Here is a wonderful poem by R.L. Stevenson: http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/StevensonChristmas.htm Edna ~ Ottawa Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year

This from the QLD mailing list. Enjoy! > > "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" - For Genealogists > > 'Twas the night before Christmas > when all through the house > Not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse. > The dining room table with clutter was spread > With pedigree charts and with letters which said: > > "Too bad about the data for which you wrote. > It sank in a storm on an ill-fated boat." > Stacks of old copies of wills and of such > Were proof that my work had become much too much. > > Our children were nestled all snug in their beds, > While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. > And I at my table was ready to drop > >From work on my album with photos to crop. > > Christmas was here, and of such was my lot > That presents and goodies and toys I'd forgot. > Had I not been so busy with grandparents' wills, > I'd not have forgotten to shop for such thrills. > > While others had bought gifts that would bring Christmas cheer, > I'd spent time researching those birthdates and years. > While I was thus musing about my sad plight, > A strange noise on the lawn gave me such a fright. > > Away to the window I flew in a flash, > Tore open the drapes and I yanked up the sash. > When what to my nearsighted eyes should appear, > But an overstuffed sleigh and eight small reindeer. > > Up to the housetop the reindeer they flew > With a sleigh full of toys, and ol' Santa Claus, too. > And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof > The prancing and pawing of thirty-two hoofs. > > The TV antenna was no match for their horns, > And look at my roof, with hoof-prints adorned! > As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, > Down the cold chimney fell Santa - KEE-RASH! > > Dear Santa had come from the roof in a wreck > And tracked soot on the carpet! I could just wring his neck! > Spotting my face, good old Santa could see > I had no Christmas spirit, you'd have to agree. > > He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work > And filled all the stockings. (I felt like a jerk). > Here was Santa who'd brought us such gladness and joy; > When I'd been too busy for even one toy. > > He spied my research on the table all spread. > "A genealogist!", he cried (My face was all red). > "Tonight I've met many like you", Santa grinned, > As he pulled from his sack a large book he had penned. > > I gazed with amazement - the cover, it read: > "Genealogy Lines For Which You Have Plead". > "I know what it's like as a genealogy bug", > He said as he gave me a great Santa hug. > > "While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, > I do some research in the North Pole Library!" > "A special treat I am thus able to bring > To genealogy folks who can't find a thing." > > "Now off you go to your bed for a rest - > I'll clean up the house of this genealogy mess". > As I climbed up the stairs full of gladness and glee, > I looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. > > While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle > To his team, which then rose like the down of a thistle. > And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight, > "Family history is fun! Merry Christmas! Good night!" > >

Thanks for your reply Alan. A friend found her marriage 8 June 1811 Bentley to Thomas Goodwell (Goodall) I don't know where the information came from but here is how it is written: Margaret Barnett Female Family Event Birth: About 1790 Of, Bentley, Hampshire, England Christening Death Buriel Marriages Spouse:Thomas Goodwell Family Marriage 08 Jun 1811 Bentley, Hampshire, England Any further information you can provide would be great. Again many thanks Judy

Do any of you kind people out there have access to the births for Bentley. I am looking for Margaret Barnett born about 1790 in Bentley. Details on parents etc. would also be much appreciated. Many thanks, Judy in sunny Perth

The LDS claim that Bentley baptisms 1539-1877 are in the IGI / Family Search, though it is possible that there are transcription errors. There is no entry for Margaret Barnett apart from a patron submission, which is presumably seeking a baptism entry rather than recording one. What evidence do you have that she was born at Bentley. Have you found her on a census? Alan McGowan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Goodall" <judygood1@hotmail.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 7:58 AM Subject: [Ham] Births Bentley Do any of you kind people out there have access to the births for Bentley. I am looking for Margaret Barnett born about 1790 in Bentley. Details on parents etc. would also be much appreciated. Many thanks, Judy in sunny Perth

from another listing... Edna - Ottawa ~~~~~~~~~~~> If you would like to show your support for our Archives, please follow this link to the National Council on Archives & sign the petition: http://www.ncaonline.org.uk/announcements/save_the_countrys_memory The National Council on Archives lobbies government and funding bodies to convince them that putting archives higher up the agenda is worthwhile. Chronic under-funding of archives means that some UK collections remain un-catalogued, housed in unsuitable conditions or unused.

