Hi, yes, I think you will get to FreeReg by googling it ...........it is as you say just like FreeBmd and FreeCen........... life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "marg o'leary" <marglap@skead.net> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Horsngton family > Wow thank you muchly . What is free reg? Similar to free cen and freebmd? > regards > > Marg OLeary > Port Stephens > NSW > > marglap@rickarby.net > also marg@rickarby.net > -----Original Message----- > From: elizabeth howard > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:00 AM > To: eng-somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-SOM] Horsngton family > > Hi, on Freereg there is a bapt of a William > Horsington in Winscombe in Feb 1792 to Cornelius and "Porsilla" > Horsington. > The witnesses to the marriage are John Harris and Sarah Hancock. > Winscombe prs are online at genuki/somerset/winscombe . And Cornelius and > "Prosilla" have Ann bapt in 1785. Cornelius in 1786, John in 1788 , Sarah > in > 1790 . Cornelius Horsington otp and Priscilla Ham , of Wedmore, > married > by lic in Winscombe in May 1781. Thomas Hardwich and ? Russell signed as > witnesses. There are Grants in the Winscombe bapt registers but > earlier > c 1741. I don`t find a Mary Grant bapt in Winscombe c 1790 . > Fanilysearch has two Mary Grant chr one in Mells in 1791 and the other in > Woolley in 1793. > In the 1871 census there is a William Horsington , b > 1835 at Kewstoke, with wife Annie They have Sophia , 11, Henry, 9, Alfred, > 6, and Mary Ann , 1. William Horsington married Ann Radford in the Dec > 1/4 of 1857 in the Bristol reg district. In the 1861 census they are > living > in Weston S M and he is a railway porter, b Winscombe, she is b Kewstoke > and Sophia and Harry are 1yr old b WSM . > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "marg o'leary" <marglap@skead.net> > To: <ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 10:15 AM > Subject: [ENG-SOM] Horsngton family > > >> Hi all >> >> am new to the list and hoping for some help for this family who lived at >> Winscombe, Axbridge and Weston-super-Mare. >> >> I am trying to find out more about William Horsington b 1792 Winscombe >> and >> married Mary Grant there in 1820. They both died in Weston SM. >> >> I cannot find parents for William or Mary and wonder if there are any >> local >> records to search? >> >> I have info about their son Alfred who came to Australia, but am trying >> to >> find family of his brother William who married Ann Radford abt 1860. >> >> My hope is to make a connection with the family. (missing link) >> >> >> regards >> >> Marg OLeary >> Port Stephens >> NSW >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Wow thank you muchly . What is free reg? Similar to free cen and freebmd? regards Marg OLeary Port Stephens NSW marglap@rickarby.net also marg@rickarby.net -----Original Message----- From: elizabeth howard Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:00 AM To: eng-somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-SOM] Horsngton family Hi, on Freereg there is a bapt of a William Horsington in Winscombe in Feb 1792 to Cornelius and "Porsilla" Horsington. The witnesses to the marriage are John Harris and Sarah Hancock. Winscombe prs are online at genuki/somerset/winscombe . And Cornelius and "Prosilla" have Ann bapt in 1785. Cornelius in 1786, John in 1788 , Sarah in 1790 . Cornelius Horsington otp and Priscilla Ham , of Wedmore, married by lic in Winscombe in May 1781. Thomas Hardwich and ? Russell signed as witnesses. There are Grants in the Winscombe bapt registers but earlier c 1741. I don`t find a Mary Grant bapt in Winscombe c 1790 . Fanilysearch has two Mary Grant chr one in Mells in 1791 and the other in Woolley in 1793. In the 1871 census there is a William Horsington , b 1835 at Kewstoke, with wife Annie They have Sophia , 11, Henry, 9, Alfred, 6, and Mary Ann , 1. William Horsington married Ann Radford in the Dec 1/4 of 1857 in the Bristol reg district. In the 1861 census they are living in Weston S M and he is a railway porter, b Winscombe, she is b Kewstoke and Sophia and Harry are 1yr old b WSM . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "marg o'leary" <marglap@skead.net> To: <ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 10:15 AM Subject: [ENG-SOM] Horsngton family > Hi all > > am new to the list and hoping for some help for this family who lived at > Winscombe, Axbridge and Weston-super-Mare. > > I am trying to find out more about William Horsington b 1792 Winscombe and > married Mary Grant there in 1820. They both died in Weston SM. > > I cannot find parents for William or Mary and wonder if there are any > local > records to search? > > I have info about their son Alfred who came to Australia, but am trying to > find family of his brother William who married Ann Radford abt 1860. > > My hope is to make a connection with the family. (missing link) > > > regards > > Marg OLeary > Port Stephens > NSW > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all am new to the list and hoping for some help for this family who lived at Winscombe, Axbridge and Weston-super-Mare. I am trying to find out more about William Horsington b 1792 Winscombe and married Mary Grant there in 1820. They both died in Weston SM. I cannot find parents for William or Mary and wonder if there are any local records to search? I have info about their son Alfred who came to Australia, but am trying to find family of his brother William who married Ann Radford abt 1860. My hope is to make a connection with the family. (missing link) regards Marg OLeary Port Stephens NSW

