Hi List, If anyone has parish records for Tisbury I too would like to ask for a lookup. I'm interested in any Harford but in particular William and Elizabeth Harford and their children. Thank you very much, Eileen ----- Original Message ----- From: Tina To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:05 AM Subject: [WSX] Mullins, Wiltshire ?? Hello, I may just have found an ancestor living in Wiltshire at the time of the 1851 census. This was not where I expected to find her, as she was married in 1860 in another county. If anything, I guessed that she might have been born in Ireland! 'My' Juliana Mullins was aged 24 in 1860, when she married in a Catholic Church. Her father was listed as Francis Mullins (deceased). The entry I have found in the 1851 census is in Wardour, Wilts. A 15 year old girl called Juliana Mullins was working as a servant in the Catholic Church there. The age and faith seem to tie in with 'my' Juliana. The girl on the census was born in Tisbury, Wilts. However, there is no record of her birth on the on-line IGI (or BVRI), so I can't easily find out if her father was called Francis. Does anybody have any records for Tisbury, who could do a look-up to see if a Juliana was baptised there? I have no books or fiches for Wiltshire at all, as I did not know of any possible connection with the county until today. Thanks very much, Tina ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== Looking for a modern UK map site - try these......... http://uk8.multimap.com/map/places.cgi http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/getamap/getamap_index.htm

Colleagues The next meeting of the Computer Group of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will be held next Monday 3 February 2003 at Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford. This is located just to the north of St Giles. Doors open at 7:15 pm for coffee, with the presentation starting at around 7.30pm. The evening will feature a demonstration by Kevin Tomes entitled "Scanning and retouching old photographs". This will be similar to the demonstrations done previously by Kevin at the society's Open Day - except that the superior facilities next week will mean that he is able to use an overhead projector linked to a large screen so that all attendees will have a prime view. Kevin is, of course, a director of the well-known Oxford printing firm "Parchment", and is something of an expert in this field. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions to get there, please see the map linked to the society's website at :- www.ofhs.org.uk 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

Hello, I may just have found an ancestor living in Wiltshire at the time of the 1851 census. This was not where I expected to find her, as she was married in 1860 in another county. If anything, I guessed that she might have been born in Ireland! 'My' Juliana Mullins was aged 24 in 1860, when she married in a Catholic Church. Her father was listed as Francis Mullins (deceased). The entry I have found in the 1851 census is in Wardour, Wilts. A 15 year old girl called Juliana Mullins was working as a servant in the Catholic Church there. The age and faith seem to tie in with 'my' Juliana. The girl on the census was born in Tisbury, Wilts. However, there is no record of her birth on the on-line IGI (or BVRI), so I can't easily find out if her father was called Francis. Does anybody have any records for Tisbury, who could do a look-up to see if a Juliana was baptised there? I have no books or fiches for Wiltshire at all, as I did not know of any possible connection with the county until today. Thanks very much, Tina

Hello all just to let you all know we are now up to 1950 on the transcribing of the index. We hope to complete by the end of the week! So far 1855-1950(start of) now just over 36,000 done........ Please feel free to ask if you would like a particular name or surname checked out for you. Take care,Linda & Tony

If anyone reading this list who has Bath/ Somerset area interests and has access to Census returns in 1861 / 1871 I shall be grateful for details of the household with WILLIAM GYNES in the Schoolhouse, Monckton Combe. Best Wishes, David Gynes Looking for Gynes, Gines and variants.

