Hi I am also interested in Meaker family and have a lot of info on them - and Ruby has kindly sent me her research. My great grandmother was Mary Ann Meaker and I am in touch with lots of her descendents (10 of her children grew to be adults and had families.) I would be very interested in any more contacts or info.... Lesley Axelrod -----Original Message----- From: eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Chris & Caroline Sent: 21 February 2009 23:26 To: eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com; Hampshire Life Subject: [ENG-HANTS] ATTN>> Ruby LOCK - Canada - Ref MEAKER Ruby If you are online can you contact Diane Johansen <lizzy.johansen@btinternet.com> MEAKER family of Farnham/Aldershot and I have some information for her but unfortunately her email address is blocked Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) History of the villages of Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.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 ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ruby If you are online can you contact Diane Johansen <lizzy.johansen@btinternet.com> MEAKER family of Farnham/Aldershot and I have some information for her but unfortunately her email address is blocked Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) History of the villages of Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk

The following pages/updates have been added to the website SOUTHERNLIFE(UK) HAMPSHIRE Colden Common School photographs (2 new additions) http://southernlife.org.uk/schools/school_photos1.htm I am constantly looking for old photographs of the villages featured, and for new villages we may have missed. Please contact me before sending any articles though and they must be copyright free. Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) History of the villages of Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk .

Thankyou to both listers who sent me links about the Firs Home. I will be following them up. I will hopefully find the area where Firs House used to be. Thankyou. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail, Messenger, Photos and more - all with the new Windows Live. Get started! http://www.download.live.com/

Hi there I have been tidying up some old discs, and have copies of photos with these names on them If anyone is interested please contact me Glenys

I am hoping a lister out there can tell me about the "Firs Home" in Holdenhurst Bournenmouth. An ancestor of my husband was a patient there in 1891. I believe it was a hospital for consumption patients. I have only been able to find out a small amount about this place. Does anyone know where exactly this hospital was and if the buidling is still there. Any help gratefully received. Thankyou. _________________________________________________________________ Love Hotmail?  Check out the new services from Windows Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/132630768/direct/01/

Oh wow that brings back memories I had my first baby there in 1969 - 40 years help - it was then a maternity hospital not sure what it was before or now but thank you for a memory !! Valerie

I did my research on my Batchelor line of Southampton and environs nearly 40 years ago. The latest census available was the 1861 and I found my Annie Batchelor (GGmother) after hours of searching through the originals in London. There were no locally held copies available in those days - in fact I am not even sure that microfilm had been invented then! And certainly no index to ease the searching. A cousin started looking at the same line recently and imagine my shock/horror when he came up with a more likely candidate. After visiting all the later census returns, I have to agree with him and that my "tree" is not correct. Fortunately the research wasn't totally wasted as both women shared the same great grandparents. I think the lesson here is that one should always review past research in the light of new records that become available. Just because I did the research all those years ago - didn't make it right. Sandra _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.6.3 http://www.iolo.com

Thats a good Cornish email name Stephen! Any relation to Budden's Coaches in Romsey A long established company? BUDDENS COACHES 29 Premier Way Abbey Park, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9DQ phons: 01794 515260 Fax: 01794 512260 http://www.buddens-coaches.co.uk Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) History of the villages of Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orrel Archer" <kernowest@yahoo.co.uk> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] budden; hinvest > Thanks very much David - all is grist to the mill. The bit about 'Budden's > Cottages' is particularly interesting. > Stephen > > > --- On Wed, 11/2/09, dubhda2 <david.dowd@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> From: dubhda2 <david.dowd@btinternet.com> >> Subject: [ENG-HANTS] budden; hinvest >> To: "eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com" <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Wednesday, 11 February, 2009, 6:16 PM >> Hi Steven, >> this may be relevant to your families: >> >> Budden, Elias and James, tenanted both the '/Budden’s >> Cottages'/, at >> Beaulieu, 1792 >> >> Hinvest, John, born 1850, coachman of Fawley; widower >> married 1) >> unknown; 2) Sarah Amelia TALLING of Fawley 16.09.1894 >> Fawley; dwelt >> Fawley; bur Fawley 17.09.1919 >> >> and >> >> Hinvest, Sarah Ann, born 1858; dwelt Ower; bur Fawley >> 22.11.1893 >> >> Regards, David >> >> >> ............................................. >> 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 >> ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > > > > ............................................. > 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 > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks very much David - all is grist to the mill. The bit about 'Budden's Cottages' is particularly interesting. Stephen --- On Wed, 11/2/09, dubhda2 <david.dowd@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: dubhda2 <david.dowd@btinternet.com> > Subject: [ENG-HANTS] budden; hinvest > To: "eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com" <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, 11 February, 2009, 6:16 PM > Hi Steven, > this may be relevant to your families: > > Budden, Elias and James, tenanted both the '/Budden’s > Cottages'/, at > Beaulieu, 1792 > > Hinvest, John, born 1850, coachman of Fawley; widower > married 1) > unknown; 2) Sarah Amelia TALLING of Fawley 16.09.1894 > Fawley; dwelt > Fawley; bur Fawley 17.09.1919 > > and > > Hinvest, Sarah Ann, born 1858; dwelt Ower; bur Fawley > 22.11.1893 > > Regards, David > > > ............................................. > 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 > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Hi Steven, this may be relevant to your families: Budden, Elias and James, tenanted both the '/Budden’s Cottages'/, at Beaulieu, 1792 Hinvest, John, born 1850, coachman of Fawley; widower married 1) unknown; 2) Sarah Amelia TALLING of Fawley 16.09.1894 Fawley; dwelt Fawley; bur Fawley 17.09.1919 and Hinvest, Sarah Ann, born 1858; dwelt Ower; bur Fawley 22.11.1893 Regards, David

