Several years ago I was given a copy of a "Woolven" family tree from a member (as I thought) of the 'Woolven One Name Group'. After recent correspondence with another researcher I have reason to doubt some of its content, and thought I would check back with the group only to find it does not exist now. I am trying to find the parents of Richard Woolvin born 1650-1656 in (I believe) West Grinstead. I have believed his parents to be Richard & Anne but recent contacts have suggested Richard & Leah. I do know that the PR Transcript for West Grinstead show a birth for a Richard in 1851 to Richard & Leah but I am wondering if anybody else has this family in their tree and can confirm this for me. I need to sort this question out as if my earlier information is wrong I lose 4 generations of ancestors, but I would rather lose them than claim them incorrectly. Hope somebody can help Wyn Burgess 3812

Just to check is it 1851 or 1651? Cathy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wyn Sent: 03 October 2012 04:59 To: [email protected] Subject: [SFHG] Woolven Several years ago I was given a copy of a "Woolven" family tree from a member (as I thought) of the 'Woolven One Name Group'. After recent correspondence with another researcher I have reason to doubt some of its content, and thought I would check back with the group only to find it does not exist now. I am trying to find the parents of Richard Woolvin born 1650-1656 in (I believe) West Grinstead. I have believed his parents to be Richard & Anne but recent contacts have suggested Richard & Leah. I do know that the PR Transcript for West Grinstead show a birth for a Richard in 1851 to Richard & Leah but I am wondering if anybody else has this family in their tree and can confirm this for me. I need to sort this question out as if my earlier information is wrong I lose 4 generations of ancestors, but I would rather lose them than claim them incorrectly. Hope somebody can help Wyn Burgess 3812 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2441/5305 - Release Date: 10/02/12

Can anyone explain what 'Universal Legatee for Life' means in practice? Context = man dies in 1855, widow still alive but she was the second wife with no kids to that marriage. Man makes daughter from first marriage his Universal Legatee for Life. He was a horse-dealer and I'm thinking he may have had unfinished business that he wanted his daughter to complete for him. I only have Letters of Administration (Effects were less than £50) and the man in question and his second wife were not living together for previous two censuses. I'm guessing they might have separated. But I would like to know what that phrase actually means. My attempts at googling it suggest it does not necessarily mean daughter inherited everything. Thanks, Cordelia 14526

Hi Donna, The Church of England Clergy Database shows that George Goring Esquire was the patron of Streat when John Tillinghast was inducted. Michael Burchall > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:50:54 -0700 > From: [email protected]o.com > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SFHG] Who appointed parish priest/vicar in Streat c1570-1600? > > Does anyone know who would have appointed the parish priest/vicar in Streat c1570 - 1600? Or how can I find out? > > Was there a Squire who lived at Streat Place mid 1500's to 1600? > > I do know that Richard Tichborn/e of Cowden, Kent appointed or had great influence on the appointment c1637-1642...but I am interested in before that time. > > Any information or direction will be most appreciated. > > Donna > In a colourful fall Michigan, USA > > The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The latest SussexLink, Sussex Family History Group's e-newsletter, has now been published. See it at http://www.sfhg.org.uk/sussexlink.html. Or send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] to subscribe. Trevor

Does anyone know who would have appointed the parish priest/vicar in Streat c1570 - 1600?  Or how can I find out?   Was there a Squire who lived at Streat Place mid 1500's to 1600? I do know that Richard Tichborn/e of Cowden, Kent appointed or had great influence on the appointment c1637-1642...but I am interested in before that time. Any information or direction will be most appreciated. Donna In a colourful fall Michigan, USA   The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.

To: SFHG Mailing List on behalf of The Blaker Society member of the Guild of One Name Studies. The Blaker Society wishes to maintain a close relationship between themselves and SFHG as so many of the BLAKERs have been in Sussex. Now that they require a new webmaster for their website (www.blaker.org.uk) they would like someone who is already a member of SFHG. The position would be poorly paid ("it would involve an initial payment for set up and ongoing retainers on a monthly basis"). The Blakers are involved with Heraldry requiring coloured depictions of Arms. In addition they have a Paypal account and want the site set up for E Commerce. If anyone is interested perhaps they would contact me, Judy Excell, and I will forward their email to Rod Blaker and Ken Toll. Rod Blaker says: "It would certainly be a plus is someone connected with SFHG could take the position, because the One Name Study is about Blaker, and Blaker is, except in the rarest of instances, a Sussex name, since 1279 or 1296 if I recall. "We have a Committee of about 12 people, and registered users at the moment of about 30; but I hope to move on the accumulated 100 plus email addresses, and see whether we can keep these people interested and volunteering, based on a blog, and also on a wiki, both of which will need to show on the website."

