Hi Ann I have a number of BRIGGS in my tree. My grandfather, George Henry Briggs was born in 1862 at Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire. He was the illegitimate son of Mary Briggs who married Charles Markham in 1865. George Henry Briggs was henceforth known as George Henry Markham. I had a DNA test to see if it was possible Charles Markham was his father. He is not. His father was from Central Europe possibly Poland. My DNA details are on the DNA web site. If you don't have my Briggs I will send you the details, for your one name study, when I get home next week. I am currently touring Canada. I am in contact with a cousin, Roland Briggs, who lives in Lincolnshire Victor Quoting SBS Engineers Research <research@sbse.net.au>: > Hi Christine > > The trees you refer to are mine plus some 'cousins'. I have started > quite a few trees on ancestry.com which deal with different BRIGGS > families (some with a Thomas). I am in touch with their descendants > who have had more luck in finding their Briggs ancestor than I have. I > have indexed a few hundred Briggs marriages which I'll give to the Guild > of One Name Studies for their Guild Marriage Index and likewise for > Briggs PROBATES. > > A few months ago I started a dropbox and all information for BRIGGS goes > into it and I share it with all the other BRIGGS surname followers who > contact me. Likewise, they place any new info they find in the dropbox > and share it. > > Interestingly, my English cousins didn't know much at all about their > ancestors until I sent them what information I had. I had found some > old letters amongst my grandfathers belongs that went back to 1933-36. > Correspondence from the UK to my grandfather in Sydney, seems to have > stopped suddenly about 1936. For many years my mother tried to find > our English cousins and having letters returned with 'not here anymore' > on them. So approx 10years ago, I went to the Salvation Army missing > persons office here in Perth. She gave me a form to fill out listing all > known names and old addresses for the UK. Two weeks later, the Salvo's > called me and told me they had found my cousins and that I would be > hearing from them very soon. It was a wonderful feeling to find them. We > have met a few times and keep in touch monthly. We did get to swap some > old letters and photographs etc. > > I found out the reasons for the correspondence drying up between my > grandfather and his siblings. It was to do with divorce and bitterness > and also his brother who had been a stretcher bearer in the war, and > suffered with PTSD and cut himself off form others. > > All I want is to find the birth records (and mothers name /siblings if > any) of my Thomas Briggs. > > Kind regards > Ann Spiro > > Devon FHS member #15914; Kent FHS member#9397; Isle of Wight FHS > member#1551 > WAGS Inc Member#1288; Glasgow & West Scotland 7040; GOONS member#5101 > > > > > > > > > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >