' and to then contact me again by direct e-mail to discuss our joint ancestry. And what is it with the 'contacts'? They go to all that trouble to initiate a contact, then you reply, then nothing! Even when it was obvious from the start that there was a 'firm' match - nothing! Are the people who use Genes Reunited serious about their Family History or was it a passing phase they went through one wet Saturday afternoon? Then again they may be the types who only switch on their computer once a month, or members of the IT inept. How do you get across to them that by not following up on a contact they have started, they are wasting your time and being rude in the extreme? The Genes Reunited system seems to have this situation designed in to it. What's the point of it? Not communication - or uniting any genes that's for sure! Good Huntin' Trevor Tomasin ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

I joined Genes Reunited a year ago and have had great success. Living in Canada, I didn't have access to a lot of documentation on my English brances (I have since joined Ancestry.com) but I was able to meet over half a dozen people on line who were most helpful in providing additional information they had from their own family trees. I met two distant cousins on my father's side of the family and relatives on my husband's side of the family. I find that the longer your tree has been posted the fewer number of hits so it is easy to keep up with enquiries. And compared to Ancestry.com, the price is right! Eleanor Stardom Winnipeg, Canada _________________________________________________________________ Your Space. Your Friends. Your Stories. Share your world with Windows Live Spaces. http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-ca

Goodness - thanks to everyone for your suggestions which I'm sifting through. You've given me a lot to think about. I guess I want to enter information individually and it looks like the answer to my main question is to write "living" in the spaces for the parents so that I can continue. A lot of my research is still on paper rather than in a database so I'm not really ready to think about GEDcoms and things (all quite beyond me really!) but there are some branches of the family where I know little and have made no links so was thinking of trying to start again on the site in the hope of making some contacts as so many people seem to have done just that. Thank you all again for your most generous assistance and I hope no-one is offended if I don't reply individually to those who replied to me on the list. Carol

I realise this is off topic so maybe someone could answer me off list. But how do I actually put my tree on genes united? Some years ago I put my name in and then did no more as I didn't know how to input further without going through the natural progression from myself through parents, grandparents etc - all living relatives. I haven't been able to delete myself (!) so presumably need to start all over again (not sure how to do that either) once I know how to proceed. I haven't managed to find anywhere on the site to get answers to these questions so any suggestions gratefully received. Carol

In a message dated 29/03/2007 02:06:14 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I was wondering whether there are burial records available online for Old Basing/Basing/Basingstoke for the period 1800 through 1850. Or perhaps residents who passed away were typically buried in another parish? Shelley, The following are the only John FIELD listed in the Hampshire Genealogical Society Burial Index for the period 1800-1837, deaths after that date can be searched for in the GRO Index. 05 Mar 1800 Field John - Gosport 25 Feb 1814 Field John 42 Alverstoke 25 Jan 1818 Field John 88 Hartley Wintney 17 Apr 1819 Field John 88 Church Oakley 01 Apr 1823 Field John 1 Overton 19 Dec 1826 Field John 77 Overton 29 Aug 1832 Field John 70 Medstead 27 Apr 1828 Field John Herbert inf Ashe Regards, Jennifer

Last week somebody mentioned the IOW ghosts. Well Ftn are showing them on Most Haunted this week, Last night was Arreton Manor and tonight was Appledurcombe House. Arreton Manor had them all shaking in their boots with strange noises!! Not sure if they are on all week but if you have Satellite or Freeview (if in UK) you should get them Chris

Hello, I was wondering whether there are burial records available online for Old Basing/Basing/Basingstoke for the period 1800 through 1850. Or perhaps residents who passed away were typically buried in another parish? I believe my John FIELD died prior to the 1841 census and his youngest child was born 1822. His children were baptised in Old Basing and his widow remains there until she passes away in 1863. I can't find any record of his death and am hoping Old Basing burial records are available online. Any recommendations welcome. Thank you!! Shelley

