Hi List, I have been missing from the list for some time. I will just post my interests. My GG something Grandparents were Lancelot Stevens/Stephens from West Firleand his wife Eleanor Ann (Ann) Burgess also from West Firle. They came to Tasmania, Australia in 1856 as farm labourers. I am in contact with a 5th cousin here in Australia almost daily. Many of you would know her. Cheers Robin Walker, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Hello Peter, Royal Mail continue to maintain a Post Office Museum and Archive, which was always separate from what used to be the national Public Records Office (now National Archives). It used to be located at St Martins Le Grand in East London, a fascinating place where I did some postal history research many years ago. It's now located at Freeling House, London WC1, and their website is at http://postalheritage.org.uk/collections/archive/businesshistory/headquarters/ where you should find details of what records are available, as you can now search their catalogue online. There is also a section on the website specific to family history research, relating to ancestors who were once employed by the Post Office. I should think it almost a certainty they will have all sorts of info on your gggrandfather. Kind regards, Mike Searle (Member No. 1586). ----- Original Message ----- From: <Percynew2595@aol.com> To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:34 PM Subject: [SFHG] Battle Post Service 1850 > Hi listers > > My gggf George Newman served the post office in Sussex (Battle, > Hastings, > Bexhill) for over 70 Years. Any ideas where I migh find more infoemation > or > even some photo's? > > Thanks > > Peter Newman > > Member 12290 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Percy, Rootsweb used to have (and probably still have) a mailing-list called POSTALWORKERS-UK. I made contact through that with a lister who very kindly carried out a bit of research on the pension records of my grandfather, who had worked for the GPO in London. There is (or at any rate, was) a GPO archive somewhere not far from King's Cross Station. Good luck! Peter McCaffery Member 10521 --------------------------------- Percynew2595@aol.com wrote: > Hi listers > > My gggf George Newman served the post office in Sussex (Battle, Hastings, > Bexhill) for over 70 Years. Any ideas where I migh find more infoemation or > even some photo's? > > Thanks > > Peter Newman > > Member 12290 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 2965 (20080320) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >

Hi listers My gggf George Newman served the post office in Sussex (Battle, Hastings, Bexhill) for over 70 Years. Any ideas where I migh find more infoemation or even some photo's? Thanks Peter Newman Member 12290

Spotted the following on Ebay in case anyone is interested in this unusual name: Item No.: 320229690005 Old Carte de Visit (CDV) of H. Fetherstonehaugh, wearing a natty Bowler and holding a Cane Crop in a gloved hand. Dated May 1878. The Photographer is Henry Spink, 109, Western Road, Brighton. Helen

He was indeed and in a remarkable tomb. I shall be guiding tours of the Woodvale & Extra-Mural Cemeteries during Brighton Festival Fringe, which include a visit to Mr Rastrick. MikeS. On 18 Mar 2008, at 04:39, Michael Burchall wrote: Mike, I have a feeling from the depths of my memory that he is buried in Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery. Michael Burchall

Mike, I have a feeling from the depths of my memory that he is buried in Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery. Michael Burchall> To: SFHG@rootsweb.com> From: mikestrong@waitrose.com> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:34:01 +0000> Subject: [SFHG] John Urpeth Rastrick> > I'm trying to locate a portrait or photo of John Urpeth Rastrick, > civil engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Does > anyone know of an image? I wonder, too, if any SFHG members are > interested in Rastrick.> > Mike Strong.> > -------------------------------> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

The site Julie mentioned in the Rastrick thread has some really interesting pictures. Use the search here http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/search.asp and put in say "plough" or "Brighton" or "carpentry" or "shepherd" or whatever you want, and a really interesting selection of pictures as well as photos come back. One of those sites that is useful when trying to understand the lives of our ancestors. I could spend (waste?) a lot of time here. Chris 12513 --------------------------------- Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! for Good

Hello Mike Google came up with lots of references. Third on the list was for a site called Society and Society Pictures. It lived up to its name, here's the reference for your man: http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10302580&wwwflag=2&imagepos=1 Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Strong" <mikestrong@waitrose.com> To: <SFHG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:34 PM Subject: [SFHG] John Urpeth Rastrick > I'm trying to locate a portrait or photo of John Urpeth Rastrick, > civil engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Does > anyone know of an image? I wonder, too, if any SFHG members are > interested in Rastrick. > > Mike Strong. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I'm trying to locate a portrait or photo of John Urpeth Rastrick, civil engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Does anyone know of an image? I wonder, too, if any SFHG members are interested in Rastrick. Mike Strong.

