Thanks Jeremy I will try to scan some pages in a group and then post them online a few at a time. Most of the people mentioned are of course, Phoenix but other names include Lynes,Cooper, Mounsey,Reaney, Shillito, Nall, Silvester, Conders, Graveson, Rodgers, West, and Wilson. Barb from CT Jeremy Crawshaw <jeremy.crawshaw@talktalk.net> wrote: Barb, A few years ago I transcribed a booklet I had (from the 1920s) about St. Philip's Church in Sheffield (which is now on the list website). I did this in stages and posted it every time I had completed a chapter. If you would like to do this I'm sure many people (myself included) would love to read the story. It's up to you how you do it, you could either transcribe the whole thing to computer first and then post portions at your leisure or transcribe a piece at a time and post as soon as ready, either way I'm sure it will be well received. Best Wishes Jeremy (Temp. List Admin) Crookes SHEFFIELD ---------------------------------------------------- Outgoing Mail protected by: NORTON Internet Security 2004 Updated: 21st May 2005 ---------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Barb Stevens To: Jeremy Crawshaw Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [SHEFF] my PHOENIX story HI Jeremy Several people have asked me to post it somewhere. Do you think 30 pages is too much to post here? Of course, with having to scan it in, it would be a gradual thing. I would be more than glad to share it with anyone who is interested. Barb Jeremy Crawshaw <jeremy.crawshaw@talktalk.net> wrote: Hello Barb, This sounds like a fascinating read and a real gem of a find. In the future if you ever manage to transcribe it to the computer would you consider posting it in instalments to the list, I for one (and I'm sure many others) would love to read it. Best Wishes Jeremy Crawshaw (Temp. List Admin) Crookes SHEFFIELD ---------------------------------------------------- Outgoing Mail protected by: NORTON Internet Security 2004 Updated: 21st May 2005 ---------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Stevens" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:10 PM Subject: [SHEFF] my PHOENIX story One day, she handed me a little notebook, like a daily dairy that would fit in a man's shirt pocket, with the comment "This probably is just junk but I thought you should take a look at it since you get mad if I throw out anything without checking with you!" I almost fell off the chair when I looked at it because it was a diary of Walter's 6 month trip to Sheffield in, I believe, 1921. I couldn't figure out why he would leave his family for so long and then realized his wife had died in 1917 so he apparently took his youngest son and went "home" for awhile. > > This is an incredible account of who he saw, where he went, what he bought > and even how much he paid for things. The daily weather is even recorded, > including that of the trip over and back on the ship. It gave us a > wonderful picture of both the ship life and relatives in Sheffield at that > time. > > Barb Stevens ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== Always include your name and area of residence on ALL list messages. It helps others to point you to your nearest source of information. It also makes for a more friendly message. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx