On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:31:15 -0000, David Roberts <david@roberts-productions.com> wrote: > Do you know of any publications that deal solely with Calne? Hi David, Here are some books about Calne, which may be of interest: A history of the borough and town of Calne: and some account of the villages etc in its vicinity (1903) by A. E. W. Marsh Calne's heritage by Peter Treloar (2010) Calne in pictures (1982) by Peter Q. Treloar Around Calne in old photographs (1990) by Peter Q. Treloar Calne in focus (1984) by Peter Q. Treloar Greetings from Calne : a fourth book of historic pictures of Calne in Wiltshire (1988) by Peter Q. Treloar Village and town life in Calne and around: 1915-1987 (1986) by H. F. Reeves Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Thanks Josephine, that's very helpful. I hope my rellies do turn out to be from Calne. One relies so much on 'family legends', although I have to admit those that I have tested so far, have turned out to be true - including the man that joined the Mounties, and an all-in wrestler! I sold the article to The Genealogist. Makes life more interesting... David On 6 December 2010 14:16, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com>wrote: > On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:31:15 -0000, David Roberts > <david@roberts-productions.com> wrote: > > > Do you know of any publications that deal solely with Calne? > > Hi David, > > Here are some books about Calne, which may be of interest: > > A history of the borough and town of Calne: and some account of the > villages etc in its vicinity (1903) by A. E. W. Marsh > > Calne's heritage by Peter Treloar (2010) > > Calne in pictures (1982) by Peter Q. Treloar > > Around Calne in old photographs (1990) by Peter Q. Treloar > > Calne in focus (1984) by Peter Q. Treloar > > Greetings from Calne : a fourth book of historic pictures of Calne in > Wiltshire (1988) by Peter Q. Treloar > > Village and town life in Calne and around: 1915-1987 (1986) by H. F. Reeves > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:47:31 -0000, David Roberts <david@roberts-productions.com> wrote: > I hope my rellies do turn out to be from Calne. One relies so much on > 'family legends', although I have to admit those that I have tested so > far, have turned out to be true - including the man that joined the > Mounties, and an all-in wrestler! I sold the article to The Genealogist. > Makes life more interesting... Hi David, I certainly found your article 'Family Legends: Shadow or Substance?' very interesting and very readable, especially as I had already 'met' your ancestor, Thomas PALMER, through our recent correspondence on the Eng-Wiltshire List. It's fascinating to mull over family history stories, which we were told when young. My mother once told me that my great-grandmother, on my father's side, had pursued some inheritance involving property miles from where the family lived, without success. It seemed very unlikely to me as my father's family wasn't the sort of family who would own substantial property. However, often what my mother used to tell me about my family history has proved to have been true. Recently, I was looking for the burial of my 5x great-grandfather. When I couldn't find it in the place, where it ought to have been, I put into Google the town where the property was said to have been plus my 5x great-grandfather's name. Up came information about the property and detailed information about other ancestors, all from searching on just three words, first name, surname and place. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com