Hi Julie & Mike, I too found the site Society and Society Pictures but I think the picture is of the father of John Urpeth Rastrick, John Rastrick. I couldn't find an actual picture of JUR at all. I did find a picture of his son Frederick James on www.raisethehammer.org Debbie -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julie Cheesman Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:37 PM To: Mike Strong; SFHG@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFHG] John Urpeth Rastrick Hello Mike Google came up with lots of references. Third on the list was for a site called Society and Society Pictures. It lived up to its name, here's the reference for your man: http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10302580&wwwflag=2&imag epos=1 Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Strong" <mikestrong@waitrose.com> To: <SFHG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:34 PM Subject: [SFHG] John Urpeth Rastrick > I'm trying to locate a portrait or photo of John Urpeth Rastrick, > civil engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Does > anyone know of an image? I wonder, too, if any SFHG members are > interested in Rastrick. > > Mike Strong. > > ------------------------------- > 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

Dear Listers, Does anyone know anything about William David Morgan who was living with his mother Sarah Morgan in Lombard Street, Petworth in the 1901 census and still living in Lombard Street when his mother died on 23 April 1906? He was born on 4 March 1876 in the cavalry barracks in Ipswich and was working as an ironmonger’s assistant in 1901. I’m trying to find out if he was my grandfather’s step-brother. Any information would be welcome. Regards, Philippa Claiden10684 _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile, text MSN to 63463! http://mobile.uk.msn.com/pc/mail.aspx

I have just followed this link, and it works, I am not concerned by the legality or morality, of using that, that was made freely available to me. Regards Joe Austen 9934 in the good old land of OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "June Tuzewski" <june@the-email.org> To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 5:21 PM Subject: [SFHG] British Library Newspapers free trial > The following link to British Library Newspapers free trial search was > sent > to me by a friend. I haven't come across it before and thought it might > be > useful to others who are also unaware of this resource. > > > http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/palci07?id=trial&db=BNCN > > > This is a free trial of 19th Century British newspapers searching > available, > as I understand it, through to sometime in April. The Advanced Search > option lets you narrow the search: you can choose People (BMD) or News or > Notices or a combination, or you can choose 'All'. > > Regards > June (Tuzewski) > Member No: 11917 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: > 14/03/2008 12:33 PM > >

Hi I have accessed this website, no problems, and found much valuable information. Am merely a member of the public. Brenda JOYCE -----Original Message----- From: Julie Cheesman [mailto:juliec@globalnet.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, 15 March 2008 8:49 p.m. To: sfhg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFHG] British Library Newspapers free trial Beware, you should NOT be using this link. This link has been discussed on the listowners list. The conclusion are that it has been circulated by some sort of hacker and is of no use to individual people. Two quotes from recent messages are: "The Cengage page invites would be users to register - but if the registration page is accessed it is plain that invitations are being accepted from educational institutions, museums and other public bodies only. There is no provision for the general public to have access." "RootsWeb has been requested to remove & block the URL, & Cengage has been informed of the breach. The main access in the UK is through use of an Athens password by belonging to an academic institiution. Whereas county libraries have bought subscriptions to The Digital Times archives, I'm not aware of any who offer the BL newspapers from this initiative." Julie, SFHG mailing list administrator ----- Original Message ----- To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: [SFHG] British Library Newspapers free trial > The following link to British Library Newspapers free trial search was > sent > to me by a friend. I haven't come across it before and thought it might > be > useful to others who are also unaware of this resource. > LINK REMOVED > > This is a free trial of 19th Century British newspapers searching > available, > as I understand it, through to sometime in April. The Advanced Search > option lets you narrow the search: you can choose People (BMD) or News or > Notices or a combination, or you can choose 'All'. > > Regards > June (Tuzewski) > Member No: 11917

Thanks for your advice Julie. I'm in Oz and was totally unaware of the background you mention. I had assumed this was an extension of the British Library's Pilot Programme available from their website and know as Active Paper (that gives access by searchable facsimile) to a number of online papers, and which does not require registration. Your comments about Rootsweb and the list-owners are doubly interesting because the item has been shown on two other UK Rootsweb lists within the last few days to my knowledge. Friends who subscribe to those lists were the people who alerted me to its availability. Obviously the message is not getting through to some list-owners. I don't know if that is something you can follow up on in your capacity as the SFHG contact? Regards June Member No: 11917

Thanks for your advice Julie. I'm in Oz and was totally unaware of the background you mention. Your comments about Rootsweb and the list-owners are doubly interesting because the item has been shown on two other UK Rootsweb lists to my knowledge. Friends who subscribe to those lists were the people who alerted me to its availability. Obviously the message is not getting through to some list-owners. I don't know if that is something you can follow up on in your capacity as the SFHG contact? Regards June Member No: 11917

The following link to British Library Newspapers free trial search was sent to me by a friend. I haven't come across it before and thought it might be useful to others who are also unaware of this resource. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/palci07?id=trial&db=BNCN This is a free trial of 19th Century British newspapers searching available, as I understand it, through to sometime in April. The Advanced Search option lets you narrow the search: you can choose People (BMD) or News or Notices or a combination, or you can choose 'All'. Regards June (Tuzewski) Member No: 11917

Hi Melody & All I have actually visited this museum, albeit a few years ago. I've also been there again just for a pot of tea when I was working nearby for the day. Unfortunately both visits were before I got interested in family history so I just visited because I was passing by. It's small and interesting, but I'm not sure they would have any records that might help us find out more about what our ancestors did. The guy who runs it (one of the Bramah family) was there both times I visited - he may be a source of useful information, or at least be able to point in the right direction. However, like you I was unable to find an active web site, suggesting that perhaps the museum has closed. Is anyone able to check for us? It was near Tower Bridge on the south side of the river... Regards Tony (11552) > -----Original Message----- > From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Melody Richardson > Sent: 12 March 2008 01:16 > To: SFHG@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SFHG] tea tasting > > Tony & Everyone: > Fellow list member, Mel Baldwin, suggested I look in the area of > Butler's Warf in London for a museum. > I found the name of the museum: Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum at 40 > Southwark Street, London. There are a variety of website addresses for > the museum listed on the internet. Kept getting error messages when I > tried to access them. > Is there a mystery brewing? Sorry, British heritage forced > that pun out > of me. > > Melody R > melodyr@vianet.ca > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Tony Golding > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:51 AM > To: SFHG@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SFHG] tea tasting > > Hi All > > I'd also be interested in this, as my wife's great > grandfather was a tea > taster in the latter part of the 19th century. He immigrated from > Germany to > the east end of London (near the docks) and then later moved across to > the > south side of the river (but still near the docks). I haven't yet got > around > to trying to follow this up, but maybe if something useful > turns up from > Melody's request this may give me the push I need! > > Regards > Tony Golding (11552) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Melody Richardson > > Sent: 11 March 2008 00:46 > > To: SFHG@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [SFHG] tea tasting > > > > Hi Everyone: > > My grandfather, William Clark, married Violet Lucy Streeter > > during WWI & > > lived in Hove. He worked for a time as a tea taster. Family legend > > claims he went to work wearing a top hat. He either went to port > > warehouses or onto ships to evaluate the cargo. I don't > have a company > > name or location or time period (would be prior to family's > emigration > > in 1921). Any suggestions where I could find out more? UK > Tea Council > > website has only generic info. > > > > Melody Richardson > >   > >   > >   > >   > >   > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Julie, I'm sure you are correct in what you say - but the link does in fact work, and without being required to register I have just read several pages of the Hampshire Telegraph from 1844. I did the same thing last year when the offer was on - and the year before that. Graham -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Julie Cheesman Sent: 15 March 2008 07:49 To: sfhg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFHG] British Library Newspapers free trial Beware, you should NOT be using this link. This link has been discussed on the listowners list. The conclusion are that it has been circulated by some sort of hacker and is of no use to individual people. Two quotes from recent messages are: "The Cengage page invites would be users to register - but if the registration page is accessed it is plain that invitations are being accepted from educational institutions, museums and other public bodies only. There is no provision for the general public to have access." "RootsWeb has been requested to remove & block the URL, & Cengage has been informed of the breach. The main access in the UK is through use of an Athens password by belonging to an academic institiution. Whereas county libraries have bought subscriptions to The Digital Times archives, I'm not aware of any who offer the BL newspapers from this initiative." Julie, SFHG mailing list administrator ----- Original Message ----- To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: [SFHG] British Library Newspapers free trial > The following link to British Library Newspapers free trial search was > sent > to me by a friend. I haven't come across it before and thought it might > be > useful to others who are also unaware of this resource. > LINK REMOVED > > This is a free trial of 19th Century British newspapers searching > available, > as I understand it, through to sometime in April. The Advanced Search > option lets you narrow the search: you can choose People (BMD) or News or > Notices or a combination, or you can choose 'All'. > > Regards > June (Tuzewski) > Member No: 11917 ------------------------------- 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. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: 14/03/2008 12:33 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: 14/03/2008 12:33

Beware, you should NOT be using this link. This link has been discussed on the listowners list. The conclusion are that it has been circulated by some sort of hacker and is of no use to individual people. Two quotes from recent messages are: "The Cengage page invites would be users to register - but if the registration page is accessed it is plain that invitations are being accepted from educational institutions, museums and other public bodies only. There is no provision for the general public to have access." "RootsWeb has been requested to remove & block the URL, & Cengage has been informed of the breach. The main access in the UK is through use of an Athens password by belonging to an academic institiution. Whereas county libraries have bought subscriptions to The Digital Times archives, I'm not aware of any who offer the BL newspapers from this initiative." Julie, SFHG mailing list administrator ----- Original Message ----- To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: [SFHG] British Library Newspapers free trial > The following link to British Library Newspapers free trial search was > sent > to me by a friend. I haven't come across it before and thought it might > be > useful to others who are also unaware of this resource. > LINK REMOVED > > This is a free trial of 19th Century British newspapers searching > available, > as I understand it, through to sometime in April. The Advanced Search > option lets you narrow the search: you can choose People (BMD) or News or > Notices or a combination, or you can choose 'All'. > > Regards > June (Tuzewski) > Member No: 11917