Hi, I am researching FARRER/Horsforth and Bradford areas. Thanks, Maureen

maureen farrer wrote: >Hi, >I am researching >FARRER/Horsforth and Bradford areas. >Thanks, >Maureen > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Hello Maureen Afraid there's not a lot I can tell you about my Farrar,I have Mary Farrar born at Sowerby Halifax Wry Married my 3xg/g Jeremiah Waddington in 1812 Mary was born in 1793.Sorry I can't be more help. Regards Bill

> maureen farrer wrote: > > >Hi, > >I am researching > >FARRER/Horsforth and Bradford areas. > >Thanks, > >Maureen> > I hope you will forgive me, Maureen, if I point out that this is a classic example of how not to post a query. May I respectfully explain why, in the hope that you will see my reasoning? FARRER and its principal associated variant FARRAR are relatively common surnames in West Yorkshire and particularly in Bradford. By no means all Farrers and Farrars will be related to one another. Some figures from the CD-ROM software Surname Atlas (which produces instant distribution maps from the 1881 census data) graphically illustrate the case. In 1881 there were a total of 5,983 entries in the UK census for the two surnames (and there were more than 30 other variants that I have not incorporated). Of these, 3,128 were living in the West Riding of Yorkshire, a figure of just over 52 per cent, slightly more than half the total for the whole country. The next highest number were in Lancashire, 1,099. Thus, there were three times as many Farrers and Farrars in the W Riding as in any other county, and I haven't included the East and North Ridings. Of these, 641 were in the Poor Law Union of Bradford, the only greater number being in Halifax, with 836. I trust my point is made! Thus, when posting a query for such a fairly common name, you should try and be SPECIFIC. Say which Farrer family you are talking about, not just "Farrer/Horsforth and Bradford area". Give a few names, possible addresses and dates, albeit briefly. Also say what you have already done and what you know. This prevents other posters who may have Farrer/Farrar connections from posting vague response in the possible hope they may be connected to you, and wasting bandwidth. Good luck in your research. -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Roy, What is this bandwidth I wasted responding to Maureen? Should I be checking on it before I choose to respond to queries? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] FARRER >> maureen farrer wrote: >> >> >Hi, >> >I am researching >> >FARRER/Horsforth and Bradford areas. >> >Thanks, >> >Maureen> > > > I hope you will forgive me, Maureen, if I point out that this is a classic > example of how not to post a query. May I respectfully explain why, in the > hope that you will see my reasoning? > > FARRER and its principal associated variant FARRAR are relatively > common surnames in West Yorkshire and particularly in Bradford. By no > means all Farrers and Farrars will be related to one another. Some > figures from the CD-ROM software Surname Atlas (which produces > instant distribution maps from the 1881 census data) graphically > illustrate > the case. > > In 1881 there were a total of 5,983 entries in the UK census for the two > surnames (and there were more than 30 other variants that I have not > incorporated). Of these, 3,128 were living in the West Riding of > Yorkshire, a figure of just over 52 per cent, slightly more than half the > total for the whole country. The next highest number were in Lancashire, > 1,099. Thus, there were three times as many Farrers and Farrars in the > W Riding as in any other county, and I haven't included the East and > North Ridings. Of these, 641 were in the Poor Law Union of Bradford, the > only greater number being in Halifax, with 836. > > I trust my point is made! > > Thus, when posting a query for such a fairly common name, you should > try and be SPECIFIC. Say which Farrer family you are talking about, not > just "Farrer/Horsforth and Bradford area". Give a few names, possible > addresses and dates, albeit briefly. Also say what you have already done > and what you know. This prevents other posters who may have > Farrer/Farrar connections from posting vague response in the possible > hope they may be connected to you, and wasting bandwidth. > > Good luck in your research. > -- > Roy Stockdill > Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Roy, Thank you for your advice, but I only copied the way other people had listed their research. Maureen At 07:36 PM 11/03/2008, you wrote: > > maureen farrer wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > >I am researching > > >FARRER/Horsforth and Bradford areas. > > >Thanks, > > >Maureen> > > >I hope you will forgive me, Maureen, if I point out that this is a classic >example of how not to post a query. May I respectfully explain why, in the >hope that you will see my reasoning? > >FARRER and its principal associated variant FARRAR are relatively >common surnames in West Yorkshire and particularly in Bradford. By no >means all Farrers and Farrars will be related to one another. Some >figures from the CD-ROM software Surname Atlas (which produces >instant distribution maps from the 1881 census data) graphically illustrate >the case. > >In 1881 there were a total of 5,983 entries in the UK census for the two >surnames (and there were more than 30 other variants that I have not >incorporated). Of these, 3,128 were living in the West Riding of >Yorkshire, a figure of just over 52 per cent, slightly more than half the >total for the whole country. The next highest number were in Lancashire, >1,099. Thus, there were three times as many Farrers and Farrars in the >W Riding as in any other county, and I haven't included the East and >North Ridings. Of these, 641 were in the Poor Law Union of Bradford, the >only greater number being in Halifax, with 836. > >I trust my point is made! > >Thus, when posting a query for such a fairly common name, you should >try and be SPECIFIC. Say which Farrer family you are talking about, not >just "Farrer/Horsforth and Bradford area". Give a few names, possible >addresses and dates, albeit briefly. Also say what you have already done >and what you know. This prevents other posters who may have >Farrer/Farrar connections from posting vague response in the possible >hope they may be connected to you, and wasting bandwidth. > >Good luck in your research. >-- >Roy Stockdill >Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer >Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: >www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > >"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, >and that is not being talked about." >OSCAR WILDE > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message