Michael: Yes ... despite the "quick success stories" people see at Who do You Think You Are or "The Locator" -- genealogy and finding people is NOT always quick or easy. Patience is required. It took me about 10 years to sort out the various CLARK families in one particular area of rural Vermont, and it was one SINGLE clue that led me to my ancestor -- a very brief obit in a neighboring town's newspaper indicating that he was born in 1775, CT (unlike the rest of the Clarks of that town who came from MA). BINGO. And figuring out my DAVIES in Shrops and Staffs, who are all creatively named Samuel, William, George, Thomas, or Harry (or Mary, Ann or Eleanor), has been quite the challenge, but I'm in touch with descendants who were siblings in the 1860-70s (who remained in England), for which I am grateful! (And, siblings from the 1840s in the US one generation earlier). Even found one distant cousin on this line where the common ancestors were born in the 1790s! Working collaboratively is exciting and fun for all -- you just never know who may have the clues, the family Bible, the letters, old pictures, and even the recipe for the "Humbugs (from the 1840s)." (At least one of my cousins is on this list -- hi Al!) (We found each other about 12 years ago online.) Don't give up hope. Follow the siblings, because you never know where that clue may be! Be sure you have a "strong foundation" before you go building the roof on that house, however .... (from some of the correspondence, I'm not sure you have that ...?) Best wishes, Marilyn DC (sunny, windows open, mild!) DAVIES, HEIGHWAY Married: CADDICK, HAMPTON, COATES, PURCELL, BEET, BUTLER, JONES (1840-1940s); pre 1840 in Shrops. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Shaw" <shawforsure@gmail.com> To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > Hi Michael, we ALL know that feeling of trawling through many records > trying to find someone, and we end up finding that their birth was not > registered or their mum died and the neighbour took them in.....in one mad > moment, trying to find my Spiers in Scotland, I printed all of them out > and > went through them one by one...pages and pages it took...days and days it > took....eventually found them and not where I was told either. Do not > give > up. many more records are coming on line and sometimes you just have to > wait a bit for a new census or parish records to be available. All the > best. Robyn Shaw, Qld, Australia > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Michael Wright <rahmuss@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for giving me some hope. Last night was fairly depressing. I >> spent about three hours trying to look for one of my ancestors' husband >> with no luck. George MOSS and Sarah had a daughter named Elizabeth, and >> we >> know nothing of who she married, or if she died. <snip>

Michael, to further confuse you....George Moss could be Goss or Woss, my relation was Henry Nash, he ended up as Wash. Writing with a pen doing upward strokes is not easy and a W, M, and N look alike. Wackford became Mackford also. Wait a while. Maybe your lot came to Oz and, as they say, must have swum. They could be in jail, visiting rellies in Scotland or in hospital. Never say die, just go and do something else for a while...you get brain overload. Robyn On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Marilyn L. Arnold < marilyn.arnold1@verizon.net> wrote: > Michael: > > Yes ... despite the "quick success stories" people see at Who do You Think > You Are or "The Locator" -- genealogy and finding people is NOT always > quick > or easy. Patience is required. It took me about 10 years to sort out the > various CLARK families in one particular area of rural Vermont, and it was > one SINGLE clue that led me to my ancestor -- a very brief obit in a > neighboring town's newspaper indicating that he was born in 1775, CT > (unlike > the rest of the Clarks of that town who came from MA). BINGO. > > And figuring out my DAVIES in Shrops and Staffs, who are all creatively > named Samuel, William, George, Thomas, or Harry (or Mary, Ann or Eleanor), > has been quite the challenge, but I'm in touch with descendants who were > siblings in the 1860-70s (who remained in England), for which I am > grateful! > (And, siblings from the 1840s in the US one generation earlier). Even > found > one distant cousin on this line where the common ancestors were born in the > 1790s! Working collaboratively is exciting and fun for all -- you just > never know who may have the clues, the family Bible, the letters, old > pictures, and even the recipe for the "Humbugs (from the 1840s)." (At > least > one of my cousins is on this list -- hi Al!) (We found each other about 12 > years ago online.) > > Don't give up hope. Follow the siblings, because you never know where that > clue may be! Be sure you have a "strong foundation" before you go building > the roof on that house, however .... (from some of the correspondence, I'm > not sure you have that ...?) > > Best wishes, > > Marilyn > DC (sunny, windows open, mild!) > > DAVIES, HEIGHWAY > Married: CADDICK, HAMPTON, COATES, PURCELL, BEET, BUTLER, JONES > (1840-1940s); pre 1840 in Shrops. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robyn Shaw" <shawforsure@gmail.com> > To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:17 PM > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > > > Hi Michael, we ALL know that feeling of trawling through many records > > trying to find someone, and we end up finding that their birth was not > > registered or their mum died and the neighbour took them in.....in one > mad > > moment, trying to find my Spiers in Scotland, I printed all of them out > > and > > went through them one by one...pages and pages it took...days and days it > > took....eventually found them and not where I was told either. Do not > > give > > up. many more records are coming on line and sometimes you just have to > > wait a bit for a new census or parish records to be available. All the > > best. Robyn Shaw, Qld, Australia > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Michael Wright <rahmuss@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Thanks for giving me some hope. Last night was fairly depressing. I > >> spent about three hours trying to look for one of my ancestors' husband > >> with no luck. George MOSS and Sarah had a daughter named Elizabeth, and > >> we > >> know nothing of who she married, or if she died. > <snip> > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Robyn Freney-Shaw Manager/Co-Ordinator Spiritus Soup Kitchen Toowoomba.

Yep, it was kind of fun looking at some actual documents. They have MOSS spelled "MO" and then some crazy looking "S" which looks a lot like a cursive "F", and then they have a normal "S" for the second one. Weird. Also a lot of people have said that MOSS and MORSE were mixed up, or swapped around, so that's something for me to consider as well. I just don't want to because it makes things harder. :D Michael Wright 801-773-7680 (H) 801-390-0960 (C) > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:05:37 -0800 > From: shawforsure@gmail.com > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > Michael, to further confuse you....George Moss could be Goss or Woss, my > relation was Henry Nash, he ended up as Wash. Writing with a pen doing > upward strokes is not easy and a W, M, and N look alike. Wackford became > Mackford also. Wait a while. Maybe your lot came to Oz and, as they say, > must have swum. They could be in jail, visiting rellies in Scotland or in > hospital. Never say die, just go and do something else for a while...you > get brain overload. Robyn > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Marilyn L. Arnold < > marilyn.arnold1@verizon.net> wrote: > > > Michael: > > > > Yes ... despite the "quick success stories" people see at Who do You Think > > You Are or "The Locator" -- genealogy and finding people is NOT always > > quick > > or easy. Patience is required. It took me about 10 years to sort out the > > various CLARK families in one particular area of rural Vermont, and it was > > one SINGLE clue that led me to my ancestor -- a very brief obit in a > > neighboring town's newspaper indicating that he was born in 1775, CT > > (unlike > > the rest of the Clarks of that town who came from MA). BINGO. > > > > And figuring out my DAVIES in Shrops and Staffs, who are all creatively > > named Samuel, William, George, Thomas, or Harry (or Mary, Ann or Eleanor), > > has been quite the challenge, but I'm in touch with descendants who were > > siblings in the 1860-70s (who remained in England), for which I am > > grateful! > > (And, siblings from the 1840s in the US one generation earlier). Even > > found > > one distant cousin on this line where the common ancestors were born in the > > 1790s! Working collaboratively is exciting and fun for all -- you just > > never know who may have the clues, the family Bible, the letters, old > > pictures, and even the recipe for the "Humbugs (from the 1840s)." (At > > least > > one of my cousins is on this list -- hi Al!) (We found each other about 12 > > years ago online.) > > > > Don't give up hope. Follow the siblings, because you never know where that > > clue may be! Be sure you have a "strong foundation" before you go building > > the roof on that house, however .... (from some of the correspondence, I'm > > not sure you have that ...?) > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Marilyn > > DC (sunny, windows open, mild!) > > > > DAVIES, HEIGHWAY > > Married: CADDICK, HAMPTON, COATES, PURCELL, BEET, BUTLER, JONES > > (1840-1940s); pre 1840 in Shrops. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robyn Shaw" <shawforsure@gmail.com> > > To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:17 PM > > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > > > > > > Hi Michael, we ALL know that feeling of trawling through many records > > > trying to find someone, and we end up finding that their birth was not > > > registered or their mum died and the neighbour took them in.....in one > > mad > > > moment, trying to find my Spiers in Scotland, I printed all of them out > > > and > > > went through them one by one...pages and pages it took...days and days it > > > took....eventually found them and not where I was told either. Do not > > > give > > > up. many more records are coming on line and sometimes you just have to > > > wait a bit for a new census or parish records to be available. All the > > > best. Robyn Shaw, Qld, Australia > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Michael Wright <rahmuss@hotmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Thanks for giving me some hope. Last night was fairly depressing. I > > >> spent about three hours trying to look for one of my ancestors' husband > > >> with no luck. George MOSS and Sarah had a daughter named Elizabeth, and > > >> we > > >> know nothing of who she married, or if she died. > > <snip> > > > > ****************************** > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > > MATERIALS. > > ------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Robyn Freney-Shaw > Manager/Co-Ordinator > Spiritus Soup Kitchen > Toowoomba. > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Michael, my rellie came on a ship to Australia from Switzerland, name of ship was Daniel Rop....or it LOOKED like Rop with a p with a long tail.....later, YEARS later, after putting him in the Daniel Rop, I found out that double s was written as (we would say) like a p. SO, he came in the Daniel ROSS...aaaggghhh. Plenty of traps for the unwary. My rellies who were Cahill on leaving Ireland, ended up as Kyle here. What happened was that, I am sure, the gangplank ticker-offer said to my Bridget, most of them seemed to be called Bridget or Ellen or Catherine...aagghh again, 'And what is YOUR name my pretty'.....in a SCOTTISH accent....she with an IRISH accent replied, 'It is Bridget Cahill, karl, carl, cahl' whatever it sounded like. The paper she carried was wet and smudged, he just shoved her up the plank. With the roaring of the sea and her soft voice and noise in the background, he just wrote up what he thought she said, who cared, there were 100 others behind her to get on board, he didn't want to be held up with several 'What did you says' or 'How do you spell thats'. So he put down Kyle. For years I had the rest of the family but not Bridget.....ended up going through ALL the births in Qld with the name of the mother as Bridget...and saying to myself in an Irish, Scottish, Australian accent, Cahill, Cahill....ended up with Carl....none of them...never thought of the name with a K did I? Finally, finally, I remembered the other lot who were Cavanagh, and when here Kavanagh, the penny dropped and I looked under Karl...found a Kyle...matched them up...yes, yes, the Eureka moment...THAT is her....sighs of relief.....we ALL have those Eureka moments also....if we are lucky and not so dumb as I was many years ago...I am a tad more savvy now, spellings mean nothing to me...my maiden name was Freney....I even got Fernary....aagghh. Rob On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Michael Wright <rahmuss@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Yep, it was kind of fun looking at some actual documents. They have MOSS > spelled "MO" and then some crazy looking "S" which looks a lot like a > cursive "F", and then they have a normal "S" for the second one. Weird. > Also a lot of people have said that MOSS and MORSE were mixed up, or > swapped around, so that's something for me to consider as well. I just > don't want to because it makes things harder. :D > > Michael Wright > 801-773-7680 (H) > 801-390-0960 (C) > > > > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:05:37 -0800 > > From: shawforsure@gmail.com > > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > > > Michael, to further confuse you....George Moss could be Goss or Woss, my > > relation was Henry Nash, he ended up as Wash. Writing with a pen doing > > upward strokes is not easy and a W, M, and N look alike. Wackford became > > Mackford also. Wait a while. Maybe your lot came to Oz and, as they say, > > must have swum. They could be in jail, visiting rellies in Scotland or in > > hospital. Never say die, just go and do something else for a while...you > > get brain overload. Robyn > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Marilyn L. Arnold < > > marilyn.arnold1@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > Michael: > > > > > > Yes ... despite the "quick success stories" people see at Who do You > Think > > > You Are or "The Locator" -- genealogy and finding people is NOT always > > > quick > > > or easy. Patience is required. It took me about 10 years to sort out > the > > > various CLARK families in one particular area of rural Vermont, and it > was > > > one SINGLE clue that led me to my ancestor -- a very brief obit in a > > > neighboring town's newspaper indicating that he was born in 1775, CT > > > (unlike > > > the rest of the Clarks of that town who came from MA). BINGO. > > > > > > And figuring out my DAVIES in Shrops and Staffs, who are all creatively > > > named Samuel, William, George, Thomas, or Harry (or Mary, Ann or > Eleanor), > > > has been quite the challenge, but I'm in touch with descendants who > were > > > siblings in the 1860-70s (who remained in England), for which I am > > > grateful! > > > (And, siblings from the 1840s in the US one generation earlier). Even > > > found > > > one distant cousin on this line where the common ancestors were born > in the > > > 1790s! Working collaboratively is exciting and fun for all -- you just > > > never know who may have the clues, the family Bible, the letters, old > > > pictures, and even the recipe for the "Humbugs (from the 1840s)." (At > > > least > > > one of my cousins is on this list -- hi Al!) (We found each other > about 12 > > > years ago online.) > > > > > > Don't give up hope. Follow the siblings, because you never know where > that > > > clue may be! Be sure you have a "strong foundation" before you go > building > > > the roof on that house, however .... (from some of the correspondence, > I'm > > > not sure you have that ...?) > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > Marilyn > > > DC (sunny, windows open, mild!) > > > > > > DAVIES, HEIGHWAY > > > Married: CADDICK, HAMPTON, COATES, PURCELL, BEET, BUTLER, JONES > > > (1840-1940s); pre 1840 in Shrops. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Robyn Shaw" <shawforsure@gmail.com> > > > To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:17 PM > > > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > > > > > > > > > Hi Michael, we ALL know that feeling of trawling through many records > > > > trying to find someone, and we end up finding that their birth was > not > > > > registered or their mum died and the neighbour took them in.....in > one > > > mad > > > > moment, trying to find my Spiers in Scotland, I printed all of them > out > > > > and > > > > went through them one by one...pages and pages it took...days and > days it > > > > took....eventually found them and not where I was told either. Do not > > > > give > > > > up. many more records are coming on line and sometimes you just have > to > > > > wait a bit for a new census or parish records to be available. All > the > > > > best. Robyn Shaw, Qld, Australia > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Michael Wright <rahmuss@hotmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Thanks for giving me some hope. Last night was fairly depressing. I > > > >> spent about three hours trying to look for one of my ancestors' > husband > > > >> with no luck. George MOSS and Sarah had a daughter named Elizabeth, > and > > > >> we > > > >> know nothing of who she married, or if she died. > > > <snip> > > > > > > ****************************** > > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > > > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of > ARCHIVED > > > MATERIALS. > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Robyn Freney-Shaw > > Manager/Co-Ordinator > > Spiritus Soup Kitchen > > Toowoomba. > > ****************************** > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > > ------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Robyn Freney-Shaw Manager/Co-Ordinator Spiritus Soup Kitchen Toowoomba.

Robyn, Wow, what a great story, all of it. The horrible frustration, and finally the exaltant feeling of satisfaction. Michael Wright 801-773-7680 (H) 801-390-0960 (C) rahmuss@hotmail.com > Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:50:33 -0800 > From: shawforsure@gmail.com > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > Michael, my rellie came on a ship to Australia from Switzerland, name of > ship was Daniel Rop....or it LOOKED like Rop with a p with a long > tail.....later, YEARS later, after putting him in the Daniel Rop, I found > out that double s was written as (we would say) like a p. SO, he came in > the Daniel ROSS...aaaggghhh. Plenty of traps for the unwary. > My rellies who were Cahill on leaving Ireland, ended up as Kyle here. What > happened was that, I am sure, the gangplank ticker-offer said to my > Bridget, most of them seemed to be called Bridget or Ellen or > Catherine...aagghh again, 'And what is YOUR name my pretty'.....in a > SCOTTISH accent....she with an IRISH accent replied, 'It is Bridget Cahill, > karl, carl, cahl' whatever it sounded like. The paper she carried was wet > and smudged, he just shoved her up the plank. > > With the roaring of the sea and her soft voice and noise in the background, > he just wrote up what he thought she said, who cared, there were 100 others > behind her to get on board, he didn't want to be held up with several 'What > did you says' or 'How do you spell thats'. So he put down Kyle. For years > I had the rest of the family but not Bridget.....ended up going through ALL > the births in Qld with the name of the mother as Bridget...and saying to > myself in an Irish, Scottish, Australian accent, Cahill, Cahill....ended up > with Carl....none of them...never thought of the name with a K did I? > Finally, finally, I remembered the other lot who were Cavanagh, and when > here Kavanagh, the penny dropped and I looked under Karl...found a > Kyle...matched them up...yes, yes, the Eureka moment...THAT is her....sighs > of relief.....we ALL have those Eureka moments also....if we are lucky and > not so dumb as I was many years ago...I am a tad more savvy now, spellings > mean nothing to me...my maiden name was Freney....I even got > Fernary....aagghh. Rob > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Michael Wright <rahmuss@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Yep, it was kind of fun looking at some actual documents. They have MOSS > > spelled "MO" and then some crazy looking "S" which looks a lot like a > > cursive "F", and then they have a normal "S" for the second one. Weird. > > Also a lot of people have said that MOSS and MORSE were mixed up, or > > swapped around, so that's something for me to consider as well. I just > > don't want to because it makes things harder. :D > > > > Michael Wright > > 801-773-7680 (H) > > 801-390-0960 (C) > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:05:37 -0800 > > > From: shawforsure@gmail.com > > > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > > > > > Michael, to further confuse you....George