Hi all, I'm trying to gather more information about the PIMM branch of Stanton Harcourt in the 1700s. The parish registers give a fairly clear genealogical picture - albeit with a few glitches - but I'd like to dig deeper. I have discovered that the Bodleian holds the Harcourt family's estate papers including deeds and manorial court documents which relate to this parish. My problem is that, from what I've read of the Bodleian's admission policy, they don't seem to be very approving of bumbling family history amateurs and so I'm not sure how to proceed. Perhaps my only option is to find a paid researcher who would be able to locate & photograph some documents for me? Many thanks, Kev.

Hi  Kev...I  asked  Lady(?)  Harcourt  if  any  papers  in  1993...she  said  not  sorted......would  be  MARVELLOUS  if  now  available  but  might  not  be  indexed.....my  Clifton  connections had  ferry  franchise  at  Bablockhythe   from  the  estate  I  understand.  I'd  be  very  interested  in  what  you  find  about  access  to  the  records.......Heather  in  sunny  Dunedin  New  Zealand --- On Wed, 5/10/11, pymme family <pymme.family@gmail.com> wrote: From: pymme family <pymme.family@gmail.com> Subject: [OXF] Researching at the Bodleian (Stanton Harcourt, 1700s) To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, 5, October, 2011, 11:01 AM Hi all, I'm trying to gather more information about the PIMM branch of Stanton Harcourt in the 1700s.  The parish registers give a fairly clear genealogical picture - albeit with a few glitches - but I'd like to dig deeper. I have discovered that the Bodleian holds the Harcourt family's estate papers including deeds and manorial court documents which relate to this parish. My problem is that, from what I've read of the Bodleian's admission policy, they don't seem to be very approving of bumbling family history amateurs and so I'm not sure how to proceed.  Perhaps my only option is to find a paid researcher who would be able to locate & photograph some documents for me? Many thanks, Kev. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All Mention of the Pimm family struck a chord with me. They are not connected with me in any way, but I have a photo of my mum (formerly Margaret Prickett)taken about 1940. She is wearing a little pin of airman's wings on the lapel of her jacket, which she told me was given to her by her friend John Pimm from Stanton Harcourt, where she grew up. She often mentioned the Pimm family in conversations. I know this doesn't add to the research, but I just wanted to comment after seeing the name. Regards Gill Tinson, Sydney Australia -----Original Message----- From: Heather Grimwood [mailto:heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:45 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Researching at the Bodleian (Stanton Harcourt, 1700s) Hi  Kev...I  asked  Lady(?)  Harcourt  if  any  papers  in  1993...she  said  not  sorted......would  be  MARVELLOUS  if  now  available  but  might  not  be  indexed.....my  Clifton  connections had  ferry  franchise  at  Bablockhythe   from  the  estate  I  understand.  I'd  be  very  interested  in  what  you  find  about  access  to  the  records.......Heather  in  sunny  Dunedin  New  Zealand --- On Wed, 5/10/11, pymme family <pymme.family@gmail.com> wrote: From: pymme family <pymme.family@gmail.com> Subject: [OXF] Researching at the Bodleian (Stanton Harcourt, 1700s) To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, 5, October, 2011, 11:01 AM Hi all, I'm trying to gather more information about the PIMM branch of Stanton Harcourt in the 1700s.  The parish registers give a fairly clear genealogical picture - albeit with a few glitches - but I'd like to dig deeper. I have discovered that the Bodleian holds the Harcourt family's estate papers including deeds and manorial court documents which relate to this parish. My problem is that, from what I've read of the Bodleian's admission policy, they don't seem to be very approving of bumbling family history amateurs and so I'm not sure how to proceed.  Perhaps my only option is to find a paid researcher who would be able to locate & photograph some documents for me? Many thanks, Kev. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

thank  you for  email  address  Kev...Heather --- On Wed, 5/10/11, Heather Grimwood <heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz> wrote: From: Heather Grimwood <heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: [OXF] Researching at the Bodleian (Stanton Harcourt, 1700s) To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, 5, October, 2011, 9:45 PM Hi  Kev...I  asked  Lady(?)  Harcourt  if  any  papers  in  1993...she  said  not  sorted......would  be  MARVELLOUS  if  now  available  but  might  not  be  indexed.....my  Clifton  connections had  ferry  franchise  at  Bablockhythe   from  the  estate  I  understand.  I'd  be  very  interested  in  what  you  find  about  access  to  the  records........Heather  in  sunny  Dunedin  New  Zealand --- On Wed, 5/10/11, pymme family <pymme.family@gmail.com> wrote: From: pymme family <pymme.family@gmail.com> Subject: [OXF] Researching at the Bodleian (Stanton Harcourt, 1700s) To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, 5, October, 2011, 11:01 AM Hi all, I'm trying to gather more information about the PIMM branch of Stanton Harcourt in the 1700s.  The parish registers give a fairly clear genealogical picture - albeit with a few glitches - but I'd like to dig deeper. I have discovered that the Bodleian holds the Harcourt family's estate papers including deeds and manorial court documents which relate to this parish. My problem is that, from what I've read of the Bodleian's admission policy, they don't seem to be very approving of bumbling family history amateurs and so I'm not sure how to proceed.  Perhaps my only option is to find a paid researcher who would be able to locate & photograph some documents for me? Many thanks, Kev. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message