The following updates and new additions have now been added to our website the SOUTHERN LINE(UK) http://southernlife.org.uk UPDATE/ADDITION: HAMPSHIRE CHARLTON - Photos added http://www.southernlife.org.uk/charlton.htm ENHAM ALAMEIN- photos added http://www.southernlife.org.uk/enhamala.htm KNIGHTS ALAMEIN http://www.southernlife.org.uk/knighten.htm We are constantly looking out for photographs (new and old) and articles to add to the villages. Especially to those villages we have not added photographs to. If you have any old or new photographs you would like to share with others please email us BEFORE sending them for security reasons. A credit will be placed with the article/photo acknowledging the sender or photographer. Visit our website to see where your forefathers lived SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://Southernlife.org.uk History of the IOW and Hampshires Villages,Towns and Churches

Must be for letter bombs then David!! Chris There is little sign of the gunpowder factory now except a flat patch of land and, at the end of the track, a special postbox installed by the company for the postman to deliver and collect mail from. Presumably so he didn't have to come too close to the factory. The post box is just by the Royal oak pub. Regards, John Parker Romsey, Hampshire, England E-mail: [email protected] ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000728-0, 03/26/2007 Tested on: 3/26/2007 11:45:13 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

I am pleased to announce that the Dorset villages are now back on line with a lot of new photos, though I still need a lot more!! LOL The website is at http://Southernlife.org.uk Click on DORSET on the left and PLEASE leave your comments in the Guestbook on the main page (NO family research queries please) ChrisSOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://Southernlife.org.uk History of the IOW and Hampshires Villages,Towns and Churches

In a message dated 23/03/2007 13:31:47 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: No there was no gunpowder factory in Bartley as I lived there as well but............... In a small glade near Eyeworth Lake was the Schultz Gunpowder Factory and this brought employment to Fritham, it was built to produce ammunition for sporting guns mainly and most of the inhabitants worked there, the Schultz company eventually took over the tin chapel and a new brick building was built in its place. The gunpowder factory closed a few year after 1912 and the the village went back to its carefree life again. SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://Southernlife.org.uk History of the IOW and Hampshires Villages,Towns and Churches There is little sign of the gunpowder factory now except a flat patch of land and, at the end of the track, a special postbox installed by the company for the postman to deliver and collect mail from. Presumably so he didn't have to come too close to the factory. The post box is just by the Royal oak pub. Regards, John Parker Romsey, Hampshire, England E-mail: [email protected]

Hello all Today we have uploaded as follows: Chawton Burials 1813-1850 - ENTRIES TRANSCRIBED BY KNIGHTROOTS The fiche were kindly donated by Alan Reed (thanks Alan) One interesting entry is the burial entry for Cassandra Austen - the sister of Jane You can check on these and all of the other transcriptions FREE online at www.knightroots.co.uk and click on Online Transcriptions. We are always looking for donations of transcriptions or microfiche, village histories and photographs (must be your own copyright)or of course, volunteer transcribers. Contact [email protected] for details. Take care Linda & Tony Hampshire OPC Co-ordinators

Thanks for your suggestion, Chris. I've plumped for Hurston Priors at the moment and am looking through the 1841 census for HARDINGs. Regards, Liz In einer eMail vom 22.03.2007 00:19:43 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt [email protected]: There is also a BaugHURST near the second one on the Berks border. And another Headly just over the borderin Surrey. But nothing like HurstXXX near bY Chris

I would like to thank each and everyone of you who answered my query on the difinition of Nurse Child. Many thanks, Sheila </HTML>

