Kia Ora from Wellington New Zealand - Land of the Long White Cloud and Lord of the Rings Our lot Montgomery's I can trace back to 1715 in Rotherham We emigrated to Australia in 1969 following the rest of the tribe who went downunder in 1965. Barrack Heights near Wollongong was colloquially known as Little Rotherham and my grandparents were default King and Queen. I am Commander in the Royal Australian Navy on 3 years secondment to NZ Defence Force Have been into family history for about 40 years Have database of immediate line over 400 names back to 1715. Original Montgomery - Gommeri 9th Century. down the line his descendant was first cousin to William the Conqueror. Second database of Gommeri goes back to 200AD and forward to Earls of Eglington 1700's Should put a sprk back in the list Steven Montgomery > > From: "tlh" <tlh@party7.fsnet.co.uk> > Date: 2003/06/14 Sat AM 10:28:59 GMT+12:00 > To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ROTH] Where are you? > > Hi all > > The list has gone quiet again........... > > So I thought a little exercise might liven things up - just to stop the fingers from seizing.... > > > For those who are still in Rotherham, which school did you go to? > > What time period was this? > > > For those who originate from Rotherham, where were you born and where are you now (town/county/country will do - no need to post your address). > > > And for those who don't originate from Rotherham - where in the country/world are you? > > > Any other ideas to keep the list ticking over, please post them to me @ tlh@party7.fsnet.co.uk > > > Tracy - Listower > > > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > Visit ENG-ROTHERHAM archives for past postings: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ENG-ROTHERHAM > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >