I believe I did say that, if you read far enough! Dave J ========= At 20:35 08/09/2005, you wrote: >Well that po number is Ringwood >----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Jacobs" <dave@jacobs.net> >To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 6:29 PM >Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Where is Kingswood > > >>Dear Rose >> >>I have followed the fruitless search for this place with interest, and am >>sorry you appear to have given up. >> >>Maybe as someone says you will never know, but a few questions really >>needed to be asked first, and possible other avenues explored. >> >>At 11:46 07/09/2005, you wrote: >>>I have a relative who lists Kingswood Hampshire as place of birth. >>>Parents married in Romsey. Could someone please advise location. >>>Thanks, >>>Rose >>>============================== >> >>Under what circumstances, or in what source document, is this birthplace >>noted?. >>If in a census, where was the census taken when this birthplace was cited? >>Are you reading the original document, or quoting from a transcription? >>If the person was child, where were other children born? >>What was the father's occupation, could his job have involved moving >>around the county? >>What year are we talking about? As someone has indicated, place names do >>tend to change over the centuries. >> >>Someone else mentioned 'this address', but surely it is not an address, >>but a birthplace. If cited in a census return, the precision of such >>place names tends to vary with the distance from where the person >>happened to be for the census. For instance, if the census was taken in >>the north of England, or say London, the place name such as Romsey might >>be sufficient, as the enumerator might never have heard of small places >>nearby. On the other hand if the census was taken near the birthplace, a >>more detailed place name is often given. This might be a parish, or a >>hamlet within a parish, or even the name of a farm with a small cluster >>of cottages around it. >>What I have never seen is any attempt at stating a detailed address, ie >>house name or number and street, so I would think such interpretations >>would be wrong. >> >>Having said all that, I found this business address that sounds worth >>pursuing: >> >>Millers Antiques Ltd. >> >>Kingswood >>Hampshire BH24 1DR >>==================== >> >>This post code turns out to be in Christchurch Road, Ringwood ! >> >>On with the search - maybe! >> >>Cheers, Dave Jacobs >>======================== >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > " Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)