Found answer to my question! Clever old me for picking it up from TV, Diane Sent from my iPad On 28 May 2013, at 09:10, "genealogist" <genie_alogist@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Diane, > Many local estates are named in accordance with themes, for instance > the birds estate (Heron Way,etc), the rivers estate (Severn Drive, Isis > Drive, etc) or the Cathedrals estate (Winchester Avenue, Canterbury Avenue, > etc). In the area where you live the theme is divided between towns in > Georgia (probably because the state of Georgia was named by General James > Oglethorpe of Cranham) and significant American Civil War sites (Lexington, > Gadsden, etc). > > Regards > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Diane MARGRIE-Sowden > Sent: 27 May 2013 23:12 > To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Ess] What is the connection please? > > I live in Gadsden Close Cranham Upminster Essex. I was watching the > television channel QUEST last night the FBI CASE FILES and they mentioned > the place Called GADSDEN in America. > > I have checked on the Internet some of the other road names round here ie > Waycross Road and Brunswick Avenue both Waycross and Brunswick are in > America. > > Please does anyone know of the connection between our housing estate and > America please? I would love to know the answer please. > > Diane > > Sent from my iPad > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3343 / Virus Database: 3184/6362 - Release Date: 05/27/13 >

I live in Gadsden Close Cranham Upminster Essex. I was watching the television channel QUEST last night the FBI CASE FILES and they mentioned the place Called GADSDEN in America. I have checked on the Internet some of the other road names round here ie Waycross Road and Brunswick Avenue both Waycross and Brunswick are in America. Please does anyone know of the connection between our housing estate and America please? I would love to know the answer please. Diane Sent from my iPad

Hi Rod, Thomas is in the Boreham register baptised in 1813, not sure about Robert, maybe earlier. You can google for "ancestors and seax" and you should arrive at the Essex Record Office site 'pay to view'. GBP5 for a day rising up to GBP75 for a year. I checked that not only are the Boreham parish registers digitised but also the 'process book of indictments' which should mention their crimes. HTH -----Original Message----- From: Rod Ashman Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 3:06 AM To: Essex-UK@rootsweb.com Cc: rashman@iinet.net.au Subject: [Ess] Robert and Thomas Smee I am trying to find the births and any other family of 2 brothers Robert and Thomas Smee. Both were transported to Tasmania in the 1830's. Acoording to their convict records, Thomas who was transported in 1836 was born in Boreham about 1814, whilst his brother Robert was born about 1815, also in Boreham. Any help in finding their births, parents and any other family members would be greatly appreciated Thanks Rod Ashman Tasmania Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My gt.grandfather died in Harold Wood Hospital in 1936 aged 84. According to my mother, he had gambled away his inheritance and spent the late part of his life in 'the workhouse' as my grandmother couldn't afford to take him in to her home. I have found Harold Wood Hospital described as a convalescent home before WWII. The primary cause of his death was bronchopneumonia (also senile decay)- could he have been sent to Harold Wood from a local workhouse and, if so, which was the local workhouse ? On his death certificate, his address is given as that of my mother/grandmother, but I am pretty certain he never actually lived there. Thank you

just remembered, check for the USGenweb sites for the state and county the city or town is in, a lot of them have the town history published on their site. On 27.05.2013 17:44, fenenga@connpoint.net wrote: > lot of places in America were named in memory of the hometown of the people who settled here. so there's a lot of places with British place names. as to the specific history of any place, find the public library for the place, or the historical society for the place, and request information-or look it up on Wikipedia, it will have some of them. > > On 27.05.2013 15:11, Diane MARGRIE-Sowden wrote: > >> I live in Gadsden Close Cranham Upminster Essex. I was watching the television channel QUEST last night the FBI CASE FILES and they mentioned the place Called GADSDEN in America. >> >> I have checked on the Internet some of the other road names round here ie Waycross Road and Brunswick Avenue both Waycross and Brunswick are in America. >> >> Please does anyone know of the connection between our housing estate and America please? I would love to know the answer please. >> >> Diane >> >> Sent from my iPad >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

lot of places in America were named in memory of the hometown of the people who settled here. so there's a lot of places with British place names. as to the specific history of any place, find the public library for the place, or the historical society for the place, and request information-or look it up on Wikipedia, it will have some of them. On 27.05.2013 15:11, Diane MARGRIE-Sowden wrote: > I live in Gadsden Close Cranham Upminster Essex. I was watching the television channel QUEST last night the FBI CASE FILES and they mentioned the place Called GADSDEN in America. > > I have checked on the Internet some of the other road names round here ie Waycross Road and Brunswick Avenue both Waycross and Brunswick are in America. > > Please does anyone know of the connection between our housing estate and America please? I would love to know the answer please. > > Diane > > Sent from my iPad > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am trying to find the births and any other family of 2 brothers Robert and Thomas Smee. Both were transported to Tasmania in the 1830's. Acoording to their convict records, Thomas who was transported in 1836 was born in Boreham about 1814, whilst his brother Robert was born about 1815, also in Boreham. Any help in finding their births, parents and any other family members would be greatly appreciated Thanks Rod Ashman Tasmania Australia

