I have BLYTH(E)s in my Essex ancestry but can't connect this family with mine ( too bad as it gives quite a lot of information). I DO believe my Walter BEVAN ( bn ca 1720?) was possibly from Colchester but that fact isn't proven. Thanks for sending it. Margaret ( Toronto) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Subject: [Ess] BLYTH and BULL families ( 1900 ) > >From The Essex County Standard West Suffolk Gazette, and Eastern > >Counties > Advertiser ( Colchester, England ), Saturday, July 14, 1900; pg. 8; > Issue > 3631. > > FUNERAL OF JOHN BLYTH. > The funeral of the late John BLYTH, took place at Colchester cemetery on > Thursday afternoon, amid every remark of respect. The mourners were, > Miss > Blyth, daughter, and her sisters Olive and Hilda; Masters W. Blyth, and > his > brothers Ralph and Jack; Mr. H. B. Blyth and Mr. A. F. Blyth, brothers; > Miss Blyth and Miss R. Blyth, sisters; Mrs. W. Bullock, sister-in-law; > Mrs. > W. Littlebury, niece ; Mr. N. Digby, brother-in-law, Miss Saunders, Mr. > R. > J. Sage, executor; Mr. J. Burton, and Mr. R. Fairweather. > The Rev. Hugh McKay ( Head-Gate Congregational Church ) officiated. > > A correspondent writes:- " The BLYTH family have been connected with > farming in Essex for nearly two centuries, the late Mr. John Blyth's > father > having been born at Beaumont Rectory House in 1819, which was built by > his > father, Mr. Daniel Blyth, on his marriage with Miss BULL , of Oakley, in > 1810. > Mr. Daniel Blyth's father lived for many years at Sneating Hall, Kirby. > where Mr. Daniel Blyth was born, in the year 1786. His widow resided > for > some years at Beverley House, Colchester. Mr. John Blyth's father was > killed > whilst driving home from his native place, 22 years back. The late Mr. > Daniel Blyth was formerly an officer in the Army, but sold his > commission > on > his marriage to Miss Bull, which was a clandestine one, she having run > away > from school." > > N.B. Not connected to our research.

>From The Essex County Standard West Suffolk Gazette, and Eastern Counties Advertiser ( Colchester, England ), Saturday, July 14, 1900; pg. 8; Issue 3631. FUNERAL OF JOHN BLYTH. The funeral of the late John BLYTH, took place at Colchester cemetery on Thursday afternoon, amid every remark of respect. The mourners were, Miss Blyth, daughter, and her sisters Olive and Hilda; Masters W. Blyth, and his brothers Ralph and Jack; Mr. H. B. Blyth and Mr. A. F. Blyth, brothers; Miss Blyth and Miss R. Blyth, sisters; Mrs. W. Bullock, sister-in-law; Mrs. W. Littlebury, niece ; Mr. N. Digby, brother-in-law, Miss Saunders, Mr. R. J. Sage, executor; Mr. J. Burton, and Mr. R. Fairweather. The Rev. Hugh McKay ( Head-Gate Congregational Church ) officiated. A correspondent writes:- " The BLYTH family have been connected with farming in Essex for nearly two centuries, the late Mr. John Blyth's father having been born at Beaumont Rectory House in 1819, which was built by his father, Mr. Daniel Blyth, on his marriage with Miss BULL , of Oakley, in 1810. Mr. Daniel Blyth's father lived for many years at Sneating Hall, Kirby. where Mr. Daniel Blyth was born, in the year 1786. His widow resided for some years at Beverley House, Colchester. Mr. John Blyth's father was killed whilst driving home from his native place, 22 years back. The late Mr. Daniel Blyth was formerly an officer in the Army, but sold his commission on his marriage to Miss Bull, which was a clandestine one, she having run away from school." N.B. Not connected to our research.

if any researcher is of Quaker ancestry and has tested with ANY dna company, I've started an Ancestor Project at Gedmatch.com's Ancestor Projects at http://www.ancestor- projects.com/login1.php. you have to zip your raw data, upload it at Gedmatch.com, then email me and send me your name and eddress at my email, [email protected] it's just started, and I'm still notifying members of 23andme who mention Quaker ancestry in their profiles, however there's over 15 individuals at Quaker projects now and I expect will be at least 50 when I am done notifying the members of 23andme. you can compare against each other, no matter which company you tested with-23, FT, Sorenson, Ancestry, etc., and it's free. I've been in several projects, myself, and it's private and safe. make a user name if you don't want to use your given name. I can't access your raw data nor can anyone else, and I am not interested in it, I'm interested in connecting cousins who want to be connected and reconnecting ancestors who have broken from the family tree from lack of proper care of the records or leaving the faith. I am cross-posting this message to several lists. please forward this to any list you think may benefit from it. best, Cornelia

