Dear Gerald I am contacting you 'off-list' as this is a specific query regarding your family name, which I noted from your email to the list on 5th May. I have traced my father's family in Sussex back to a Sally Pescett (born c. 1817 in Amberley, Sussex.) Sally (also sometimes known as Sarah), married my great, great grandfather, George Elliott (born c. 1818 in Arundel), on 4th June 1842. On the marriage certificate her father is shown as Henry Pescett. Sally and George later settled in Brighton. I am wondering if Sally/Sarah appears on your family tree? I would be most interested in any observations you have concerning your surname and any connection with my paternal family and/or Sussex. In 1881 the name Peskett appears to be concentrated in Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and adjoining counties. I have copied this to the list as a matter of courtesy but also to see if there is any response from others concerning the name and possible links with this side of my family. Lesley Hopkins 13618

I have contacted repliers to this question individually. John

Hi Terry, I knew I had something somewhere, is this what you were looking for? http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/ Good hunting, Trevor 10402 On 17 Jun 2012, at 16:51, Terry Britt wrote: > Hi All, > > If anyone has these two websites could they please forward it to me also. > > Thanking you. > > Terry Britt > SFHG No. 12067 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of adrianfslaughter > Sent: 02 June 2012 19:51 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SFHG] SFHG Digest, Vol 7, Issue 98 > > hallo all > i have been watching the emails for about one year and have found a few > quite useful. > a recent email recommended two website addresses for military dead and > casualties. > one was the commonwealth war graves commission and the other, which i > cannot remember leads to a site called casualty search which does not appear > in a google search. > > that email has disappeared from my computer, so i am pleading for someONE > to republish or resend that email with the two website addresses. > > please and thank you > > adrian slaughter, 14175, submersed in a one-name-study of slaughter in > england > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2425/5042 - Release Date: 06/03/12 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Listers, Many PARRIS researchers will have information that William PAR(R)IS married Ursula BROWN(E). My query is, how do they know this when a marriage has yet to be found? regards, Sandra

Hello all, my earliest proven ancestor is Thomas RANGER c 1724, Northiam. There are quite a lot of Rangers there but I cannot find his birth. I know they were Baptists which creates a problem. I have heard from a fellow researcher that there is a will in existence of James RANGER c1697 in which he names a son "Thomas". If this is my Thomas, his birth year (1724) fits in nicely with the other children of James. An unusual fact is that I can find all the other births of James` children but not Thomas. Can anyone suggest where I might find the alleged will ? regards to all, John Ranger

Hello all. Has anyone come across Memorial House in West Hampnett? Was it some kind of nursing or convalescent home? A family member was there at the time of the 1901 census while his wife was at home in London. Claire 7114

It's best just to delete anything like this rather than comment on it on the list. We all, I'm sure, get "invites" from networks supposedly through Rootsweb subscribers - I've had three today, each from a different list. I'd love to know, though, how to stop Ancestry sending pestering emails. Unsubscribing doesn't seem to do any good! Best wishes, Tony 9967 www.tonyholkham.org On 26 June 2012 14:42, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Brian, sadly some people have nothing better to do that send fake > E mails. > > Regards > > Jean > > > In a message dated 26/06/2012 14:40:50 GMT Daylight Time, > [email protected] > writes: > > Hi List, > > I have just received an e-mail from WEBMASTER (something or other) wanting > me to reply and confirm my log-on details and password. > > Whilst I am not sure whether this refers to our list or another (I am a > member of a few societies) I have deleted it and would suggest other > members > do the same. > > I would be interested in hearing if other members have received a similar > message..I will be posting this on the other sites I am registered to. > > Regards, > > Brian > > ------------------------------- > 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 > [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*

Hi List, I have just received an e-mail from WEBMASTER (something or other) wanting me to reply and confirm my log-on details and password. Whilst I am not sure whether this refers to our list or another (I am a member of a few societies) I have deleted it and would suggest other members do the same. I would be interested in hearing if other members have received a similar message..I will be posting this on the other sites I am registered to. Regards, Brian

Thanks Brian, sadly some people have nothing better to do that send fake E mails. Regards Jean In a message dated 26/06/2012 14:40:50 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi List, I have just received an e-mail from WEBMASTER (something or other) wanting me to reply and confirm my log-on details and password. Whilst I am not sure whether this refers to our list or another (I am a member of a few societies) I have deleted it and would suggest other members do the same. I would be interested in hearing if other members have received a similar message..I will be posting this on the other sites I am registered to. Regards, Brian ------------------------------- 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

