Thanks for the link - such sad reading! The Talbot was a vital repository of Catholic history in the North West and contained many items unavailable elsewhere. I have used it several times over the past decade during the course of my research into my own and other Catholic families and the staff were always knowledgeable and helpful. What is really scandalous is the apparent refusal to consider any other alternatives, nor allow any time for consultation or consideration of the options. To effect closure because one person is retiring and the heating bills have been going up is simply ridiculous and totally unacceptable. I am lost for words and feeling very angry. Dave Swarbrick On 19 December 2013 16:37, Jim Lancaster <lancaster.jim@zen.co.uk> wrote: > This link will be of interest to those who are concerned about the future > of > the Talbot Library. > > http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=23831 > > Courtesy of Chris Storey > > > > Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.) > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: racroy1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52573.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your help. I looked at that site last night and found an index for Warton of all the surnames and found baptisms for Whalley and also deaths. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This link will be of interest to those who are concerned about the future of the Talbot Library. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=23831 Courtesy of Chris Storey Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.)

It's too bad they couldn't open just in the summer if heating costs too much.  They could at least have give several months notice so that anyone who needed something could have made one last trip.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: andreakkk Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/3596.7280.3.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: mmm i have a lot of the name 'collier' in my tree but they are from Astley in Tyldesley Lancashire not Ashby de la Zoulds , and several johns about 1887 if any help Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pssaunders21 Surnames: Lowe Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/5316.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandfather. son Sgt Ernest N Lowe also in St Luke's (18 8 44) one of 9 children to W Lowe Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: warncoort1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52573.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lan-OPC http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/cgi-bin/mkindx.cgi?parish=Warton near Lancaster&type=Parish&community= Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PamelaWagster Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52573.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1851 census possibility. Robert Head Married M 73 1778 Farmer Of 88 Acres Farlton, Westmorland VIEW THEXTON, Isabella Wife Married F 51 1800 Bolland, Yorkshire VIEW THEXTON, Jane Daughter Unmarried F 39 1812 Cartmel Fell, Lancashire THEXTON, Robert Son Unmarried M 16 1835 Underbarrow, Westmorland WHALEY, Robert Servant Unmarried M 23 1828 Farm Servant Silverdale, Lancashire SHEPHERD, Jonathan Servant Unmarried M 16 1835 Farm Servant Lyth, Westmorland Piece: 2442 Folio: 437 Page: 9 Registration District: Kendal Civil Parish: Municipal Borough: Address: Durham Bridge Lyth County: Westmorland Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DoreneS72 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/13945.3.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My email is adsmith@wowway.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: josephehealy Surnames: Colbert, Fisher Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52306.4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks to all who helped. Just found via the inbound record for Catherine Colbert (Michael's sister) that it was indeed Eleanor Fisher that he departed from. I imagine a few others who came over from Liverpool did as well. Thanks much... See the 1933 record on this if you are curious - http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/27653758/person/26067181570 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: racroy1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52573/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Robert Whalley born 1829 in Silverdale. I know from his marriage certificate that his father was John Whalley. The first information I can find of him is his marriage in 1856 to Mary Ann Lowden in Crosthwaite near Kendal. I cannot find him on any census until 1861 when he was living at Emerald Bank, Above Derwent, Cumberland. Sometimes there surname is down as Waller. I am also trying to find out who his mother was and if he had any brothers of sisters. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ovington1_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52335.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The George CLARKE at 15 Eltoft street in 1871 is 48 a Watchman and Pensioner born Norwich Norfolk as previously posted, wife Jane, what looks to be Jane the widow is in the Manchester workhouse as a pauper in 1881 So I ask again, where is your Mary born and what year, if you have found them in a previous census can you post the reference and details Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kelseygrace22 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/13062.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I am just wondering if you could help me? I'm looing for my Dad and i am aware his last name is Etchells and he is from Oldham? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dvdwmore Surnames: FAIRBROTHER Classification: census Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/3596.7280.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Greetings, With regards to John FAIRBROTHER's parents Joseph and Mary, I have accessed the following census pages which may apply... 1851 - HO107/2084 f 260 p 23 - Nook, Heartshorne (attached) 1861 - RG9/2270 f 81 p 5 - Ashby Woulds, Ashby de la Zoulds (attached) 1871 - RG10/3250 - f 7 p 5 - Packington, Leisc (attached) hth David Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dvdwmore Surnames: FAIRBROTHER COLLIER Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/3596.7280.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Greetings, According to FreeBMD, John FAIRBROTHER and Elizabeth COLLIER were married Sep qtr 1886 Ashby Z. 7a 153. This is a Quote from FreeBMD: "The district Ashby Z. is an alternative name for Ashby de la Zouch and it spans the boundaries of the counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire." There are no corresponding census entries that I am able to find. hth David hth David Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sylviacronin1956 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52335.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi was the census you reffered to above defo the George Clarke from eltoft street -as if so hes not my George ,thanks for any help you can give me silv . Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sylviacronin1956 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52335.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi john and james are my granddad and great uncle -james being born in the workhouse --there are no records held about the workhouse as A---D got damaged (just my luck) so I don't know what date mary went in or whether she came out --,james and john are in kirkdale which have got records -but the records said they were put in kirkdale in 1880 by the governers of the prescot union -another brother died in the workhouse in 1880 he was called George eli aged 12--its his death certificate that says George the father is deceased --there has to be something somewhere which can lead me to his whereabouts ---my poor husband and family are sick of me talking about George --hes become a bit of an obsession lol -silv Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ovington1_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52335.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: re your mention of the family still being in the workhouse in 1881 I can see four Mary CLARKE inmates in Lancashire, is yours the Irish born one? If so she is enumerated as married There is a John and James of the right ages but they are in the Kirkdale Industrial school rather than the workhouse (which took overflow from the WH) It would be worth asking the records office about records for that at the same time Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ovington1_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52335.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If the birth was in the workhouse I would make contact with the records office, whilst its possible she was availing herself of the only infirmary facilities available to her, any woman having a child there would if admitted to the workhouse have a record with why she was there, if married where her husband was etc Divorce is highly unlikely It is quite possible she entered then left the workhouse and re-entered for a further birth The records of the workhouse should tell you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sylviacronin1956 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52335.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi again ,im no further with my George Clarke , my George was married to a mary holloran -so unless he divorced her ,this George cant be mine ,my George last address was 20 Cromwell street widnes ,that was in 1874 ---his wife mary gave birth in 1877 to my grandfather james Clarke,this was in union workhouse whiston -- there was no fathers name on my grandfathers birth certificate ---and I cannot find him anywhere --- I know he was alive in 1874 and he is recorded as dead in 1880 on another sons death certificate -the other son died in union workhouse also-so I believe mary went in to give birth as she had no means of supporting herself ,if George was alive but had left her would the workhouse not have accepted her in -as it would have been her husbands duty to support her -she and the children were still there in 1881 any help so much appreciated thank you ---also I have this death certificate for a George Clarke but its signed by sarah ann clinscow neibour -present at the d! eath ---can you help in any way ,silv x Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>