Hello... could someone please help with the parents names and birthplaces of JOHN LAMBOURNE and ELIZABETH SOMNER married 23 April 1798, Seend Wiltshire? Thanks very much......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

Thank you Adrienne, I have printed your letter off for further reference, and certainly there were websites on your list that I did not know of, Cathy > >

In a message dated 21/01/2003 19:08:37 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > 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 > Hello Paul & all yes indeed a very useful site - we have printed an A-Z for reference & very helpful where the original IGI has omitted batch numbers and a great guide. Take care,Linda & Tony

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

Shirley The Genuki site - as mentioned by Adrienne in the last day or so will answer this question for you and also provide you with further information on Seend: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/indexpars.html see also: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/index.html with thanks to the maintainer of these pages - David Hawgood ;-) Paul On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:55:09 +1300, "TaXaN" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi..which parish would SEEND be in please? Thanks Shirley 50.33.50N 02.26.70W

I am researching the HUCKER family from Middlezoy England. Kathleen Flary [email protected]

Hi Shirley! Seend is a parish. The registers go back to 1594. Cheers Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "TaXaN" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 5:55 AM Subject: [WSX] SEEND > 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 > > > > ==== 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 > >

In a message dated 20/01/03 22:32:29 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > 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. > To all readers the spelling of cencus is wrong, you will not find the 1901 census that way. The correct URL is www.census.pro.gov.uk as is printed on all payment vouchers My genealogical links are in fact my published favourites <A HREF="http://www.web-community.co.uk/hgs">Genealogical Computer Links</A> <A HREF="http://www.web-community.co.uk/census/news.html">1901 Census News</A> Graham

BlankDear Listers, Ken asked for 'time spans' in response to my first message-see bottom of page. Immediately below is all the info I have, some info I think is safe however, some is family hearsay! There are many gaps as to the Hunts my ancestors served with, some have only one or two Hunts or none, here goes: GODDARD ancestors: * GGGGF William GODDARD b???? - I have no details of William's time as a Hunt Servant (HS) * GGGF Benjamin GODDARD b ????? (married Jane SAVIN 18 Aug 1847, St Giles, Oxford) - HS at: Bicester & Warden Hill, Oxfordshire c1858 * GGF Harry Edwin GODDARD b1858 Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire - HS at: North Warwickshire c1881 Tynedale, Corbridge, Northumberland c1884 Ledbury, Herefordshire c 1897 Dunhallow, Ireland c1903 Harry's brothers: William GODDARD b1851 Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire - HS at: Heythrop, Oxfordshire c1881 Eggesford, Devon c1891 Thomas Edwin GODDARD b1851 Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire - HS at: Blankey, Lincolnshire c1881 * GF Benjamin GODDARD b1888, Cricklade, Wilts - HS from 1900 with Dunhallow, Ireland, retired 1957 from Chiddingfold Hunt, Surrey. He served with: Essex Union, Harlow 1905 Duke of Beaufort, Badminton,1907 North Cotswold, Broadway, Worcs 1908 Tickham, Faversham, Kent 1910 Garth or Old Berkshire or ???????, Tynedale, Corbridge, Northumberland c1920 Cumberland Farmers, Carlisle 1924 Holderness, Yorks 1933 Chiddingfold Farmers, Surrey 1936 Crawley & Horsham, Sussex c1943 Surrey Union, Ockley 1948 Benjamin was the last HS to ride in a point-to-point race in England at Tickham. HS were seen as professional riders & ban from riding in point-to-points in 1935. He also played the role of John Peel at the 'John Peel Centenary' celebrations at Caldbeck, Cumberland Oct 18, 1929. Benjamin's brothers: Edward Cornish GODDARD b 1889, Cricklade, Wilts - HS from c1901 Carmarthenshire, retired 1955 from Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester - served with: Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen c1902 VWH, Cricklade, Wilts 19?? Avon Vale, Trowbridge, Wilts c1919 VWH, Cirencester, Gloucs 1934 Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucs c1945 James GODDARD b1895 Cricklade, Wilts - HS from c1907 Old Berkshire, retired 196? from Surrey Union - served with: Old Berkshire, Wantage c1907 Lady Craven's Harriers, Kintbury, Berks 19?? Duke of Beaufort, Badminton, Gloucs 19?? Southdown, Ringmer, Sussex 19?? Old Berkshire, Wantage 19?? Belvior, Grantham, Lincs 19?? North Hereford, Bodenham 1930 Southdown, Ringmer, Sussex 1936 Surrey Union, Ockley 19?? * My Uncle (Benjamin's son) - HS at: Jack GODDARD born 1913 at Tickham Hunt, Kent served with Badsworth, Pontefract, Yorks 193? CORNISH ancestors: *GGGF Nicholas CORNISH b1832 Exeter, Devon - HS at: ????? (Careby, Lincolnshire) c1865 Tynedale, Corbridge, Northumberland c1881 TAYLOR ancestors: * My father: Joseph TAYLOR b 1909, Streetlam, N Yorks - HS from c1934 Bedale, Northallerton, N Yorks & retired from Chiddingfold Hunt 1939. Also found but not sure if my ancestors: John C GODDARD b1849 ????? Oxford - HS at: ???? Weaverham Cum Milton, Cheshire c1881 Jack GODDARD b???? - HS at: Quorn, Leicestershire c1863-66 J GODDARD b???? - HS at: ????? c 1894 I would appreciate any help you can offer, I feel I have a mammoth task ahead of me. Kind regards - Sue Taylor, Coalpit Bank, Telford, UK ******************************************************************* This is the original message I sent: Dear Listers, Do you know of any research into the movements/careers of (Fox) Hunt Servants? I would appreciate any information you could pass my way as I have a major task in tracing the generations before my GF(s). Many of my ancestors where Hunt Servants, GODDARD, CORNISH, TAYLOR, employed by different Hunts throughout Britain. My GF Benjamin GODDARD argued that the GODDARD family had the longest association with foxhunting than any other family. There nomadic lifestyle has made it difficult to trace them as they have lived in so many places, often only for a year or two. To give you an 'easy' example: my GGM Annie CORNISH born Exeter, Devon, married (& met) in Hexham, Northumberland, my GGF Harry GODDARD born Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire. Harry served with Hunts in Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Hampshire, Gloucestershire ........ & Ireland and died in Wiltshire after having the Black Horse Pub, Burton Hill, Malmesbury, Wilts. I do have a 1936/7 Baily's Hunting Directory (£10 second-hand!) which includes limited info on my GGF, GF & 2 G Uncles, the local Fam Hist Centre only has more recent copies and Baily's only goes back to 1873ish. I have written to various Hunts associated with my family but had not response. Many thanks for any help - Sue Taylor, Coalpit Bank, Telford

