6th October 1927 Wellington, Colorado, U.S.A. My dearest Mother, I got my work done up early this morning so that I could get a few letters written. You must not expect me to write straight on this paper, mother, for its simply impossible. I dont suppose you mind tho; so long as you can read it. I want to thank you very much for the photograph of Marg, and Edith. They surely are big girls, especially Marg. I think she is a pretty girl too. Edith looks quite a bit like Annie, don't you think it's a nice picture. Thanks for your last letter, the books and Ed's card, he was tickled with it. Thank Annie for her card I think it a very nice one, and I'll be glad to get her letter too. I suppose you got Doris's letter, what do you think about it. Things like that go against the grain with me but of course I won't tell her so. She sent me a snapshot of the baby, such a sweet happy little girl, and also a proof picture of her husband. Yes mother, we had our grain all threshed at the same time as I had the car accident. We only had fifteen acres of barley. Our oats was spoiled by the hail and Walt cut it for hay. We are working in the beets now but are not going on full time until next week. We cut our third cutting of hay about three weeks ago, yesterday we got one stack up and of course it had to rain again last night, so goodness only knows when we will get the other two stacks up. The weather has been a fright lately, snowing and raining and everything else, but what we want. Why don't you come around here mother, I'll give you a few hens. I think I'll have someone come out from Fort Collins to buy my young roosters. I have about twenty ready for fries. I want to get the money so that I can buy Mary a new winter hat and get a few extra groceries. I shall have an extra man here for all his meals during the beet harvest and the man we have now will be in for dinner too, so I'll need quite a bit of food extra. I have a good name for feeding and cooking and I want to keep it up. I am glad the folks back there don't forget me entirely, I sure wish I could visit everybody once. Did Aunt Liza go to see Suie? Is Aunt Sarah as fat and jolly as ever and how is she getting along? Is she a grandma yet? I had a letter from Nell Blanchford the other day and she told me about Nell Boarman's husband, Billy Drury. He used to work in Rasen when I lived at Hunter's (Worked in the chain works I think) and he used to make eyes at me those days. I am glad you had such a nice time on your visit. I heard about Kathie Sharp and feel awfully sorry for her. I imagine she is just like Florrie was. I wrote Kathy a letter a week or more ago, I felt as though I ought to. Last Thursday night we went to Deines for a late dinner. A young Wellington couple who are leaving shortly were there too. For eats we had noodle soup, fried chicken, creamed potatoes, milk gravy, pickles, lemon pie, peaches and angel-food cake. We had a real nice time and did not get home until nearly midnight. The following day was my birthday and a miserable day I spent too. I made a big cake with pink icing and Ed and I had it together. I don't care much for iced cakes myself. Last Sunday week Mary graduated from the Cradle Roll into the Sunday school. When Ed gets his new suit I am going to send both of them to S. S, we only live a few minutes walk away. Ed is doing fine in school, learning quite a bit and knows lots of little ditties. He like to go too. I had to dress a chicken and give it to the Ladies Aid the other day. I sure like that job, I'll say. Well, I got thirty-seven quarts of peaches canned and a few pints of pumpkin for pies. I made seven quarts of cucumber pickles and pickled seven quarts of red beets. I also made a batch of green tomato catchup. Well mother dear, I'll soon have to fix dinner, so guess I'd better close. Hope you are all well and send my love to all of you. I remain Your loving daughter XXXXX Dolly XXXXX p.s. I am having a snap shot of "us folks" enlarged, will mail one as soon as I get them. This letter is the only one of Dorothy's letters that is written on unlined paper, hence the mark about writing straight. The refernces to the Aunt's Liza and Sarah. They are sisters of Dorothy's mother, Mary Ann nee ROSSINGTON. There was a fourth sister called Susan, she was unmarried, and died the day after giving birth to Suie. Susan died 1 April 1906 at Osgodby, Lincs. The girls were the children of William ROSSINGTON and his wife Elizabeth Myra nee WATERFIELD.Mary Ann was expecting her fifth child at the time, and Eliza also had young children, so Suie was taken and raised along with her own children by Sarah.