Hi All I have a few Fiche and a reader. Gt. Waltham C&M 1566-1812 Wimbish CM&B 1666-1755 Hempstead Marriages 1754-1812 Hempstead CM&B 1664-1748 Hempstead C&B 1749-1783 Hempstead B 1813-1872 Radwinter CM&B 1638-1759 Radwinter C&B 1760-1809 Radwinter B 1813-1859 Little Sampford CM&B 1562-1822 Gt. Sampford CM&B 1559-1650 and 1652-1750 Gt. Sampford CM&B 1750-1783 Gt. Sampford B 1813-1879 Gt. Sampford M and Banns 1754-1801 Gt. Sampford C&B 1783-1812 Try to be a little specific with Dates, I will try to do look-ups as fas as I can. Eve (Canada now)

The Essex On Line Parish Clerks site http://essex-opc.org.uk/   welcomes Linda Collie who in addition to volunteering her services for Aldham, is the new the OPC for White Colne. Thank you Linda.   The Essex OPC site has 56 parishes covered with active volunteers ready and willing to answer your questions, some with look-up services. Many of the parishes have parish registers transcribed on them, so go take a look. Just click on your parish of interest and see if there is a volunteer covering your parish.   If you have parish registers in your possession and would like to volunteer to "adopt" a parish I am sure researchers in Essex would appreciate it if you would share them with us. The parish registers do not have to be transcribed, although that would be great, just the fact that you have them is a great asset.   As always, our OPC volunteers deserve a big "thank you" for all they do.   Sincerely, Shirley O'Donnell Essex OPC Coordinator       ----- Original Message -----

G'day I'm also transcribing the Belchamp parish records for the LDS - if you let me know what you're after, I'll check what names I've already transcribed for you & keep an eye out for any coming up Cheers Teri ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18240) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

Interesting, Mick. We at Waltham Abbey Hist Soc downloaded our parish's register images (a mammoth job) a while back, before the pay-per-view move was announced, and a small group of members is currently beavering away at transcribing them. We managed to find 3 missing scans in half a dozen registers, and ERO kindly resurrected them. Lawrence Good question! I am transcribing Essex registers for the FreeReg project and understand there is some negotiation going on between them and Essex RO for us to retain free access to the online registers, although, as most of my interests lie in Essex, I will no doubt transcribe anyway and allow my subscription to Find My Past lapse. Easy for me though as can be in Chelmsford in an hour or so and, during my occasional visits, can use Ancestry online there for any BMD's or census information that is required Mick

On 02/09/2011 09:12, Linda Collie wrote: > Hello everyone, I have the parish registers for several (abt 10) Essex parishes on microfiche and a machine and want to start transcribing them to help other people but who or where is the best place to upload them to, I don't want them being used on a 'pay' site, I want them to be free for anyone to search, can anyone advise me.... LindaAlso doing 'lookups' for Great Tey, Chappel, Aldham, Fordham, White Colne, Colne Engaine, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Without a doubt, www.freereg.org.uk. They need you! Lawrence.

