Can any member help or know of anyone who can? Perhaps reply off list to the person asking. Michael Williamson Society of Genealogists (Enterprises) Ltd Hello, I am attempting to update and produce a family tree at very short notice for my Grandfather's 100th birthday party on the 19th March, from work begun by my late Father and I am looking for someone who can produce a display copy from my draft being produced in Word (using Word's diagram function from my late father's notes). Does the society have any members or know of any organisations that could take on a commission at short notice? Many Thanks, Andy Brittan Andy.Brittan@dwp.gsi.gov.uk Head of Housing and Fraud Research Children and Housing Analysis Division (CHAD) Department for Work and Pensions Rm 520, Adelphi 1-11 John Adam Street London WC2N 6HT Tel: +44 (0)20 7962 8944 Fax: +44 (0)20 7962 8359

Does anyone know if CANAL-PEOPLE mailing list is still active. I can find the archive at Rootsweb but it does not seem to be available in the current index of lists. Thanks Peter

Peter, I am still receiving messages from: _ENG-CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:ENG-CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com) Subscribe in the usual Rootsweb way

TNA Research Guide "Home Front: Second World War, 1939-1945" Domestic Records Information 48 at http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletID=241 says: For service records of members of the Home Guard, next of-kin only should write to the Army Medal Office, Government Office Buildings, Droitwich, Worcestershire WR9 8AU. Chris Watts ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Davies" <john.m.davies@lineone.net> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:22 PM Subject: [SoG] FW: home guard service records | | | _____ | | From: John Davies [mailto:john.m.davies@lineone.net] | Sent: 08 March 2005 21:14 | To: 'SOG_UK_L@rootsweb.com' | Subject: home guard service records | | | Can anyone please tell me where to find the service records of members of | the home guard | | I am particularly interested in the 53rd Essex based at whipps Cross on the | Walthamstow Leytonstone border. | | I think the number is correct, my father was a member at one time. | | Any information would be appreciated. | | John M Davies. | | | | -- | This email has been verified as Virus free | Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net |

_____ From: John Davies [mailto:john.m.davies@lineone.net] Sent: 08 March 2005 21:14 To: 'SOG_UK_L@rootsweb.com' Subject: home guard service records Can anyone please tell me where to find the service records of members of the home guard I am particularly interested in the 53rd Essex based at whipps Cross on the Walthamstow Leytonstone border. I think the number is correct, my father was a member at one time. Any information would be appreciated. John M Davies.

"B.T.Prior" <b.t.f.p@btinternet.com> wrote : > Is it me, the system or what? For what I think is the fourth year running > my > direct debit has not been collected despite assurances that it will ok > next > time. I have now been asked to send a cheque to cover this year and to > complete another direct debit form. I just cannot be bothered. > Brian Prior No. 022422 I think I've received the same letter. Whether or not you 'cough up' rather depends on how useful and/valuable you consider the SoG to be. For myself, I manage to get there perhaps a dozen times a year which, together with the magazine and Origins access, I think is excellent value for money. You pays yer money and takes yer choice :-) This is not to defend incompetent administration, by the way. John B Leic., Eng

My experience of getting Direct Debits set up is that there is are a significant of errors by banks so the problem may not be with SOG administration. Christopher Richards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Marchant" <howardmarchant@whittonmiddx.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 6:27 PM Subject: [SoG] Re: Direct Debits > Just checked & it's not just you. Mine hasn't been collected either, but > the mandate is there on my account details. I too paid by cheque last year > and signed a new mandate. I was told there has been a temporary problem > that had resulted in some details being lost. > > What on earth is going wrong? I've paid and collected direct debits for > years but never come across this elsewhere. I wonder how many members this > is losing the society? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B.T.Prior" <b.t.f.p@btinternet.com> > To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 5:48 PM > Subject: Direct Debits > > >> Hi, >> Is it me, the system or what? For what I think is the fourth year running >> my >> direct debit has not been collected despite assurances that it will ok >> next >> time. I have now been asked to send a cheque to cover this year and to >> complete another direct debit form. I just cannot be bothered. >> Brian Prior No. 022422 >> > > > >

Just checked & it's not just you. Mine hasn't been collected either, but the mandate is there on my account details. I too paid by cheque last year and signed a new mandate. I was told there has been a temporary problem that had resulted in some details being lost. What on earth is going wrong? I've paid and collected direct debits for years but never come across this elsewhere. I wonder how many members this is losing the society? ----- Original Message ----- From: "B.T.Prior" <b.t.f.p@btinternet.com> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 5:48 PM Subject: Direct Debits > Hi, > Is it me, the system or what? For what I think is the fourth year running > my > direct debit has not been collected despite assurances that it will ok > next > time. I have now been asked to send a cheque to cover this year and to > complete another direct debit form. I just cannot be bothered. > Brian Prior No. 022422 >

Peter From information in "The Fighting Ships in the Royal NAVY" by E H H Archibald, HMS Hermione was 4360 ton cruiser built 1892-1893. Archibald says that most of the ships of the Hermione class survived into the Great War. I will E-mail you a scan of the illustration in the book off-list. Cedric Hoptroff Little Brickhill Bucks

