Hi Alan: I would like to help, however I am not able to do so at this time as my husband is not very well. He has basically lost the use of his arms and legs and needs constant assistance. This has put a very limited amount of time that I can spend on genealogy. He will not get better only worse unfortunately. I look forward to any connections that can add to my Knibbs tree. Thank you for everything you and everyone have done in the past. Hopefully I will not have to unsubscribe as this emial list is invaluable. Joyce

Alan, Also happy to chip in but have never used 1837- online so hope its not complicated. My main interest is of course KNIBBS but if you need to allocate otherwise then just tell me. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jackari2@aol.com> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:16 PM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Volunteers required! > www.1837on-line now have the overseas bmd indexes available for searching. > > A quick look reveals a large number of K/NIBB/S and time, if nothing else, > makes me wonder if we could share the task of downloading amongst listers. > There's a cost element also ie £5 for 50 units. Only if one pays the charge can > the full record be seen. However, from what I can gauge on a search for births > 1761-2003, only one page per entry seems to be the norm, so every unit used > should reveal a K/NIBB/S, unlike the normal indexes where two pages can > sometimes be needed to locate the correct individual - many more for common surnames. > > > I suspect that my search for KNIBB brought up KNIBBS as well but experience > would tell us if that is indeed the case. If it is then perhaps we can divide > the task by one lister taking on £5 worth of the KNIBB births and another £5 > worth of the NIBBS births and similarly split the marriages and deaths. This > way, we might only need 6 volunteers in total but if £5 doesn't cover all of a > particular batch, perhaps on a second trawl for volunteers someone else can > complete that batch. > > Any takers? If so, please can you state which batch you would like to tackle > ie KNIBB or NIBBS and births, marriages or deaths. Then just wait a while > for me as co-ordinator to give the go-ahead - otherwise we could find ourselves > duplicating efforts. > > bfn > > Alan > > Alan Jackson > Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List > Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc > > Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ > Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit! > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

It's quite amazing isn't it Christine. My greatest surprise was when I cam across the obituary of one of Ana Rizzo's grandparents (Ana you probably know as a subscriber to this list) - her grandparents were Harold and Pearl Knibbs, They were a different generation and across the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, yet they shared the same names as my parents, also Harold and Pearl Knibbs Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <paulchris@atkinseb.freeserve.co.uk> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Phillys KNIBBS b.1904 Basingstoke, Hampshire > On reading your e-mail it just struck me as strange how names are so often repeated when you think you are or know the only one. My Mum was Phyllis Evelyn Nibbs - all completely different spellings of course and born about 10 years later. > Chris(tine) Atkins (nee Nibbs) > > > > > > > > > > Message date : Sep 27 2004, 10:00 AM > > From : "Don Knibbs" > > To : KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > > Copy to : > > Subject : [K/NIBB/S] Phillys KNIBBS b.1904 Basingstoke, Hampshire > > Last month marked the centenary of the birth of my aunt, Phillys Eveline > > KNIBBS who was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England on 11th August 1904. > > > > Imagine my surprise and pleasure when I was asked by The National Grid For > > Learning (Cymru/Wales), if one of the photographs I use of Phillys on my web > > site could be used for an online lesson for GCSE level education. They are > > constructing lessons relating to 'Women and Employment in the 20th Century', > > and the photograph maybe used in the section related to Domestic Servants. I > > believe it will be used simply as a backdrop to some questions. > > > > The photograph at > > http://knibbs.family.users.btopenworld.com/Photos/f-edmunds.htm shows > > Phillys (front left) in her first employment as a Domestic Servant, working > > at St. Edmunds School, Grayshott, Hampshire, England, which is still a > > school today and coincidentally, just half a mile from where I now live. > > > > So here we are 86 years after the photograph was taken, and Phillys is still > > doing her bit for education! > > > > Don > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > -- > > Whatever you Wanadoo: > http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ > > This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm > > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >

Alan Count me in for £5's worth of KNIBB overseas BMDs downloading. Robin

Hi Alan :) If you don't get enough volunteers, let me know and I'll chip in too. If someone in the UK can do it though it would be cheaper, the US dollar isn't doing too well against the British Pound at the moment. Had to happen when I want to start buying genealogy CDs didn't it? GRRRRRRR!!! Anyway, I'm here as a backup if needed!! :D Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany, Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackari2@aol.com To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 12:16 AM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Volunteers required! www.1837on-line now have the overseas bmd indexes available for searching. A quick look reveals a large number of K/NIBB/S and time, if nothing else, makes me wonder if we could share the task of downloading amongst listers. There's a cost element also ie £5 for 50 units. Only if one pays the charge can the full record be seen. However, from what I can gauge on a search for births 1761-2003, only one page per entry seems to be the norm, so every unit used should reveal a K/NIBB/S, unlike the normal indexes where two pages can sometimes be needed to locate the correct individual - many more for common surnames. I suspect that my search for KNIBB brought up KNIBBS as well but experience would tell us if that is indeed the case. If it is then perhaps we can divide the task by one lister taking on £5 worth of the KNIBB births and another £5 worth of the NIBBS births and similarly split the marriages and deaths. This way, we might only need 6 volunteers in total but if £5 doesn't cover all of a particular batch, perhaps on a second trawl for volunteers someone else can complete that batch. Any takers? If so, please can you state which batch you would like to tackle ie KNIBB or NIBBS and births, marriages or deaths. Then just wait a while for me as co-ordinator to give the go-ahead - otherwise we could find ourselves duplicating efforts. bfn Alan Alan Jackson Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit! ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

On reading your e-mail it just struck me as strange how names are so often repeated when you think you are or know the only one. My Mum was Phyllis Evelyn Nibbs - all completely different spellings of course and born about 10 years later. Chris(tine) Atkins (nee Nibbs) > Message date : Sep 27 2004, 10:00 AM > From : "Don Knibbs" > To : KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > Copy to : > Subject : [K/NIBB/S] Phillys KNIBBS b.1904 Basingstoke, Hampshire > Last month marked the centenary of the birth of my aunt, Phillys Eveline > KNIBBS who was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England on 11th August 1904. > > Imagine my surprise and pleasure when I was asked by The National Grid For > Learning (Cymru/Wales), if one of the photographs I use of Phillys on my web > site could be used for an online lesson for GCSE level education. They are > constructing lessons relating to 'Women and Employment in the 20th Century', > and the photograph maybe used in the section related to Domestic Servants. I > believe it will be used simply as a backdrop to some questions. > > The photograph at > http://knibbs.family.users.btopenworld.com/Photos/f-edmunds.htm shows > Phillys (front left) in her first employment as a Domestic Servant, working > at St. Edmunds School, Grayshott, Hampshire, England, which is still a > school today and coincidentally, just half a mile from where I now live. > > So here we are 86 years after the photograph was taken, and Phillys is still > doing her bit for education! > > Don > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > -- Whatever you Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm

BIRTHS....MARRIAGE...! ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackari2@aol.com To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Volunteers required! Laura > COUNT ME IN...... That's what I like to hear! Any particular preference or shall I allocate? bfn Alan ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Laura > COUNT ME IN...... That's what I like to hear! Any particular preference or shall I allocate? bfn Alan

COUNT ME IN...... ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackari2@aol.com To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:16 PM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Volunteers required! www.1837on-line now have the overseas bmd indexes available for searching. A quick look reveals a large number of K/NIBB/S and time, if nothing else, makes me wonder if we could share the task of downloading amongst listers. There's a cost element also ie £5 for 50 units. Only if one pays the charge can the full record be seen. However, from what I can gauge on a search for births 1761-2003, only one page per entry seems to be the norm, so every unit used should reveal a K/NIBB/S, unlike the normal indexes where two pages can sometimes be needed to locate the correct individual - many more for common surnames. I suspect that my search for KNIBB brought up KNIBBS as well but experience would tell us if that is indeed the case. If it is then perhaps we can divide the task by one lister taking on £5 worth of the KNIBB births and another £5 worth of the NIBBS births and similarly split the marriages and deaths. This way, we might only need 6 volunteers in total but if £5 doesn't cover all of a particular batch, perhaps on a second trawl for volunteers someone else can complete that batch. Any takers? If so, please can you state which batch you would like to tackle ie KNIBB or NIBBS and births, marriages or deaths. Then just wait a while for me as co-ordinator to give the go-ahead - otherwise we could find ourselves duplicating efforts. bfn Alan Alan Jackson Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit! ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

www.1837on-line now have the overseas bmd indexes available for searching. A quick look reveals a large number of K/NIBB/S and time, if nothing else, makes me wonder if we could share the task of downloading amongst listers. There's a cost element also ie £5 for 50 units. Only if one pays the charge can the full record be seen. However, from what I can gauge on a search for births 1761-2003, only one page per entry seems to be the norm, so every unit used should reveal a K/NIBB/S, unlike the normal indexes where two pages can sometimes be needed to locate the correct individual - many more for common surnames. I suspect that my search for KNIBB brought up KNIBBS as well but experience would tell us if that is indeed the case. If it is then perhaps we can divide the task by one lister taking on £5 worth of the KNIBB births and another £5 worth of the NIBBS births and similarly split the marriages and deaths. This way, we might only need 6 volunteers in total but if £5 doesn't cover all of a particular batch, perhaps on a second trawl for volunteers someone else can complete that batch. Any takers? If so, please can you state which batch you would like to tackle ie KNIBB or NIBBS and births, marriages or deaths. Then just wait a while for me as co-ordinator to give the go-ahead - otherwise we could find ourselves duplicating efforts. bfn Alan Alan Jackson Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit!

