Many thanks Cathy. I'll follow each up. Chris -----Original Message----- From: sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Roberts via Sent: 04 September 2014 10:08 To: sog-uk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] SOG-UK Digest, Vol 9, Issue 104 I found three references to Burchett House, though Dorking seemed a bit far from Lancing/Brighton! Hope it's of some help anyway - Cathy Dorking Archives World War 1: Red Cross Week - Programme of Grand Garden Fete 20 June 1917 [incl. performance by pupils of Burchett House School] Deepdene Estate - Sale of Burchett House (Porlock Hotel); and Burchett Cottage: 1955. Turton Mrs: Downing. Dorking & Leatherhead Advertiser Intermittent showers and a heavy downpour early in the evening did not adversely affect the attendance at the garden party on Wednesday in aid of the Dorking and District Hospital. On the contrary a profit of at least 130 was made. The grounds of Burchett House which is the site virtually given by the Duke of Newcastle for the new hospital, are ideal for a fete or garden party. Read more at http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/fierce-blaze-Abinger-Hill-School/story-12947095-detail/story.html#uh1tkYm4GSo6jeCm.99 Burchett House, Wisborough Green, West Sussex On 3 September 2014 08:01, <sog-uk-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Burchett(e) Childrens Home in Sussex? > (christopher.gray@newscope-solutions.co.uk) > 2. Burchett(e) Children's Home in Sussex? (Christopher Gray) > 3. Report of 2014 AGM (jjgduffus@gmail.com) > 4. Lawrence John Verney (jjgduffus@gmail.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 20:39:46 +0100 > From: <christopher.gray@newscope-solutions.co.uk> > Subject: [SOG-UK] Burchett(e) Childrens Home in Sussex? > To: <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <000101cfc6e5$a6f0c0c0$f4d24240$@gray@newscope-solutions.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Good evening, > > I have an amateur (rough) transcription of an Adoption Order from the > Sussex Petty Sessional Division of Steyning in 1938 where the > applicants were stated to be at "Burchett House Brighton Lancing" and > the child was an > infant at "Burchett Home of Brighton". The order gives the names of the > new parents and I have identified them. It also gives the birth name > date of birth, mother's name/age. The natural mother was still alive, > so we could be talking of a children's home. > > I also have the Birth Certificate for the adopted child - but have yet > to find the original record of the child's birth. > > I am looking for two things: > 1) Confirmation of what Burchett(e) House was > 2) Something that would help me identify the infant from the records > > I have carried out an initial trawl of the Internet - including the > on-line index of Kew - but have found no evidence of any such house / > home. Can someone please advise me of the way forward? > > Chris > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 20:42:04 +0100 > From: "Christopher Gray" <Christopher.Gray@newscope-solutions.co.uk> > Subject: [SOG-UK] Burchett(e) Children's Home in Sussex? > To: <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <000201cfc6e5$f93dc8a0$ebb959e0$@Gray@newscope-solutions.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Good evening, > > > > I have an amateur (rough) transcription of an Adoption Order from the > Sussex Petty Sessional Division of Steyning in 1938 where the > applicants were stated to be at "Burchett House Brighton Lancing" and > the child was an > infant at "Burchett Home of Brighton". The order gives the names of the > new parents and I have identified them. It also gives the birth name > date of birth, mother's name/age. The natural mother was still alive, > so we could be talking of a children's home. > > > > I also have the Birth Certificate for the adopted child - but have yet > to find the original record of the child's birth. > > > > I am looking for two things: > > 1) Confirmation of what Burchett(e) House was > > 2) Something that would help me identify the infant from the records > > > > I have carried out an initial trawl of the Internet - including the > on-line index of Kew - but have found no evidence of any such house / > home. Can someone please advise me of the way forward? > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 02:08:08 +0100 > From: jjgduffus@gmail.com > Subject: [SOG-UK] Report of 2014 AGM > To: sog list <SOG-UK@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <20140903010808.5984401.65350.4717@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > ?I have finally had a chance to look at the September Magazine. > > Rather surprised to find that the minutes ? where nit there. > > Let's hope there omission was owing to a shortage of space that was > needed > by some of the very interesting articles related to WWI > > Fingers crossed for the December Magazine > > Julian Duffus > > Sog member 1978 - present > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the O2 network. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 02:14:19 +0100 > From: jjgduffus@gmail.com > Subject: [SOG-UK] Lawrence John Verney > To: sog list <SOG-UK@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <20140903011419.5984401.47206.4719@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > I noticed in the deceased members section the remarkable fact that > Lawrence > J Verney had been a member since 1941 through to his demise in 2014. > > Well done Lawrence. I wonder if 73 years is a record? > > Julian Duffus > > Sog member 1978 to present > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the O2 network. > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SOG-UK list administrator, send an email to > SOG-UK-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SOG-UK mailing list, send an email to > SOG-UK@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional > text. > > > End of SOG-UK Digest, Vol 9, Issue 104 > ************************************** > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message