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:29:47 +1300, "Ross Richards" <[email protected]> wrote: >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 Adrienne Glad you put this one first - whilst most of the other sites are useful, I feel, IMHO, that GENUKI should be the first stop for anyone researching a new county, be they from the UK or abroad: most county pages will give you a good grounding on what's available and what isn't - although there are always exceptions, with one or two counties a little behind the times, but in the main the amount of info available for some counties is superb - Devon perhaps being the to which we would probably all aspire to ? http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/DevonContents.html Paul 50.33.50N 02.26.70W

Hi listers Next Sunday 26 January 2003 is the day of the annual Bracknell Family History Fair. This will be held at the usual venue, which is Bracknell Sports and Leisure Centre, Bagshot Rd (A322), Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 9SE. The event opens at 10.00am and ends at 5.00pm. It is the country's largest Sunday fair, with over 200 stalls. Further details of the event, and a link to a map showing its location, can be found on :- http://members.aol.com/aquarterma/datesandlocations.htm I'm delighted to announce that this society will have representation at the event. Our stall will be manned by Hugh and Jean Kearsey, Neil Bradshaw and Wendy Archer. They will be selling the society's unrivalled range of indexes and transcriptions on microfiche and CD ; they will have a selection of the very best buys available from the society's bookstall ; and they will be equipped with the society's computerised "Search Services" database. Further details from :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ I think it's fair to say that the society's stall will have something to interest everyone with Oxfordshire and North Berkshire interests, so why not pop by for a chat and a browse. The team will be delighted to meet everyone, and in particular those "out of county" members who might otherwise find it difficult to keep in touch. Very best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer and Minutes Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.ofhs.org.uk

Hi all The indexing of the above continues and at present 1855 to start of 1945 is complete which so far is just under 34000 names. The fiche only go to 1953. Happy to give a free look up from the index. Take care Linda & Tony

Hi Amy Regret I can't come up with a book for that period - the organised smuggling gangs that had operated in the earlier in the century had been long broken up and I would've thought that apart from a little part time smuggling by a few of the local fishermen etc life would have been pretty quiet in that respect and that your ggf would have been more involved in coast watching and ensuring that no harm came to any of the many vessels that passed through that sometimes very dangerous stretch of water so close to the Needles at the East end of the Solent - where many a disaster has taken place in bad weather. The PRO provides a brief, but interesting and useful leaflet on the subject of the coast guard at: http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk/ExternalRequest.asp?RequestReference=ri2044 I'm trying to think of the name of a lady who specialises in researching coast guard's careers, but her name escapes me at the present - perhaps someone else on the list can remember or has it jotted down somewhere. Regards Paul On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 22:34:37 -0000, "wiles123" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, I wonder if anyone knows where I can find information on coastguards in Lymington, Hampshire. Any names of books etc would be very helpful. My ggrandfather was coastguard in 1893. >Thanks >Amy 50.33.50N 02.26.70W

Hi, I wonder if anyone knows where I can find information on coastguards in Lymington, Hampshire. Any names of books etc would be very helpful. My ggrandfather was coastguard in 1893. Thanks Amy

