In addition to the suggestion from Christine Jackson re Wisborough Green, you might like to take a look at the parish of Fernhurst (sometimes spelt Farnhurst). The Sussex Marriage Index shows a large cluster of marriages there (plus some associated Licences) and they are regularly spaced from the mid-16th century to the early 19th Century. The Fernhurst baptisms & burials are on the SFHG Frontis site. There are also eight wills proved in Chichester Archdeaconry up to 1800, including three from Fernhurst and two from Wisborough Green. I can send you a copy of the page off-List if you would like to have it and the wills have been filmed by the LDS, so you ought to be able to view them at your local Family History Centre. The Wiki on the FamilySearch web site will provide extra details. You will find more HOWICK wills that were proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury pre-1858 and these can be found on Ancestry and also on the TNA web site. As you have firm evidence that your family lived in Easebourne at one time, it is possible that they lived on land within one of the various Cowdray Manors which had extensive holdings in that part of Sussex. These records can be a little difficult to use, but they are an extra source of information to use in conjunction with parish register entries. The Cowdray volumes have been deposited at WSRO and most have now been filmed. Before 1733, the records are written in Latin except for the Commonwealth period of 1649 to 1660. However, there is often a contemporaneous surname index within each Court Book that will direct you to particular folios and it is comparatively easy to pick out names and places within a particular paragraph. I have used these records in the past to sort out research problems relating to my husband's family who also lived in this part of Sussex. Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG Member No: 3323

Hi again, Lynne Further to Vic's message & to my previous one, there definitely was a family of Howicks in Wisborough Green (WG). You might want to investigate there first. The SFHG online Data Archive has a number of Howicks scattered over West Sx. But also in the People Index at that site is a reference to a 1734 inventory for a John Howick, farmer of WG (though his burial is not in the database) who may well have been William's ancestor - Entry Id 103191 Entry John Howick, Farmer Date: 1734 February 04 Parish: Wisborough Green, Wsx WSRO Ref: STCI/36 F.240 Sourcelink 148 = inventory Christine Jackson SFHG 397 ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynne Howick via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> To: "SFHG@rootsweb.com" <SFHG@rootsweb.com> Cc: Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 11:02 PM Subject: [SFHG] HOWICK / RELPH or RELF It is ages since I last sent an email, it's now time to try and tear down my brick wall. This is what I have .... William HOWICK & Mary RELPH were married 14 May 1776 in Easebourne. as per SMI -Place: Easebourne, West Sussex, Date: 14 May 1776:Subject: William HOWICK, bachSpouse: Mary RELPH, sp wcop (B) - wcop = 'with consent of parents'Extra Information: Witness wit: Edm.POWELL; Jn.DURMAN Their son John was baptised 19 May 1780 at Woolbeding, All Hallows. John married Sarah WHITE 22 Jul 1802 as per SMI -Place - Woolbeding, West Sussex; Date - 22 Jul 1802; Subject - John HOWICK, bachelor; Spouse - Sarah WHITE, spinster; Both of This Parish, by Banns ; Witnesses - Jn. KNIGHT, Eliz. W. John HOWICK was my husband's ggg-grandfather. It's William HOWICK & Mary RELPH who eludes me completely. Any ideas, anyone? Lynne Howick#8991 ------------------------------- 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 Lynne I would say that William's baptism is probably the following one from FamilySearch, given the father's name which is the same as William & Mary's son - William Howick England Births and Christenings Name William Howick Gender Male Christening Date 18 Aug 1754 Christening Place WISBOROUGH GREEN,SUSSEX,ENGLAND Father's Name John Howick Mother's Name Mary On a quick search I can't find a marriage for John & Mary in FamilySearch or Ancestry anywhere in England. If you consider the spelling of the surname may be different because of phonetic spelling in earlier times, Findmypast has a John Hack & Mary Saunders marrying by licence in 1751 somewhere in Surrey - First name(s)John Last name Hack Marriage year1750 Spouse's first name(s)Mary Spouse's last name Saunders Place Surrey Commissary Marriage Licences County Surrey Country England Source Boyd's 1st miscellaneous marriage index, 1415-1808 Record set England, Boyd's marriage indexes, 1538-1850 Good luck Christine Jackson SFHG 397 ________________________________ From: Lynne Howick via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> To: "SFHG@rootsweb.com" <SFHG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 11:02 PM Subject: [SFHG] HOWICK / RELPH or RELF It is ages since I last sent an email, it's now time to try and tear down my brick wall. This is what I have .... William HOWICK & Mary RELPH were married 14 May 1776 in Easebourne. as per SMI -Place: Easebourne, West Sussex, Date: 14 May 1776:Subject: William HOWICK, bachSpouse: Mary RELPH, sp wcop (B) - wcop = 'with consent of parents'Extra Information: Witness wit: Edm.POWELL; Jn.DURMAN Their son John was baptised 19 May 1780 at Woolbeding, All Hallows. John married Sarah WHITE 22 Jul 1802 as per SMI -Place - Woolbeding, West Sussex; Date - 22 Jul 1802; Subject - John HOWICK, bachelor; Spouse - Sarah WHITE, spinster; Both of This Parish, by Banns ; Witnesses - Jn. KNIGHT, Eliz. W. John HOWICK was my husband's ggg-grandfather. It's William HOWICK & Mary RELPH who eludes me completely. Any ideas, anyone? Lynne Howick#8991 ------------------------------- 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 have a note relating to Wisborough Green churchyard graves that reads:- Here lyeth by his parents John Howick who departed this life 22/5/1744 age 40 of Loxwood Place Not sure if you have this information or whether it is of any use. Vic 9082

