>From Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper ( London, England ), Sunday, September 26, 1897; Issue 2862. A lad of 18 years, named Arthur Louis JUDEN , succumbed at the Sussex County hospital on Tuesday to fearful burns sustained in a fire at a Brighton fish shop.

Hi Brenda Depends on how deep your pockets are I guess Personally I get very few death certs as they can be sparse in detail, although after 1969 you should get a little more than earlier ones I would be inclined to go for a will as that may give clues as to any close relatives (if there was a will of course) There is this one snippet which looks promising 1939 London phone book LURKINS Fredk. G. W. The Lodge Harlington rd, Hillingdon .. Uxbridge 1929 Ah, bit further Looks like she married a younger man :-) Born Brixton Name: Frederick G W Lurkins Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1905 Registration district: Wandsworth Inferred County: Greater London, London, Surrey Volume: 1d Page: 726 Death reg Name: Frederick George W Lurkins Birth Date: 13 Jan 1905 Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1974 Age at Death: 69 Registration district: Depwade Inferred County: Norfolk Volume: 4b Page: 1562 A will may help Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hello: > > I recently 'found' a previously unknown aunt. Her name was Olwen Helen Madge Martin (born c 1899) > and she married Frederick LURKINS in London in 1928. I have never known anything else about her. > Then today I found that a Olwyn Helen M. LURKINS died in West Sussex in 1982. > I plan to get her death certificate. In the meantime are there any Internet sites where I might > find a death notice or obituary for her? Or any other suggestions where I might find more > information about this lady? > > Thank you > > Brenda > Canada

Hi, folks, just wondering if St Nicolas parish records are on line or somewhere also the cemetery listings. Is it better for me to join a genealogical group there? I have been doing genealogy for a number of years, just not sure what is out there for Brighton Elizth in Nova Scotia (Canada)

Thanks to everyone who contacted me on and off list re my query. It's very much appreciated! Best wishes to all, Jon

Hallo Jon, I am not surprised you have had problems. With no trouble I found that Frank Herbert ANSTISS married in 12 August 1889, to an Alice Ruth Burr. This was transcribed as AUSTISS (more details if you wish) I tried fmp and could not find your family - so I followed your misspellings in Ancestry. I found the whole family, but the writing, strong and assured, is nevertheless dubious! If I did not know, I would say that Robert and Alice were ANSTISS, most of the rest look like AUSTISS, but Ellen looks like AUSTIN. HARVEY looks correct, rather than Harry but , no it is definitely HERBERT. Lots of musicians - father and 3 eldest sons - but if the marriage in 1889 is correct, and the same young man, Frank's father is listed as a Retired Civil Servant - well I suppose a musician might be a Civil Servant Storm brewing, thunder roll so I will send before this crashes! Jean Wood > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 13:52:04 +0100 > Subject: [SXP] ANSTIS of Brighton - 1881 found > > Hi folks, > > With a bit of playing around on the search fields, I've found part of the ANSTIS family in the 1881 census indexed on Ancestry as AUSTISS. As I'm totally blind, I can't check the image to see what that says. Could SKS please take a look and let me know their thoughts on the transcription please? > Their sons, Harry and Herbert, are indexed as Harvey and Herhert, other than that all children are present and correct (apart from Frank who has been found elsewhere). <G> > > With sincerest thanks, > > Jon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello: I recently 'found' a previously unknown aunt. Her name was Olwen Helen Madge Martin (born c 1899) and she married Frederick LURKINS in London in 1928. I have never known anything else about her. Then today I found that a Olwyn Helen M. LURKINS died in West Sussex in 1982. I plan to get her death certificate. In the meantime are there any Internet sites where I might find a death notice or obituary for her? Or any other suggestions where I might find more information about this lady? Thank you Brenda Canada

