Hi Andy! What is your GODDEN connection? My greatx4 grandmother Elizabeth GODDEN married John HONEYSETT in Dallington 16 July 1789 and after his death married William WALTER, also at Dallington, 5 November 1816. Elizabeth died in Dallington 26 April 1845 aged 78 (1766/67). She was the daughter of Joel GODDEN (b 1727 Brenchley Kent) and Elizabeth DOWNE (m Frant 19 October 1761). Other children were Joel (b 1762 but where), Mary (1764 but where), and Robert (1771 but where). The family was removed from Wadhurst SSX in 1767 and settled in Brenchley. Joel was a Hoopshaver, Cooper or Wheelwright. I don't know what became of the rest of the family. Cheers, Joanne In a message dated 1/17/2008 7:50:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, andy701@blueyonder.co.uk writes: Hi all Is anyone researching the above family? In particular Edgar BARHAM who married Elizabeth HEDGCOCK in 1819 (d1886 Rye). It's Elizabeth's background that I'm interested in. Her father, James, was born about 1778 in Heathfield, Sussex. Apart from a possible wife, Elizabeth BODLE, I can find no more information about his background. He died 1853 in Mermaid Street, Rye. Is there a BARHAM researcher who has already done this family line? Other linked surnames are FIPPS, PHIPPS, GODDEN, MASTERS, WOOD, FEILDER, BEECHING, and COLEMAN. Happy to share what I have. Thank you. Andy Joanne Mays Becker Sleepy Hollow, New York **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Dear Listers, Many thanks for all the emails regarding the Onion Pie Murder! I hope I have correctly thanked everyone individually but just in case, I'd like to thank everyone here. There were so many emails on this topic which started as an offshoot to the GEERING Poisonings. Special thanks to Carol HARRISON, OPC of Chiddingly, for transcribing all the Newspaper coverage which is available on the following site: _http://www.sussex-opc.org/ParishDetails/EastSussex/Chiddingly/ChiddinglyMurde r/ChiddinglyMurder.htm_ (http://www.sussex-opc.org/ParishDetails/EastSussex/Chiddingly/ChiddinglyMurder/ChiddinglyMurder.htm) Thanks very much again for all responses! My sincere apologies if I neglected to thank anyone individually. Cheers, Joanne Joanne Mays Becker Sleepy Hollow, New York **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Good Morning Listers, Looking for any connections to FUDGE particularly in the Chatham, Isle of Grain and Hoo areas of Kent in the 1750 to 1800 time frame. Harvey in Adelaide, Sth. Australia.

Hello List. Started research for my children on the brown family. So far i cant even get started, I have a David Brown who operated a fruit & Veg delivery service. The buisness name was David Vincent why i dont know. My fatherinlaw is now 80years old. And rembersthis buisness, so i presume in the 1940s. my inlaws lived with his grandfather David Brown in Brighton after they married in 1948. He cant remember his grandmother's name, but she was a money lender. My dads parents were John Brown born abt 1897. His wife was Grace Eva Aldous. Married abt 1925. Where can i find this marriage. If i get this certificate , what info am i likley to get Hope someone can help. Regards Judy Beggs Australia

If Sue Freestone still belongs to this list, could she please get in touch with me regarding her posting about the PACKHAM family of Mayfield. Also I would love to hear from anyone else with connections to this family. I am researching them for my neighbour, so am not related. Thanks in anticipation, Jane.

I can't help with this particular Harriet Stringer but have Stringers in Pyecombe in the 1841 census. Don't know if there is a connection as I'm not sure of the distance. Pycombe is near Clayton. Contact me if need more info as I am investigating Stringer family links. Kerry Gray Wiltshire UK ======================================================================== This email has been sent from the West Berks LEA. If you have cause for complaint regarding the content of this email please contact abuse@westberks.org ========================================================================

Some time ago, SKS put me onto a website where I could look up weather records for, say, Weymouth in Dorset in June 1944. Does anyone have any idea of which site it was, and the link? Many thanks. Margaret

Hi Bob, Generally speaking most of the data you are asking about should be on the original Parish registers for that time frame. However, Each parish varies with the diligence of the Parish Clark/vicar et al. I have has some that give less information and some that have all that information back to a 1783 marriage (and earlier) I have from the PRs. Sussex is generally wonderful. BUT 1. licence information (other than married by licence) can be obtained seperately. Banns are sometimes on the same reel (check the film notes) and some Parish Clerks etc write the banns date on the marriage entry. It should also mention "by consent of parents if Mary was underage. 2. Witnesses would be on there. 3. Whether he was of this Parish, should be on there, or if he was from somewhere else the Place should be mentioned. BUT he may have moved there from somewhere else and because he has been their a length of time, or started a business there etc etc he could be deemed to be of this Parish. You are on iffy ground here. 4. The best thing is you can trace the family for which ever person is belonging to that Parish. Plus if it is the wifes Parish you can trace her family. Sometimes the first child would be born and christened in the parish because the wife wanted to be with her parents for the birht of that child. There are lots of if buts and maybe's. But I am a PR nut.........I collect all the data and put it onto a database for future reference. Vere is an uncommon name, and Pickering is so so....... Get the PR Bob. Cheers Pam from Adelaide Australia > I have just received confirmation via the West Sussex Record Office, that > the marriage of Edward Rowland PICKERING and Mary VERE did take place at > Broadwater, Sussex, Parish on the 15 Oct 1805. Edward is 'of this parish' > and Mary is recorded as being from Ware in Hertfordshire. > Other information I have is that Mary at this point of time was only 17, > and she was the daughter of Samuel Vere and Ann Proctor. > >

Hi Mike, There is a death for Ann Sye aged 73 on FreeBMD Mar qtr 1876 Marylebone vol 1a p433. I cannot find an Ann Sye on the 1871 census but I can find one on the 1861 census, although she is recorded as born 1796. I cannot find a marriage for Ann Say (or variants) on FreeBMD. Not sure how much this helps! cheers, Anne > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:20:19 +0000> To: SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> From: rmasay@globalnet.co.uk> Subject: [SXP] ANN SAY nee BATCHELOR HENFIELD> > This is a desperation shot.> I have been trying for an awfully long time to track down the death > record of my paternal gggrandmother ANN SAY nee BATCHELOR who was > born 1804 Henfield (though never been able to track a baptismal > record for her) and who married my gggfather HENRY WILLIAM SAY and > subsequently spent her life until 1871 (when she is shown as a widow > under a mistranscribed name of LAY) in the Deptford Lambeth areas of > Surrey/Kent/London. I have had the local Southwark BMD register > checked for a death entry and nothing has been found under as many > permutations of the name as I can conceive.> She may of course have remarried although unlikely given her age. She > may have emigrated but again no apparent evidence for this.> I wonder therefore whether or not she might have moved back to > Henfield and been buried there somewhere between 1871 and say the > next dozen or so years.> Does anyone have access to the burial records for Henfield who might > be able to check for an entry.> If anyone has any other thoughts then I would be most grateful if > they would share them with me.> I am even thinking of putting up some sort of reward for evidence > leading to ..........> Kind regards> Mike Say> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Share what Santa brought you https://www.mycooluncool.com

This is a desperation shot. I have been trying for an awfully long time to track down the death record of my paternal gggrandmother ANN SAY nee BATCHELOR who was born 1804 Henfield (though never been able to track a baptismal record for her) and who married my gggfather HENRY WILLIAM SAY and subsequently spent her life until 1871 (when she is shown as a widow under a mistranscribed name of LAY) in the Deptford Lambeth areas of Surrey/Kent/London. I have had the local Southwark BMD register checked for a death entry and nothing has been found under as many permutations of the name as I can conceive. She may of course have remarried although unlikely given her age. She may have emigrated but again no apparent evidence for this. I wonder therefore whether or not she might have moved back to Henfield and been buried there somewhere between 1871 and say the next dozen or so years. Does anyone have access to the burial records for Henfield who might be able to check for an entry. If anyone has any other thoughts then I would be most grateful if they would share them with me. I am even thinking of putting up some sort of reward for evidence leading to .......... Kind regards Mike Say

Hello Listers, I have a James Edwards marrying a Lydia Jenner on the 30 Dec 1789 (source was via IGI). What I want to know is if and who do I ask for a copy of their marriage certificate or record or whatever they did back then to record such events? What I want to know from this record is the birth place for James and Lydia and parents names. Will this record show them ? How does one go further back in time. I do not live near any large librarys. Our local one is smaller than my kitchen! I did once receive a fair bit of info on this family and their children from a wonderful person, but now I wish to go back further. Can anyone help please ? thank you Trish Pingelly West Aust lady.58@bigpond.com

Hello List A very valid point Geoff! Care should be taken when writing about families, many of whom will have descendants alive. I have seen an instance of someone's 'enthusiasm' boiling over when publishing details of a family (with loads of 'perhaps', 'probably' or 'I would think' all these plus mistakes) to whom they are not related; of course with very few or no sources. Good research is great; badly researched data hurts all interested in Family Research. K ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Extract from the Sussex Marriage Index: Place: Ringmer, East Sussex, Date: 30 Dec 1789: Subject: Lydia JENNER Spouse: James EDWARDS, botp (B) For marriages between 1754 and 1837, the Marriage Register entry should show: 1 The names of the Bride & Groom; 2 Their marital status; 3 Their parish of residence; 4 The date of the marriage; 5 Whether it was by Banns or by Licence; 6 Signatures, or marks, of the Bride & Groom; 7 Signature of the officiating clergyman; 8 Signatures of two or more witnesses. Very occasionally there may be extra information if either the bride or groom was still a Minor, this may show their age and who had given permission for them to marry; or these details may be included in a Marriage Licence. Otherwise you will NOT find details of ages, place of birth or parents on an Anglican marriage entry of this date. After 1837, the age of the parties (or "Full age" indicating they were over 21) plus the name of the father is shown on the Marriage Register IF it is both known and declared to the clergyman. However, not all clergymen were assiduous in completing their registers and so items (2) and (3) above are often missing from the entry. The Sussex Marriage Index is an excellent product, but sometimes it doesn't show all the available details. For example, there must have been witnesses to this marriage, or it would not have been legally binding. These witnesses may hold the key to identifying a person's place within a particular ancestral line, so it is worth taking a look at the entry itself in the Marriage Register. The original registers for Ringmer are at the East Sussex Record Office (ESRO) in Lewes. However, they have been filmed by the LDS, so you may be able to arrange to view the film at your nearest Family History Centre for a small fee. You can probably obtain a photocopy of the entry direct from ESRO, but they would undoubtedly charge for the service and I have no idea how much that might be. Best wishes Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex

Good morning Norma, I have been following the Sussex plus list and your requests for information on the above family surname. I noticed that Marion Woolgar very kindly has given the exact dates from the Times for the newspaper articles that will help you. I don't know where you are in OZ, but if you are a member of the NSW State Library and have a membership card, you can access their site and look up the Times, which as Stephen said are a wonderful resource.. Kind regards ..........Robyn Arkinstall, Central Coast. NSW Our web site can be found at: http://erindra.customer.netspace.net.au Please check out the website of the Central Coast Family History Society Inc At http://www.centralcoastfhs.org.au

I have just received confirmation via the West Sussex Record Office, that the marriage of Edward Rowland PICKERING and Mary VERE did take place at Broadwater, Sussex, Parish on the 15 Oct 1805. Edward is 'of this parish' and Mary is recorded as being from Ware in Hertfordshire. Other information I have is that Mary at this point of time was only 17, and she was the daughter of Samuel Vere and Ann Proctor. I noticed on the IGI that this marrage is mentioned with a batch reference number relating to the Bishop's Transcripts for this parish. A further search of the LDS library catalogue reveals the original parish registers are on FHL film 1068504. Question being would a view of the actual Parish register reveal any additional information concerning the marriage or participants? I am thinking in terms of maybe witness names in 1805, also as Mary the bride was both under 21 and from another parish a licence or bond would be required beforehand. Are these details likely to be shown on the entry? Edward "of this parish" possibly means at this time only 3-4 weeks residency to qualify. Am I correct in this assumption. At this time Edward's father was deceased and his mother re-married and resident in London.

A thank you to the numerous people that responded to my plea, not only with scans, but also with useful Blaker information from other books, and potential new contacts, and other Blaker names. This is bountiful treasure indeed !! Chris Researching BLAKER families in Sussex On 07/01/2008, Chris 4Genealogy <chris4genealogy@gmail.com> wrote: > Best wishes for the New Year to everyone > > I have just found a reference to "Sussex in the twentieth century. > Contemporary biographies", ed. by W.T. Pike, 1910 where it states that > there is a photo of a relative. > > If anyone has a copy of this and a scanner, I would be very obliged if > I could have a copy of the photo of Montague Spencer BLAKER emailed to > me (off-list obviously). Could you also let me know if there are any > other BLAKERs mentioned in the book. > > Thank you > > Chris > Researching BLAKER families in Sussex

Phil, Harriet STRINGER was baptized on Dec 18, 1836 in West Grinstead. She was the baseborn )illegitimate) daughter of Luicy STRINGER. No father is shown on the parish register. This information is from the CD of the Indexed Transcriptions of the Parish Register of baptisms, marriages and burials from 1559 to 1890. If you need other lookups on the family let me know. Gordon Hillman Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Message: 7 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:53:35 -0500 From: "Phil White" <pwgrandmapa@comcast.net> Subject: [SXP] STRINGER at West Grinstead To: "Sussex Plus" <SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BGEBKKLJDIPBICKIKEFCOEGPCAAA.pwgrandmapa@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello to everyone I am in hopes someone can look up a birth and baptism date for me in West Grinstead Harriet STRINGER bn 1835-1837 Thanks for past help Phil White in New Hampshire USA Roots in Sussex & IOW No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1/1219 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 10:19 AM

On 14/01/2008, John Billing <hwmiwj@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > can anyone please tell me the approximate road distance from Rusper to Cowfold, would this have been much differnet in the mid 1800's? According to ParLoc - its 9.3 miles (as the crow flies) with Cowfold being almost due south of Rusper - no great distance - about 2 hours walking.

Hi John This site is very helpful for determining distances http://maps.google.co.uk/ Jan > can anyone please tell me the approximate road distance from Rusper to > Cowfold, would this have been much differnet in the mid 1800's? > many thanks > John > in a currently wet Central Queensland

Hi to the list, Anyone interested in the Onion Pie Murder can read all about it on the Sussex OPC website. By following the link below, you will go directly to the initial page. This info was painstakingly transcribed by Carol Harrison. http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.htm Have fun Happy hunting Sandra Shelley Eastbourne Sussex