Hello, my father was born in Penzance in 1900 and joined the Worcs. regt, as far as I know he had no connections with it. Not sure when he joined but was in service in 1930, Cathy

My mistake not light infantry. Try www.regiments.org/milhist/uk/inf/009RNorf.htm . Regards Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tessa Kirk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:45 PM Subject: [WSX] WW2, Questions > Hello all. > My uncle was born and raised in Somerset but joined the Royal Norfolk Regiment.Were these WW1 men able to join their choice of regiment or were they told what to join? > Can anyone help me with Royal Norfolk history? > Regards > Tessa > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > The Free BMD Project. Many millions of English and Welsh Birth, Marriage and Death records transcribed for the period 1837 - 1900 see: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >

If they are Light Infantry you could try www.lightinfantry.org.uk Regards Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tessa Kirk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:45 PM Subject: [WSX] WW2, Questions > Hello all. > My uncle was born and raised in Somerset but joined the Royal Norfolk Regiment.Were these WW1 men able to join their choice of regiment or were they told what to join? > Can anyone help me with Royal Norfolk history? > Regards > Tessa > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > The Free BMD Project. Many millions of English and Welsh Birth, Marriage and Death records transcribed for the period 1837 - 1900 see: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >

hello list, has anyone researching Dorset connections come across the name Penninah? I have two, one is my great aunt, surname BEST born 1876 in Tarrant Gunville. She was apparently named after another relative though we have no idea of her surname. The 'lost' Penninah died in Salisbury at a great age somewhere around 1930. Judith _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk

Hello all. My uncle was born and raised in Somerset but joined the Royal Norfolk Regiment.Were these WW1 men able to join their choice of regiment or were they told what to join? Can anyone help me with Royal Norfolk history? Regards Tessa

Hi all. On behalf of a friend, is anyone out there investigating the PETHERBRIDGE family please? I gather that before moving to Bath, they lived in the Bridgewater area. Thanks. Regards, Colin Hunt.

I am researching my greatgrandmother EMILY HUCKER. Would anyone happen to have a census record with this person and her family. Emily was born on June 11, 1855 her parents are Thomas and Rebecca Hucker. Any help would be appreciated. Kathleen Flary, [email protected]

Adrienne Beside the 1901 census site, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission url is also incorrect, it should read: www.cwgc.org Jon Baker Calne, Wiltshire, UK Family History: www.vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk Calne & District Skittles League: www.calneskittles.org.uk Researching: RYALL (Isle of Wight/South Africa), DOWNTON (Dorset/IOW/NZ), KEEN (Gloucs/IOW), WALKER (Oxford/Nova Scotia), JOHNSON (Gloucs), BAKER (London/Hampshire), HAYTER (Hampshire), HUGHES (Co Armagh), STEWART (Co Down) <snip> > > COMMONWEALTH GRAVES http://cwgc.org/ > Fascinating historical stuff here. ______________________________

Adrienne Thank you for the posting. Whilst I knew of all the others I did not know the nz site and found several references on there to the Jaggar family who were related to my ancestors. Regards Bob Sanders Cardiff Wales -----Original Message----- From: Ross Richards [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 January 2003 22:30 To: [email protected] Subject: [WSX] Favourite Websites Hi there fellow lister. Do you know that some of us who have been playing around wiith genealogy on our computers assume an awful lot!!! I was asked to speak at a genealogy society meeting in a small NZ town recently and decided that the use of computers in researching and making contact with others with similar interests was the way I was going to go. It amazed me how few even knew how to use batch numbers on IGI to search out other family members from the same parish church. I took with me a photocopied selection of some of my favourite sites and found that most were unknown to them - consequently I'm going to share them with you as I know some of you will find them of value. GENUKI UK & IRELAND http://www.genuki.org.uk/mindex.html A great wealth of information here as well as links to as much again. Great lookups also offered in seperate counties. Also some online cencus and parish records. NB there is also a search engine for this site:- http://www.genuki.org.uk/search.html COMMONWEALTH GRAVES http://cwgc.org/ Fascinating historical stuff here. WORLD CONNECT http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi I was particularly fortunate in finding two branches of my family on this and was able to make contact with two more distant relies. UK ARCHIVES www.a2a.pro.gov.uk Here you need to use all possible spelling of a surname eg Crump in the 1600s was spelt Cromp Crompe Crump Crumpe. 1901 BRITISH CENCUS www.cencus.pro.gov.uk doesn't cost to find names but to get details it does. Rather than print off the sheets I saved them to disk to save time and printed them later when I wasn't paying for my time - pays to get organized before you start paying and find the folk first so you are getting best value for your dollar when downloading. GENEALOGY LINKS www.genealogylinks.net/ UK SURNAMES LIST www.county-surnames.co.uk/index.mv UK BIRTH MARRIAGES DEATHS http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl A vast number of records between 1837-1902 Still incomplete but another 4 million odd added on New Years Eve. A great way of finding wives surnames. FAMILY SEARCH - IGI, 1881 cencus and more. http://familysearch.org/ As stated above, this site can be used in a variety of ways. Remember when using batch numbers to change the last number as bigger parish records are split up into time periods. The C can sometimes be replaced with a P, and by using a M instead you find the marriages. BATCH NUMBER http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tyeroots/index4.html Here are a number of batch numbers for churches sorted by county. TRADE DIRECTORIES www.historicaldirectories.org/ VILLAGES/FAMILIES UK http://curiousfox.com/ A new site which could prove interesting - it's up to you to add your bit. NEW ZEALAND GENEALOGY SEARCH ENGINE http://downtown.co.nz/genealogy/ Must be good - it accesses my site as well as lots of shipping records etc. AUSSIE/NZ BMD www.rootsweb.com/~ausbdm/ That'll keep some of you out of mischief for a while. Happy hunting Adrienne ______________________________

