Hi Janet I have ancestors from the Kingston and Surbiton areas of Surrey/London and so I was interested in this facebook group you mention that Terry Gale has set up. I would just like to know what the criteria is for joining it. Many thanks Sarah Hughes On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 9:28 AM, JANETHESKI via <[email protected]> wrote: > When Chris Gray put his question on the Epsom, Ewell, Cheam Memories, > Family History and Genealogy Facebook site, I responded to his query by > suggesting that the writer make contact with his 'namesake' who is a member of the > Guild.... But he was one and the same... So I felt a bit silly... > > There are three main Facebook groups started by Terry Gale and friends at > the end of November 2015. They are : Kingston, Surbiton, Tolworth... Esher, > Claygate and the Dittons plus Epsom, Ewell, Cheam etc. All are closed > groups, with high standards of contribution and comment. > > On May 12th I had been booked by a local Surbiton group to give a local > history talk, which I based on extracts from the newspaper archive on FMP. > Eight or so of the Kingston based Facebook group attended, above and beyond > those who normally attend the meeting. There has been a call for a Local > History walk of the area and a date has been suggested. > > At present some genealogical work is taking place, supported by > photographs, a marriage certificate and memories. > > Personally I have been in collaboration,on line, with a distant cousin > regarding a local property in Surbiton. > This property is in the same road as one in which Mary Georgiana Heskins > Green resided in 1928, which brings me back to Chris Gray's problem with > the name, ROWE. > > I have absolutely no idea as to how Mary Georgina etc gained the name > 'HESKINS'. She was born in India but has no connection with any of the known > HESKINS families. So how she gained the name is a total mystery...There must > be a connection somewhere. The only possibility that I can think of is that > Mary's family was in contact with Francis Heskins WINTERBOTHAM, who had > been given his second name in honour of a family friend. This young man was > in India as a soldier,but died in one of the Afghan Wars. I need to check > the dates... > > I know that people are rather sniffy about Facebook but the groups I have > mentioned are well run and have an academic approach in dealing with valid > research. > > Janet HESKINS [2281] > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > 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 -- sarah