Alan I assume they are at Gloucester Record Archives. Peter R Thompson Bedworth Warwickshire UK ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jackari2@aol.com> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Gloucester Wills > Peter > > Very interesting, thank you. > > I suspect John was from Dorsington and Thomas was from Wotton under Edge. > I > haven't linked their families into any others so am keen to obtain copies > of > their Wills. You wouldn't happen to know to where I should write? > > bfn > > Alan > > >> For anyone interested I have found the following in the calender of Wills >> for the consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester, >> >> 1685 Knibbs, John Darsing >> 1791 Nibbs, Thomas Wootton Under Edge >> >> Peter R Thompson >> Bedworth >> Warwickshire >> UK >> > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net

"So here we are 86 years after the photograph was taken, and Phillys is still doing her bit for education!" That's wonderful Don!! :D It's nice too to know that our work on our sites is appreciated isn't it? :D Take care, Rob.

Peter Very interesting, thank you. I suspect John was from Dorsington and Thomas was from Wotton under Edge. I haven't linked their families into any others so am keen to obtain copies of their Wills. You wouldn't happen to know to where I should write? bfn Alan > For anyone interested I have found the following in the calender of Wills > for the consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester, > > 1685 Knibbs, John Darsing > 1791 Nibbs, Thomas Wootton Under Edge > > Peter R Thompson > Bedworth > Warwickshire > UK >

Don Thanx for this. Looks like George Valentine KNIBB 1780 -1817, Solicitor of Tring. Anyway he was born at Newport Pagnell but possibly brother Josiah who I've not traced into adulthood. bfn Alan > from The Northampton Mercury > > Saturday, April 30th, 1796 > > To be SOLD by AUCTION, > By Mr.KNIBB, > > At the Swan Inn, at Newport-Pagnell, between the Hours of Four an Six in the > Afternoon of Wednesday the 4th of May, 1796.

Last month marked the centenary of the birth of my aunt, Phillys Eveline KNIBBS who was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England on 11th August 1904. Imagine my surprise and pleasure when I was asked by The National Grid For Learning (Cymru/Wales), if one of the photographs I use of Phillys on my web site could be used for an online lesson for GCSE level education. They are constructing lessons relating to 'Women and Employment in the 20th Century', and the photograph maybe used in the section related to Domestic Servants. I believe it will be used simply as a backdrop to some questions. The photograph at http://knibbs.family.users.btopenworld.com/Photos/f-edmunds.htm shows Phillys (front left) in her first employment as a Domestic Servant, working at St. Edmunds School, Grayshott, Hampshire, England, which is still a school today and coincidentally, just half a mile from where I now live. So here we are 86 years after the photograph was taken, and Phillys is still doing her bit for education! Don

I would be pleased to take up your generous offer of an Excel copy of the NBI extracts at your convenience. Ihave not been active with my own family history for the last few months but I can't let your kind offer go by. g smith -- www.tasmail.com

Tracey/Julie > how strange! while trying to trace my knibbs family this other name > BETTERIDGE which is my mums part of the family crops up! > > Do let us know whether you find any shared KNIBBS/BETTERIDGE connections. bfn Alan

from The Northampton Mercury Saturday, April 30th, 1796 To be SOLD by AUCTION, By Mr.KNIBB, At the Swan Inn, at Newport-Pagnell, between the Hours of Four an Six in the Afternoon of Wednesday the 4th of May, 1796. A Very desirable Freehold ESTATE, at SHERRINGTON, late in the Occupation of Thomas Harding, and now of Mr.James Pike; consisting of a Farm-House and Homestall, 29 Acres and upwards of Open Field Land and Meadow Ground, and about 11 Acres of excellent Old-inclosed Pasture together with a Cottage and Garden adjoining to the said Messuage. For more Particulars, apply to Mr.Cooch, Attorney, at Newport-Pagnell. N.B. A Bill is now in Parliament for inclosing the Open Fields of Sherrington. To be SOLD by AUCTION, By Mr.KNIBB, On Thursday the 5th Day of May next, at the Cock, at Wing, in the County of Bucks, between the Hours of Two and Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to such Conditions as will be then and there produced (unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given in this Paper,) A VERY desirable ESTATE in the Hamlet of ASCOTT, and Parish of WING, consisting of a Messuage, with convenient Barns, Stables, and other Out-Houses, and a Close of rich Pasture adjoining, by Estimation six Acres and an Half, and divers Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, dispersed in the Open Fields of Ascott aforesaid, containing by Estimation 76 Acres or thereabouts, of which about six Acres are Freehold, and all the rest of the premises are Copyhold of Inheritance, and the Whole is in the Occupation of Mr.Wm.Menard. For a view of the Premises, apply to the Tenant; and for further Particulars to Mr.Hurndall, or Mr.Cooch, Attorney, both of Newport-Pagnell.

from the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette Thursday, April 4th, 1833 DEVIZES A Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Devizes and it Vicinity, will be held at the Town Hall, on Saturday next, the 6th of April, for the purpose of agreeing to Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, for the Abolition of Negro Slavery throughout the British Dependencies. The Chair will be taken at 12 o'clock precisely. The Rev.Mr.Knibb, of Jamaica, will attend the Meeting. Devizes, April 2d, 1833.

from The Northampton Mercury Saturday, July 11th, 1812 Oundle, Northamptonshire Prime Forest Venison to be Sold at Benjamin Knibb's, in Oundle, by the Buck, half Buck, Haunch, or Side, during the Venison Season, on giving three Days' Notice.