Seeking information on some "lost" rellies found on 1901 Census - see below Anyone sited them? Would be grateful for any news. Jim http://www.payman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/lucas/odyframe.htm Nicholas Lucas 45 Dorset Osminton Hampshire Romsey Extra Ordinary Agricultural Labourer Mary Lucas 40 Dorset Wool Hampshire Romsey Extra Wilton Lucas 18 Dorset Coombe Keynes Hampshire Romsey Extra Under Cowman On Farm Fred Lucas 17 Dorset Tray Town Hampshire Romsey Extra Under Cowman On Farm Bessie Lucas 15 Dorset Rampisham Hampshire Romsey Extra Henry Lucas 13 Dorset East Hulworth Hampshire Romsey Extra Under Dairyman On Farm Ethel Lucas 11 Dorset East Hulworth Hampshire Romsey Extra Ada Lucas 9 Dorset Poomgton Hampshire Romsey Extra Reginald Lucas 7 Dorset Poomgton Hampshire Romsey Extra Herbert Lucas 5 Dorset Poomgton Hampshire Romsey Extra Percy Lucas 3 Dorset Poomgton Hampshire Romsey Extra Mabel Lucas 1M Dorset Poomgton Hampshire Romsey Extra --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/03

Dear Listers, Do you know of any research into the movements/careers of (Fox) Hunt Servants? I would appreciate any information you could pass my way as I have a major task in tracing the generations before my GF(s). Many of my ancestors where Hunt Servants, GODDARD, CORNISH, TAYLOR, employed by different Hunts throughout Britain. My GF Benjamin GODDARD argued that the GODDARD family had the longest association with foxhunting than any other family. There nomadic lifestyle has made it difficult to trace them as they have lived in so many places, often only for a year or two. To give you an 'easy' example: my GGM Annie CORNISH born Exeter, Devon, married (& met) in Hexham, Northumberland, my GGF Harry GODDARD born Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire. Harry served with Hunts in Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Hampshire, Gloucestershire ........ & Ireland and died in Wiltshire after having the Black Horse Pub, Burton Hill, Malmesbury, Wilts. I do have a 1936/7 Baily's Hunting Directory (£10 second-hand!) which includes limited info on my GGF, GF & 2 G Uncles, the local Fam Hist Centre only has more recent copies and Baily's only goes back to 1873ish. I have written to various Hunts associated with my family but had not response. Many thanks for any help - Sue Taylor, Coalpit Bank, Telford

I am looking for information on the life / family of Ellen Louisa (Nellie) FURBER born 1889 at Morden Dorset. She was daughter of Frederick William FURBER born about 1866 at Morden and Jessie Caroline LAWRENCE born 1865 Baughurst Hampshire. They married in the Wareham Registration District in 1888. Did Nellie come to the Reading area? Did she marry in 1916? Did she have a daughter who was a teacher? Any further information regarding this family will be most appreciated as I am trying to piece together and prove / disprove notes left by my mother-in-law about her cousins! -- Margaret Young [email protected] Breadmore One-Name Study (GOONS 2503) http://www.breadmore.org/

Hi Will be interested to hear from anyone with an interest in the following families which are all associated with each other : FOOT, FOOTE -Berwick St John, Compton Chamberlyne, Seend and Devizes from ca 1700`s - Wiltshire / Dorset WITHERS - Devizes, Bristol - Wiltshire, Gloucester from ca 1840 HALL - Devizes, Surrey & Australia from ca 1850 CROUCH - Devizes, London from ca 1880 Will be happy to share information about my own family knowledge. Robert in North Wales

Hi can anyone tell me about Rogers Factory in Bristol ca 1846. The reason for asking is that my great grandfather, Joseph WITHERS, was born there [ according to birth certificate ] and his father, Henry WITHERS, given address was also at the factory. The certificate entry does look like Rogers or very close ! Robert in North Wales

Hi Everyone With apologies to those who have seen my earlier requests and mainly for the benefit of those who have subscribed since my last posting on the subject this is another appeal for help with the FreeCEN project. Access to UK census information generally depends on being able to get to a local studies library or LDS centre, buying a scan or a copy on CD or relying on someone to do a look up for you. The FreeCEN project is aiming to change all that by making the information available on the internet in full and absolutely free of charge. We have the full support of LDS who have kindly loaned us the data on microfiche. The task of transcribing the data onto a specially designed software data base is being undertaken by hard working and dedicated family history enthusiasts from all over the world on an unpaid basis. I am responsible for co-ordinating the Bristol & South Gloucestershire sub project working initially on the 1891 census. We are making reasonable progress but I need more Transcribers and Checkers. If you have access to a microfiche reader, believe, as we do, that this information should be freely accessible and can spare a few hours each week then I would be delighted to hear from you. Bernadette in NZ FreeCEN Coordinator: Bristol & Sth Gloucestershire