Sussex Family History Group will be hosting our bookstall and help desk at the Hampshire GS Open Day on Sunday 30 Sept 10.00am - 4.00pm. Horndean Technology College, Merchistoun Road, Horndean, PO8 9 PQ. See also hgs-online.org.uk There will be several talks and lots of stands from other societies etc. Why not come along and say hello! Roy Winchester Publicity Officer & Chairman Chichester Meeting Centre Sussex Family History Group Publicity: [email protected] Chichester: [email protected] Website: www.sfhg.org.uk

Due to unexpected circumstances, Chris Hare has had to revise the topic for his talk on Wednesday 26th Sept To Chichester Meeting Centre. The revised topic is about “Schooling in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries” and is based on information collected from West Sussex school log books. I hope this will still be of interest to you and hope to see you. Regards Roy Winchester Chairman Chichester Meeting Centre Sussex Family History Group Chichester: [email protected] Website: www.sfhg.org.uk

Hello Donna, In Giles Jacob's " A New Law Dictionary", published in 1750, the details for the word "Age" state that "Fourteen is the Age by Law to be a Witness". I have not yet found a similar book published in the 17th century but perhaps Google Books or one of the similar sites has one. I was interested to see that you have the age of the witness. I have a few names going back to that century, but I have not been able to identify their birth dates. You are fortunate indeed ! Jim Halsey On 22 September 2012 16:32, Donna Casey <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone direct me to any on-line sources to read about 17th C law. I > am still muddled about that 12-year old boy witnessing the will. > > > > >

Hi Roger, I've just checked and it's working OK for me. Regards Lara On 23/09/2012 23:23, ROGER RUSHTON wrote: > The Data Archive appears to be out of action. If so when will it be functional again? > > > Regards > > > Roger > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

The Data Archive appears to be out of action.  If so when will it be functional again? Regards Roger

Storrington & District Museum will be holding their annual Family History Day on Sunday 21 October from 10am to 4pm. Admission is £2 and refreshments are available. More information about the event is available on their web site at http://storringtonmuseum.org/famhist.html and location details at http://storringtonmuseum.org/findus.html . The SFHG Events Team will be there, so why not come along and say 'hello'? If you need a bit of help with your research, why not bring the details along with you and see if we can help? Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG Member No: 3323

Someone may correct me, but I didn't think that opening an email itself was unsafe, whereas clicking on an unknown link within an email could be. Tony 9967 www.tonyholkham.org On 21 September 2012 23:26, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > I am receiving a high number of emails from the list with no subject. > I delete these without opening them to be safe. Has the list been > hacked? > > Jean Farquhar > 10168 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- _________________ Tony Holkham * Writer * *www.tonyholkham.co.uk*

Thanks for that reassurance Jean Farquhar >----Original Message---- >From: [email protected] >Date: 22/09/2012 6:29 >To: <[email protected] com> >Subj: Re: [SFHG] deleting emails > >Of the recent three with no subject, one was about how to unsubscribe and two emails commented on that one so they >were genuine emails. > >Hilary > > >Quoting "jean. [email protected]" <[email protected]>: > >> I am receiving a high number of emails from the list with no subject. >> I delete these without opening them to be safe. Has the list been >> hacked? >> >> Jean Farquhar >> 10168 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 SFHG- [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Can anyone direct me to any on-line sources to read about 17th C law.  I am still muddled about that 12-year old boy witnessing the will. I have now run across another situation in which I need to decide if the male person witnessing a will in 1649 is the son or the brother....and age will be the deciding factor. I dislike putting information in my book that is not fully correct and/or cannot be supported by a confirmed source. Thanks for any help you can be, Donna In a very cool, sunny, and colourful fall day in Michigan   The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Of the recent three with no subject, one was about how to unsubscribe and two emails commented on that one so they were genuine emails. Hilary Quoting "[email protected]" <[email protected]>: > I am receiving a high number of emails from the list with no subject. > I delete these without opening them to be safe. Has the list been > hacked? > > Jean Farquhar > 10168 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > --

I am receiving a high number of emails from the list with no subject. I delete these without opening them to be safe. Has the list been hacked? Jean Farquhar 10168

diy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Bonner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 8:59 PM Subject: [SFHG] (no subject) > Please unsubscribe me from this list. I have found what I was looking for > through you and through ancestry. > Cathy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5283 - Release Date: 09/21/12 >

Good old Joe, always good for a laugh! John