Hi folks, With a bit of playing around on the search fields, I've found part of the ANSTIS family in the 1881 census indexed on Ancestry as AUSTISS. As I'm totally blind, I can't check the image to see what that says. Could SKS please take a look and let me know their thoughts on the transcription please? Their sons, Harry and Herbert, are indexed as Harvey and Herhert, other than that all children are present and correct (apart from Frank who has been found elsewhere). <G> With sincerest thanks, Jon

Hi Jon, >From the parish registers St Nicholas, Brighton: Alfred Anstis baptised 01/11/1863 to Robert and Ellen Anstis of John St, Brighton. Father's occupation - musician Maria Anstis - baptised on the same day as her brother above. hth, Anne > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 10:52:47 +0100 > Subject: [SXP] ANSTIS of Brighton > > Hi folks, > > Is there anybody out there researching the ANSTIS family in the Brighton area from the late 1850's please? > Robert Anstis married Ellen Cole in 1858, but his wife in the 1861 census is Mary, then Ellen in 1871 and 1891. Also there was a son, Robert, born 1860, who isn't with them in 1861 and should have been as he was just a few months old. he is with his grandparents (William and Sarah Anstis) in 1871 though. > > Cheers, Jon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi folks, Is there anybody out there researching the ANSTIS family in the Brighton area from the late 1850's please? Robert Anstis married Ellen Cole in 1858, but his wife in the 1861 census is Mary, then Ellen in 1871 and 1891. Also there was a son, Robert, born 1860, who isn't with them in 1861 and should have been as he was just a few months old. he is with his grandparents (William and Sarah Anstis) in 1871 though. Cheers, Jon

Hi folks, It’s been a while since I was on this list so I would like to repost some names in case anyone has a connection or can offer some help. DIVALL (plus variants) – Rotherfield & Hartfield areas. I am looking for a birth for Jesse Divall abt 1787 with parents possibly William Divall and Elizabeth Avis. Jesse married in 1811 at Rotherfield to Mary Holmwood and they proceed to have all of their 10 children baptised in Hartfield. Mary I know about. It is Jesse I am trying to locate. JONES – Chichester area. I know there are a lot of Church’s for this area so don’t know where to start. I have an Eliza Jones born abt 1811 in this Parish according to census. She is the daughter of William Jones who was a shoemaker at the time of Eliza’s marriage to Timothy Harden/Harding in 1838 at West Hoathly. Looking for a mother and possible other siblings. TULLETT – Horsted Keynes – I have a Hannah Tullet daughter of Edd and possible mother Hannah (unknown) who was baptised in 1779. Looking for a marriage to Edd and other possible children. I have tried Horsted Keynes but with no luck. Any suggestions please. HARDING – Crawley or Ardingly. I have a John Harding baptised May 1689 in Crawly son of John Harding and Sarah (unknown). John junior married in 1710 at Ardingly to Mary Cumber but cannot locate Mary’s birth/baptism c. 1689 and I don’t have a marriage for John (Senior) or wife Sarah. Looking for that and any other children for them. I know I have posted a bit but I was hoping for some guidance with at least one of these brick walls. They are all my direct Gparents so many generations back and would dearly love to try and further the tree a little further after searching for the past 21 years for them. Any help would be ever grateful. I have tried the usual sources for them such as IGI, OPC, Census, Wills etc, except for the Parish of Crawley. This was a recent addition. Thanks for reading this. Regards Sharon Kirby Rockhampton, Qld, Australia

Hi again everyone, I said I would let you know what happened about my re submission to correct a wrong transcription. Well -Success. They have conceded that there was an error-this time!! in the transcription and have agreed to amend it within the next 20 days. Hurrah. My Gran's reputation is intact!! Thanks to everyone who replied. Eileen (Nee Northeast) ----- Original Message ----- > Thanks Nivard, I think I will take up your suggestion and use Ancestry > when my credits have runout. Yes I have re submitted with more evidence. > and yes you are right they need their eyesight tested. I am not a > youngster by any means at 78 and even I can see that they are wrong and > are also taking a marriage at 13 as normal!!. If it was pre Victorian > times I could understand perhaps. I am probably extra miffed because its > my Grandparents but the response I take very personally as that is > questioning my competence and up for that I will not stand LOL. Eileen. > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Hi Eileen > > It is a very common experience I find > > I have reported many mistakes in their transcriptions, some are corrected > some are rejected for no obvious reason, I have suggested they try > specsavers <g> > > If I did not know the transcript was wrong I would not report it > > I would suggest resubmitting the correction if they reject it, they often > accept it a second or more time > > I was also under the impression you could revisit the same image or > transcript as often as you liked within a certain time period (six months > springs to mind but that may be incorrect) > > I much prefer Ancestrys system where the user enters a correction and it > is *added* to the searchable index > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:28 AM, eileen/pat <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone find that FMP has mistranscriptions which they refuse to > put right when you ask them too. I found my Grandparents on the 1911 and > they had mistranscribed her age as 21 instead of 31. It was quite clear > on the original that the 3 in 31 is nothing like the 2 used for my Uncle > Jacks age of 2 and under magnification it is clearly a 3 and like the one > used in my GrandDads age of 34 if a little less bold. The reply they sent > was implying that I was misinformed > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have found a number of very common mistranscriptions on FMP. Double S commonly comes up as a P e.g. Proper for Prosser or Crop for Cross. X is commonly transcribed at a T e.g. Cot for Cox. S frequently is mistranscribed as L e.g Launders for Saunders. It is all because handwriting has changed. If you are aware of these common mistakes it can help in searching and in the mean time I have always notified FMP of any errors I have found. Generally they do put them right and if they refuse you can re-submit Ros -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne Mountifield Sent: 28 July 2011 19:18 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SXP] FMP Mis transcriptions It sounds as though I have been lucky because FMP has accepted all the corrections I have submitted so far. I do have two couples I have yet to find on the 1911 census, one of them also missing in 1901, so there may well be more mis-transcriptions in my future! Apart from that, I have been very pleased with all the information I have found via the site. Regards Anne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It sounds as though I have been lucky because FMP has accepted all the corrections I have submitted so far. I do have two couples I have yet to find on the 1911 census, one of them also missing in 1901, so there may well be more mis-transcriptions in my future! Apart from that, I have been very pleased with all the information I have found via the site. Regards Anne

Eileen wrote: < Does anyone find that FMP has mistranscriptions which they refuse to put right when you ask them too. > Answer: Yes. They seem to consider a wide margin of error is acceptable. However, I don't think even FMP would have failed to correct an error I have recently found on three online family trees. They all have my mother as having died aged 79 several years before I was born. They do give my father's dates correctly. Richard

Thanks Nivard, I think I will take up your suggestion and use Ancestry when my credits have runout. Yes I have re submitted with more evidence. and yes you are right they need their eyesight tested. I am not a youngster by any means at 78 and even I can see that they are wrong and are also taking a marriage at 13 as normal!!. If it was pre Victorian times I could understand perhaps. I am probably extra miffed because its my Grandparents but the response I take very personally as that is questioning my competence and up for that I will not stand LOL. Eileen. ----- Original Message ----- From: N Ovington To: eileen/pat Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [SXP] FMP Mis transcriptions Hi Eileen It is a very common experience I find I have reported many mistakes in their transcriptions, some are corrected some are rejected for no obvious reason, I have suggested they try specsavers <g> If I did not know the transcript was wrong I would not report it I would suggest resubmitting the correction if they reject it, they often accept it a second or more time I was also under the impression you could revisit the same image or transcript as often as you liked within a certain time period (six months springs to mind but that may be incorrect) I much prefer Ancestrys system where the user enters a correction and it is *added* to the searchable index Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:28 AM, eileen/pat <[email protected]> wrote: Does anyone find that FMP has mistranscriptions which they refuse to put right when you ask them too. I found my Grandparents on the 1911 and they had mistranscribed her age as 21 instead of 31. It was quite clear on the original that the 3 in 31 is nothing like the 2 used for my Uncle Jacks age of 2 and under magnification it is clearly a 3 and like the one used in my GrandDads age of 34 if a little less bold. The reply they sent was implying that I was misinformed

Hi Eileen It is a very common experience I find I have reported many mistakes in their transcriptions, some are corrected some are rejected for no obvious reason, I have suggested they try specsavers <g> If I did not know the transcript was wrong I would not report it I would suggest resubmitting the correction if they reject it, they often accept it a second or more time I was also under the impression you could revisit the same image or transcript as often as you liked within a certain time period (six months springs to mind but that may be incorrect) I much prefer Ancestrys system where the user enters a correction and it is *added* to the searchable index Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:28 AM, eileen/pat <[email protected]>wrote: > Does anyone find that FMP has mistranscriptions which they refuse to put > right when you ask them too. I found my Grandparents on the 1911 and they > had mistranscribed her age as 21 instead of 31. It was quite clear on the > original that the 3 in 31 is nothing like the 2 used for my Uncle Jacks age > of 2 and under magnification it is clearly a 3 and like the one used in my > GrandDads age of 34 if a little less bold. The reply they sent was implying > that I was misinformed

Does anyone find that FMP has mistranscriptions which they refuse to put right when you ask them too. I found my Grandparents on the 1911 and they had mistranscribed her age as 21 instead of 31. It was quite clear on the original that the 3 in 31 is nothing like the 2 used for my Uncle Jacks age of 2 and under magnification it is clearly a 3 and like the one used in my GrandDads age of 34 if a little less bold. The reply they sent was implying that I was misinformed and that it was an exact match of the original, and within an acceptable margin of error!. 10 years isnt acceptable in my view. I have resubmitted with the fact that I knew my Gran personally and there is no way she had my Dad aged 14. They were married in 1902 when her aged is stated as 23 on the marriage cert I have. I am just waiting for their reply this time. The record is for Thomas Northeast,34, with Edith his wife and 3 chldren aged 7, 6 and 2 and its states they have been married 8 years. My Gran Edith died in 1957 in Brighton aged 78. I shall wait for their reply and hope they see sense becasue if not it is a waste of time and money to keep using credits up. Incidentally I thought originally that once you had viewed and they had taken the credits then you could go back as often as you needed to without using further credits. I will let ytou know what happens. Eileen(nee Northeast) http://www.epfranchi.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page1.htm

Hoping someone has a connection to my ancestor Frances/Fanny Newnham, who married Charles Whatford/Watford in 1802 in Wivelsfield ald later had 12 children with him. Any information regarding her parents would be appreciated. Tania

Hello to all, My ancestors were Charity Watford and John/James Dumbrell born in Cuckfield circa 1807. All I know about Charity is her parents names, Charles and Frances/Fanny, nee Newnham. Charles Watford was born in Lindfield circa 1776, and his wife born in Wivelsfield circa 1782. John/James Dumbrell's parents were John Dumbrell, born circa 1784 and Elizabeth Horton, born circa 1784. Does anyone have a connection to these parents so I can dig further back. Tania

From: sweeting [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 24 July 2011 5:39 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: subscribe I'm interested in finding information on my Great, Great Grandparents whom migrated from England to Australia in 1839. Henry Collins married Frances Ancell 28th April 1833 at St. Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex. I found a Baptism at the same church of a Henry Collins, Mother Sarah, 28th July 1805. I'm assuming this is my Henry Collins. Henry & Frances, together with 2 children ( Maryann & Frances ) sailed from London on the Moffatt 26th August 1839. They had another daughter while at sea 15th November 1839 & arrived at Port Adelaide 19th December 1839. I'm hoping that with the help of your website I can find information about their life & families in Sussex & why they chose to migrate to Australia. Sharyn Collins -Sweeting