Hello Listers Many thanks to Peter and also to Doreen who responded directly to me. The suggestion is that Frances was a Brown born in Marden Kent to William and Jane. She married a Foot and had children Ann and Henry both born 1821 in West Coker. She also had other children who Doreen found who were therefore Foots not Purchases. Possibly Mr Foot died and she then married Thomas Purchase and had more children. It appears that Ann, who is a Foot, has Henry who is noted in the 1851 census in the Purchase household as Henry Curry Foot indicating that his mother may not have been married to Mr Curry but gave the child the name of his father linked to hers. On arrival in Australia in 1857 as an assisted immigrant under the name of Henry Curry he said Henry Foot was his uncle (and sponsor). He also said his mother was dead. He then uses the name Henry Curry for the rest of his life and on his baptism in 1863 in Yass (yes -a bit late) he said he was born in 1841 and his father was Henry and his mother Ann. He also gave his birth date as September 4th 1841 which doesn't fit with a June Quarter Registration in Yeovil. For conformation I think I will need to get the GRO cert. for his birth which seems to be: Free BMD Birth Index Name: Henry Foot Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1841 Registration District: Yeovil Inferred County: Somerset Volume: 10 Page: 549 Peter thanks also for the Milborne Port suggestion which seems to fit much better for the father of Henry. There are a lot of Curry's in southern England - and Henry may well be the illegitimate son of one of them. I will check out all the details and the earlier marriages and censuses but you have both set me on the right path. Migration to another country was obviously a good opportunity to call yourself whatever you wanted. Little did they know it would all come out in the end. Regards Jill Forster Sydney

Jill, I teach genealogy classes as well as do some professional research. I try to help everyone, but this looks a bit tricky and will take more hours than I can afford to check everything. So I'll have leave the follow up to you. As I said previously, in 1851 Henry Curry Foot was living with grandparents Thomas Purchase and Frances. But in 1841, Ancestry has Thos mistranscribed as Wm Purchase. They are listed with Ann 20, Henry 20, Eliza 15 and Agnes 6. Thomas (Wm) is 35 and Frances 45. Now here's the rub. If you look on Family Search you will see they married in 1827, long after the birth of the first three children. So I believe Frances may have been previously married. In fact. the 1827 marriage give her as Frances FOOT If you follow up all the children on Family Search, you will find the family were Non Conformist (Baptist) and you see an image that has Frances as the daughter of William & Jane Brown. Thomas was born 1804 at West Coker to Henry Purchase and Dorcas. There was also another child Melina born about 1830 that doesn't appear in 1841, so probably died. Lots for you to check. Peter PS!! I'd suggest Ann Purchase b1820 was the mother of Henry Curry, but I can't find a marriage to Henry (Snr)