Hello everyone, I have the parish registers for several (abt 10) Essex parishes on microfiche and a machine and want to start transcribing them to help other people but who or where is the best place to upload them to, I don't want them being used on a 'pay' site, I want them to be free for anyone to search, can anyone advise me.... LindaAlso doing 'lookups' for Great Tey, Chappel, Aldham, Fordham, White Colne, Colne Engaine, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Linda, I would suggest FreeReg. You could contact the Essex Coordinator, Julie Harold, for advice. Her email link is at: http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/ess/frontpage.shtml Very generous of you to offer to transcribe these parishes. Good luck, Gerry PS If you come across any Mallery/Mallory entries I would be very interested to have details. On 2 Sep 2011, at 09:12, Linda Collie wrote: > > Hello everyone, I have the parish registers for several (abt 10) Essex parishes on microfiche and a machine and want to start transcribing them to help other people but who or where is the best place to upload them to, I don't want them being used on a 'pay' site, I want them to be free for anyone to search, can anyone advise me.... LindaAlso doing 'lookups' for Great Tey, Chappel, Aldham, Fordham, White Colne, Colne Engaine, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In answer to this, everything on the Recorders of Uttlesford History website is freely available, both the Recorders and the Saffron Walden branch of the ESFH believe that if this work has been done freely by volunteers then it should not be charged for and make money for commercial companies. The Essex Record Office is different - this is one of the best record offices in the country, but they are under pressure and facing cuts like everything else. They are investing large amounts of paid-for staff time and money in scanning all the parish registers of every parish in Essex and this needs to be recouped by those who want to download the images - but of course it is the original image you get which is a lovely thing to have if it's your family. So although £5 a day is a lot, it is helping to look after the Essex records and giving the ERO a little income and if you organise yourself, you could probably download all the Essex images you want in one day. You can always go and look at the microfilms and print off the images yourself - at the ERO Archive Access Point in Saffron Walden Library, this costs 30p a page which most people are happy to pay. The quality would not equal a scan, however. The RUH records are a transcript, of course. Jacky Jacqueline Cooper Recorders of Uttlesford History www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk

In a message dated 01/09/2011 21:25:20 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Am I correct in thinking that Free Reg is going to be free to search when Essex pr's on put into it ? so what is this site that all are talking about that is going to cost 70 odd pounds a year ?? Free Reg as it name implies, is free, these are simply transcriptions done by volunteers, the same as Free BMD, it has nothing whatever to do with the digitised records coming on line for which a subscription will be payable. SEAX is the website of Essex Record Office, a small number of PR's have been available free on SEAX for some time, they have now digitised all the PR's and are bringing them on line for a subscription. Digitaisation is expensive, as is the running of an Archive, they have to recoup their costs since in these straightened time public funding would be out of the question. _http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/displayParishContents.asp?selAlphabet=D&selChurc h=0_ (http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/displayParishContents.asp?selAlphabet=D&selChurch=0) Jennifer

Am I correct in thinking that Free Reg is going to be free to search when Essex pr's on put into it ? so what is this site that all are talking about that is going to cost 70 odd pounds a year ??

Hi Gilly That's me. I've just got back from holiday and will contact you off list as soon as I've caught up. Chris Graves Online Parish Clerk for Colchester St Mary-at-the-Walls, St Peter's -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of gillykh Sent: 25 August 2011 01:59 To: Essex Subject: [Ess] ST MARY AT THE WALLS Hi List, If anyone has the marriage records for this church,would they please check for a marriage for William Standen/Standing to Hannah,surname unknown,around 1811 =/- 5 years. Thank you Gilly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good question! I am transcribing Essex registers for the FreeReg project and understand there is some negotiation going on between them and Essex RO for us to retain free access to the online registers, although, as most of my interests lie in Essex, I will no doubt transcribe anyway and allow my subscription to Find My Past lapse. Easy for me though as can be in Chelmsford in an hour or so and, during my occasional visits, can use Ancestry online there for any BMD's or census information that is required Mick -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of La Greenall Sent: 01 September 2011 12:29 To: [email protected] Subject: [Ess] Essex Ancestors - was On line records Thanks for the news Mick. I wonder if FHSSes would be able to subscribe on behalf of their members, and then set up a group downloading/transcribing project? Lawrence On 31/08/2011 19:43, Mick Loxdale wrote: > Got below from the most recent Lost Cousins newsletter which may help > further. You might need to be holding a tissue as the proposed prices > made my eyes water a bit:- > > Essex Ancestors - launch delayed > The launch of Essex Ancestors, the proposed online register service > from the Essex Records Office which was due to start around now has > been delayed by "a couple of months". > > However, the subscription prices have been announced: £5 for a day, > £15 for a week, £25 for a month, £50 for 6 months and £75 for a year. > It sounds expensive compared to sites like Ancestry and findmypast > which offer far more records, but on the other hand it will still be > cheaper for me than a > 50 mile roundtrip to Chelmsford. > > Mick L > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of cherie everet > Sent: 31 August 2011 08:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ess] On line records > > Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? I thought that a > paid site was due by the end of August? I am particularly interested > in the Belchamp areas. > Thanks in anticipation > Cherie > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the news Mick. I wonder if FHSSes would be able to subscribe on behalf of their members, and then set up a group downloading/transcribing project? Lawrence On 31/08/2011 19:43, Mick Loxdale wrote: > Got below from the most recent Lost Cousins newsletter which may help > further. You might need to be holding a tissue as the proposed prices made > my eyes water a bit:- > > Essex Ancestors - launch delayed > The launch of Essex Ancestors, the proposed online register service from the > Essex Records Office which was due to start around now has been delayed by > "a couple of months". > > However, the subscription prices have been announced: £5 for a day, £15 for > a week, £25 for a month, £50 for 6 months and £75 for a year. It sounds > expensive compared to sites like Ancestry and findmypast which offer far > more records, but on the other hand it will still be cheaper for me than a > 50 mile roundtrip to Chelmsford. > > Mick L > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of cherie everet > Sent: 31 August 2011 08:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ess] On line records > > Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? I thought that a > paid site was due by the end of August? I am particularly interested in the > Belchamp areas. > Thanks in anticipation > Cherie > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

