Any clues as to what island/continent/planet or country this is?? Ira Liz Boulais wrote: > Burials from the Holy Island Registers (1813-1837) > > HOLY ISLAND is a parish, eomprising the townships of Holy Island, > Fenham, and > Goswick, whose united area is 8,296 acres, and its population in 1801, > was 601; in > 1811, 675; in 1821, 760; in 1831, 836; in 1841, 809; and in 1851, 908 > souls." > [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, > 1855]. > > http://www.swinhope.demon.co.uk/genuki/NBL/HolyIsland/index.html > > 12 Sep 1833 Mabel Gardner of Holy Island aged 86 > 3 Jan 1837 Jane Gardner of Holy Island aged 43 > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb's GARDNER surname Mailing List > Acceptable Use Policy at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html > -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Northumberland is in northeastern England - any farther north and you're in Scotland, any farther east and you're in water. Holy Island was originally known as Lindisfarne - http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/vg/berwick.html#holyisland --- "Ira W. Gardner Sr." <gardner@cet.com> wrote: > Any clues as to what island/continent/planet or > country this is?? > > Ira > > Liz Boulais wrote: > > > Burials from the Holy Island Registers (1813-1837) > > > > HOLY ISLAND is a parish, eomprising the townships > of Holy Island, > > Fenham, and > > Goswick, whose united area is 8,296 acres, and its > population in 1801, > > was 601; in > > 1811, 675; in 1821, 760; in 1831, 836; in 1841, > 809; and in 1851, 908 > > souls." > > [From History, Topography, and Directory of > Northumberland, Whellan, > > 1855]. > > > > > http://www.swinhope.demon.co.uk/genuki/NBL/HolyIsland/index.html > > > > 12 Sep 1833 Mabel Gardner of Holy Island aged 86 > > 3 Jan 1837 Jane Gardner of Holy Island aged 43 > > > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > > Rootsweb's GARDNER surname Mailing List > > Acceptable Use Policy at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html > > -- List admin. > darrellm@sprynet.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > An intolerance for irrelevancies and an inability to > filter out > unneeded information are not positive traits in > genealogists. > -- List admin. > darrellm@sprynet.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/