Hi, Missing Lincs,     Let's devote this month to "Advice to the Newbie".  What hints or suggestions do you have for people new to this addiction?  Let's hear your ideas.  You can also share mistakes made, since that's a good way to learn.     One of my mistakes was to believe all the information I got from a lady who told me who my ancestors were (in one line) and where they came from.  It turned out to be a family with similar names, but not the same people.  But "backing out" all the information I had entered into my Family Tree program was a time-consuming affair.  After that, I learned to ask for sources so that I could verify things.     I'll bet some of you can outdo that!        Lou (list admin.)

Thank you to Jean, Lou and 'apoleary'  for their explanations. It looks as if 'Sassafras' is the correct answer, used for making root beer or root flavoured tea. Dorothy mentions it is garden produce, so not the impudent reply in this case. Never heard of it in England, we apparently used to make 'Nettle Tea' from Nettles gathered in the fields and hedgerows, I am sure a herbalist could tell me what we use in UK for making a similar beer. I used to love 'Dandelion and Burdock' lemonade, which was made from garden plants and weeds. Pat

8th September 1927, Wellington, Colorado. U.S.A. My dearest Mother,    I received your cards and photographs on Tuesday (Monday was Labour day and we didn'nt get any mail) and I was tickled to death to get them.  It made me feel home-sick all day after seeing your pictures.  I think you look fine and about the same as when I was home, maybe a little thinner tho, are you? Annie is a swell looking girl, so big and nice looking.  Tell her I am quite proud of my big sister.    I told Walt's mother you sent a card for her.  She is sure pleased and said she'd have to remember you.    You know I mailed your Birthday card and when reading the verse over it struck me that the card I sent last year had the same verse on it.  I bought this one new.  I'm sorry if it is like the other, but I thought the verse was so nice to send to you.    I started to write this whilst waiting for dinner time.  I have green peas for dinner.    My garden helps out quite a little.  I have peas, string beans, red beets, and carrots.  I want to can some beets if my jars hold out.    Walt ordered two bushel baskets of peaches and two of pears for me.  I'll get them in a few days then i shall (underlined) be busy, believe me.    We got our grain threshed on Wednesday of last week.    Mrs Lough and baby paid me a visit that afternoon and Eliza and Dorothy were here later on.    I had an accident with the car that evening.  I had just backed out on the side of the road and was waiting for another car to pass when the blamed thing ran right into the rear of my car.  It broke the spare-tire carrier off and bent the rim, squashed the back of the car in, broke the back seat off, tore two big holes in the gasoline tank ( all the gas ran out) smashed a window and did some damage to the springs axle or something.  Topsy was sitting in the rear seat but got off with a bruise on her forehead and a nose bleed.  I thought it was going to break my neck, but it did'nt.  My neck, shoulders, and right arm were very sore and stiff for several days.  A friend who was with me, did not get hurt at all, but was very scared.    Sept 9th 7 a.m. I am kind of peeved right now mother.  Walt and I were talking about Annie, and as usual he tried to make out that she 'cannot get a a fellow' (underlined), being as she is neither married or engaged yet.  This makes me tired every time, he seems to think that all girls are like his man-crazy sisters.  Does Annie have a fellow or does she go out with any?  Whether or no, spin some yarn or other when you write.    Oh Sphaw, enough of that.    We went to Collins yesterday to get our car, it was not yet finished so we had to wait.  You can hardly tell where the car was damaged.  It cost Walt nearly sixty dollars. You know we did'nt get home until 5.30 p.m. and there was poor old Ed sitting on the front porch waiting for us.  He gets out of school at 3.30.  He is not feeling very well, has got a touch of summer complaint I think.    Last Friday, the sugar company had a tour of the beet fields ending up at the park in Collins where lunch was served.   We did'nt go on the tour but we 'did' (underlined) drop in for lunch.  We had meat and cheese sandwiches, some kind of sausage, potatoe salad, cookies, ice-cream and coffee.    The kids have just got up, Ed says he feels better, but his bottom teeth are still nervous.    On Tuesday of last week we went to Loveland Fair, to the barbeque.  It was sure a squeeze. I think they fed eight thousand people that day.  We had roast beef, potatoe flakes, pork and beans, pickles, rolls, peas, cookies and coffee that day.    The Saturday before that we went to Estes Park and took Deines' with us.  We sure had a good time and came home tired out.    Well mother, I guess we'll stay here for another year after all.  We can't get any improvements made tho.    We have a fair here a week on Saturday.  I want to enter some of my sweet peas if they are not all gone before then.  I have had and still have, lots of them in my garden out in the field.    Well mother dear, I must close, hoping you are well, and with love to you all             Your loving daughter               XXXXX  Dolly XXXXX p.s. I had a letter from Doris, she is married (happily) to a Shakespearean actor and has a daughter two and a half years old. D.W. Wonder who that was? Pat This letter contained a cutting from the local newspaper. J.W.Nichols and Mrs Walter Wood Jr; were parties to an auto collision late last Wednesday afternoon in front of the Woods home at the north end of Third Street.  Mr Nichols was traveling west with the sun shining directly in his eyes and did not see the Wood car which had just backed out from the garage.  Both cars were damaged by the collision but fortunately no one was hurt.

