Hi Janice: I have checked all my Pickerings and do not find a William who married Tamar. Sorry. However I will keep your email address and if I see anything down the road will let you know. Best reagrds, Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Wood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYorks] Holmes of Helmsley & Bilsdale Colliers > Hi Mary, > > My husband's gg.grandmother is Mary Ann HOLMES, who lived at > Bilsdale/Hawnby/Snilesworth. Not miners, but I am not sure if this family is > connected to those HOLMES who were in Bilsdale 50 years earlier, - Mary > Ann's father was born in Nesfield, in the parish of Ilkley, in the West > Riding of Yorkshire. He was a gamekeeper, back in Ilkley and in Snilesworth, > so it is most likely to have been work that took him there, but he may have > gone there because of family. If you find any connection, I would be > interested. > > Regards, > Janice Wood > www.btinternet.com/~jansfamily/ > www.yorkshireancestors.com > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org > in North Yorkshire > Researching: > BANKS, BEALL, BULMER, CALVERT, COCKERILL, FISHER, FOX, FOXTON, GARBUT, > HARRISON, HAWKINS, HOLYDAY, HURD, KIRK, LOWTHER, MATTISON, NAWTON, > PATTISON, PICKARD, PICKERING, POTTER, SCAIFE, SHOUT, SIMPSON, SKILBECK, > STAINTHORPE, STONEHOUSE, THOMPSON, TRENHOLM(E), WARRINER, WEATHERILL, > WEDGEWOOD, WILSON, and WOOD. > > > Hi > > Many people have coal miners on the North Yorkshire Moors in their tree > > and I wondered if anybody could help me. William Holmes m Jane Hornby in > > Helmsley 20 Feb 1808. He was a collier in Bilsdale. I can go no further. > > Many Holmes lived & worked a Coal miners but I cannot connect them all > > together. > > Any Ideas > > Mary Lamport > > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > >

Hi Joan, Thanks. Janice > Hi Janice: > > I have checked all my Pickerings and do not find a William who married > Tamar. Sorry. However I will keep your email address and if I see > anything > down the road will let you know. > > Best reagrds, > Joan > ----- Original Message -----