Hi Alan Have just checked the postcodes on Royal Mail but nothing is listed. Will try the City Council for you tomorrow. Chris and Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanbooth" <alanbooth@supanet.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 8:41 PM Subject: [HantsLife] HILLMER and FERGUSON. Hello List, Copying this to Hampshire Life also. Already have good info on these two families but now researching further: The Chase, Winchester Road, Bassett. Home, in the early 1900s, of William & Elizabeth (nee Mentor) HILLMER and their young daughter Dora Irene Hillmer. Otley House, Winchester Road, Bassett. Home, in the early 1900s, of William John and Helen Louisa (nee Tyler) FERGUSON and family. Both families were related and owners of photographic studios in coastal Sussex, Hampshire and Dorset. Could sks please advise: a. Do these two properties still exist?. b. Any information on the fate or descendants of the Hillmers and Fergusons?. Be really great if we could establish a present day link. Thank you Alan Booth ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire List Administrators: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages EMAIL: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish church history, village photographs, and other useful information for genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites ============================== 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 --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18/06/2003