Hello all Today we have uploaded as follows: St Matthew, Gosport, marriages 1846 to 1930 - ENTRIES TRANSCRIBED BY KNIGHTROOTS We have also re-vamped the Gosport and Alverstoke pages so that each of the churches now appears as a separate page. This was a fairly substantial job but hope you like it - we think it's a lot clearer and entries are easier to find. You can check on these and all of the other transcriptions FREE online at www.knightroots.co.uk and click on Online Transcriptions. We are always looking for donations of transcriptions or microfiche, village histories and photographs (must be your own copyright)or of course, volunteer transcribers. Contact [email protected] for details. Take care Linda & Tony Hampshire OPC Co-ordinators ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If you can't wait until 2009 then you can ask the NA to seacrh for a specific address and supply you with the details. This will cost their normal search fee of UKP45. You must know the address though, no name index will exist until 2009 David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Charani Sent: 24 March 2007 09:06 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Response to E-Petition by HM Government Ali Hargreaves wrote: > The Government does not believe this policy should be altered or > the explicit assurances given to people at the time broken. You > might like to know, however, that the 1911 census was not taken > under this Act. The census returns are held by the National > Archives, not the Office for National Statistics. Plans are > underway to set up an on-line search service of the 1911 census by > 2009, although again personally sensitive material will not be > released until 2011. The National Archives will also respond to > certain requests for information on the 1911 census under the > Freedom of Information Act. Thank you for the good news :)) -- Charani (UK) ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 2141 (20070324) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ NOD32 2141 (20070324) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

Ali Hargreaves wrote: > The Government does not believe this policy should be altered or > the explicit assurances given to people at the time broken. You > might like to know, however, that the 1911 census was not taken > under this Act. The census returns are held by the National > Archives, not the Office for National Statistics. Plans are > underway to set up an on-line search service of the 1911 census by > 2009, although again personally sensitive material will not be > released until 2011. The National Archives will also respond to > certain requests for information on the 1911 census under the > Freedom of Information Act. Thank you for the good news :)) -- Charani (UK)

This is why I for one did not sign the petition Ali I felt it broke the conditions of confidentiality that was given when people took part in the census. They were told it would be 100 years and the government and genealogists should respect that. I know it can be frustrating when trying to do research, but it will leave a bit more for your grandchildren to puzzle over when they take over from you!! LOL Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ali Hargreaves" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:26 PM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Response to E-Petition by HM Government Evening All... I just thought you might be interested, but I recently signed the on-line E-petition which was asking the Prime Minister to "reduce the classified period for census data from 100 years to 70 years" - and this is the response I have received this evening... "Thank you for signing the e-petition calling for the closure period on census data to be reduced from its present 100 years to 70 years for the 1911, 1921 and 1931 censuses.

Evening All... I just thought you might be interested, but I recently signed the on-line E-petition which was asking the Prime Minister to "reduce the classified period for census data from 100 years to 70 years" - and this is the response I have received this evening... "Thank you for signing the e-petition calling for the closure period on census data to be reduced from its present 100 years to 70 years for the 1911, 1921 and 1931 censuses. The Government understands the frustrations this delay can cause, particularly to people who are researching their family history. But these frustrations have to be balanced against the assurances given to people at the time about confidentiality. This also has implications today, for public confidence in the privacy of information which people provide in future censuses. Clearly, the importance of the personal information provided in the census is that it enables a detailed and accurate picture to be built up of our society. This is of great assistance to Government and to the community as a whole in helping shape policies and set priorities for the future. But unless people believe that the personal data they provide - which includes details of their occupation and who is living with them - will remain confidential and secure as they have been promised, the danger is that they might feel reluctant to give sensitive information. It is for this reason that there is a policy of a 100-year delay before releasing the personal data in the census. The purpose is to minimise the risk of embarrassment both to those living and to their immediate descendants. The Government does not believe this policy should be altered or the explicit assurances given to people at the time broken. You might like to know, however, that the 1911 census was not taken under this Act. The census returns are held by the National Archives, not the Office for National Statistics. Plans are underway to set up an on-line search service of the 1911 census by 2009, although again personally sensitive material will not be released until 2011. The National Archives will also respond to certain requests for information on the 1911 census under the Freedom of Information Act. On a sadder note, the 1931 census records were destroyed by fire during the Second World War. We know this reply will disappoint many people, but hope you will understand that in the long-term, the reasons given are in the best interests of preserving the census for future generations". I'm sure some of you probably signed this petition too, and have had this response also, but for those who didn't, I guess it doesn't really add anything to what we already knew.. Cheers Alison Hargreaves, Swindon