A word of warning regarding the above. This warning will probably not be a great surprise to longer term listers, but is intended more for the newer researchers. On the 25th of May 2008 I took out a 1 month subscription to the Ancestry UK and Ireland Collection, on the 26th of May I cancelled the subscription. This allowed me to continue using the subscription without the need to remember to cancel it on the due date, having had experience of Ancestry renewing without authorisation in the past. I felt safe having done this. I don`t mind paying if I`m using it. but I would only use it for 4 or 5 months a year. So why pay for 12. Imagine my disgust to find that on the 26th of June they debited my card for another month. Now I have to go through a lot of hassle to get my money back. Regards Joe Austen in OZ

Thank you, gentlemen, for your very generous remarks. The job did turn out to be a bit more complicated than I had originally envisaged (don't they always!) and the biggest problem was sourcing the right drivers for the Motherboard components and for the CD and CD-RW drives. Unfortunately, the Tower that was donated didn't come with an installation CD and the hard drive had been wiped clean by professionals. However, "Google" came to the rescue yet again and after a lot of searching I eventually sourced everything that I needed as free downloads. Then the system kept crashing for no apparent reason until it dawned on me that Windows 98SE probably didn't need 1Gb of RAM, so I took half of it out and now everything seems to be working OK. All-in-all, its been a good project to work on and I am glad that I took up the challenge. Best wishes Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG NO: 3323

Yes, absolutely. What you've done would be well beyond me. Tony 9967 On 28/07/2008, ROGER RUSHTON <rogerofgoostrey@btinternet.com> wrote: > Well done Marion you really are a star. > I am sure that all SFHG members will join me in thanking you for all your hard work > Kind regards > > > Roger > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Marion Woolgar <listmail2008@btinternet.com> > To: SFHG Post Messages <SFHG@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, 28 July, 2008 5:16:01 PM > Subject: Re: [SFHG] Old Family History Programs Needed > > A couple of weeks ago, I posted a message asking for help with a new project > that I had undertaken for the West Sussex Record Office. This was to build > a computer that was capable of running some very old genealogy programs. > Over the past 20 or so years, WSRO have received genealogy data deposited by > individual researchers, many of whom have passed away in the intervening > years. Of course, this data should have been deposited in GEDCOM format so > that it can easily be transferred to a modern program, but much of it is in > an old program's native format and now cannot be retrieved without the > parent program. Some people have found it strange that GEDCOM was not more > widely used, but 20 years ago, not every programmer had signed up to the > idea of making their software compatible with other programs that were in > the market. Also, many family historians didn't use purpose-built software > because it wasn't very easy to obtain and also because it wasn't very > powerful. So, many family tres were built on spreadsheets or within word > processors. > > The response to my appeal, made on just the SFHG and Sussex-Plus Mailing > Lists, was most generous. I have been offered items from List Members in > the UK, Sweeden, Canada and Australia and jiffy bags have been arriving in > my post at intervals within the past 10 days. One day, I had 5 such > envelopes contaning a variety of CD's, floppy disks and also a 56k modem. > On behalf of WSRO, I would like to thank everyone who responded, it really > has been a magnificent effort by all concerned. The last of these items > arrived this morning. > > Now that the "first wave" of programs have been received and loaded, I have > today been able to accept further offers of genealogy packages that have > been made in the past 10 days. I wanted to see what arrived from the > original offers before accepting any new items because two people sent me > different CD's which were a compilation of programs and I wanted to see > precisely what they were and if they still worked, before accepting new > offers. > > The computer is now in proper working order and has been built entirely from > components that have been donated, so is a good example of how unwanted > electrical goods can be recycled to a new purpose. The operating system is > Windows 98SE which is the last version of windows where switching between > that and MS DOS is relatively simple. In addition to a variety of genealogy > programs, some word processors and spreadsheets, such as MS Works and Lotus > SmartSuite (amongst others) have been loaded. Hopefully, the final few > donations will arrive in the next couple of weeks and then I will be able to > deliver the machine to WSRO with the compliments of us all. > > Best wishes > > Marion Woolgar > Bognor Regis, West Sussex > SFHG NO: 3323 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Not happy with your email address?. > Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Great Job- I know that many people will benefit from your hard work- Arlene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Woolgar" <listmail2008@btinternet.com> To: "ROGER RUSHTON" <rogerofgoostrey@btinternet.com>; "Tony Holkham" <t.holkham@sky.com>; "SFHG Post Messages" <SFHG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] Old Family History Programs Needed > Thank you, gentlemen, for your very generous remarks. > > The job did turn out to be a bit more complicated than I had originally > envisaged (don't they always!) and the biggest problem was sourcing the > right drivers for the Motherboard components and for the CD and CD-RW > drives. Unfortunately, the Tower that was donated didn't come with an > installation CD and the hard drive had been wiped clean by professionals. > However, "Google" came to the rescue yet again and after a lot of > searching > I eventually sourced everything that I needed as free downloads. Then the > system kept crashing for no apparent reason until it dawned on me that > Windows 98SE probably didn't need 1Gb of RAM, so I took half of it out and > now everything seems to be working OK. All-in-all, its been a good > project > to work on and I am glad that I took up the challenge. > > Best wishes > > Marion Woolgar > Bognor Regis, West Sussex > SFHG NO: 3323 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >

Regarding Ancestry is it not possible to do the subscription through your own countries Ancestry sites like http://www.ancestry.com.au/ & http://www.ancestry.ca/ ? I know you want the UK records but at least you can ring them in your own country and ask if that subscription is available. I know the UK site has a freephone telephone you can ring to cancel a sub, but probably costs you ringing in from abroad. I have no connection with them other than a subscriber who uses them on a regular basis without complaint of service. I do not know of any other site that lets you search a census by first name and town, or first name and birthplace, etc. They started off badly but to me personally have improved, plus they pay to keep our Rootsweb mailing lists free for our use. Every company makes mistakes, though I do not defend them not cancelling when they should. Stephen Steere Orpington, Kent.

Well done Marion you really are a star.  I am sure that all SFHG members will join me in thanking you for all your hard work  Kind regards Roger ----- Original Message ---- From: Marion Woolgar <listmail2008@btinternet.com> To: SFHG Post Messages <SFHG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 28 July, 2008 5:16:01 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] Old Family History Programs Needed A couple of weeks ago, I posted a message asking for help with a new project that I had undertaken for the West Sussex Record Office.  This was to build a computer that was capable of running some very old genealogy programs. Over the past 20 or so years, WSRO have received genealogy data deposited by individual researchers, many of whom have passed away in the intervening years.  Of course, this data should have been deposited in GEDCOM format so that it can easily be transferred to a modern program, but much of it is in an old program's native format and now cannot be retrieved without the parent program.  Some people have found it strange that GEDCOM was not more widely used, but 20 years ago, not every programmer had signed up to the idea of making their software compatible with other programs that were in the market.  Also, many family historians didn't use purpose-built software because it wasn't very easy to obtain and also because it wasn't very powerful.  So, many family tres were built on spreadsheets or within word processors. The response to my appeal, made on just the SFHG and Sussex-Plus Mailing Lists, was most generous.  I have been offered items from List Members in the UK, Sweeden, Canada and Australia and jiffy bags have been arriving in my post at intervals within the past 10 days.  One day, I had 5 such envelopes contaning a variety of CD's, floppy disks and also a 56k modem. On behalf of WSRO, I would like to thank everyone who responded, it really has been a magnificent effort by all concerned.  The last of these items arrived this morning. Now that the "first wave" of programs have been received and loaded, I have today been able to accept further offers of genealogy packages that have been made in the past 10 days.  I wanted to see what arrived from the original offers before accepting any new items because two people sent me different CD's which were a compilation of programs and I wanted to see precisely what they were and if they still worked, before accepting new offers. The computer is now in proper working order and has been built entirely from components that have been donated, so is a good example of how unwanted electrical goods can be recycled to a new purpose.  The operating system is Windows 98SE which is the last version of windows where switching between that and MS DOS is relatively simple.  In addition to a variety of genealogy programs, some word processors and spreadsheets, such as MS Works and Lotus SmartSuite (amongst others) have been loaded.  Hopefully, the final few donations will arrive in the next couple of weeks and then I will be able to deliver the machine to WSRO with the compliments of us all. Best wishes Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG NO: 3323 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a message asking for help with a new project that I had undertaken for the West Sussex Record Office. This was to build a computer that was capable of running some very old genealogy programs. Over the past 20 or so years, WSRO have received genealogy data deposited by individual researchers, many of whom have passed away in the intervening years. Of course, this data should have been deposited in GEDCOM format so that it can easily be transferred to a modern program, but much of it is in an old program's native format and now cannot be retrieved without the parent program. Some people have found it strange that GEDCOM was not more widely used, but 20 years ago, not every programmer had signed up to the idea of making their software compatible with other programs that were in the market. Also, many family historians didn't use purpose-built software because it wasn't very easy to obtain and also because it wasn't very powerful. So, many family tres were built on spreadsheets or within word processors. The response to my appeal, made on just the SFHG and Sussex-Plus Mailing Lists, was most generous. I have been offered items from List Members in the UK, Sweeden, Canada and Australia and jiffy bags have been arriving in my post at intervals within the past 10 days. One day, I had 5 such envelopes contaning a variety of CD's, floppy disks and also a 56k modem. On behalf of WSRO, I would like to thank everyone who responded, it really has been a magnificent effort by all concerned. The last of these items arrived this morning. Now that the "first wave" of programs have been received and loaded, I have today been able to accept further offers of genealogy packages that have been made in the past 10 days. I wanted to see what arrived from the original offers before accepting any new items because two people sent me different CD's which were a compilation of programs and I wanted to see precisely what they were and if they still worked, before accepting new offers. The computer is now in proper working order and has been built entirely from components that have been donated, so is a good example of how unwanted electrical goods can be recycled to a new purpose. The operating system is Windows 98SE which is the last version of windows where switching between that and MS DOS is relatively simple. In addition to a variety of genealogy programs, some word processors and spreadsheets, such as MS Works and Lotus SmartSuite (amongst others) have been loaded. Hopefully, the final few donations will arrive in the next couple of weeks and then I will be able to deliver the machine to WSRO with the compliments of us all. Best wishes Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG NO: 3323