Hi, on Freereg there is a bapt of a William Horsington in Winscombe in Feb 1792 to Cornelius and "Porsilla" Horsington. The witnesses to the marriage are John Harris and Sarah Hancock. Winscombe prs are online at genuki/somerset/winscombe . And Cornelius and "Prosilla" have Ann bapt in 1785. Cornelius in 1786, John in 1788 , Sarah in 1790 . Cornelius Horsington otp and Priscilla Ham , of Wedmore, married by lic in Winscombe in May 1781. Thomas Hardwich and ? Russell signed as witnesses. There are Grants in the Winscombe bapt registers but earlier c 1741. I don`t find a Mary Grant bapt in Winscombe c 1790 . Fanilysearch has two Mary Grant chr one in Mells in 1791 and the other in Woolley in 1793. In the 1871 census there is a William Horsington , b 1835 at Kewstoke, with wife Annie They have Sophia , 11, Henry, 9, Alfred, 6, and Mary Ann , 1. William Horsington married Ann Radford in the Dec 1/4 of 1857 in the Bristol reg district. In the 1861 census they are living in Weston S M and he is a railway porter, b Winscombe, she is b Kewstoke and Sophia and Harry are 1yr old b WSM . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "marg o'leary" <marglap@skead.net> To: <ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 10:15 AM Subject: [ENG-SOM] Horsngton family > Hi all > > am new to the list and hoping for some help for this family who lived at > Winscombe, Axbridge and Weston-super-Mare. > > I am trying to find out more about William Horsington b 1792 Winscombe and > married Mary Grant there in 1820. They both died in Weston SM. > > I cannot find parents for William or Mary and wonder if there are any > local > records to search? > > I have info about their son Alfred who came to Australia, but am trying to > find family of his brother William who married Ann Radford abt 1860. > > My hope is to make a connection with the family. (missing link) > > > regards > > Marg OLeary > Port Stephens > NSW > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Jill, I can see the original image on Ancestry that gives his parents. But, the only Henry and Anne Curry combination that I can see in 1841 census, already have a son Henry aged 20. And in 1851, I can't find a Henry b1841 born in Somerset with father Henry. The only death I can find in Somerset for Anne Curry is Jun 1845 at Wellington. So it's possible her husband remarried. Interestingly, the migration record also shows an uncle Henry Foote living at Campbelltown. His wife would be a sister to one of Henry's parents. Have you tried tracing them? I'm not sure about his father moving from Somerset to Cumbria. I suspect Millburn on the shipping record is actually Milborne Port which is only 5 miles from Yeovil. Hope this helps Peter PS!! In 1851 census, Ancestry has a Henry Curry Foot aged 10, living at Yeovil with grandparents Thomas and Frances Purchase. It ties together a lot of the names, but I can't explain why he'd be listed as Foot. I'll have to leave it to you to do a bit more research.

Jill, Have a look at 1851 census for ages and birthplaces of parents. That should provide some clues. As a starting point marriages took place around age 21 in the parish of the bride. So that would be the first place I'd look. I'd then go back to 1841 and use ages of other children to judge a possible marriage date. 1841 won't give birthplaces, but it will tell you if born in or out of county. You might also tick the phonetic spelling box in FreeBMD for variants like Currey. Peter

Hello Listers I have a Henry CURRY who was born on the 4th September, 1841 in Yeovil according to his migration record to Australia in 1857. His mother was dead by 1857 and her name was Ann CURRY. His father was Henry who by this time was in Milburn, I expect in Cumbria. I presume his Birth Registration is the only one for this date on Free BMD:- Births Sep 1841 CURRY Henry Caleb Taunton 10 431 I cannot find a Marriage for his parents Henry CURRY and Ann on Free BMD so they must have married before September 1837. Has anyone any CURRY marriages locally that may fit. Many thanks Jill Forster Sydney, Australia

She was still at it in 1871 in Bridgwater! - Reported in the Western Gazette 21 April 1871 Mary Dare and Sarah Hayward were each fined 10s for creating a public annoyance and Louisa Click (who had twice previously been convicted), was ordered to pay £1, including costs; default, 14 days' imprisonment. Do you think the Charles William B CLICK who was born and died in 1868 might have been the son of the Robert BURT who was lodging with her in 1871 and who was charged with her for committing a public annoyance in Green Dragon Lane in 1867? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Lewis family" <lewisfamily@iinet.net.au> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: [ENG-SOM] Help and advice wanted - Louisa (Burnell) > G'day List > > I am back on my Louisa (Burnell) Click quest. I thought I had finished > with her as I couldn't find out any more of her adventures in > Bridgwater. How wrong can you be? > > > Hope that someone can help. The members of list always have in the past. > > Regards > Ray Lewis > Hazelmere Western Australia on a warm summer night >

