I did the same as Anne when I first started and get emails from long forgotten postings. The only thing I would add is that if you ever reply to a posting on ANY site cut and paste the original message or at least give the website. I've had a few messages that I'd long forgotten I'd posted and I still can't find my original queries. I'd love to help but if I can't find the original source of information there's little I can do. Often these are side lines that I don't have in my main database or hard-copy folders. HTH Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Capewell" <alc_goytre@hotmail.com> To: <eng-surrey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [SRY] BOOKER James and Elizabeth Hi Lawrence, I'm glad that you have found Lost Cousins useful but I think that it is good practice to post queries on as many sites as you can. I have entered a large number of ancestors and their cousins on Lost Cousins and have absolutely no matches whatsoever. However I am also subscribed to Genes Reunited, Romany &Travellers FHS and Sussex FHG and have linked up with several 'cousins' as well as receiving relevat information from people that I am not remotely related to. I'm also on this site and the Staffordshire one, Ancestry Aid and a couple of other ones I cannot even remember but I get the odd email from! Just get your info out there and someone will come up with an answer! > From: lawrencepearse@msn.com > To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:01:30 +0000 > Subject: Re: [SRY] BOOKER James and Elizabeth > > > Norma - one really great, and free, way to find other people researching > the same people as you is to use the Lost Cousins website. This operates > through people entering 1841/1881/1911 census data, and then matching > people who have entered the same data. It is thus a pretty foolproof way > of matching 'cousins'. Clearly the more data you enter the better your > chance of getting a match - and it also pays to enter data not just for > your direct ancestors but for their siblings and descendants too. I have > found many cousins over the years in this way, from all over the world, > and they have all enabled me to further my research, and better still > provide photos, memories etc. > > You ought to be able to find 1841 census data for James and Elizabeth - it > would also pay to look in the 1881 (and indeed 1871) census for other > relatives of theirs (and enter their data on to LC). That might give you > clues about James and Elizabeth. > > You do not have to pay a subscription - though it costs only £10 a year to > do so. The benefit of paying a sub is that you not only get told that > other people have entered the same data as you but are also enabled to > contact them securely through the LC site. > > I am getting the LC site to send you an invitation - you don't have to > take it up, but from my experience you should certainly benefit if you do. > > Lawrence > >> > > > Is there anyone researching BOOKER. > > > > I have the marriage of James BOOKER to Elizabeth ANDREW on 14th > > September 1864 St Mary Magdalene Burmondsey, Surrey. > > James aged 30 bachelor father Edward Booker > > Elizabeth aged 33 a widow, father John Drew Colebrook. > > > > I just cannot find them after this. I have tried the 1871 census with no > > success. > > There are some possible deaths, but I just cannot narrow it down. > > I am particularly following Elizabeth and have all the census', her > > first marriage details etc but nothing after her wedding to James. > > > > Any help much appreciated, > > Norma Johnson in N.Z. > > *************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message