Hello Christopher In the period you are looking at everyone over the age of 21 was eligible to vote. The "Representation of the People Act 1918" gave the vote to all males over the age of 21. For the first time women were also eligible to vote, provided they were over 30 and could meet minimum property qualifications. This ruled out married women because any property they had owned legally became their husband's on marriage. This act tripled the size of the electorate, instituted the present system of holding general elections on one day, and brought in the annual electoral registers. The "Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928" finally gave the vote to all women over 21. See http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/elections voting/womenvote/ RIP Emmeline Pankhurst! Sorry can't help with your lookups. Gillian Melbourne, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CHRISTOPHER VEAL Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2012 2:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SFHG] electoral rolls held in lewes   I am not sure if my request is possible so apologies if it is outside the remit of SFHS. Please let me know and I will then plan another visit in 2013. If it helps I am very happy to do a search for similiar items not found on-line, in Gloucester and Cheltenham for SFHG members .     I have just returned from a visit to the East Sussex Record Office in Lewes. I had a good day starting first at the West Sussex RO in Chichester then on to Lewes. My intention in Lewes at the ESRO in the Maltings was to include looking at the Electoral Rolls covering Haywards Heath area during the period 1928 -1970. Unfortunately time was not on my side and I am wondering if there is someone local to Lewes that may beable to help me fill in some missing gaps that have now come to light since typing up my notes.   The years I have missed are : 1955 to 1959 (which could be in books CC70 /156 - CC70/161); 1961 to 1962 (books CC70/161-163); 1967 to 1970 (books CC70/169-172). I just need to know if J.W.LEET was listed as resident for each of these years. His name would appear mostly with Ellen LEET. I hope I have the CC book numbers correct.   Also am I right in thinking that only ‘professional persons’ and / or ‘owners of property’ were legible to register on these Rolls. If so could someone confirm this and also when did the rules change to include all people eg male and female, professional or not (Labourers) and I guess had to be over the age of 18.   Patricia Veal Cheltenham, UK SFHG mem no 15228 My search is for a man called John William LEET, (my late Grandfather) at the address of 71 Bentswood Road, Haywards Heath. ------------------------------- 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 not sure if my request is possible so apologies if it is outside the remit of SFHS. Please let me know and I will then plan another visit in 2013. If it helps I am very happy to do a search for similiar items not found on-line, in Gloucester and Cheltenham for SFHG members .     I have just returned from a visit to the East Sussex Record Office in Lewes. I had a good day starting first at the West Sussex RO in Chichester then on to Lewes. My intention in Lewes at the ESRO in the Maltings was to include looking at the Electoral Rolls covering Haywards Heath area during the period 1928 -1970. Unfortunately time was not on my side and I am wondering if there is someone local to Lewes that may beable to help me fill in some missing gaps that have now come to light since typing up my notes.   The years I have missed are : 1955 to 1959 (which could be in books CC70 /156 - CC70/161); 1961 to 1962 (books CC70/161-163); 1967 to 1970 (books CC70/169-172). I just need to know if J.W.LEET was listed as resident for each of these years. His name would appear mostly with Ellen LEET. I hope I have the CC book numbers correct.   Also am I right in thinking that only ‘professional persons’ and / or ‘owners of property’ were legible to register on these Rolls. If so could someone confirm this and also when did the rules change to include all people eg male and female, professional or not (Labourers) and I guess had to be over the age of 18.   Patricia Veal Cheltenham, UK SFHG mem no 15228 My search is for a man called John William LEET, (my late Grandfather) at the address of 71 Bentswood Road, Haywards Heath.

Donna, The big Oxford English Dictionary gives "mault" as one of the old spellings of "malt", so a "maultman" may have been a maker of malt: one of my 17th century Clinkard ancestors was a maltster in Garsington, so presumably it was a commonplace occupation, especially since people drank beer rather than impure water. "Wivelsfield, The History of a Wealden Parish", page 146, notes "From the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 to the Toleration Act of 1689 Protestant non-conformity simmered away in mid-Sussex. Ejected ministers, such as John Oliver at Wivelsfield, went underground. Meeting with their supporters in private houses, they preached, travelled and spread the word. Though we lose track of John Oliver and his advocate Thomas Hunt after 1660, the names Olive/Oliver reappeared locally in the 18th century in connection with Otehall Chapel." On page 150: "Remembering that it was the Goodmans of Great Otehall who had supported the Commonwealth minister John Oliver, it is no surprise ......." Nothing in the book's index about any Nichollses. Hope this helps, Stan Cornford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Casey" <[email protected]> To: "SFHG SxFamHXGrp" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 8:00 PM Subject: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker",etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfield? Can anyone tell me anything about the following from Wivelsfield c1640-1660?: A John Oliver "maultman" A James Nicholls minister/rector What is a "Jackmaker"? Donna 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

