Forwarded from Chris Hayles (welcome back, Chris!): > Thought I would pass this on for general interest had it passed on to me > > This sounds promising but I am NOT impressed that yet more indexing is > going > to India. They have cocked up a lot of the indexing on ancestry. > > Chris > > > > From the recent edition of SAG's magazine "Descent" comes the good news re > Englsih BMD Indexes. By May 2008 the GRO aims to have reindexed all of its > records - by DOVE - Digitisation of Vital Events. The work is to be > carried > out by Siemens in India - and GRO is demanding 99.5% accuracy. > > The benefits will be that indexes will show the following from 1837: > > Birth: Mother's maiden name. > > Death: Age at death. > > Marriage: Cross reference to other party. > > DOVE is re-indexing from the GRO records, which means some information > re > one of your ancestors, which you have been unable to find, may be > available > at the end of 2008. >

I have just determined yet another ancestor who came from Hampshire. Most of my ancestors come from the Fareham, Porchester, and Winchester areas. I am searching for information on the DEACON family from Fareham. My ancestor was Jane DEACON, christened 12/9/1770. Her parents were Elisha DEACON and Elizabeth (?) Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Other names I am researching from Hampshire are: SHIRVILLE (many spelling variations) (John, James, Sarah) FREEMANTLE (William, William, John) COOPER (Mary, Charles) COLE (Mary, Richard) MARTELL (many spelling variations) (Sarah, Thomas) Thanks for any help, Nancy No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.6/828 - Release Date: 6/1/2007 11:22 AM