Hannah HINVES(T) bn c1822 Eling, died 1880 Southampton, married James STREET, bn c1819, Millbrook, died 1862 Southampton, in 1840 Southampton. They lived in Millbrook & had 8 children, one of which, Tom STREET bn 1851, was my gt grandfather Tom STREET married Frances Daws MASON, (1851-1930) in Shirley, Southampton 1869. They lived in Millbrook most of their lives. Their dau Emily (aka Emma)Frances STREET bn 1871 was my maternal grandmother. Frances MASON was dau of James & Eliza MASON, marr c1833, place unknown. James MASON was bn Romsey c1814. parents unknown. Eliza MASON was bn in Shoreham, Sussex according to census returns. Parents/maiden name unknown. I would like to make contact with anyone with connections to these STREET and MASON families. Stephen Cornwall

Richard HINVES(T), chr c1776 Eling, married Martha BUDDEN, bn c1780 Beaulieu, at Boldre by Lymington in 1802. Is there anyone able to help me find their parents & family? They are my x2 great grandparents on the maternal side. Richard died 1848 Millbrook. Martha died Millbrook 1872 aged 92, so she appears in all the censuses up to then. In 1851, 1861 she is living with the family of her son in law Nicholas FLUX in Millbrook. In 1871 she is with the family of my gt grandmother Hannah (HINVEST) STREET. I would like to make contact with anyone with connections to these families. Stephen Cornwall

I recently searched for a John Francis, living in Walkford in 1911 and duly got one match. Purchased the original document only to find the address was Bournemouth - nothing to do with Walkford. I've now realised that when doing a search using "residential place" any valid name within a certain registration district will bring up the same result. i.e. the same John Francis appears if I use Walkford, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, etc - all being in the Christchurch district. This therefore renders this search feature quite useless or, at best, very misleading. If you don't buy the full image you'd never know and draw an incorrect assumption as to where someone was living - as I had ! I reported this to the census co who refunded my 30 credits very promptly. However, there was no explanation re the problem or if they understood it or intended to fix it. Anyone else have a similar experience ? Francis Auckland, NZ

Hi Francis You may have to email them a few times before they take notice. They tend to send out a generic reply to error reports, unless you persist - then they take notice. When I was using the Beta test site, I realised that the search engine would not allow searches for any surnames transcribed with a hyphen e.g. Webber-Taylor. When I reported this the first time, they just sent out a generic reply about the search facility being limited until they'd assessed the demand. It wasn't until I reported the problem for the third time, each one a little more forceful, that they finally looked into the problem properly and realised that I had highlighted a real issue. They are now trying to find a solution. Kate in Devon, UK seeking all my RANNcestors -----Original Message----- From: eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Francis Payne Sent: 10 February 2009 20:31 To: eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-HANTS] 1911 Search Anomaly I recently searched for a John Francis, living in Walkford in 1911 and duly got one match. Purchased the original document only to find the address was Bournemouth - nothing to do with Walkford. I've now realised that when doing a search using "residential place" any valid name within a certain registration district will bring up the same result. i.e. the same John Francis appears if I use Walkford, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, etc - all being in the Christchurch district. This therefore renders this search feature quite useless or, at best, very misleading. If you don't buy the full image you'd never know and draw an incorrect assumption as to where someone was living - as I had ! I reported this to the census co who refunded my 30 credits very promptly. However, there was no explanation re the problem or if they understood it or intended to fix it. Anyone else have a similar experience ? Francis Auckland, NZ

Am trying to find the birth of Emily Eliza Watson, born in Portsmouth 1820.c. She married, presumably,a William Thomas, and they had a son Edward, about 1840, and a daughter, Alice about 1860. IN 1881 census, they were living in St James, London. That is all the info I can find. Can anyone help please. Marion Melbourne

Looking for a baptism of Richard COOK c1748, maybe the South Tidworth area. Myrtle

Chris & Caroline wrote: > Thought Rootsweb do not allow advertising on the groups. I think you think right. The person who posted the ad allowed the program to spam everyone in her address book. > This could easily be put in emails as a signature That particular program does it automatically anyway.

Thought Rootsweb do not allow advertising on the groups. This could easily be put in emails as a signature Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) History of the villages of Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Crowshaw" <dorothy@crowshaw.wanadoo.co.uk> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:31 PM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Remember to whitelist me >I use a good spam filter, and you probably do the same. > I have whitelisted you and that means that I will receive all the emails > you send to me. > I would appreciate it if you would whitelist my email address: > dorothy@crowshaw.wanadoo.co.uk in your spam filter. > > If you don't have a spam filter, I can recommend SPAMfighter. It is a > highly effective free spam filter for Outlook and Outlook Express. > > You can get the free SPAMfighter here: > http://www.spamfighter.com/Pro > > I hope that you will whitelist me, so we can continue to communicate > safely via email in the future. > > Best regards > > Dorothy Crowshaw > > ............................................. > 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 > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I've just found an ancestor in the 1911 census whose abode is given as Flaxfield, Basingstoke. His abode is some kind of institution, as the entire page lists 20 individuals (all males, with one female exception), whose ages range from 15 to 74. Virtually every one of them is employed - none of them are described as paupers or similar. Occupations range from street musician, hawker and labourer to hound follower, merchant and painter. I imagine that this is some sort of lodging house. From what I can make out, there are probably approximately 2-3 pages before the one featuring my relative and goodness knows how many after it, though cost has prohibited me from confirming this. Does anyone know of any such institution in the Flaxfield area of Basingstoke around this period? I've got an Alan Godfrey map of Basingstoke from 1894 which shows a Flaxfield House on Flaxfield Road, though I've no idea if this is the place. Any help greatly appreciated. Regards Ed