Hello Jan What area is Croft? I have quite a lot of Masons on my tree, Luddington, Miningsby, New Bolingbroke, Althorpe, Boston and Eastoff – I’m useless at geography, just wondered if any of these are near Croft? Regards Jan Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Jan Marchant via Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 12:37 PM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] Capitalising Surnames Hi Everyone    I note surnames are dropping back to lower case letters again. If they are in capital letters it is so easy to scan through and find any ancestors' names but I find I don't have time to read through everything to pick up the non-capitalised names. Could we please go back to surnames in capitals. My names: SHARP - Spilsby area, esp. West KealMASON - CroftBUTLER - IngoldmellsSIZER - Hogsthorpe &/or MumbyBRUMPTON - Calceby & Swaby Jan Marchant NSW Australia   > To: pam@five-oaks.co.uk; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 11:27:26 +0000 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Look up request DANDISON > From: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > > Hi Pam > >  > > Sorry, didn’t mean to inconvenience you. I was hoping that someone with Ancestry or FMP would have the information at their fingertips. I will check with Durham Records Office. > >  > > Yes, I’ve discounted John Dandison of Wrangle, who seems to have spent much of his life there and had children with Ann; whilst John Dandison of Kings Lynn appears not to have had children (his wife died there in 1790). > >  > > Incidentally, for anyone interested in Wrangle, there is an online PhD thesis from 1966 from Leicester University which gives a fascinating history and analysis of the village. Lots of names mentioned, religion, infant mortality, etc., and it can be searched. It can be found at  https://lra. <https://lra.le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/32088/1/7502646978.pdf> le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/32088/1/7502646978.pdf  Its interesting to compare this  document, produced on a typewriter, and its hand drawn maps, with the glossy and sophisticated looking publications you would get now. > >  > > Thanks again, > >  > > Geoff > >  > >  > > From: Pam Downes [mailto:pamdee113@gmail.com] > Sent: 03 February 2016 01:08 > To: Geoff Blyth; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Look up request DANDISON > >  > > Hi Geoff, > > I presume you've discounted the John Dandison who married Ann Mitchel in Kirkby on Bain on 20 March 1765. That John was said to be 'of Wrangle'. > > Searching Familysearch for further details re the South Shields marriage it says 'Microfilm of ms. at the Public Reference Library, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. > St. Hilda' is one of four township-chapelries, in South Shields, and is in the parish of Jarrow.' So those marriage details are taken from a transcript of the PRs/ATs, not from an image of the PR/AT. > > After quite a frustrating time I have finally found where the PRs/film thereof are located - Durham Record Office. > http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/home.aspx > > If you can't visit in person then they should be able to provide you with a photocopy of the entry. I haven't looked how much they charge, but unless you live locally it has to be cheaper than the cost of petrol/rail fare to Durham. > > Pam > > Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society > http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ > >  > >  > >  > > On 2 February 2016 at 20:13, Geoff Blyth via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > One or two of my Lincolnshire DANDISONS escaped just across the border into > Norfolk and lived in Kings Lynn. John DANDISON was a merchant seaman who > (part)owned a sloop called the 'Goodwill', according to Lloyds Register. He > was sailing it up to Newcastle and South Shields hauling coal. > > > > There is a marriage in St Hilda's, South Shields on 10th September 1765, > between John DANDISON and Ann PEARSEY. I have no more details other than the > information from Lloyds List that he was sailing that route around that time > and, from the BTs, that his wife was called Ann. > > > > I would be grateful if someone could check his parish (hopefully Kings Lynn) > and occupation (mariner?), if they are given. > > > > Regards > > > > Geoff Blyth > > > ------------------------------- > 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                                          ------------------------------- 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