Hi Tony thank you so much for the information. Will contact the addresses you sent and try to set something up before I leave. I am very grateful for you have given me starting points. Regards Lynne >From: "Tony Munford" <tony@munford1723.freeserve.co.uk> >Reply-To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com >To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [ROTH] Maybury search >Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:44:21 +0100 > >Wiliam's army records will be at the National Archives (formerly Public >Record Office) at Kew. You may be able to trace his ancestors in the >Rawmarsh parish registers. The original registers are at Sheffield >Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield S1 4SP >(sheffield.archives@dial.pipex.com). Microfiche copies and typescript >transcripts are held by Rotherham Archives & Local Studies Service, >Central Library, Walker Place Rotherham S65 1JH >(archives@rotherham.gov.uk). > >Tony Munford >Rotherham >England > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lynne West [mailto:lynne_west@hotmail.com] >Sent: 21 April 2003 11:34 >To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ROTH] Maybury search > > >Hello to all on the list >I am fairly new to genealogy and it seems as though my dreams will come >true >and I'll be making the big trip from Oz to the U.K. I am hoping for some > >good advice in researching my family. >My ancestor William MAYBURY (MAYBERRY) was born in Rawmarsh 4.8.1799.He >was >transported for 7 years arriving on 4.3.1819 after being court >martialled in >Guines (France) - nothing too bad.....allegedly trying to lighten the >load >of a french customs collector. >I would love to trace him back further if possible and visit some o fthe > >places he might have been. William was a member of the 3rd Kings Own >Dragoon >Guards. >Will I be able to get the info I need in London or would it better to >travel >to Sheffield. >I have quite a few families to research and would love any >advice/practical >tips you may have to make my long journey even more worthwhile. Lynne in >beautful Sydney > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to >http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp > > >==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== >Remember to say 'please' and 'thankyou' in your postings - both go a >long way to getting responses. > >============================== >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 > > > > > > >==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== >Please do not use the list as a source of advertising for personal or >business use - this includes adding company names to your signature. > >============================== >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_mobile.asp