sass - answer back in an impudent or insolent manner; ----- Original Message ----- From: "jean waterloo" <waterloj@massnet1.net> To: "Pat Cook" <paver207@yahoo.co.uk>, eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:54:18 PM Subject: [LIN] Sass Love the letters!!!! How about SASSAFRAS for tea? My dad would stop the car, jump out and go down the ditch and up to the fence row and dig some sassafras roots. Dried, it made wonderful tea. As I recall it tasted like rootbeer. Jean in Michigan, USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pat, you might recognize it as sarsaparilla (pronounced SASS-pah-rilla). While both are key ingredients of old-fashioned root beer and are different, the terms have almost become interchangeable. We have several Sassafras trees growing on our property and the aroma is absolutely heavenly when we toss the downed twigs on a bonfire. Tea is made from the root bark (ideally. I know people who just use the bark, but I don't like it). Root beer today is made from an extract from China that is not sassafras, as sassafras oil was banned by the FDA for causing liver damage. Why is it that if it tastes good it's bad for you? Happy time travels! Susan On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Pat Cook <paver207@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Thank you to Jean, Lou and 'apoleary' for their explanations. > > It looks as if 'Sassafras' is the correct answer, used for making root > beer or root flavoured tea. Dorothy mentions it is garden produce, so not > the impudent reply in this case. > > Never heard of it in England, we apparently used to make 'Nettle Tea' from > Nettles gathered in the fields and hedgerows, I am sure a herbalist could > tell me what we use in UK for making a similar beer. > > I used to love 'Dandelion and Burdock' lemonade, which was made from > garden plants and weeds. > > Pat > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Nivard, you are right - I did mean Metheringham, just got confused as Ancestry had in one reference as Metherington. I found a great little website about Metheringham, Blankney and a couple of other small villages. The man I am looking for regarding being a news agent is William Pacey b abt 1870 Glandford Brigg - he is in Metheringham in 1901 and 1911 - living in Hall Yard with parents and a brother and 2 sister. The other man is Tom Pacey (William's brother) he's the one listed as a Hawker. RegardsJan > From: ovington1@sky.com > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:04:03 +0000 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Hawker? News Agent? > . > Hi again > > I assume you mean Metheringham? as I can't find a Metherington > > I had a quick look to see what directories are available on Ancestry > > The nearest is a 1913 Kellys for Lincolnshire > > Checking the traders in Metheringham I see no newsagent specific, but there could be someone who > also did it as part of another trade, some sort of shop for example > > It is possible whoever covered Metheringham traded from another location > > If you have a name I can see what they were doing in 1913 if anything > > It may be of interest to some to know what Directories Ancestry have on Lincolnshire , as follows > > Searching for Lincolnshire gets > > 1826 White's History and Directory > 1829 Pigot's Directory > 1841 Pigot's Directory > 1842 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory > 1849 Post Office Directory > 1850 Slater's Directory > 1856 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire > 1863 Morris' Directory and Gazetteer > 1867 Directory of Lincoln > 1872 White's Directory > 1876 Kelly's Directory > 1882 White's Directory > 1892 Kelly's Directory > 1895 White's Directory of Grimsby and Neighbourhood > 1896 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1898 of Grimsby and Cleethorpes > 1900 Kelly's Directory > 1902 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1906-7 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1910-11 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1913 Kelly's Directory > 1919 Kelly's Directory > 1922 Kelly's Directory > 1922-3 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1926 Kelly's Directory > 1930 Kelly's Directory > 1935-6 Grimsby and Cleethorpes District Directory > 1946 Kelly's Directory of Lincoln and Neighbourhood > Dawson's Directory of Grimsby, 1877 and Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory, 1871 > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > What did these occupations mean in 1911? Is there any way I can find a news agent in Metherington > > in 1911?Jan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