Samuel Redgewell, of this parish Sarah Hicks of Terling both single and by banns 18th October, 1814 St. Katharine, Lt. Bardfield.       ________________________________ From: Adrian <adrianp7@talktalk.net> To: Essex-UK@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 25 May 2013, 8:33 Subject: [Ess] SAMUEL RIDGWELL OF BARDFIELD SALING I am attempting to assist a friend discover her family history. Samuel RIDGWELL married a Sarah pre 9 February 1834 when their daughter Louisa was baptised in Bardfield Saling parish church. As yet I have been unable to locate the details of either the marriage of the couple or their baptisms. Can anyone help me, please? Adrian Yorkshire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am attempting to assist a friend discover her family history. Samuel RIDGWELL married a Sarah pre 9 February 1834 when their daughter Louisa was baptised in Bardfield Saling parish church. As yet I have been unable to locate the details of either the marriage of the couple or their baptisms. Can anyone help me, please? Adrian Yorkshire

Hi Antony Google Maps shows that there are still farms in the area around the church. Not quite sure which is your ancestor's. These Google map links will give you a picture of what is there today. The church from the air http://goo.gl/maps/luMKJ Manor workshop business http://goo.gl/maps/h8pQr Snoopies business (kennel) http://goo.gl/maps/yR84E Regards Anne Australia - who finds Google maps great for seeing where her forebears came from in the absence of being able to visit the places in the flesh at present > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 22:27:24 +0100 > From: "Antony Barber" <antony.barber@talktalk.net> > Subject: [Ess] Location in Little Bentley > To: <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <6BC7543439AE4E57A9CDD248C50DE71D@TonyHP> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I have an ancestor, William Barber, who according to the censuses lived at > Church Farm, Little Bentley. As you might expect, the 1881 census shows > him > living immediately next to the Church. As far as I can establish a farm of > that name no longer exists. I wonder if someone local can tell me if a > farm > is still there, its present name and if the house is still standing. > > > > Antony > >

Go to Google Maps Search CO7 8SE This will show a workshop with blue doors. Down the road behind the van is church farm. If you move in front of it there is a sign. or use the url below. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Little+Bentley+CO7+8SE&hl=en&ll=51.883897,1.080363&spn=0.001166,0.00284&sll=51.883897,1.080363&sspn=0.001172,0.00284&oq=co7+8se&hnear=Little+Bentley+CO7+8SE,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.883897,1.080363&panoid=dNH8L4CMI1JNckxnkq7BpA&cbp=13,242.4,,0,0 Cheers Howard -----Original Message----- From: Antony Barber Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:27 PM To: Essex-UK@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ess] Location in Little Bentley I have an ancestor, William Barber, who according to the censuses lived at Church Farm, Little Bentley. As you might expect, the 1881 census shows him living immediately next to the Church. As far as I can establish a farm of that name no longer exists. I wonder if someone local can tell me if a farm is still there, its present name and if the house is still standing. Antony ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have an ancestor, William Barber, who according to the censuses lived at Church Farm, Little Bentley. As you might expect, the 1881 census shows him living immediately next to the Church. As far as I can establish a farm of that name no longer exists. I wonder if someone local can tell me if a farm is still there, its present name and if the house is still standing. Antony

At our society the memory stick isnt allowed becasue photocopies is the way we make some money. Our members get use of the utilities free of charge but photocopies are our main source of revenue. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Morris" <gr.morris@btinternet.com> To: <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 4:09 PM Subject: [Ess] Enlarging images on ancestry > Copyright? Has anyone considered that you might be breaking the rules? > > If a stick is allowed then it must be ok but if not? > > Glyn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Fry > >> There is absolutely no need to use a camera to copy images from the PC >> screen! > > Not strictly true. If the PC you're using is not at-home, then a camera > could be > used. > > So could a memory stick *if it's allowed*. Same principle as before. > Right-click > on the image, copy the image to the stick and take home. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Copyright? Has anyone considered that you might be breaking the rules? If a stick is allowed then it must be ok but if not? Glyn -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry > There is absolutely no need to use a camera to copy images from the PC > screen! Not strictly true. If the PC you're using is not at-home, then a camera could be used. So could a memory stick *if it's allowed*. Same principle as before. Right-click on the image, copy the image to the stick and take home. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

Good morning , I was sent many years ago a copy from the Parish Register for Robert White and Joseph White. The copies are very hard to read. There are two records for Joseph and one for Robert. They are the year 1730. Is there anyone on the list with access to the parish registers that could look at the entries for me as I would like to know if they are births or deaths. Any other details would be greatly appreciated Regards Liz Maxwell