Hi, Is it me, the system or what? For what I think is the fourth year running my direct debit has not been collected despite assurances that it will ok next time. I have now been asked to send a cheque to cover this year and to complete another direct debit form. I just cannot be bothered. Brian Prior No. 022422

Edna Thanks for the suggestions. Peter At 19:03 05/03/2005, you wrote: >You could try the Mariners-L or TheShips-L -- >both very helpful/ > >Edna - sunny Ottawa > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Peter Abbott" <PeterAbbott.Eymore@btinternet.com> >To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:22 PM >Subject: [SoG] Hermione 1st World War > > >I have a maritime death certificate dated 17th July 1915 for the vessel >Hermione. I have done an internet search but cannot find any vessel afloat >at that time. > >Can anyone advise me where enquire. The person was a Mess Room Steward >which I assume means that it was not Royal Navy. > >Thanks > >Peter

I have a maritime death certificate dated 17th July 1915 for the vessel Hermione. I have done an internet search but cannot find any vessel afloat at that time. Can anyone advise me where enquire. The person was a Mess Room Steward which I assume means that it was not Royal Navy. Thanks Peter

You could try the Mariners-L or TheShips-L -- both very helpful/ Edna - sunny Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Abbott" <PeterAbbott.Eymore@btinternet.com> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:22 PM Subject: [SoG] Hermione 1st World War I have a maritime death certificate dated 17th July 1915 for the vessel Hermione. I have done an internet search but cannot find any vessel afloat at that time. Can anyone advise me where enquire. The person was a Mess Room Steward which I assume means that it was not Royal Navy. Thanks Peter

Now where I have I read that before!! Peter At 15:43 02/03/2005, you wrote: >The 1837 Online site was featured on BBC Breakfast this morning concerning >the addition of the 1861 Census transcriptions. > >Guess what - the site is currently down! > >Home page shows - "1837online.com is currently undergoing maintenance and is >temporarily unavailable. The site will be live again shortly. We apologise >for any inconvenience caused." > >David Tappin > >d.tappin@ntlworld.com > >Family Personal Web Pages www.tappin.org.uk <http://www.tappin.org.uk/> > >Family Genealogy Web Pages http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.tappin > > > >

The 1837 Online site was featured on BBC Breakfast this morning concerning the addition of the 1861 Census transcriptions. Guess what - the site is currently down! Home page shows - "1837online.com is currently undergoing maintenance and is temporarily unavailable. The site will be live again shortly. We apologise for any inconvenience caused." David Tappin d.tappin@ntlworld.com Family Personal Web Pages www.tappin.org.uk <http://www.tappin.org.uk/> Family Genealogy Web Pages http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.tappin

Thanks to all those whose helped locate the archives for me. They have been most useful and, hopefully, I will eventually track down the John EDKINS that I was looking for. Monica in Luton.

http://beta.192.com Has a free search facility for electoral rolls in the UK. A very handy site. Edna - Ottawa

Thank you for that suggestion, Edna and Ken, I searched London+weather+1810 and came up with some super information which I can use to illustrate our family history. Among the handed down anecdotes we have a story that GGG John TONG (a Brushmaker) came to London from Bristol at a time when their was a Frost Fair on The Thames. He was born 1793 in Bristol and the river was frozen in 1811 so it gives a 'probable' date for his arrival. He married Mary Ann WEST at St. Pancras Old Church and they had a family at No.2 Long Yard, Off Conduit Street, in Holborn. He may have been a Journeyman Brushmaker in early days and later worked for KENTS. Many thanks, Joan Vinall Many thanks. Joan Vinall Many thanks, Joan Vinall -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 25/02/2005

Always a good idea to try the people who should know, or at least know where to find it. There must be someone at the University of Washington Department of Atmospherics, e.g. http://www.atmos.washington.edu/ Failing that, her are another 300 odd America weather sites to look into. http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/servers.html Peter Amsden, Argyll, Scotland ASAT Productions: http://www.asat.biz Researching Amsden World Wide Outline History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~amsden Books I have written: http://www.btinternet.com/~amsden AllExperts: http://www.allexperts.com/displayExpert.asp?Expert=38044 Never dump originals - they may be all that is left after the computer age. > From: "David Wason" <wason@dial.pipex.com> > Reply-To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:48:58 -0000 > To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SoG] Old weather records > Resent-From: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:49:11 -0700 > > Forgive a slightly off-topic question... but SOG members have such a wide > collective experience of using archives... > > Does anyone know where I might find comtemporary weather records for New > York State on a specific day in 1777? I believe there may be Royal Naval > vessel weather logs at Kew - but have any archive/diary/record office > specialists got any other ideas? > > David Wason > > >

Forgive a slightly off-topic question... but SOG members have such a wide collective experience of using archives... Does anyone know where I might find comtemporary weather records for New York State on a specific day in 1777? I believe there may be Royal Naval vessel weather logs at Kew - but have any archive/diary/record office specialists got any other ideas? David Wason