PACE William 13/04/1870 BRA/27 41 Is this you William this is date of birth. Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Moon" <janmoon52@hotmail.com> To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [LIN] Hawker? News Agent? > > Thank you Nivard, you are right - I did mean Metheringham, just got > confused as Ancestry had in one reference as Metherington. I found a great > little website about Metheringham, Blankney and a couple of other small > villages. The man I am looking for regarding being a news agent is William > Pacey b abt 1870 Glandford Brigg - he is in Metheringham in 1901 and > 1911 - living in Hall Yard with parents and a brother and 2 sister. The > other man is Tom Pacey (William's brother) he's the one listed as a > Hawker. RegardsJan > > From: ovington1@sky.com >> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:04:03 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [LIN] Hawker? News Agent? >> . >> Hi again >> >> I assume you mean Metheringham? as I can't find a Metherington >> >> I had a quick look to see what directories are available on Ancestry >> >> The nearest is a 1913 Kellys for Lincolnshire >> >> Checking the traders in Metheringham I see no newsagent specific, but >> there could be someone who >> also did it as part of another trade, some sort of shop for example >> >> It is possible whoever covered Metheringham traded from another location >> >> If you have a name I can see what they were doing in 1913 if anything >> >> It may be of interest to some to know what Directories Ancestry have on >> Lincolnshire , as follows >> >> Searching for Lincolnshire gets >> >> 1826 White's History and Directory >> 1829 Pigot's Directory >> 1841 Pigot's Directory >> 1842 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory >> 1849 Post Office Directory >> 1850 Slater's Directory >> 1856 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire >> 1863 Morris' Directory and Gazetteer >> 1867 Directory of Lincoln >> 1872 White's Directory >> 1876 Kelly's Directory >> 1882 White's Directory >> 1892 Kelly's Directory >> 1895 White's Directory of Grimsby and Neighbourhood >> 1896 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory >> 1898 of Grimsby and Cleethorpes >> 1900 Kelly's Directory >> 1902 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory >> 1906-7 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory >> 1910-11 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory >> 1913 Kelly's Directory >> 1919 Kelly's Directory >> 1922 Kelly's Directory >> 1922-3 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory >> 1926 Kelly's Directory >> 1930 Kelly's Directory >> 1935-6 Grimsby and Cleethorpes District Directory >> 1946 Kelly's Directory of Lincoln and Neighbourhood >> Dawson's Directory of Grimsby, 1877 and Grimsby and Cleethorpes >> Directory, 1871 >> >> >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> >> >> >> > What did these occupations mean in 1911? Is there any way I can find a >> > news agent in Metherington >> > in 1911?Jan >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

