Thanks Mike for letting us know that the site has some new material.  It's a great site as you've noted for those with Derbyshire ancestry. Samuel Slater came from Belper in Derbyshire.  For all the times I've gone to Slater Mill in Pawtucket for one event or another, I've rarely considered who else may have come to RI from Belper and the surrounding area to assist in getting his new cotton mill in Pawtucket up and running. Linda --- On Tue, 8/5/08, mike spencer <mikedecc9@sky.com> wrote: From: mike spencer <mikedecc9@sky.com> Subject: [RI] YESTERDAYS UPDATED To: RIGENWEB@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 5:04 PM Hi list, for those with British ancestry the Yesterdays site (link below) now contains thousands of names that appear on official documents found in Derbyshire, England. These documents contain the names of folks not just from Derbyshire but also from throughout the British Isles. Why they were in Derbyshire and not the Counties they would expect to be in can be for numerous reasons. Settlement Certificates; give the names of people who had left one parish for a new one. Should they fall on hard times, then the "new" parish had a right to send them back Settlement Examinations: were conducted to ascertain a persons last legal settlement before being removed to that place. These documents can give a lot of very interesting details. Removal Orders; were the instrument by which means a person(s) were removede to their last legal Settlement. Also included is a section on Rogues and Vagabonds, Bastardy, Apprenticeships and Miscellany, plus other categories. If your ancestor is missing, they may just show up here. mike. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm ------------------------------- RIGENWEB MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list name, the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search the list archives or find other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message