Thanks Pam, I was offered the 1911 access from Genes some months back and when i tried to use it i was asked for another £35 although i had the Gold account. Its a big racket and i am glad i waited, thanks again for the nfo. regards cousin John Farrell Wirral On 05/11/2010 07:01, eng-merseyside-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > To unsubscribe from ENG-MERSEYSIDE-D, send a message to > > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the ENG-MERSEYSIDE-D list administrator, send mail to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Bird's House, Wallasey (Gordon Evans) > 2. Re: Bird's House, Wallasey (Marian Foster) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:14:56 -0000 > From: "Gordon Evans"<gordon.w.evans@btinternet.com> > Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Bird's House, Wallasey > To:<eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<1189FF2C00E647B1B17FC1C45E15F067@xxxxxxxx0c0cde> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Several people on this list may be interested to know that the oldest house > in Wallasey is coming up for auction later this month - see > http://url.ie/8274 > > According to the newspaper article the property is known locally as Bird's > House after the builder, William BIRD. However, my youngest brother, who has > researched the origins of this dwelling thoroughly over a period of many > years, has a rather different theory. > > In 1682 a Thomas SHERLOCK bequeathed his messuage and tenement in > Poulton-cum-Secum to his kinsman, William BIRD the elder. > > In the 1663 subsidy roll a Thomas SHERLOCK declared two hearths at > Poulton-cum-Secum, which my brother firmly believes to have been in the > dwelling now known as Bird's House. > > On 30 June 1628 a Thomas SHERLOCK married Margaret BIRD in St Hilary's > church in Wallasey. > > My brother is convinced that Bird's House in Wallasey was in fact built in > 1627 by the above Thomas' father - also a Thomas SHERLOCK - who married > Alicia EVANSON on 20 June 1598 in St Nicholas church in Burton, ownership of > the property passing into the hands of the BIRD family in 1682 only by > marriage and the absence of any SHERLOCK progeny. > > Don't suppose we'll ever know for sure. :-( > > Best regards > Gordon > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:11:04 -0000 > From: "Marian Foster"<marianfoster@mypostoffice.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Bird's House, Wallasey > To:<eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<F3B1EBF6FCC342F6A28AF1AD0191D747@marianPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > That was very interesting, Gordon, I enjoy reading about old buildings and > the families connected with them. Marian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Evans"<gordon.w.evans@btinternet.com> > To:<eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 9:14 AM > Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Bird's House, Wallasey > > >> Several people on this list may be interested to know that the oldest >> house >> in Wallasey is coming up for auction later this month - see >> http://url.ie/8274 >> >> According to the newspaper article the property is known locally as Bird's >> House after the builder, William BIRD. However, my youngest brother, who >> has >> researched the origins of this dwelling thoroughly over a period of many >> years, has a rather different theory. >> >> In 1682 a Thomas SHERLOCK bequeathed his messuage and tenement in >> Poulton-cum-Secum to his kinsman, William BIRD the elder. >> >> In the 1663 subsidy roll a Thomas SHERLOCK declared two hearths at >> Poulton-cum-Secum, which my brother firmly believes to have been in the >> dwelling now known as Bird's House. >> >> On 30 June 1628 a Thomas SHERLOCK married Margaret BIRD in St Hilary's >> church in Wallasey. >> >> My brother is convinced that Bird's House in Wallasey was in fact built in >> 1627 by the above Thomas' father - also a Thomas SHERLOCK - who married >> Alicia EVANSON on 20 June 1598 in St Nicholas church in Burton, ownership >> of >> the property passing into the hands of the BIRD family in 1682 only by >> marriage and the absence of any SHERLOCK progeny. >> >> Don't suppose we'll ever know for sure. :-( >> >> Best regards >> Gordon >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ______________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by Netintelligence >> http://www.netintelligence.com/email >> >> > > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-MERSEYSIDE list administrator, send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the ENG-MERSEYSIDE mailing list, send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-MERSEYSIDE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 154 > ********************************************** > > -- sig watch