It is ages since I last sent an email, it's now time to try and tear down my brick wall. This is what I have .... William HOWICK & Mary RELPH were married 14 May 1776 in Easebourne. as per SMI -Place: Easebourne, West Sussex,  Date: 14 May 1776:Subject: William HOWICK, bachSpouse: Mary RELPH, sp wcop (B) - wcop = 'with consent of parents'Extra Information: Witness wit: Edm.POWELL; Jn.DURMAN Their son John was baptised 19 May 1780 at Woolbeding, All Hallows. John married Sarah WHITE 22 Jul 1802 as per SMI -Place - Woolbeding, West Sussex; Date - 22 Jul 1802; Subject - John HOWICK, bachelor; Spouse - Sarah WHITE, spinster; Both of This Parish, by Banns ; Witnesses - Jn. KNIGHT, Eliz. W. John HOWICK was my husband's ggg-grandfather. It's William HOWICK & Mary RELPH who eludes me completely. Any ideas, anyone? Lynne Howick#8991

Hi Karen You may wish to register your unwanted certificates, for free, at Certificate Exchange - http://www.certificate-exchange.co.uk/ "This web site provides a free service for genealogists and family historians who would like to offer their unwanted BMD certificates, wills or medal rolls to other family historians who are researching ancestors with the same name. Listing your spare birth certificates, marriage certificates or death certificates is completely free!  All we ask is that you register with the site in order to list an unwanted certificate or to make an enquiry about a particular unwanted certificate. This means that people can enquire about your certificates whilst ensuring your privacy" Christine JacksonSFHG 397 From: Karen Lynas via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> To: "sfhg@rootsweb.com" <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 4:56 PM Subject: [SFHG] Unwanted Birth Certificate I have recently obtained a copy of a Birth Certificate from the General Register Office for Herbert Sargent, b 3rd May 1845 in Northiam, son of George and Caroline (nee Baker) Sargent. If this is of any use to anybody, send your address, and I will post it on, or I can scan and email. Alternatively, is there a repository within SFHG for such certificates? I was hoping this would be for my gt gt gt grandfather Herbert Sargent who was, according to the census returns, born between 1843 - 1845 in Beckley, as this is the only likely birth registered around that time according to BMD. Can anyone tell me if it was common for births not to be registered in those times? Karen Lynas 14897 ------------------------------- 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

It might be possible to find a baptism in the parish records at The Keep. Lots of births missed being registered in the early years of registration. Sent from my hudl On 23 Sep 2015 21:56, Karen Lynas via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I have recently obtained a copy of a Birth Certificate from the General > Register Office for Herbert Sargent, b 3rd May 1845 in Northiam, son of > George and Caroline (nee Baker) Sargent. > If this is of any use to anybody, send your address, and I will post it on, > or I can scan and email. > > Alternatively, is there a repository within SFHG for such certificates? > > I was hoping this would be for my gt gt gt grandfather Herbert Sargent who > was, according to the census returns, born between 1843 - 1845 in Beckley, > as this is the only likely birth registered around that time according to > BMD. > > Can anyone tell me if it was common for births not to be registered in > those times? > > Karen Lynas > 14897 > > ------------------------------- > 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 have recently obtained a copy of a Birth Certificate from the General Register Office for Herbert Sargent, b 3rd May 1845 in Northiam, son of George and Caroline (nee Baker) Sargent. If this is of any use to anybody, send your address, and I will post it on, or I can scan and email. Alternatively, is there a repository within SFHG for such certificates? I was hoping this would be for my gt gt gt grandfather Herbert Sargent who was, according to the census returns, born between 1843 - 1845 in Beckley, as this is the only likely birth registered around that time according to BMD. Can anyone tell me if it was common for births not to be registered in those times? Karen Lynas 14897

An uncle who was born on 9th October 1897 died aged less than one year old in the 2nd quarter of 1898. He was born and died at 37, Blatchington Road, Hove, Sussex. His father was a butler at that address according to Leonard's birth certificate. Can anyone advise me where he was likely to be buried. His parents belonged to the Church of England but I can find no records of him in any cemetery in that area. His name was Leonard John Victor Sangster and his father was Harry Palmer Sangster. Any help to find his burial place would be much appreciated. Shirley Bond

Monumental inscriptions, small headstone. Parker. In memory of /Lucy/wife of Thomas Parker who died July (….)/aged 29 years/also of Susan (…) 1760 wife of/ the above Thomas Parker/who died April 28th 1788/aged 52 years Burial entry. Lucy wife of William (b.t.) buried 29th of June 1760. Susanna buried 29th April1788. In my transcripts of Apuldram. Buried Lucy Parker 29/6/1760. Straight under that the same but no month or day Buried Susanna Parker 29/4/1788 aged 5 months old daughter of Edward and Elizabeth. Died 24/2/1788 On 20 Sep 2015, at 19:19, Viv Chandler via wrote: > I wonder if anybody is going to the WSRO soon who could look up a burial in > the OPRs of Appledram for me please. I am interested in the exact wording > of the entry for Lucy PARKER who was buried around June/July in 1760. From > the transcript on Frontis it appears as if there are two Lucy PARKERS buried > within days of one another. I suspect it is difficult to read but I would > just like to double check the entries with the original. I am interested in > Lucy, the wife of Thomas PARKER of Chichester - several other members of the > family were buried at Appledram. > > I was also very sad to hear about Colin Excell - I have memories of Colin > and Judy at the early SFHG conferences when I was able to attend them and > they were always very friendly. Please pass on my condolences to Judy. > > Many thanks > Vivien Chandler > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 am intending to visit WSRO on Saturday and I will check the parish register for you then. Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG Member No: 3323

I wonder if anybody is going to the WSRO soon who could look up a burial in the OPRs of Appledram for me please. I am interested in the exact wording of the entry for Lucy PARKER who was buried around June/July in 1760. From the transcript on Frontis it appears as if there are two Lucy PARKERS buried within days of one another. I suspect it is difficult to read but I would just like to double check the entries with the original. I am interested in Lucy, the wife of Thomas PARKER of Chichester - several other members of the family were buried at Appledram. I was also very sad to hear about Colin Excell - I have memories of Colin and Judy at the early SFHG conferences when I was able to attend them and they were always very friendly. Please pass on my condolences to Judy. Many thanks Vivien Chandler

I have just heard that Findmypast is opening their datasets free of charge for 3 days from 18 to 21 September. Further details are available at http://www.findmypast.co.uk/freeweekend?utm_source=fmp&utm_medium=email&utm_ content=554797-A-13-A&utm_campaign=freeweekend&utm_term=freeweekend&dclid=CK yXwtqx-8cCFeU72wodghoIKw . I suggest that you copy & paste that URL into your browser to make sure that you get it all in. I am also posting this message to the Sussex-Plus List, so my apologies if you should receive it twice. Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG Member No: 3323

Please can anybody tell me where I might find records for Congregational churches in Brighton. Wyn Burgess 3813

Deepest sympathy to all concerned Jean Armour formerly Towner

Dear Mick With great sympathy Jeff Tribe ONS In a message dated 10/09/2015 20:51:43 GMT Daylight Time, sfhg@rootsweb.com writes: Dear all, I am sorry this has taken a while to do, but I have to inform you all that last Monday Colin Excell died. He will be a great loss to the SFHG and most of you will be aware of how much effort and work he put into the Group. We all feel the loss deeply and it will take us a while to pick up everything he did for us and ensure it is still done by someone. I will let you all know about the funeral arrangements nearer the time but meanwhile we can hold Judy in our thoughts and prayers. Thank you. Mick Henry Chair SFHG ------------------------------- 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 too would also like to express my sorrow at the death of Colin. I never knew him personally but I have been to meetings etc which he hosted and I really appreciate all the work that he has done the Society. We will greatly miss him. My sympathy to Judy, Susan Martin

As another overseas SFHG member I was sad to read of Colin's passing. I met Colin and Judy in April 2014 at The Keep and then later at the SFHG conference. They made me feel so welcome. For some reason the image and memory of meeting Colin has stayed with me as the most memorable event of my trip, and I think it was because I was so impressed by the quality of the man. He was energetic, caring, intelligent and I could tell that he was a very good leader for the SFHG. His speeches at the conference re-affirmed this. I could also tell that he and Judy were not just husband and wife, but life-long friends. So sad to see a person of this calibre leave us and I want to say how grateful I am for his contribution to the SFHG. I am constantly amazed at the work done by the SFHG with the county-wide indexes, the wills depository, etc. In my experience there is no other family history group in the UK which has done so much (and got it right!). Geoffrey Barber Perth Western Australia On 11 September 2015 at 05:50, DeAnn McAllan via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > As someone from the US, I never knew Colin…but after reading the below, I > can see that he contributed much to SFHG. I belong to a genealogy group in > Wisconsin and it is very hard finding good volunteers—and often it falls on > just the shoulders of a few. He seems to have been one of these special > people. DeAnn (from Wisconsin, US) > > > On Sep 10, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Marion Woolgar via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > > I am proud to have known Colin Excell. Under his leadership as our > > Chairman, SFHG moved from the 20th to the 21st Century. There are so > many > > things that were achieved when he was Chairman and the following are but > a > > selection: > > > > The growth of the SFHG Web Site; > > The development of the Frontis site that enables our Members, wherever > they > > are in the World, to advance their research; > > The partnership with the PRTS that has ensured that the data from all the > > West Sussex parish registers up to 1900 is now accessible; > > The creation of the SFHG Events Team that attends family history fairs to > > advise on research problems from members and Non-Members alike; > > The SFHG Room at The Keep; > > And so much more.... > > > > Of course, he was supported by our Executive Committee and by all our > active > > volunteers, but It is perhaps only now that he has passed from us, that > we > > will become aware of all the numerous small things that he contributed to > > our Group. > > > > I learned of Colin's passing on Monday evening when our current Chairman, > > Mick Henry, was kind enough to telephone me with the news. That same > > evening, I raised a glass to Colin's memory and I encourage you all to do > > the same. This was a man who deserves to be remembered with every > respect. > > > > Don't forget Judy Excell either. She has lost a husband, friend, fellow > > family historian and so much more besides. So, I echo Mick's request > that > > we remember Judy in our thoughts and prayers in the very difficult weeks > and > > months that follow. > > > > Marion Woolgar > > Bognor Regis, West Sussex > > SFHG Member 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 > > DeAnn McAllan > 809 Acacia Lane > Madison, WI 53716 > 510-501-0528 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 am proud to have known Colin Excell. Under his leadership as our Chairman, SFHG moved from the 20th to the 21st Century. There are so many things that were achieved when he was Chairman and the following are but a selection: The growth of the SFHG Web Site; The development of the Frontis site that enables our Members, wherever they are in the World, to advance their research; The partnership with the PRTS that has ensured that the data from all the West Sussex parish registers up to 1900 is now accessible; The creation of the SFHG Events Team that attends family history fairs to advise on research problems from members and Non-Members alike; The SFHG Room at The Keep; And so much more.... Of course, he was supported by our Executive Committee and by all our active volunteers, but It is perhaps only now that he has passed from us, that we will become aware of all the numerous small things that he contributed to our Group. I learned of Colin's passing on Monday evening when our current Chairman, Mick Henry, was kind enough to telephone me with the news. That same evening, I raised a glass to Colin's memory and I encourage you all to do the same. This was a man who deserves to be remembered with every respect. Don't forget Judy Excell either. She has lost a husband, friend, fellow family historian and so much more besides. So, I echo Mick's request that we remember Judy in our thoughts and prayers in the very difficult weeks and months that follow. Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG Member No: 3323

Dear all, I am sorry this has taken a while to do, but I have to inform you all that last Monday Colin Excell died. He will be a great loss to the SFHG and most of you will be aware of how much effort and work he put into the Group. We all feel the loss deeply and it will take us a while to pick up everything he did for us and ensure it is still done by someone. I will let you all know about the funeral arrangements nearer the time but meanwhile we can hold Judy in our thoughts and prayers. Thank you. Mick Henry Chair SFHG