If you have any interest in the small town of Cuckfield and the surrounding area in Sussex, you could be interested in the book I have just written and published about life there in WW1. 'Cuckfield Remembered' contains the family histories of the 81 men from there who died in WW1 and who are listed on the War Memorial. Also included is a lot of social history of the town and the people who lived in the area at that time, the memorial services held in local churches, interesting letters from the men while abroad, celebrations following the war and so on. To read all about it why not visit my web site on www.woodlandspublishing.co.uk If you have any comments, more information or pictures I could include in the book at a later date I do hope you will contact me. Shirley

Dear Joe, Your experience of Ancestry is a lot like mine. Their web site mentioned a three-month subscription, which I paid for. Then at the end of three months I cancelled the subscription, at which point they tried to tell me that I had signed up for a year's subscription. I made such a fuss that they finally said I could cancel the subscription if I paid a penalty, so I did that in order to get free of their cheating. Not long after, there was a class action suit against Ancestry (in the U.S), which Ancestry lost. So I have never had anything to do with Ancestry again. Jean Seaton in Canada. -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joe Austen Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:14 AM To: SFHG-L@rootsweb.com; EOLFHS-MEMBERS-L@rootsweb.com; hampshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [SFHG] Ancestry.com A word of warning regarding the above. This warning will probably not be a great surprise to longer term listers, but is intended more for the newer researchers. On the 25th of May 2008 I took out a 1 month subscription to the Ancestry UK and Ireland Collection, on the 26th of May I cancelled the subscription. This allowed me to continue using the subscription without the need to remember to cancel it on the due date, having had experience of Ancestry renewing without authorisation in the past. I felt safe having done this. I don`t mind paying if I`m using it. but I would only use it for 4 or 5 months a year. So why pay for 12. Imagine my disgust to find that on the 26th of June they debited my card for another month. Now I have to go through a lot of hassle to get my money back. Regards Joe Austen in OZ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi   Just an addition to my previous comment on this.   Glover's 'The Place Names of Sussex' says that Thunder's Hill 'takes its name from that of Thomas Thunder, who lived in the reign of Edward VI. His name is also connected with a croft, recorded as le Thonderscrofth in 1486, and a cross, Thunderyscrosse, mentioned in 1487, both sites being in the parish of Chiddingly.'   So a Thunder family was definitely there then, but tying them in with yours will have to be done the way family historians do everything, namely backwards!   Regards   Kathleen --- On Sat, 7/26/08, Jude Charlton <jude.charlton@googlemail.com> wrote: From: Jude Charlton <jude.charlton@googlemail.com> Subject: [SFHG] Thunder Family To: SFHG@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 9:21 AM I'm new to this group and have started to research my paternal grandmother's family. Their surname is Thunder and the earliest person I can find is Carter Thunder, born 1775 (don't know where), died 1839 in Brighton. He was married in 1800 at St Michael, Lewes. I've found a large number of much earlier Thunders at Chiddingly (through IGI) and a place called Thunder's Hill nearby. I'd like to try and trace the family back from Carter Thunder and see if there's a link to these earlier Chiddingly Thunders. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks. Judith 12782 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello everyone, I am sorry for the delay in thanking all those who responded to my question re Wisborough Green. As always I very much appreciate your help. However it would now appear that I was on the wrong track, so back to the drawing board. Again thanks and kind regards, John Green, 9502 in Ontario, Canada.

