Many thanks for that web site Mike, I have had a brief look but will study it in depth. As you say Bovingdon was teeming with HOBBS and that is the trouble. Guess it will take a wee while sorting then into family groups before I can advance much further with my lot, Many thanks Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Chaney" <michaelchaney@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [HRT] HOBBS of Bovingdon : Deb... : : FWIW, Bovingdon was teeming with HOBBS in 1841 and 1871 (see : http://www.geocities.com/mellowsbrown/ ) : : Mike (some of whose ancestors lived there briefly) : : : : ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== : This list is for the discussion of Genealogy and History, primarily regarding the English County of Hertfordshire. Discussion of migration patterns, immigration, heraldry, historical sketches, census data, wills, family Bibles, vital records, web sites, etc. involving this area is encouraged. :

Deb.... Actually I forgot to mention that one of my many cousins married one of them (in Chesham, just over the border, in Bucks,) but I know nothing of his ancestry. Mike

I know some of them moved away from Bovingdon as I guess they went in search of work, some of them stayed and farmed and others, the women it seems, moved away with their husbands. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Chaney" <michaelchaney@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [HRT] HOBBS of Bovingdon : Deb.... : : Actually I forgot to mention that one of my many cousins married one of them : (in Chesham, just over the border, in Bucks,) but I know nothing of his : ancestry. : : Mike : : : : ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== : Hertfordshire FHS: : http://www.btinternet.com/~hfphs/index.htm :