Thank you carol I have been researching my family tree about 4 months and I am very proud of myself, on one of my branches I have got to the middle1700. .And I am no good at spelling no qualifations .but after leaving school I have passed my national licensees certificate and during my time of running a pub for a large leisure company, I was able to pass my hotel and catering management course. A level. I am 48 years old a mum and a gran, and all my family love and are very proud of me. and I do not need a certain person running me down over cap letters. we are not all perfect. but I do try my very best. thank you all for your kind words. now for researching. DEBBIE.

Thankyou Shirley and Elaine for your kind words. I guess were not all perfect as other people are or seem to be ? I apologise to anybody if I have offended them, with my caps on.. DEBBIE.

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I thought I would post my surname intersets. They are Ada/Adah PICKARD - Bradford, father's name either William or John McNulty Martin, born Ireland. Ada Pickard married Martin McNulty in 1871, by 1880 she had immigrated to New Zealand after leaving him with 3 young children. Records I have recently come across tells me he was a Roman Catholic. Ada remarried in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1880 to my 2x Great Grandfather. In approx. 1882-1883 she sent for her two daughters. I am interested to hear from anyone researching the above names. Regards Michele Cook Christchurch New Zeal;and http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile.

Hi Debbie, No apologise needed..... Happy Easter.... Elaine Pickard. Ottawa. Canada. List Admin Bradford Mailing List. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.473 / Virus Database: 271 - Release Date: 17/04/03

Thank you Elaine for your kind letter to Debbie, as you say we all need to learn the ropes, belittling people only makes it worse. Regards Shirley.J. North Yorkshire England

Could you please turn off your caps lock? Posting a message all in capital letters is known in netiquette as "shouting". It makes it extremely difficult to read and simply annoys people, which is why you probably won't get any replies to the messages you have posted in this manner. The only time we use capitals in mailing lists is where they are needed at the start of a sentence or to distinguish proper nouns. It is, however, acceptable (recommended, even) to post the surnames of the parties you are interested in in capitals, in order to make them easily noticeable. Posting your entire message in caps totally destroys the purpose of this effect! You have further compounded the offence by posting no fewer than six messages in the identical style. This is a severe case of overkill. Try again - but next time post giving all the information you wish to publish in just ONE message in lower case, using capitals where necessary, and explain yourself clearly. Not a good start, I fear, but we are a welcoming and friendly lot, with a good deal of expertise between us, and we are always willing to forgive a newcomer his first mistake! You may find it helpful to study my Newbies' Guide (URL in my signature) below. Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) SoG Executive & Director of Projects, FFHS Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith

Hi Debbie, Welcome to the list and your first attempt to post. It is a scary procedure the first time, I remember it well but you will soon get the hang of it. As you are a new person to computers as well could I point out the it is usual to post with the cap lock off. It makes it difficult to read with it on. Don't worry about it we all have to learn. And post any time you wish. Elaine Pickard. Ottawa. Canada. List Admin Bradford Mailing List. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.471 / Virus Database: 269 - Release Date: 10/04/03

HOW MOTHERS GET MIXED UP WITH INFO AND CONFUSE YOU. START AGAIN THOMAS JOHNSON BORN KEIGHLEY 1889 MARRIED CATHLEEN OR KATHRINE MEEGAN KEITHLEY. CHILDREN (MARGARET VERONICA JOHNSON ) BORN KEITHLEY 1910 MARRIED CASSON DAWSON HE WAS BORN ULVERSTON LANCASHIRE. THERE CHILDREN WAS PATRICIA MARGARET 1933 AND PETER MAXWELL DAWSON (JACK JOHNSON) HE MARRIED A LADY CALLED ELLA THERE CHILDREN WAS CALLED JUDITH AND STEVEN. ELLA HAD A SISTER CALLED BETTY, AND WHEN JACK DIED ELLA AND BETTY BOUGHT A HOTEL IN JERSEY. LAST HEARD BOTH WENT TO SCOTLAND. (THOMAS) JOHNSON MARRIED A LADY CALLED PAT THERE CHILDREN WAS TWO SONS ,ONE CALLED STEVEN AND THE OTHER DIED A CAR OR MOTERBIKE ACCIDENT, BUT MY MUM IS NOT SURE IF IT WAS A ILLNESS HE DIED WITH, SHE SURE IS CONFUSING ME, TOMORROW SHE WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY, HOPE NOT. WELL THIS IS THE STORY SO FAR. HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP. SORRY TO BE A PAIN. DEBBIE ELLA HAD A SISTER CALLED

I GOT MIXED UP WITH LAST MESSAGE TRY AGAIN. MY GRANDMA WAS CALLED MARGARET VERONICA JOHNSON BORN KEITHLEY 1910. SHE MARRIED CASSON DAWSON FROM ULVERSTON LANCASHIRE. MARGARETS PARENTS WAS CALLED KATHLEEN OR CATHLEEN MEEGAN AND THOMAS JOHNSON THERE CHILDREN WAS MARGARET 1910 JACK AND THOMAS . THOMAS MARRIED A LADY CALLED BETTY. HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP. DEBBIE

I AM SEARCHING FOR ANY INFO ON MY GREAT GRANDMA SHE WAS CALLED KATHRINE OR CATHLEEN MEEGAN SHE LIVED IN KEITHLEY SHE MARRIED MY GREAT GRANDAD THOMAS JOHNSON BORN KEITHLEY 1889. HIS WIFE WAS CALLED MARGARET. I HAVE NO BIRTH DATE AND NO INFO AT ALL ON CATHLEEN MEEGAN. MY GREAT GRANDAD THOMAS USED TO CALL HER KATE . HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP PLEASE. DEBBIE

MARGARET AND DAVID JOHNSON HOPE YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR SAME FAMILY KEITHLEY THE JOHNSONS DEBBIE

DAVID JOHNSON MY MAIL KEEPS RETURNING BACK TO ME, SO I WILL TRY AGAIN. MY GRANDMA WAS CALLED MARGARET VERONICA JOHNSON BORN KEITHLEY 1910 SHE MARRIED MY GRANDAD CASSON DAWSON WHO WAS BORN IN ULVERSTON LANCASHIRE. THERE CHILDREN ARE PATRICIA MAREGARET AND PETER MAXWELL. MARGARETS PARENTS WAS CALLED THOMAS JOHNSON BORN KEITHLEY 1889 HIS WIFE WAS CALLED MARGARET. THERE CHILDREN WAS MARGARET VERONICA 1910 . JACK AND THOMAS JOHNSON. THOMAS MARRIED A LADY CALLED BETTY, AND THERE WAS TWO SONS ONE WAS CALLED STEVEN AND I DONT NO THE OTHER SONS NAME ,BUT HE DIED A FEW YEARS AGO IN A CAR OR MOTERBIKE ACCIDENT. MY MUM SAID SHE HAS FAMILY STILL LIVING IN KEITHLEY. HOPE WE ARE SEARCHING SAME FAMILY. I LIVE IN LEEDS SEACROFT NOT FAR FROM KEITHLEY. DEBBIE

DAVID JOHNSON MY GRANDMA WAS CALLED MARGARET JOHNSON BORN KEITHLEY 1910 SHE MARRIED A CASSON DAWSON AND LIVED AT RIDDLESDEN KEITHLEY THERE CHILDREN ARE CALLED PATRICIA MARGARET , AND HER BROTHER IS PETER MAXWELL ALL BORN KEITHLEY ALL BUT CASSON DAWSON WHO WAS BORN IN ULVERSTON LANCASHIRE. MARGARET JOHNSON 1910 KEITHLEY HER PARENTS WAS CALLED THOMAS JOHNSON BORN KEITHLEY 1889. HE MARRIED A MARGARET ? AND THERE CHILDREW WAS MARGARET AND THOMAS AND JACK..ALL KEITHLEY. THOMAS MARRIED A LADY CALLED BETTY, THERE WAS TWO SONS ONE CALLED STEVEN AND THE OTHER DONT NO HIS NAME BUT HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR OR MOTERBIKE ACCIDENT . FORGOT TO SAY MY GREAT GRANDAD THOMAS JOHNSON ONLY HAD ONE ARM AS HE LOST IT WHILE WORKING ON THE RAILWAYS. DEBBIE

Hi Katie, A Martha (also known as Mattey) Robertshaw (1813-1836), daughter of John Robertshaw, married John Tetley in 1829. Martha is buried at Sandy Lane Baptist church, Swain Royd Bottom. James Robertshaw (1837-1912), who farmed at Steps, Allerton, married Alice Tetley in 1884. From the ages, it maybe wasn't his first marriage! At Calverley, is recorded the marriage of Martha TETLEY widow o.t.p who married John ROBERTSHAW widower on 19th October 1824 (page 482 number 1444) I can't work out which Tetley she was the widow of, so I'd be grateful for any help with that one, as well as any further information on the others. Cheers Rich Katie Riley wrote: > >This family and its Robertshaw descendents were tenant farmers at Swain > >Royd for at least 100 years beginning in 1782. -- Born in Sheffield, but currently in Nottingham UK. Family names:- ASHFORTH, CAVE, CHAMPION, HODGES, HOPE, JACKSON, NICHOLSON, SIMPSON, SLEE, TETLEY, WALKER, WESTOVER, WOOLLEN, WILLIAMS. Home Website: http://freespace.virgin.net/richard.tetley/

Researching the family of James William Bakes CALVER born Bradford 1852, Anyone researching this family. Have been told the Calver originally was Calvert? Liz Australia pritchliz@bigpond.com

G'day Listers, Has anyone on the List seen this christain name ACHEH before ? Does anyone know where it may have originated from ? >From the 1881 census Acheh MITCHELL M 65 F Collan-Bob, York, England Kind regards Lori Mitchell

Hi Everyone, I would like to ask if someone who owns a copy of the 1`881 census if they could do a look up for me... Here is the internet version and I was just wondering if the christain name of Joshua's wife is ACHEH on the Cd Version. Kind regards Lori Mitchell Josuha MITCHELL Head M Male 65 Sowerby, York, England Farmer 18 Acres Acheh MITCHELL Wife M Female 65 Collan-Bob, York, England Henry MITCHELL Son U Male 26 Hand Carr Mill, York, England Clogger (Mr) Mary MITCHELL Daur U Female 31 Swamp, York, England Hannah MITCHELL Daur U Female 24 Hand Carr, York, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Dwelling Jackson Ing Census Place Sowerby In Halifax, York, England Family History Library Film 1342056 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 4416 / 66 Page Number 1

Hi there everyone - now I know I should know this already, and maybe I'm just having a 'spell' - how do I go about seeing if there is a Will for John Parker who died Idle/Shipley in the 1850's, and/or his wife Martha? Cheers, Mal.

>I would like to add my research interests to the Bradford list: > >RILEY OF ALLERTON >1. John Riley, 1713-1805 >2. His son Abraham Riley, 1754-1822 >3. Abraham's daughters Sarah Riley Robertshaw and Lydia Riley Pearson >4. Sarah's illegitimate son John Riley, born 1805. Married Rachel Dalby in >1825 and lived at Crossley Hall. Emigrated to New Albany, Indiana in 1830 > >This family and its Robertshaw descendents were tenant farmers at Swain >Royd for at least 100 years beginning in 1782. > >Does anyone have information on this family or on the Bradford attorney, >R.W. Riley? He signed apprenticeship papers for John in 1822 and I wonder >if they were somehow related or if he was just serving in an official >capacity. > >Here's how the family looks on Rootsweb: > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=katie1&recno=709 > >Many thanks!