OOPS I goofed before Found this poem on a New Zealand List. Do enjoy. kathy "Genealogist's Twelve Days of Christmas" My true love gave to me Twelve census searches Eleven family bibles Ten e-mail contacts Nine headstone rubbings Eight wills and admons Seven miners mining Six second cousins Five coats of arms Four GEDCOM files Three old wills Two CD-ROMs And a branch in my family tree -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

Found this poem on a New Zealand List. Do enjoy. kathy "Genealogist's Twelve Days of Christmas" My true love gave to me Twelve census searches Eleven family bibles Ten e-mail contacts Nine headstone rubbings Eight wills and admons Seven miners mining Six second cousins Five coats of arms Four GEDCOM files Three old wills Two CD-ROMs And a branch in my family tree -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

Probably Dockyard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna" <ekbrit@rogers.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 8:09 PM Subject: [Ham] HAGGIS, Henry Hi, Noticed a D.Y. after the Shipwright's occupation, would that be for the vessel Duke of York? 1871 Census for Common St. Portsea Henry Haggis Head Mar 36 Shipwright - D.Y. b. Portsmouth Thank you, Edna - Ottawa

Hi Edna and All, >ITV have bought | > Friends Reunited, and with it the right to operate the 1901 census I think they have missed the boat as they say, you can get the 1901 Census most places, it is sold on CD, all Record Offices have the 1901 Census, it is on Ancestry, some libraries have the 1901 Census, it is on microfiche. People who bought these tokens to use the 1901 Census, what did they do with them, when you could use and get the 1901 Census, as I have listed above. Regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants, UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna" <ekbrit@rogers.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 1:10 PM Subject: [Ham] ITV and 1901 census | | | Received from another list: | | Edna - Ottawa | ------------------- | | Members (SOG etc. ) may be interested in this message: | | "You will already have seen the announcement that ITV have bought | Friends Reunited, and with it the right to operate the 1901 census | service (story available at | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4502550.stm). Would like you to | know that ITV have assured us that they are extremely committed to | maintaining and expanding the service, and we are confident that they | will be excellent licensees. Indeed, we understand that Friends' | expansion into genealogy was one of the main attractions for ITV." | | National Archives. | | | ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== | Turn over a new leaf - there might be a new ancestor hiding underneath | Visit the knightroots website at www.knightroots.co.uk | |

Hi Edna, I had a look at the original scanned page for Marriage. It is hand written but very clear and is Jessie Varnis. There was one Haggis in the Dec Qtr 1859 , he was a Henry. Is it definitely an Elizabeth Harris and a Jessie Haggis you are looking for? regards Jean

Hi, Noticed a D.Y. after the Shipwright's occupation, would that be for the vessel Duke of York? 1871 Census for Common St. Portsea Henry Haggis Head Mar 36 Shipwright - D.Y. b. Portsmouth Thank you, Edna - Ottawa

Just checking a possible marriage of Jessie Haggis' (b. 1861) parents: Free BMD showed marriage 4th Qtr 1859 2b 701 Portsea Elizabeth Harris and Jessie Varnis (could that be Haggis?) Cheers, Edna - Ottawa

I'm not Liz , but I have a Martha Bailey who married into COLBO(U)RNE. And my Colborne family is from the Fordingbridge area. Lynn Wheaton London, Ontario -----Original Message----- From: Gail Collins <gcollins@vaxxine.com> Sent: Dec 8, 2005 6:57 PM To: HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ham] Bailey - Fordingbridge Is Liz Buckley still on this list - your email name evidently has changed - couldn't reach you thru the Hamp surname list. GAIL in Ont, Canada -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/193 - Release Date: 12/6/05 ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== Genealogy is contagious and you don't have to sneeze to pass it on

Received from another list: Edna - Ottawa ------------------- Members (SOG etc. ) may be interested in this message: "You will already have seen the announcement that ITV have bought Friends Reunited, and with it the right to operate the 1901 census service (story available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4502550.stm). Would like you to know that ITV have assured us that they are extremely committed to maintaining and expanding the service, and we are confident that they will be excellent licensees. Indeed, we understand that Friends' expansion into genealogy was one of the main attractions for ITV." National Archives.