18th August 1927, Wellington, Colorado. U.S.A. My dearest Mother,    I have had my usual struggle to get started on a letter, but, here I am!.    Somehow or other I don't seem to be able to set my mind on anything now-a-days, just kinder dreamy, sleepy or something.  We always go to bed soon after eight and rise again about five so that ought to be enough sleep.    Well mother I have two letters here to answer this morning.  It is only 8 a.m. and I've got the beds made, dishes washed, and the house-work done as far as the kitchen and all it needs is sweeping.   I am going to visit Rose this afternoon.  I want to get a shirt pattern and make Ed a shirt out of one of Walt's white ones.  I have to buy him shirts, sockings, waist, garters and tie when I go to town Saturday night.    I bought him some overalls last week and Topsy a pair of new shoes.  Ed starts school on Monday morning.  I kinda hate it too, but suppose I'll soon get used to it.  School is only a few minutes walk away and Ed will be able to go along with Roses children.  Walter has been going for two years and Roy starts Monday.  They ride Shetland ponies and leave them here.    I am glad you had Grandma to visit you.  Why don't some of you pay me a visit once?  I'd be tickled to death to have you for I hardly ever have a caller even.    Gee!  I am sorry to hear of Grandpa's accident and hope he is alright again now.  Old people cannot stand these shaking-ups very well, can they?    It is sure too-bad about Elsie Rann, is'nt it?  She must have been almost like Florrie but she had t.b, in her throat and bowls as well.    I bet Marjorie hates it because she has to keep on at school a little longer, doe'snt she?  Well, it is too bad.  Have you got any work in view for her yet and what does she intend to do?    You get to see a lot of the old folks' don't you.  I sure wish I could come home and see all of you.  I suppose its no earthly use thinking of it this fall as we are going to feed sheep again.  I could have got away last winter better than any time yet.  Gee I am beginning to feel not exactly well.  I am not just right this morning and I think the carbolic acid I have been boiling is affecting me a little.  I must have fixed it too strong.  You know in this country the flies are a proper plague,  we have screens on all our windows and screen doors for all outside doors.  One has to run around with a fly-swat in their hand most of the time, but I'm plying a gag on the blamed things this year.  I have an old tin can with water and a few drops of carbolic acid in it and I keep this simmering all the time I have a fire going.  This does not seem to affect the flies in the house but keeps the others out.    Thanks every so much for the cards and all the cuttings mother.  Walt's ma was real pleased with her card and sends her love to you.  She, father, Jim, Dorothy and her baby, left on Wednesday morning, bound for Carries, driving Jim's car thru.  It takes from two to three days to get there and its all among the mountains.  They wanted us to go but it was almost impossible we cannot leave all our stuff along here for ten days.    You told me about Edith before but I didn'nt think that was the reason you went to the clinic.  I'm glad her back is improving, poor kid.    I am sorry to hear of that little girl's trouble and hope she gets better again.    You ought to see my little girl, or woman, as she calls herself, she likes to help me.  She is four years old today, so I'm going to make her "an icing cake",  I've already made two this week, one for ourselves and one I gave to George Strayer, our ditch-rider he had a car accident and is in bed.  I often give him a little lunch and he brings me flowers and garden "sass"    Last Sunday we went up the mountains a different way to see a ranch Walt thought he might buy.  He talks now as if he will not buy it.  I guess we will be leaving here next spring, the way he talks.  I don't know what we will do or where we'll go.    Two weeks ago we went on a mountain trip, we took our neighbours in our car and Deines's went too.  We had a lovely trip and quite a nice time.  It sprinkled with rain but did'nt bother us much.  I took a film down to be developed so might have a picture or two for you.      Well mother, I hope you are all well, give my love to you all            I remain               Your loving daughter                    X From Ed                   XXXXXXXXXX  Dolly                  X Grandma from Topsy No enclosures in this letter, but who knows what "sass" is?

Love the letters!!!! How about SASSAFRAS for tea? My dad would stop the car, jump out and go down the ditch and up to the fence row and dig some sassafras roots. Dried, it made wonderful tea. As I recall it tasted like rootbeer. Jean in Michigan, USA

I believe it's a term used here in the USA which refers to "garden produce." ----------------------------------------------------- No enclosures in this letter, but who knows what "sass" is? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There are still people in America who make their own rootbeer from Sassafras.  Some years ago a friend was doing this using old wine bottles.  He did have the odd bottle explode now and then.  My understanding is that modern "Rootbeer" was made to reflect that Sassafras taste. I like to add a touch of non-dairy creamer to my rootbeer, but you have to be careful.  Adding a non-dairy powder to rootbeer causes all the gas to be released and you will have rootbeer EVERYWHERE!  But if done slowly and carefully, it makes the rootbeer taste like an ice-cream float.  You just don't want to have to slurp it up from the counter.     Lou ________________________________ From: jean waterloo <waterloj@massnet1.net> To: Pat Cook <paver207@yahoo.co.uk>; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:54 PM Subject: [LIN] Sass Love the letters!!!!  How about SASSAFRAS for tea?  My dad would stop the car, jump out and go down the ditch and up to the fence row and dig some sassafras roots.  Dried, it made wonderful tea.  As I recall it tasted like rootbeer.  Jean in Michigan, USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What did these occupations mean in 1911? Is there any way I can find a news agent in Metherington in 1911?Jan