Moss could be Goss or Woss, my > > > relation was Henry Nash, he ended up as Wash. Writing with a pen doing > > > upward strokes is not easy and a W, M, and N look alike. Wackford became > > > Mackford also. Wait a while. Maybe your lot came to Oz and, as they say, > > > must have swum. They could be in jail, visiting rellies in Scotland or in > > > hospital. Never say die, just go and do something else for a while...you > > > get brain overload. Robyn > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Marilyn L. Arnold < > > > marilyn.arnold1@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Michael: > > > > > > > > Yes ... despite the "quick success stories" people see at Who do You > > Think > > > > You Are or "The Locator" -- genealogy and finding people is NOT always > > > > quick > > > > or easy. Patience is required. It took me about 10 years to sort out > > the > > > > various CLARK families in one particular area of rural Vermont, and it > > was > > > > one SINGLE clue that led me to my ancestor -- a very brief obit in a > > > > neighboring town's newspaper indicating that he was born in 1775, CT > > > > (unlike > > > > the rest of the Clarks of that town who came from MA). BINGO. > > > > > > > > And figuring out my DAVIES in Shrops and Staffs, who are all creatively > > > > named Samuel, William, George, Thomas, or Harry (or Mary, Ann or > > Eleanor), > > > > has been quite the challenge, but I'm in touch with descendants who > > were > > > > siblings in the 1860-70s (who remained in England), for which I am > > > > grateful! > > > > (And, siblings from the 1840s in the US one generation earlier). Even > > > > found > > > > one distant cousin on this line where the common ancestors were born > > in the > > > > 1790s! Working collaboratively is exciting and fun for all -- you just > > > > never know who may have the clues, the family Bible, the letters, old > > > > pictures, and even the recipe for the "Humbugs (from the 1840s)." (At > > > > least > > > > one of my cousins is on this list -- hi Al!) (We found each other > > about 12 > > > > years ago online.) > > > > > > > > Don't give up hope. Follow the siblings, because you never know where > > that > > > > clue may be! Be sure you have a "strong foundation" before you go > > building > > > > the roof on that house, however .... (from some of the correspondence, > > I'm > > > > not sure you have that ...?) > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > Marilyn > > > > DC (sunny, windows open, mild!) > > > > > > > > DAVIES, HEIGHWAY > > > > Married: CADDICK, HAMPTON, COATES, PURCELL, BEET, BUTLER, JONES > > > > (1840-1940s); pre 1840 in Shrops. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Robyn Shaw" <shawforsure@gmail.com> > > > > To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:17 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Finding Descendants > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Michael, we ALL know that feeling of trawling through many records > > > > > trying to find someone, and we end up finding that their birth was > > not > > > > > registered or their mum died and the neighbour took them in.....in > > one > > > > mad > > > > > moment, trying to find my Spiers in Scotland, I printed all of them > > out > > > > > and > > > > > went through them one by one...pages and pages it took...days and > > days it > > > > > took....eventually found them and not where I was told either. Do not > > > > > give > > > > > up. many more records are coming on line and sometimes you just have > > to > > > > > wait a bit for a new census or parish records to be available. All > > the > > > > > best. Robyn Shaw, Qld, Australia > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Michael Wright <rahmuss@hotmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Thanks for giving me some hope. Last night was fairly depressing. I > > > > >> spent about three hours trying to look for one of my ancestors' > > husband > > > > >> with no luck. George MOSS and Sarah had a daughter named Elizabeth, > > and > > > > >> we > > > > >> know nothing of who she married, or if she died. > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > ****************************** > > > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > > > > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of > > ARCHIVED > > > > MATERIALS. > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Robyn Freney-Shaw > > > Manager/Co-Ordinator > > > Spiritus Soup Kitchen > > > Toowoomba. > > > ****************************** > > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > > MATERIALS. > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ****************************** > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > > MATERIALS. > > ------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Robyn Freney-Shaw > Manager/Co-Ordinator > Spiritus Soup Kitchen > Toowoomba. > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message