Is Liz Buckley still on this list - your email name evidently has changed - couldn't reach you thru the Hamp surname list. GAIL in Ont, Canada -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/193 - Release Date: 12/6/05

I am resending this query - seems it was sent before I finished what I wanted to know because none of the baptisms & marriages are on the IGI. I have been working on my Couzen family tree. My 7 gg, John Couzens appears in Havant for sure with his burial 8 Oct 1701 but I do not know where John came from. His baptism/marriage is not on the IGI. ( I have the following generations down to the present.) My 6gg is John Cosens (& variants!) baptism is also not on IGI. He married Mary POLLINGTON 4 Sep 1699 at Portsmouth. Their 1st child is born in Havant 1702. So both father John and son John seem to first appear in Havant by 1701. Query 1 : Is Mary Pollington baptised in Portsmouth - is it possible to get b/m/d for 1670 - 1750? Query 2: Are there Couzens (and variants) also at Portsmouth/Portsea during the 1670's -1750's? It seems many people married at Portsea or Portsmouth but they are not from that parish. Do they usually marry in the wife's parish? Fingers Crossed - GAIL in Ontario Their 1st child is born in Havant 1702. So both father John and son John appear in Havant 1701. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/193 - Release Date: 12/6/05

I have WHITLOCK family in my tree from Botley, West End and Fair Oak area. I also am in contact with another researcher who like myself is a member of HGS her WHITLOCK family were in Bitterne. I do not recognise any of your Christian names from my family but there were quite a number of WHITLOCK's in the general South Stoneham area. Try emailing HGS as the researcher I mentioned helps out in the research centre and will be interested in any link to her family. I will get in contact if I find a link to my family. Regards Hilary -----Original Message----- From: Lou Watson [mailto:lindsay.watson1@ntlworld.com] Sent: 07 December 2005 10:46 To: HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: HAMPSHIRE-D Digest V05 #455 Just putting my 'stuff' out there in the hope that someone will be related in some way! WHITLOCK family from Bitterne/Eastleigh/South Stoneham. William James Whitlock, married Mary Ann Dudley, in c.1888, children William Dudley & Francis (twins), Clement & Ellen. I think William Dudley died in WWI. In 1901 the family were in Eastleigh. CLARKE family from Southampton. Frederick R Clarke, born Ireland, married Helen McDonald, b.So'ton c1852. Living in St.Mary's area in 1881 & 1901 census. My g.grandfather was their son Frederick John Henry Clarke, b.c1884, married Bertha Orman from Exbury and apparently became a Master Baker in Lower Pennington where a few of their nine children were born. Also looking at ORMAN, WITCHER, ATTWOOD, DUGDALE, BUTLER... and probably many others that I've forgotten! sorry for lack of dates - don't have my refs. to hand. Lou Watson ______________________________

Dear all, I am still looking for my Paul Lavington born 1744 abt.( I know his mother was Mary). I have found a Lucy Lavington Christen 3 Nov 1742 , Heckfield, Hampshire Miriam lavington Christen 8 mar 1738, Heckfield, Hampshire. Father was Charles Mother was Mary I have checked Tony and Linda's web page but no lavingtons at all for Heckford.. If any one has access to the Parish records for Heckfield could you please see if Charles and Mary had a Paul born around 1744. This is a stab in the dark as I can not find them in Houghton, Hampshire. The Hampshire Records Office could not find them in the settlement certificates either. But did suggest that I could try searching the surrounding parishes to Houghton such as Stockbridge and Kings Somborne. Sorry to bother you all again with my dear Paul, but I am running out of options. Kind regards Jean Parker ( Australia)

Here I am Linda. I've applied to the Research team at Oxford University to request inclusion in the research by way of sending them a hair folicle, for the 'Y' chromosone tracking but I think that they have been inundated with UK Christmases. However, Thank you very much for the second of the web sites. Kind regards, Ray Christmas, New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: <Knightroots@aol.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:03 AM Subject: [Ham] Christmas Archive films > See the BBC website > http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/southtoday/information.shtml re Christmas > Archive films. > Also see Christmas in Hampshire at > http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/features/christmas/ > Where are you all? > Linda & Tony > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Parish Register transcriptions for some parishes are available on line at > www.knightroots.co.uk - click "parish registers" >