I wouldn't argue with you regarding pay sites and affording to use them Ancestry is perhaps my one vice, I don't go out, smoke & rarely drink so the cost of less than a pint a week is well worth the expense to me But do remember that many libraries have Ancestry and or Findmypast as do the LDS FHS Plus the good nature of rootsweb list subscribers of course So there are quite a lot of cheap if not free resources, far more than say ten years ago Lets face it if genealogy was not big business we would not have the availability of resources that we now have would we? As to visiting archives etc, you want to try it from Cornwall ! Not easy or cheap I can assure you Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Unfortunately Nivard, not all of us can afford Ancestry, findmypast, et al subscriptions and that was the ethos behind creating my family history website. Family history research has become big business and unless one has the time to visit archives, libraries, etc. it has to be done online. Phil

www.angelicaromas.co.uk info@angelicaromas.co.uk Tel: 0845 1306355Unfortunately Nivard, not all of us can afford Ancestry, findmypast, et al subscriptions and that was the ethos behind creating my family history website. Family history research has become big business and unless one has the time to visit archives, libraries, etc. it has to be done online. Phil > From: ovington1@sky.com > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com; janmoon52@hotmail.com > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:35:18 +0000 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Hawker? News Agent? > > The one you mention is :- > > http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/ > > An excellent site as you say, I confess I don't use it so often now as Ancestry have so many but > still a very useful site and *free* > > > > > The best site for trade directories is historical directories, a search on Google will find the > address. Alternatively you can find the address on my rootstoyourancestors(dot)co(dot)uk site, > there are also links to many other useful sites for the family historian. This is a free site for > family historians > > Phil > Sent via BlackBerry® from BT > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The one you mention is :- http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/ An excellent site as you say, I confess I don't use it so often now as Ancestry have so many but still a very useful site and *free* The best site for trade directories is historical directories, a search on Google will find the address. Alternatively you can find the address on my rootstoyourancestors(dot)co(dot)uk site, there are also links to many other useful sites for the family historian. This is a free site for family historians Phil Sent via BlackBerry® from BT

Hi again I see your family in 1911 Tom PACEY appears in the 1913 Kellys as a Hawker but no sign of a William PACEY in the area, news agent or otherwise There are a couple of William PACEYs in Kellys but as Farmers Your man could be working for another person who shipped in the papers for him to distribute or sell and therefore would not appear in the directories In fairness to Ancestry the Metherington appears quite a few times and those I checked were transcribed correctly but were most likely a mistake on the part of the enumerator transcribing schedules, those I checked were in other Counties and the further from home the less likely the enumerator would have heard of small place names in other Counties In 1901 Tom is a licensed hawker and William a general labourer on an estate Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > Thank you Nivard, you are right - I did mean Metheringham, just got confused as Ancestry had in > one reference as Metherington. I found a great little website about Metheringham, Blankney and a > couple of other small villages. The man I am looking for regarding being a news agent is William > Pacey b abt 1870 Glandford Brigg - he is in Metheringham in 1901 and 1911 - living in Hall Yard > with parents and a brother and 2 sister. The other man is Tom Pacey (William's brother) he's the > one listed as a Hawker. RegardsJan