G'day List I am back on my Louisa (Burnell) Click quest. I thought I had finished with her as I couldn't find out any more of her adventures in Bridgwater. How wrong can you be? I had finished her story as far as I could tell and had written it out in my fair computer printout ready for inclusion in the Western Ancestor, the West Australian Genealogical Society journal. Just before Christmas 2013 I received an email from another descendant of her husband (the one and only legal one) William's family. It was a revelation! It seems that her census entries for the 1871, 1881, 1891 censuses were slightly off- centre. She is described as Charwoman or Washerwoman. In actuality it was more likely that she was a 'lady of ill repute'. In the Taunton Gazette and the Somerset Courier in 1867 and 1868 respectively she is described as a 'brothel keeper' and the keeper of a "bad house". Nonetheless, I want to find out more, after all she was my great-great-grandmother. Is there any archive of police incident reports for the Bath Road area of Bridgwater? Also is there any 'warts and all' history of Bridgwater which documents what the area around Bath Road for the period 1861 - 1880 was like. Louisa is in Bedminster on the 1881 Census where she remained for the rest of her life. Did Bridgwater get too 'hot' for her? I'd like to know so that I can fill in some more details of her life and times and the surroundings in which she lived. From all accounts the area of Bedminster in which became domiciled wasn't too good either but I'll think about that later. Hope that someone can help. The members of list always have in the past. Regards Ray Lewis Hazelmere Western Australia on a warm summer night I

Hi, Wm and Ann , 65 and 55, with Robert and Elizabeth , both 15, in Coldharbour , Uffculme in the 1841 census. Wm is an ag lab and the two children are working as labs in the Wool Factory. Barbara Roach is the OPC for Uffculme and she may be able to help you further with the bapts and remembering that Coldharbour had a Presbyterian/Congregational chapel 1790 - 1837. And I see from the genuki.Uffculme page that the Coldharbour mill is still a working wool mill . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Keen" <jameskeen17@yahoo.com> To: <ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 2:14 PM Subject: [ENG-SOM] MELHUISH family of Uffculme circa 1800 Greetings List, I am researching my MELHUISH family of Uffculme. Those of you registered on the Devon List may remember my previous posts regarding the family. I recently had success in finding in the SDFHS records a marriage in Uffculme that wasn't in the DFHS records - I therefore thought it was worth now reaching out to the Somerset List in the hopes that those with a knowledge of both areas and access to both sets of records may be able to assist with furthering my research. Here's what I currently know: John MELHUISH bapt. 5/4/1804 Uffculme son of William MELHUISH & Anne. Parents are William MELHUISH & Anne COTTERELL who married 17/10/1805 Uffculme. I know details of John's family downwards (no need to include that here now) so I'm only seeking help to trace the earlier family. Any help with obtaining info on William, whether any siblings of John, and generally tracing the family back further will be much appreciated. Regards, James ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi , I seem to have lost the thread of this. Are we looking for a Louisa Burnell ? in the 1871,81 and 91 census and if so where ? do you have any idea when she was born ? Have you tried Britishnewspapersonline ? its surprising what surprises you can unearth in the papers !!!! You might try the Somerset Heritage Centre or whatever it calls itself now , to see if they have Police records for that early period in Bridgwater. if they exist they will be there. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Lewis family" <lewisfamily@iinet.net.au> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: [ENG-SOM] Help and advice wanted - Louisa (Burnell) > G'day List > > I am back on my Louisa (Burnell) Click quest. I thought I had finished > with her as I couldn't find out any more of her adventures in > Bridgwater. How wrong can you be? > > I had finished her story as far as I could tell and had written it out > in my fair computer printout ready for inclusion in the Western > Ancestor, the West Australian Genealogical Society journal. Just before > Christmas 2013 I received an email from another descendant of her > husband (the one and only legal one) William's family. It was a > revelation! It seems that her census entries for the 1871, 1881, 1891 > censuses were slightly off- centre. She is described as Charwoman or > Washerwoman. In actuality it was more likely that she was a 'lady of ill > repute'. In the Taunton Gazette and the Somerset Courier in 1867 and > 1868 respectively she is described as a 'brothel keeper' and the keeper > of a "bad house". > > Nonetheless, I want to find out more, after all she was my > great-great-grandmother. Is there any archive of police incident reports > for the Bath Road area of Bridgwater? Also is there any 'warts and all' > history of Bridgwater which documents what the area around Bath Road for > the period 1861 - 1880 was like. > > Louisa is in Bedminster on the 1881 Census where she remained for the > rest of her life. Did Bridgwater get too 'hot' for her? I'd like to know > so that I can fill in some more details of her life and times and the > surroundings in which she lived. From all accounts the area of > Bedminster in which became domiciled wasn't too good either but I'll > think about that later. > > Hope that someone can help. The members of list always have in the past. > > Regards > Ray Lewis > Hazelmere Western Australia on a warm summer night > > I > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Morning all, This is just to let anyone who has obtained data from www.wsom.org.uk for Oake Marriages in the 1837 - 1861 range that, thanks to Michael Chilcott's advice, a correction has been made for an error around 1841. A most strange "slippage" of some lines of data in only the last five columns of the base spreadsheet has had to be checked and corrected from the original Register pictures. Many thanks Michael - it didnt take as long as I expected as it didnt cover more than eight lines and the remainder were all correct. Cheers, Martin Southwood --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Can we please snip just the pertinent part of the message being answered and not repeat the whole thread. Attaching five old messages to a new one just wastes people's time and is very confusing. Donna