Hi List, I have posted before - this brick wall of mine...but I am hoping afresh... that someone on the list may be able to help. I found on the IGI a marriage between a Sarah FOWLER and Robert LARCOMBE 21 MAY 1802 Axminster, Devon, England. My 4xGreat-Grandfather was Robert LARCOMBE b.1810c Devon/Somerset? He was transported to Australia onboard the JOHN BARRY in 1839. At the time of his crime, it was recorded that he was a Stone Mason Apprentice of 2½ years. His partner in crime was a John FOWLER who was also transported to Australia on the JOHN BARRY in 1839. From convict records in Australia, John would have been born about 1807. I am wondering if, John & Robert could have been related? Any assistance would be very much appreciated!! Regards, Christine NTH QLD, AUSTRALIA --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/03

I've had quite a few inquiries about this - there is a help page on the site I mentioned that contains the batch numbers. BATCH NUMBER http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tyeroots/index4.html Cheers Adrienne [email protected] http://AdeInNelson.homestead.com

Colleagues The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will be held on Monday 27 January 2003 at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7:15 pm for coffee, help with both genealogy & computers, and the society's bookstall. The latter will be having its January sale, with lots of goodies on sale at knock-down prices ! The subject of the talk at 8:00pm is "Researching your RAF ancestors" by Simon Fowler. This is sure to be a splendid talk as Simon is a great speaker. Many of you will remember Simon as our guest speaker at our October 2001 Open Day at Didcot. He is a former employee of the PRO and the Society of Genealogists, and is now the editor of the top magazine "Family History Monthly". 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

As he implies on the site when you've got a site like this: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle who needs batch numbers ;-) Paul On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:01:09 +1300, "Ross Richards" <[email protected]> wrote: >I've had quite a few inquiries about this - there is a help page on the site I mentioned that contains the batch numbers. >BATCH NUMBER http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tyeroots/index4.html >Cheers Adrienne >[email protected] >http://AdeInNelson.homestead.com > > >==== 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 50.33.50N 02.26.70W

Hi..which parish would SEEND be in please? Thanks Shirley --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.441 / Virus Database: 247 - Release Date: 9/01/2003

Hi there Can any one help. I have ancestors on the IGI index with surnames WITHERS, HALL, CROUCH and FOOTE. in Devizes and Bristol. When I check who has supplied the details this person comes up : MERRELL GOMM, 520E 4th St., Azuaa CA, USA 91702 I have written to this address but had no reply in over 6 months. Tried to find in US telephone directories without success. I would like to contact this person as they are obviously researching my family - anyone ant suggestions