On 2013/05/19 10:37, Mike Fry wrote: > There is absolutely no need to use a camera to copy images from the PC screen! Not strictly true. If the PC you're using is not at-home, then a camera could be used. So could a memory stick *if it's allowed*. Same principle as before. Right-click on the image, copy the image to the stick and take home. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

On 2013/05/19 10:06, MICHAEL DANIELS wrote: > On many occasions I sort to look closely at IGI films available publicly. > The details too involved to take in during the restricted time allowed on the > viewer. So I simply used my digital camera to acquire pictures on the screen. > Had to hold the camera steady and without need for flash, took image after > image. Each one could be examined critically for any blurring by using the > enlargement toggle on the digital. If not clear - retake. Once session > completed return home and down-load on the PC. Exactly the same technique > would apply for documents brought up from genealogy data sources on the PC. > Most folks now will have flat screens and photos taken off such come out > extremely well and then all that's necessary is to download and then if > required, use the editing software (which came along with the camera or an > alternative - I have PhotoImpact) to crop away background, perhaps adjust > contrast. Whatever, one can magnify the tiniest of print and maybe make out > what was say handwritten and seemed virtually indecipherable There is absolutely no need to use a camera to copy images from the PC screen! Position the mouse over the image in the browser and then right-click on it. A context menu should appear on which there should be an option to copy the image. Do so - it's now in your clipboard. Open up your favourite image manipulation software (I use IrfanView for this) and paste the clipboard into a new blank picture. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

Hello, especially digital camera buffs. Ipad users, don't know about those! Just a few words continuing on this topic. On many occasions I sort to look closely at IGI films available publicly. The details too involved to take in during the restricted time allowed on the viewer. So I simply used my digital camera to acquire pictures on the screen. Had to hold the camera steady and without need for flash, took image after image. Each one could be examined critically for any blurring by using the enlargement toggle on the digital. If not clear - retake. Once session completed return home and down-load on the PC. Exactly the same technique would apply for documents brought up from genealogy data sources on the PC. Most folks now will have flat screens and photos taken off such come out extremely well and then all that's necessary is to download and then if required, use the editing software (which came along with the camera or an alternative - I have PhotoImpact) to crop away background, perhaps adjust contrast. Whatever, one can magnify the tiniest of print and maybe make out what was say handwritten and seemed virtually indecipherable Hope this is of some use anyway one can play! Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "roy stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 18 May, 2013 5:23:22 AM Subject: Re: [Ess] Enlarging images on ancestry From: "Carol Brown" <carolstree@btinternet.com> > How can I enlarge saved images on Ancestry please. > > Thanks, Carol < You need two things 1) a graphics program and there are lots of them around; 2) to acquire some knowledge and skill in manipulating images. You don't say what sort of images you are talking about. Are they census images, BMD certificates, newspaper reports, photos, or what? I use Adobe Photoshop Elements, which is the cut-down version of Photoshop but quite adequate for my needs and much cheaper. The full version is for professional graphics artists and expensive. I do a bit of desktop publishing in a modest way and find Photoshop Elements perfectly adequate If you check out the internet you should find there are a number of graphics programs around that are free to download. I am sure other listers will have a few suggestions. If there is a manual that comes with it, then I suggest you acquaint yourself with the basics and experiment - it's the only way! You need to learn something about file sizes in relation to resolution and how to achieve a balance between the two. If you enlarge an image too much, then it may become fuzzy and unreadable or the file will be too large and take up more space on your computer than you want. It's a question of experimenting, as I say, with hands-on experience. With a half-decent program you can enhance images until you get them as you want them, i.e. lightening, darkening, sharpening, colour correction, red eye fix, etc. Photoshop Elements comes with a facility for auto-fixing, so you don't have to be too expert because the program does it for you automatically and if you don't like the result you can simply undo it. You can play about with all kinds of effects too. Photoshop Elements costs �56.49 for version 11 from Amazon, which I think is the latest, but you can put it on more than one computer, so maybe you can find someone to share it with. It's available for PCs and Macs. However, shop around. As I said earlier, if you don't want to splash out on a program like Photoshop Elements there are downloadable free programs around that may be quite adequate for what you need. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As a simple computer user the method I use is: Hold Control key down Hit prt scr key Open document or new email message Cursor in new document/message On Windows 7 - message paste Whole page will be copied across Click on this new image Blocks will appear, one at each edge of document Cursor on top or bottom blocks & stretch the document out to required size When satisfactory size save document if in Word, Excel If in an email, send it or if just for your use, put yourself as the recipient & send it Penny Courtney Hampshire UK

On Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:59 +0100 "Carol Brown" <carolstree@btinternet.com> wrote: Hello Carol, >How can I enlarge saved images on Ancestry please. First thing to check is that you're downloading the largest available image. Ancestry has several download options for images, balancing image quality against download speed. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Bet you thought you knew what I was about Problem - Sex Pistols