Margaret This is a set of films from FamilySearch. 1702289, 1702290, 1702302 Search the Catalog. Search by Places: England, Somerset Select the 3rd in the list - for Archives and Libraries - Inventories, Registers, Catalogs There are some really useful films listed here. Bev -----Original Message----- From: eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of margaret pavljuk Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2014 8:25 PM To: eng-somerset@rootsweb.com; 'Jill' Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Ilchester parish records Hi Folks Where do you get access to the somerset person index? Id not heard of it before. Margaret in Australia On Sunday, 26 January 2014 7:26 PM, Bev Bonning <kosan@optusnet.com.au> wrote: The Somerset Person Index A-Z comes to mind. This is a filming of a list of original records held at the Archives. It is arranged alphabetically by surname, and then lists all the occurrences of that surname (with given names and years), in each Somerset Parish. It gives the filing reference too, which I found invaluable in giving my researcher directions about the material I wanted copies of. It could help you by seeing what parishes your family is listed in. Another one although I don't remember how useful it was The Somerset Place Index A-Z. Again this is a filming of a list of original records arranged alphabetically by location. Another one I found useful was the Somerset settlement and bastardy index, A-Z. This contains an inventory of those persons mentioned in the Somerset poor law records that deal with settlement and bastardy, arranged alphabetically by surname. Documents like those can help explain anomalies from the parish register, and fill in what can't be found in the surviving registers, like linking a son to his parents, because he is so described in the document. My research suggested it was a likely link, but there was no proof in the register. Perhaps I was super lucky that my families of interest had a rich history in the Poor Law Records.