is this going to be a free site or pay and display ----- Original Message ----- From: "jacqueline.cooper" <[email protected]> To: "Essex Rootsweb List" <> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 8:25 AM Subject: [Ess] online records - Saffron Walden > Ref this discussion, the Recorders of Uttlesford History, who already have > a very useful website www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk will soon > start putting Saffron Walden registers online, starting with early > ones.These have been listed by the Saffron Walden branch of the ESFH. I > will let the list know when they are online. > (Uttlesford covers NW Essex) > Jacky > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

To save money, I pre-prepare as much as possible so I can go through the records quickly. Most people reading this will probably be doing the same, but hints to save money: · If you have found dates from IGI etc already, have a list so you can just go in, get the original document for all the extra information and then move on. · If you don’t have dates etc, work out your likely time frame etc beforehand; you don’t want your precious expensive minutes ticking by whilst you are doing research you could have done before you started the clock ticking. · With most sites, you can do a search and you can often see from the search result whether that has brought up anything you would like to see – add it to your list. · When you have a subscription, once you’ve been through your list, then go back and analyse those documents for further information. · Keep a list – of absolutely everything – you might want in the future. For instance, as Ancestry is currently giving free access to the Immigration/Travel records, I have been able to go in and pick up several things for free. [PS. The freebie from Ancestry runs out on 5th Sept] I then just have to pay for the minimum amount of time needed when I take out a paid subscription. It can be a frustrating way of working but when records are on several different sites, it’s too expensive to keep subscriptions to them all. I better get my Essex list ready … Regards June Got below from the most recent Lost Cousins newsletter which may help further. You might need to be holding a tissue as the proposed prices made my eyes water a bit:- Essex Ancestors - launch delayed The launch of Essex Ancestors, the proposed online register service from the Essex Records Office which was due to start around now has been delayed by "a couple of months". However, the subscription prices have been announced: £5 for a day, £15 for a week, £25 for a month, £50 for 6 months and £75 for a year. It sounds expensive compared to sites like Ancestry and findmypast which offer far more records, but on the other hand it will still be cheaper for me than a 50 mile roundtrip to Chelmsford. Mick L

Ref this discussion, the Recorders of Uttlesford History, who already have a very useful website www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk will soon start putting Saffron Walden registers online, starting with early ones.These have been listed by the Saffron Walden branch of the ESFH. I will let the list know when they are online. (Uttlesford covers NW Essex) Jacky

Hi Mick, Thanks for the information it will give me time to save. It will be cheaper than travel/stay in the area for me. Cherie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mick Loxdale Sent: 31 August 2011 19:44 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ess] On line records Got below from the most recent Lost Cousins newsletter which may help further. You might need to be holding a tissue as the proposed prices made my eyes water a bit:- Essex Ancestors - launch delayed The launch of Essex Ancestors, the proposed online register service from the Essex Records Office which was due to start around now has been delayed by "a couple of months". However, the subscription prices have been announced: £5 for a day, £15 for a week, £25 for a month, £50 for 6 months and £75 for a year. It sounds expensive compared to sites like Ancestry and findmypast which offer far more records, but on the other hand it will still be cheaper for me than a 50 mile roundtrip to Chelmsford. Mick L