jack-maker, a maker of jacks, i.e. (usually) of roasting-jacks 1727 Swift Petit. Colliers, etc., The humble petition of the colliers, cooks, cook-maids, blacksmiths, *jack-makers, brasiers, and others. Jeff In a message dated 25/06/2012 16:34:58 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Donna, The big Oxford English Dictionary gives "mault" as one of the old spellings of "malt", so a "maultman" may have been a maker of malt: one of my 17th century Clinkard ancestors was a maltster in Garsington, so presumably it was a commonplace occupation, especially since people drank beer rather than impure water. "Wivelsfield, The History of a Wealden Parish", page 146, notes "From the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 to the Toleration Act of 1689 Protestant non-conformity simmered away in mid-Sussex. Ejected ministers, such as John Oliver at Wivelsfield, went underground. Meeting with their supporters in private houses, they preached, travelled and spread the word. Though we lose track of John Oliver and his advocate Thomas Hunt after 1660, the names Olive/Oliver reappeared locally in the 18th century in connection with Otehall Chapel." On page 150: "Remembering that it was the Goodmans of Great Otehall who had supported the Commonwealth minister John Oliver, it is no surprise ......." Nothing in the book's index about any Nichollses. Hope this helps, Stan Cornford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Casey" <[email protected]> To: "SFHG SxFamHXGrp" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 8:00 PM Subject: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker",etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfield? Can anyone tell me anything about the following from Wivelsfield c1640-1660?: A John Oliver "maultman" A James Nicholls minister/rector What is a "Jackmaker"? Donna 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 ------------------------------- 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

Thanks Jeff, Think this is probably the correct definition for the era I am working in....and likely a very important piece of "kitchen" equipment that everyone probably needed/used. Kind of you to reply. Donna   The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker", etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfie... jack-maker, a maker of jacks, i.e. (usually) of roasting-jacks 1727 Swift Petit. Colliers, etc., The humble petition of the colliers, cooks, cook-maids, blacksmiths, *jack-makers, brasiers, and others. Jeff   In a message dated 25/06/2012 16:34:58 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Donna, > >The big Oxford English Dictionary gives "mault" as one of the old spellings >of "malt", so  a "maultman" may have been a maker of malt: one of my 17th >century Clinkard ancestors was a maltster in Garsington, so presumably it >was a commonplace occupation, especially since people drank beer rather than >impure water. > >"Wivelsfield, The History of a Wealden Parish", page 146, notes >"From the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 to the Toleration Act of 1689 >Protestant non-conformity simmered away in mid-Sussex. Ejected ministers, >such as John Oliver at Wivelsfield, went underground. Meeting with their >supporters in private houses, they preached, travelled and spread the word. >Though we lose track of John Oliver and his advocate Thomas Hunt after 1660, >the names Olive/Oliver reappeared locally in the 18th century in connection >with Otehall Chapel." > >On page 150: "Remembering that it was the Goodmans of Great Otehall who had >supported the Commonwealth minister John Oliver, it is no surprise ......." > >Nothing in the book's index about any Nichollses. > >Hope this helps, > >Stan Cornford > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Donna Casey" <[email protected]> >To: "SFHG SxFamHXGrp" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 8:00 PM >Subject: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker",etc. c1640-60: >Wivelsfield? > > >Can anyone tell me anything about the following from Wivelsfield >c1640-1660?: > >A John Oliver "maultman" > >A James Nicholls minister/rector > >What is a "Jackmaker"? > >Donna >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 > > > >------------------------------- >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 >

Sue, That is the only thing from reading that makes sense.  Must have been an important "job" in the village to have named his occupation when they listed his name in the record books as "Rector, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker"'.  Because he was one of, or THE, very first non-conformist ministers of that church I was suspicious it was a hint at his religious "reputation" of sorts. Thanks Sue, Donna   The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails. ________________________________ From: "Martin, Sue" <[email protected]> To: Phil Vaughan <[email protected]>; 'Donna Casey' <[email protected]> Cc: 'SFHG SxFamHXGrp' <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:30 AM Subject: RE: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker", etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfield? perhaps a jackmaker was someone who made jacks that were  used for roasting meat from Tudor times onwards? ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Phil Vaughan [[email protected]] Sent: 24 June 2012 23:25 To: 'Donna Casey' Cc: 'SFHG SxFamHXGrp' Subject: Re: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker",  etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfield? Well, I have something of an answer to question #3, Donna.  The consensus on the web seems to be that a jackmaker / jacksmith made lifting equipment, such as the jacks we're familiar with today. Phil Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Casey Sent: June-24-12 3:00 PM To: SFHG SxFamHXGrp Subject: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker", etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfield? Can anyone tell me anything about the following from Wivelsfield c1640-1660?: A John Oliver "maultman" A James Nicholls minister/rector What is a "Jackmaker"? Donna 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 ------------------------------- 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 -- *************************************************************************************************** This email and any attached files are confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately (you can send an email to [email protected]) and then destroy the email. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, and shall have no liability for any loss or damage suffered by the user, which arise as a result of email transmission. Prospects Services Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number 3042176. Registered Office: Prospects House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LT ***************************************************************************************************

The problem was solved by downloading the latest version of sussmarr.exe for the level of SMI CD, as described at http://www.sfhg.org.uk/smi/smiqueries.html. I've updated that page by adding the specific error message seen, "Runtime Error! Program: D:\sussmarr.exe. Abnormal program termination". Alan SFHG Webmaster Registered Charity No. 273726 Simon and Chris Brickell wrote on 21/06/2012 16:43: > I know this has been the subject of correspondence before now, but can someone tell me how to get the SMI CD to work? > I'm using Windows XP on two different computers, and cannot get the disc to work on either. Autorun does not start when the CD is inserted, and clicking on SussMarr.exe brings up a "Runtime Error" message and nothing else. > > The disc worked fine in the past, on an older computer, and it's a real nuisance not being able to use the data. > > Is there a way of getting the program to run on XP? > Will it run on newer versions of Windows? (Vista, Win7?) > Is there a way of getting it to work on Mac OS? > Is there any way of using the data on the CD without running the program? > Is the data available anywhere else - on-line via the sfhg website, for instance, or are there plans to make it available? > > Thanks in advance for any help/advice! > > Simon Brickell

Well, I have something of an answer to question #3, Donna. The consensus on the web seems to be that a jackmaker / jacksmith made lifting equipment, such as the jacks we're familiar with today. Phil Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Casey Sent: June-24-12 3:00 PM To: SFHG SxFamHXGrp Subject: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker", etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfield? Can anyone tell me anything about the following from Wivelsfield c1640-1660?: A John Oliver "maultman" A James Nicholls minister/rector What is a "Jackmaker"? Donna 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

Phil, I did find those same descriptions of the 1800's "jackmaker", however, I am wondering if it didn't mean something different in the mid 1600's and even more different as one who was a minister/curate/rector. What do you think? Donna   The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails. ________________________________ From: Phil Vaughan <[email protected]> To: 'Donna Casey' <[email protected]> Cc: 'SFHG SxFamHXGrp' <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 6:25 PM Subject: RE: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker", etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfield? Well, I have something of an answer to question #3, Donna.  The consensus on the web seems to be that a jackmaker / jacksmith made lifting equipment, such as the jacks we're familiar with today. Phil Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Casey Sent: June-24-12 3:00 PM To: SFHG SxFamHXGrp Subject: [SFHG] John Oliver, James Nicholls, 'Jackmaker", etc. c1640-60: Wivelsfield? Can anyone tell me anything about the following from Wivelsfield c1640-1660?: A John Oliver "maultman" A James Nicholls minister/rector What is a "Jackmaker"? Donna 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

Hi Doreen When we were sent the password earlier this year, it came from Penny Goulding at [email protected] Christine Jackson SFHG 397   ________________________________ From: Don Fehr <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 6:30:17 PM Subject: [SFHG] Password I went to login to the site today to find out I have misplaced this year's username / password. I went to the web page to request it only to get a server error. Who can I send a request to for the username and password Many thanks Doreen Fehr member 14373 ------------------------------- 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 went to login to the site today to find out I have misplaced this year's username / password. I went to the web page to request it only to get a server error. Who can I send a request to for the username and password Many thanks Doreen Fehr member 14373