 Hi Folks Where do you get access to the somerset person index?  Id not heard of it before. Margaret in Australia On Sunday, 26 January 2014 7:26 PM, Bev Bonning <kosan@optusnet.com.au> wrote: Jill Sorry that my good intentions in suggesting other avenues seems to have upset you. I'm glad that you want to do your own research, and make your own deductions. That is why I suggested you check out the online catalogue at Somerset Archives. There are many results for ARNOLD and for ILCHESTER. You would have to check them to know if they are of use. It's a pity that you are not able to access their film hire service. Apart from any filmed records of Ilchester Parish Church, there are some others that could help you. The Somerset Person Index A-Z comes to mind. This is a filming of a list of original records held at the Archives. It is arranged alphabetically by surname, and then lists all the occurrences of that surname (with given names and years), in each Somerset Parish. It gives the filing reference too, which I found invaluable in giving my researcher directions about the material I wanted copies of. It could help you by seeing what parishes your family is listed in. Another one although I don't remember how useful it was The Somerset Place Index A-Z. Again this is a filming of a list of original records arranged alphabetically by location. Another one I found useful was the Somerset settlement and bastardy index, A-Z. This contains an inventory of those persons mentioned in the Somerset poor law records that deal with settlement and bastardy, arranged alphabetically by surname. Documents like those can help explain anomalies from the parish register, and fill in what can't be found in the surviving registers, like linking a son to his parents, because he is so described in the document. My research suggested it was a likely link, but there was no proof in the register. Perhaps I was super lucky that my families of interest had a rich history in the Poor Law Records. Now I don't know if you have tried these avenues, but I assure you I have read your email. I'm not trying to suggest you use online trees or genealogies submitted. I'm not suggesting anything to do with the IGI (which, by the way doesn't exist any more.) Bev -----Original Message----- From: Jill [mailto:jillmorley@bigpond.com] Sent: Sunday, 26 January 2014 6:51 AM To: Bev Bonning; SOMERSET list Subject: Ilchester parish records Thank you Bev What I am after is the Name ARNOLD in the Ilchester Register only NO OTHER I say this because people do not always read the email and waste their precious time sending advice that I have already look at or done I want to find the earliest ARNOLD records in  area of Ilchester I also want to BUY their wills? if there is any or actual documents I do not want other Peoples research I do not want the info that the IGI has as most of it is sheep coping each other I want to do my own deductions my own research So far I can find no proof of any ARNOLD's in Ilchester or that part of Somerset in the mid to late 1500s? yet everyone says on familyserach.org that they were there I was not going to say this because I might offend someone but it seems there are no records  and I need proof so that mean records. So Bev I do not think you can help me As there are no records for Ilchester that have survived Thank you very much for your reply and to all the others sincerely Jill -- Jill [ARNOLD] MORLEY O.P.C. [Genealogy] for the village- Winterbourne Kingston in Dorset, England http://www.opcdorset.org Project - Street Names of the Copper Coast – project Project- Port Adelaide Notes and Pictures of Past People ---- Bev Bonning <kosan@optusnet.com.au> wrote: ============= Jill Can you identify anything in the Somerset Archives catalogue that might be useful? When I find anything there, I use a super researcher to go and get copies for me. I don't know about Ilchester, but maybe Findmypast could help, or even The Genealogist. There are sometimes special deals for a month, 3 months membership. Those deals are often to be found in the LostCousins Newletters. Have you used them? Bev -----Original Message----- From: Jill [mailto:jillmorley@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014 4:34 PM To: Bev Bonning Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Ilchester parish records I don't live near a town and was hoping I could get the records online guess it is not a good county for records I think I am spoilt being a descendant from Dorset and their OPC is great some is Cornwall's I am a member of Ancestry and they have very little on Somerset also? very disappointing since I cant get to any other source So lining down under means to got to their records office take a few thousand dollars is the sufficient Jill -- Jill [ARNOLD] MORLEY O.P.C. [Genealogy] for the village- Winterbourne Kingston in Dorset, England http://www.opcdorset.org Project - Street Names of the Copper Coast – project Project- Port Adelaide Notes and Pictures of Past People ---- Bev Bonning <kosan@optusnet.com.au> wrote: ============= Jill Have you looked at what is available in filmed records from FamilySearch? Bishops Transcripts go back to 1594. If you are not close to a FamilySearch Family History Centre, you will find that many Family History Societies are licensed for films to be sent to for viewing. I have not found living 'down under' to be an insurmountable problem. When you say "too far from any civilization", what do you mean? Bev -----Original Message----- From: eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014 2:12 PM To: eng-somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Ilchester parish records I gave my reader away years ago because I thought I could get it all on disc or the internet So no point is getting fiche I live too far from any civilisation so no point ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Evening all, www.wsom.org.uk has now been updated with Bishops Lydeard 'put to bed' with the Burials brought forward to 1850. Not yet sure where the next entries will be. Cheers, Martin Southwood --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Apologies for the typo in my previous post - John MELHUISH was bapt. 5/4/1807 not 1804.

Greetings List, I am researching my MELHUISH family of Uffculme. Those of you registered on the Devon List may remember my previous posts regarding the family. I recently had success in finding in the SDFHS records a marriage in Uffculme that wasn't in the DFHS records - I therefore thought it was worth now reaching out to the Somerset List in the hopes that those with a knowledge of both areas and access to both sets of records may be able to assist with furthering my research. Here's what I currently know: John MELHUISH bapt. 5/4/1804 Uffculme son of William MELHUISH & Anne. Parents are William MELHUISH & Anne COTTERELL who married 17/10/1805 Uffculme. I know details of John's family downwards (no need to include that here now) so I'm only seeking help to trace the earlier family.   Any help with obtaining info on William, whether any siblings of John, and generally tracing the family back further will be much appreciated. Regards,  James