Sue and Paul . Apparently there are no kind souls in Somerset . Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: Laurie Thompson To: ENG-SOMERSET-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Sue Ahrens ; Paul Kirby Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:59 PM Subject: Churchstanton Grave yard Hi Is there a kind soul who can tell me whether there are head stones for William Osborn who died 19th April 1803 and John Osborn died 23rd March 1857 who are buried in the Churchstanton cemetery . Also any other Osborns . Thanks for reading my plea . Laurie Thompson Australia

I think you should re-phrase that. Apparently there are no kind souls ON THIS LIST in the Churchstanton area. Jim 'tother side the county On 30/03/2008, Laurie Thompson <lt030329@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Sue and Paul . Apparently there are no kind souls in Somerset . Laurie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Laurie Thompson > To: ENG-SOMERSET-L@rootsweb.com > Cc: Sue Ahrens ; Paul Kirby > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:59 PM > Subject: Churchstanton Grave yard > > > Hi Is there a kind soul who can tell me whether there are head stones for > William Osborn who died 19th April 1803 and John Osborn died 23rd March 1857 > who are buried in the Churchstanton cemetery . Also any other Osborns . > Thanks for reading my plea . > Laurie Thompson Australia > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Jim http://www.payman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Over 15,000 Names in the forest Have now found the WOODs and WOODLANDs (and a BUSH) there are BIRDs in the trees (including SPARROWs) Have PRINCEs and KINGs but mostly Ag Labs - Happy Hunting see also: http://www.fromeresearch.org.uk http://www.dorset-opc.com

Laurie Thompson wrote: > Sue and Paul . Apparently there are no kind souls in Somerset . It's more likely that since the message was sent 12 hours ago, according to the details below, anyone who might be able to help would be unlikely to do so since it's not advisable to go wandering around graveyards in the middle of the night when it's blowing a gale and the rain's coming down in stair rods than there being no SKS or no one in the Churchstanton area willing to have a look! Making the comment you did, isn't likely to encourage anyone to help you either. I didn't see the original message but then I get around 300 mails a day and if the subject line isn't informative or isn't something I can obviously help with, I don't click on them. I don't have time to read everything and I do sometimes miss mails. I've checked the trash and there's no sign of the earlier mail. There's also the matter of propogation: it can take different lengths of time for a mail to reach different people. That apart, it's very possible that there are no headstones as they were an expensive item for most families. If there is it might have been hamstone which is a very soft stone so for people who were buried over 200 and 150 years ago respectively, they could easily be worn illegible by now. They might also have become unsafe and either laid flat (adding to the wearing process if face up, or impossible to read if face down) or completely removed. Surely the dates you have are the dates of burial not death, esp if you've taken them from a burial register. There were no death certificates in 1803. > ----- Original Message ----- > Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:59 PM > Subject: Churchstanton Grave yard > > > > Hi Is there a kind soul who can tell me whether there are head > stones for William Osborn who died 19th April 1803 and John Osborn > died 23rd March 1857 who are buried in the Churchstanton cemetery . > Also any other Osborns . Thanks for reading my plea . -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk