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

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 > > > >

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