Dear Bridget and John, Thanks very much! I shall relay the information to Ken! Cheers, Joanne In a message dated 7/27/2008 2:45:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bridgetmeads@btinternet.com writes: Extract from the Sussex Marriage Index: Place: Herstmonceux, East Sussex, Date: 24 Jul 1776: Subject: Thomas MARTIN Spouse: Ann REED This appears the most likely in my humble opinion. Bridget 10773 ----- Original Message ----- From: <JMBecker@aol.com> To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:31 PM Subject: [SFHG] Mary MARTIN b 1786 Herstmonceux > Hello Listers! > After a long absence, I am back at the family history puzzle again. I > have been contacted by a SFHG member who does not have access to email > and am > hoping to link his FRIEND and MARTIN families to mine, or at least offer > him > some progress. > His ancestress Mary nee MARTIN FRIEND (circa 1790 Herstmonceux- 1863 > Herstmonceux, aged 72) was probably the daughter (chr 1786) of Thomas and > Ann > MARTIN who baptised 5 other children (all at Hmcx): Fanny (1777), William > (1778), Elizabeth (1780), Thomas (1784-?DecQ 1852), and Amy (1789). > Assuming Thomas and Ann married in 1777 or earlier, would SKS with > access to the SFHG Marriage Index be able to tell me Ann's maiden name > and where > and when they married, or any other details? > Is anyone else researching this family? > Thanks very much! > Cheers, Joanne > > Joanne Mays Becker > Sleepy Hollow, New York Joanne Mays Becker Sleepy Hollow, New York **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

I have been communicating with a non member regarding the SMI, and she would like to know the difference between the library version at 115GBP and the 23gbp version. regards Joe Austen 9934 in OZ

It's a licensing difference rather than a content difference, Joe. As I understand it the standard version is for personal use and the library licence applies where public access to the program is provided. Apparently this is a not uncommon practice. Alan Joe Austen wrote: > I have been communicating with a non member regarding the SMI, and she would like to know the difference between the library version at 115GBP and the 23gbp version. regards Joe Austen 9934 in OZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1575 - Release Date: 7/26/2008 4:18 PM > > >

Extract from the Sussex Marriage Index: Place: Herstmonceux, East Sussex, Date: 24 Jul 1776: Subject: Thomas MARTIN Spouse: Ann REED This appears the most likely in my humble opinion. Bridget 10773 ----- Original Message ----- From: <JMBecker@aol.com> To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:31 PM Subject: [SFHG] Mary MARTIN b 1786 Herstmonceux > Hello Listers! > After a long absence, I am back at the family history puzzle again. I > have been contacted by a SFHG member who does not have access to email > and am > hoping to link his FRIEND and MARTIN families to mine, or at least offer > him > some progress. > His ancestress Mary nee MARTIN FRIEND (circa 1790 Herstmonceux- 1863 > Herstmonceux, aged 72) was probably the daughter (chr 1786) of Thomas and > Ann > MARTIN who baptised 5 other children (all at Hmcx): Fanny (1777), William > (1778), Elizabeth (1780), Thomas (1784-?DecQ 1852), and Amy (1789). > Assuming Thomas and Ann married in 1777 or earlier, would SKS with > access to the SFHG Marriage Index be able to tell me Ann's maiden name > and where > and when they married, or any other details? > Is anyone else researching this family? > Thanks very much! > Cheers, Joanne > > Joanne Mays Becker > Sleepy Hollow, New York > > > > > **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Listers! After a long absence, I am back at the family history puzzle again. I have been contacted by a SFHG member who does not have access to email and am hoping to link his FRIEND and MARTIN families to mine, or at least offer him some progress. His ancestress Mary nee MARTIN FRIEND (circa 1790 Herstmonceux- 1863 Herstmonceux, aged 72) was probably the daughter (chr 1786) of Thomas and Ann MARTIN who baptised 5 other children (all at Hmcx): Fanny (1777), William (1778), Elizabeth (1780), Thomas (1784-?DecQ 1852), and Amy (1789). Assuming Thomas and Ann married in 1777 or earlier, would SKS with access to the SFHG Marriage Index be able to tell me Ann's maiden name and where and when they married, or any other details? Is anyone else researching this family? Thanks very much! Cheers, Joanne Joanne Mays Becker Sleepy Hollow, New York **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

Hi can anyone help please I,am looking for a Harriett Pessnfold or other surnames are Perlifold , Pestifold , Peslifold . from Ashington Sussex 1800 1803. had daughter Harriet Martha Pestifold 1832. Brighton , Harriett Died 1872 Croydon Harriet Martha Married a Richard Pointing Brighton 1854 would anyone have any Idear please Thank you Lesley SFHG 12074

A quick note to let everyone know that my ancestral journey to East Sussex this June/July was a wonderful one.  I learned about and saw the actual building my ancestor Pardon Tellinghurst lived in in Alfriston from c1637 to 1644 and proudly showed my son all of our ancestral lands and buildings throughout East and West Sussex.   However, the very best part was presenting to St. Peter's Church, Ardingly, a needle-pointed hassock I had made over the winter.  It was the "Tillinghurst Farm" hassock. (The Tillinghurst Farm is in Ardingly). I have Barbara Lucas of Ardingly who is a member of SFHG, to thank for helping me make that come to fruition.   Thank you to anyone else in SFHG who might have contributed to this being one of the best visits to my ancestral land ever.   Donna TILLINGHAST Casey Michigan, USA If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Pearl Buck

Judith, Carter is actually in the GRO index as registration started in Autumn 1837. He is listed in the 1st quarter of 1839 - Brighton vii 182 and this will give you some useful detail when you obtain the certificate. Good luck, Graham -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of k morris Sent: 26 July 2008 09:44 To: SFHG@rootsweb.com; Jude Charlton Subject: Re: [SFHG] Thunder Family Hello Judith A quick glance at the IGI shows a number of Thunders in various places in Sussex including Lewes, where you already have a connection, and several other towns. There also seem to be quite a lot in Kent, which offers the hope that it is a localised surname. As Carter Thunder died before civil registration ther will be no death certifiacte for him so you will be very largely dependent on parish records. As you have dates for his marriage and death you are clearly familiar with seareching parish records, so I would suggest you take a closer look at the records for both Brighton and Lewes - were there any other Thunders in either parish? Or in adjoining parishes? The filmed registers are easily available via your nearest Mormon church family history centre - see a list on their website, www.familysearch.org - at a nominal fee. Also as Thunder is a rare surname, look for MIs, which may take you to earlier members of the family. Is there any particular reason you think Chiddingly may be significant, other than finding some entries on the IGI? The place name looks at first sight as though it is called after ownership or occupation by someone called Thunder, but this does not necesarily mean a direct ancestor. Kathleen --- On Sat, 7/26/08, Jude Charlton <jude.charlton@googlemail.com> wrote: From: Jude Charlton <jude.charlton@googlemail.com> Subject: [SFHG] Thunder Family To: SFHG@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 9:21 AM I'm new to this group and have started to research my paternal grandmother's family. Their surname is Thunder and the earliest person I can find is Carter Thunder, born 1775 (don't know where), died 1839 in Brighton. He was married in 1800 at St Michael, Lewes. I've found a large number of much earlier Thunders at Chiddingly (through IGI) and a place called Thunder's Hill nearby. I'd like to try and trace the family back from Carter Thunder and see if there's a link to these earlier Chiddingly Thunders. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks. Judith 12782 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-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 SFHG-request@rootsweb..com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10340e http://www.pctools.com/uk/spyware-doctor/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10340e http://www.pctools.com/uk/spyware-doctor/

Hello Judith Welcome to the group. What a lovely name to be researching - Carter Thunder! Doubtless you have his death as 1st Q 1839, do you have his death cert? His marriage to Alice Morley in 1800 - the Sussex Marriage Index states both parties were living in Lewes at that time. Do you know if Carter had any siblings? Have you tried following any of the Chiddingly Thunders forward? (I have not looked at them) Maybe you can find a family moving near Lewes ...? Happy hunting! Bridget 10773 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude Charlton" <jude.charlton@googlemail.com> To: <SFHG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:21 AM Subject: [SFHG] Thunder Family > I'm new to this group and have started to research my paternal > grandmother's > family. Their surname is Thunder and the earliest person I can find is > Carter Thunder, born 1775 (don't know where), died 1839 in Brighton. He > was > married in 1800 at St Michael, Lewes. I've found a large number of much > earlier Thunders at Chiddingly (through IGI) and a place called Thunder's > Hill nearby. I'd like to try and trace the family back from Carter > Thunder > and see if there's a link to these earlier Chiddingly Thunders. Does > anybody have any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > Judith 12782 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >