Dear All, Would anyone have a James WRIGHT c 1825 born Kingston, Hampshire? He married Ann EDMONDS of Stokenham, Devon around about 1857-8. Would anyone have him in the 1851 census in Kingston please. Cheers Bev. Edmonds Toowoomba, Qld, Australia OPC Dartington & Stokenham, Devon, Eng. Looking for EDMONDS, Devon anywhere/anytime GASTRELL, worldwide

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Hi All, Found this in the Chivelstone PR's Banns Entry 151 HILLMAN, Thomas, bach, otp & Grace Marie KILLICK, sp, of South Sea, Hampshire [First calling 13 Sep 1896] Entry 153 BAKER, William Henry otp, bach & Clare Annie START of Portsea, Portsmouth 6 Dec 1896 Cheers Bev. Edmonds Toowoomba, Qld, Australia OPC Dartington & Stokenham, Devon, Eng. Looking for EDMONDS, Devon anywhere/anytime GASTRELL, worldwide

Obviously, since the RAF was only formed on 1 April 1918, RAF Wroughton did not exist in WW1. I served there in the early 1960s when it housed, as it had done since WW2 days, 15 Maintenance Unit - at that time servicing Canberra aircraft. Since the very much larger RAF Lyneham was only opened in 1936, I am sure that RAF Wroughton is no older than that and certainly there was no military camp there earlier. As opposed to RAF Wroughton, RAF Hospital Wroughton was built between 1939 and 1942. Cheers Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "E.J. (Jim) Fisher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [WSX] Military Camps > On 28 Apr 2003, at 16:51, msnowdon.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > > > Colleen Andrews recently asked about Military camps near Swindon. I > > lived in the area in the 1930's and the camp at Chisledon comes to > > mind. It must have been there in WW1 days. There used also to be > > something at Wroughton but that might have been RAF. > > The Wroughton camp was certainly RAF in and after WW2, but > this hardly seems likely in WW1. Whether there was a camp there > at all at that time I don't know. > > > Jim Fisher in Luton, Beds., UK. > http://www.jimella.nildram.co.uk/geneal.htm - Fam hist pages > > I use CDs produced by Archive CD Books to assist fellow researchers > http://www.archivecdbooks.org > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > To find a UK mailing lists - try John Fuller's page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk.html > John also includes some useful non-Rootsweb Lists eg Moonrakers etc > >

On 29 Apr 2003, at 17:06, Toni Evans wrote: > Are you related to me ??? do any of these names ring a bell ?? > Mansell MOORE / Andrew DREW 11 Oct 1804 Do you know where Andrew DREW came from? I have an Ann DREW (not Andrew!) who married Caleb WARREN in Liddington in 1792, but I don't know her origins. Jim Fisher in Luton, Beds., UK. http://www.jimella.nildram.co.uk/geneal.htm - Fam hist pages I use CDs produced by Archive CD Books to assist fellow researchers http://www.archivecdbooks.org

On 28 Apr 2003, at 16:51, msnowdon.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > Colleen Andrews recently asked about Military camps near Swindon. I > lived in the area in the 1930's and the camp at Chisledon comes to > mind. It must have been there in WW1 days. There used also to be > something at Wroughton but that might have been RAF. The Wroughton camp was certainly RAF in and after WW2, but this hardly seems likely in WW1. Whether there was a camp there at all at that time I don't know. Jim Fisher in Luton, Beds., UK. http://www.jimella.nildram.co.uk/geneal.htm - Fam hist pages I use CDs produced by Archive CD Books to assist fellow researchers http://www.archivecdbooks.org

Chisledon Camp certainly existed in WW1 days. RAF Wroughton served various purposes over the years but when I served there it housed a maintenance unit for Canberra aircraft. This is not to be confused with RAF Hospital Wroughton next door which was one of the main RAF Hospitals. Also just up the road was the USAF Hospital at Burderop Park . However, I believe that was on the site of the old Chisledon Camp - if it wsn't it was certainly adjacent. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "msnowdon.freeserve.co.uk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 4:51 PM Subject: [WSX] Military Camps > Colleen Andrews recently asked about Military camps near Swindon. I lived in the area in the 1930's and the camp at Chisledon comes to mind. It must have been there in WW1 days. There used also to be something at Wroughton but that might have been RAF. > > Hope this helps, > > Maurice > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > To view the list archives see: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/wessex-plus > To search the list archives see: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Hallo to all, Are you related to me ??? do any of these names ring a bell ?? All Marriages ........ Henry MOORE / Ann DAVIS 21 Feb. 1835 William MOORE / Martha GAISFORD 23 Jan 1833 Ann MOORE / John FITZ 5 Dec 1830 John MOORE / Harriet WILTSHIRE 24 Sep 1829 James MOORE / Eliza SOUTH 23 Sep 1827 Joseph MOORE / Rebecca Brackstone NOYES 15 Jan 1814 Anne MOORE / John HUSSEY 8 May 1814 Betty MOORE / Thomas HERBERT 22 Jul 1810 John MOORE / Jane JAMES 4 Apr 1809 Elizabeth MOORE / John ORAM 23 Jul 1808 Mansell MOORE / Andrew DREW 11 Oct 1804 Joseph MOORE / Hannah HICKS 9 May 1803 Diana MOORE / John HODGETTS 20 Dec 1803 Martha MOORE / William HUNT 18 Mar 1802 Ann MOORE / James HORDER 5 Oct 1801 Would love to hear from you if so, Toni

>From time to time researchers may come across ancestors who were 'active' within the Co-operative Movement. Some Co-op Societies published histories at various stages of their development and some of those may contain names that may be of interest to family history researchers. Listers may be interested to note a website that may be worth visiting. http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/histories.htm John Macey QUOTE "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities our air and water that are doing it" Al Gore, Vice President USA

Colleen Andrews recently asked about Military camps near Swindon. I lived in the area in the 1930's and the camp at Chisledon comes to mind. It must have been there in WW1 days. There used also to be something at Wroughton but that might have been RAF. Hope this helps, Maurice

Hi Listers Is there anybody else researching the Read family from Winton rd Southampton Hampshire. known to be there in the early part of last century. Any info would be great Ann

Does anyone know please of a readily accessible source of historical data and information about Wiltshire's weather? Thanks Geoff Crighton England

Hi listers Just a short note to say that the range of books available by post from the Oxfordshire FHS bookstall has recently been increased. For full details of what's now on offer, please see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/books.html Likewise, the range of parish register transcripts available on CD has recently expanded. For further details, please see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html Any queries, please contact me off-list. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer and Minutes Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.ofhs.org.uk

Colleagues The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will be held on Monday 28 April 2003 at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7:15 pm for coffee, help, both with genealogy & computers, bookstall, exchange journals etc. The subject of the talk at 8:00pm is "The Spectre of the Union - the workhouse and its records" by Major Brian Oldham. Brian last spoke to OFHS about eighteen months ago, and is a most accomplished speaker. He regularly writes for "Ancestors" magazine. I'm anticipating a splendid evening. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions to get there, see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html For a list of future meetings of the OFHS see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html Any queries, please contact me off-list. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer and Minutes Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.ofhs.org.uk

Could SKS with access to either the 1861 or 1871 censuses for Berkshire please look-up a family for me? I'm looking for Charles & Hannah BUNCE of Kintbury, Berkshire. In 1861 the family should have gone something like this: Charles BUNCE-34 Hannah BUNCE William George BUNCE-8 Sarah BUNCE-5 George BUNCE-3 Anna Maria BUNCE-infant or not born In 1871 the family should have looked something like: Charles BUNCE-44 Hannah BUNCE- William George BUNCE-18 Sarah BUNCE-15 George BUNCE-13 Anna Maria BUNCE-10 Alfred BUNCE-9 Charles Bowshier BUNCE-6 If anyone could look this up for me I'd be very grateful. Colleen Andrews

Does anyone know if there was a WW1 military camp or base anywhere in the vicinity of Swindon, Wilts? I ask because my gr-grandmother was from the Swindon area, but my gr-grandfather was from Walsall, Staffs. They were married & their first child born in Faringdon District, north of Swindon, in 1918....I don't know why my gr-grandfather would have been in that part of the country otherwise, or how else they could have met. Colleen Andrews

-----Original Message----- From: David Cheek [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 19 April 2003 7:50 PM To: Dennis White; [email protected] Subject: RE: [WSX] Transcribing Parish Records Dear Dennis If one does not use the exact or as close as you can recognise the original all transcriptions then become an interpretation, which in my opinion, is defeating the whole purpose of transcribing.......what we think and what we may like to correct whilst transcribing is immaterial against the original document and what has been recorded.... If the record is a true and accurate entry at the time of entry who are we to change those "facts"......transcribe as you read........ Best regards and happy transcribing David Cheek - Adelaide - Australia Virus Protection by Norton AntiVirus 2002 Researching in Somerset, Australia and now USA CHEEK, CHICK Transcriber of Parish Registers in South West Somerset & FreeBMD -----Original Message----- From: Dennis White [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 19 April 2003 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WSX] Transcribing Parish Records Hello Folks, For some time now, I have been transcribing some of the old Parish Records, so that I can look up things - for those of you who require such lookups - easier. Being virtually housebound, I don't get to meet people very often. Hence my asking this question here. In a file that was sent to me recently, someone had transcribed part of a PR, using modern spelling, even for the persons name and occasionally adding "Spelt such and such in the register." I have tended to keep strictly to the spelling as it appears in the PRs and leave it to the reader to decide what it represents. Example: In 1561: "John the sonne of Willyam Whighte was baptized the Seventeenth daye of Februarye." [Wellow, Som. PRs 1561-1717, p.1, entry 5.] I believe that this Willyam Whighte could possibly be one of my ancestors. A quick look through the rest of that particular register shows that about a century later, the surname White is being used. Could someone please advise me as to which way is best - especially in the light that people may wish to refer to it after I start pushing up the daisies. Many thanks, Dennis Cwmbran, S. Wales [email protected] Emails scanned for viruses both incoming and outgoing by Norton Antivirus 2002. ______________________________

Dear Dennis If one does not use the exact or as close as you can recognise the original all transcriptions then become an interpretation, which in my opinion, is defeating the whole purpose of transcribing.......what we think and what we may like to correct whilst transcribing is immaterial against the original document and what has been recorded.... If the record is a true and accurate entry at the time of entry who are we to change those "facts"......transcribe as you read........ Best regards and happy transcribing David Cheek - Adelaide - Australia Virus Protection by Norton AntiVirus 2002 Researching in Somerset, Australia and now USA CHEEK, CHICK Transcriber of Parish Registers in South West Somerset & FreeBMD -----Original Message----- From: Dennis White [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 19 April 2003 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WSX] Transcribing Parish Records Hello Folks, For some time now, I have been transcribing some of the old Parish Records, so that I can look up things - for those of you who require such lookups - easier. Being virtually housebound, I don't get to meet people very often. Hence my asking this question here. In a file that was sent to me recently, someone had transcribed part of a PR, using modern spelling, even for the persons name and occasionally adding "Spelt such and such in the register." I have tended to keep strictly to the spelling as it appears in the PRs and leave it to the reader to decide what it represents. Example: In 1561: "John the sonne of Willyam Whighte was baptized the Seventeenth daye of Februarye." [Wellow, Som. PRs 1561-1717, p.1, entry 5.] I believe that this Willyam Whighte could possibly be one of my ancestors. A quick look through the rest of that particular register shows that about a century later, the surname White is being used. Could someone please advise me as to which way is best - especially in the light that people may wish to refer to it after I start pushing up the daisies. Many thanks, Dennis Cwmbran, S. Wales [email protected] Emails scanned for viruses both incoming and outgoing by Norton Antivirus 2002. ______________________________

Thank you folks. I started to wonder "Have I done it all wrong?" These old Tudor PRs are difficult enough with their variations in spelling and indeed the different ways of forming the individual letters, I'm quite dizzy after about an hour of it. Some letters I puzzle over for hours ... and it could be days or even weeks later, when it has been used in a word that looks familiar, like ?lerk. Then, I think that the letter that could be a Y, or a P, is in fact a C. Low and behold, a few entries later was the word Clerk with what we would call a normal C. This is a right old puzzle! Anyway thanks again to all those who replied to me. It was a real encouragement. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [WSX] Transcribing Parish Records | Hi Dennis | We have transcribed many Hampshire PR's and these are online at | www.knightsure.co.uk/knightroots/genealogy | We always transcribe as is - otherwise it is not a transcription but an | interpretaion. If we can't read something, we put dashes or ??? | We came across a site recently www.british-genealogy.com where there is a | section on transcribing. | Take care | Linda & Tony | | | ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== | To find a UK mailing lists - try John Fuller's page at: | http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk.html | John also includes some useful non-Rootsweb Lists eg Moonrakers etc |

Does anyone have access to parish registers for the areas of Pewsey &/or Calne, Wiltshire? My great-great-grandparents William George BUNCE & Caroline Ann PONTING were married in Calne between July & September, 1883. However, they had births for 2 children registered during the same quarter, in different districts. Altogether they had 11 children, & rarely were 2 born in the same place consecutively (!)....before I go to the expense of ordering birth certificates for all their children, I wondered if anyone could find the baptisms of the first 2 so I could confirm they were the same ones. I suspect the oldest was born before her parents' marriage & registered at the same time as the next child, but wasn't this illegal? In 1891 the family was living in a caravan outside the Royal Oak Inn in Pewsey. In 1901 they were living in Warningcamp, Sussex. They apparently were very nomadic. Compiled from the 1891 & 1901 censuses as well as the index to civil registration, these were their children: Beatrice Ada BUNCE, birth registered Pewsey Distr, Oct-Dec 1883 Rosanna BUNCE, birth registered Calne Distr, Oct-Dec 1883 Maud BUNCE, born 1886 Pewsey George BUNCE, born 1887 Calne William BUNCE, born 1890 Newbury, Berks. Priscilla Phoebe BUNCE, born 1891 Pewsey, death registered Oct-Dec 1894 in Pewsey Frederick BUNCE, born 1893 Calne Edith Emily BUNCE, born June 21, 1894 Marsh Cottages, Clyffe Pypard (this is my gr-grandmother & I have her birth cert) Jane BUNCE, born 1897 Maidenhead, Berks. Annie BUNCE, born 1899 Aldershot, Surrey Beatrice Florence BUNCE, born January 1901, Warningcamp, Sussex TIA, Colleen Andrews