http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Look in the index on the left for Towns & Villages then select Bishop's Stortford. This page should give you some ideas for further research Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: <ellescott77@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 8:45 PM Subject: [HRT] > Hello Listers, > Have just joined today hoping to find out about some of my ancestors, a > Searle family from Bishops Stortford. I have quite a lot of dates and > names going back to about 1750, most of which were sent to me by a > descendants of Esau Searle who was transported to Australia in 1849. > I would like to find out a bit more about how they lived and what Bishops > Stortford was like in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. I know there > were a lot of Searles in that area and it has taken a time to sort out who > my direct line ancestors are. If it hadn't have been for my very very > distant cousins in Oz I would still have been struggling. Would love to > hear from anyone who can contribute to my (meagre) store of knowledge. I'd > like to put "flesh on the bones". > Barbara > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > For any updates our info about the status of this list go to > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com > >