The best site for trade directories is historical directories, a search on Google will find the address. Alternatively you can find the address on my rootstoyourancestors(dot)co(dot)uk site, there are also links to many other useful sites for the family historian. This is a free site for family historians Phil Sent via BlackBerry® from BT -----Original Message----- From: Jan Moon <janmoon52@hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:58:40 To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LIN] Hawker? News Agent? Thank you Nivard, you are right - I did mean Metheringham, just got confused as Ancestry had in one reference as Metherington. I found a great little website about Metheringham, Blankney and a couple of other small villages. The man I am looking for regarding being a news agent is William Pacey b abt 1870 Glandford Brigg - he is in Metheringham in 1901 and 1911 - living in Hall Yard with parents and a brother and 2 sister. The other man is Tom Pacey (William's brother) he's the one listed as a Hawker. RegardsJan  > From: ovington1@sky.com > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:04:03 +0000 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Hawker? News Agent? > . > Hi again > > I assume you mean Metheringham? as I can't find a Metherington > > I had a quick look to see what directories are available on Ancestry > > The nearest is a 1913 Kellys for Lincolnshire > > Checking the traders in Metheringham I see no newsagent specific, but there could be someone who > also did it as part of another trade, some sort of shop for example > > It is possible whoever covered Metheringham traded from another location > > If you have a name I can see what they were doing in 1913 if anything > > It may be of interest to some to know what Directories Ancestry have on Lincolnshire , as follows > > Searching for Lincolnshire gets > > 1826 White's History and Directory > 1829 Pigot's Directory > 1841 Pigot's Directory > 1842 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory > 1849 Post Office Directory > 1850 Slater's Directory > 1856 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire > 1863 Morris' Directory and Gazetteer > 1867 Directory of Lincoln > 1872 White's Directory > 1876 Kelly's Directory > 1882 White's Directory > 1892 Kelly's Directory > 1895 White's Directory of Grimsby and Neighbourhood > 1896 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1898 of Grimsby and Cleethorpes > 1900 Kelly's Directory > 1902 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1906-7 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1910-11 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1913 Kelly's Directory > 1919 Kelly's Directory > 1922 Kelly's Directory > 1922-3 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory > 1926 Kelly's Directory > 1930 Kelly's Directory > 1935-6 Grimsby and Cleethorpes District Directory > 1946 Kelly's Directory of Lincoln and Neighbourhood > Dawson's Directory of Grimsby, 1877 and Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory, 1871 > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > What did these occupations mean in 1911? Is there any way I can find a news agent in Metherington > > in 1911?Jan > >  > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                                          ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi again I assume you mean Metheringham? as I can't find a Metherington I had a quick look to see what directories are available on Ancestry The nearest is a 1913 Kellys for Lincolnshire Checking the traders in Metheringham I see no newsagent specific, but there could be someone who also did it as part of another trade, some sort of shop for example It is possible whoever covered Metheringham traded from another location If you have a name I can see what they were doing in 1913 if anything It may be of interest to some to know what Directories Ancestry have on Lincolnshire , as follows Searching for Lincolnshire gets 1826 White's History and Directory 1829 Pigot's Directory 1841 Pigot's Directory 1842 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory 1849 Post Office Directory 1850 Slater's Directory 1856 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire 1863 Morris' Directory and Gazetteer 1867 Directory of Lincoln 1872 White's Directory 1876 Kelly's Directory 1882 White's Directory 1892 Kelly's Directory 1895 White's Directory of Grimsby and Neighbourhood 1896 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory 1898 of Grimsby and Cleethorpes 1900 Kelly's Directory 1902 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory 1906-7 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory 1910-11 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory 1913 Kelly's Directory 1919 Kelly's Directory 1922 Kelly's Directory 1922-3 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory 1926 Kelly's Directory 1930 Kelly's Directory 1935-6 Grimsby and Cleethorpes District Directory 1946 Kelly's Directory of Lincoln and Neighbourhood Dawson's Directory of Grimsby, 1877 and Grimsby and Cleethorpes Directory, 1871 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > What did these occupations mean in 1911? Is there any way I can find a news agent in Metherington > in 1911?Jan

Hi Jan A Hawker = someone selling goods place to place , door to door or in the street Newsagent = someone selling newspapers, periodicals & magazines Who are you trying to find in 1911? There is the census but also trade directories and newspapers If you are struggling to find someone why not post the details ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > What did these occupations mean in 1911? Is there any way I can find a news agent in Metherington > in 1911?Jan