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From: David Wilcox <>
Subject: [Lon] Re: LONDON-D Digest V02 #2216
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:35:30 +1300
In-Reply-To: <200212141014.gBEAEmZ7018916@lists5.rootsweb.com>


At 03:14 AM 14-12-2002 -0700, you wrote:
>LONDON-D DigestVolume 02 : Issue 2216
Sorry Bruce no sign of your names
>Today's Topics:
> #1 Re: [Lon] 7 Dragoons ["Robert Cunning"
<]
> #2 [Lon] Unwanted and unsolicited ema ["patnoregon"
<]
> #3 [Lon] Westminster Probate Records ["Russell Smith"
<]
> #4 Re: [Lon] 7 Dragoons [Eve McLaughlin
<.]
> #5 Re: [Lon] PRO researcher ["Judith" <>]
> #6 [Lon] 1851 Census Lookup ["Bruce Goode"
<]
> #7 [Lon] Geohegan found on 1901 [Carol Schilansky
<]
> #8 [Lon] 1930s/1940s City Directory [ (Jennifer
Mich]
> #9 Re: [Lon] LONDON DIRECTORY 1790s ["Ken Boyce"
<]
> #10 [Lon] RAF [ (Jennifer
Mich]
> #11 [Lon] S&N 1901London CDs Missing P ["Ken Boyce"
<]
> #12 RE: [Lon] Unwanted and unsolicited ["Steve Coath"
<]
> #13 Re: [Lon] RAF []
> #14 [Lon] St. James Road, New Cross ["H.C. Faulkner"
<]
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>______________________________X-Message: #1
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:01:07 +1100
>From: "Robert Cunning" <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <00cc01c2a30c$497c1980$>
>Subject: Re: [Lon] 7 Dragoons
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>Hello Sandi. If you go to Google search engine and type in Dragoons, you
>will find some 79,000 entries. Dragoons were a cavalry unit, but of course
>they were on horse and not tanks in those days. They were in effect, mounted
>infantrymen, armed with a carbine. Cheers, Bob in Australia
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sandi" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:23 AM
>Subject: [Lon] 7 Dragoons
>
>
>> Hi, I have found a relative in the 1881 census working for a medical
>doctor
>> "late 7 Dragoons". Can anyone tell me what 7 Dragoons was? Thanks, Sandy
>>
>>
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>______________________________X-Message: #2
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:58:49 -0800
>From: "patnoregon" <>
>To:
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>Subject: [Lon] Unwanted and unsolicited email, because of list?
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>Hello fellow London listers,
>I belong to several lists (digest form) some in U.S. some in England; I
>received, for the very first time this morning an solicited email that I
>connect to the London list simply from information within the "from" line.
>Am pasting a copy to this to see if anyone else has been so bothered, or can
>pin down the sender in some way. I don't, and never have frequented any
>port sites, and no one else uses my computer!
> ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS? PAT, IN OREGON, USA
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>______________________________X-Message: #3
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:27:53 +0800
>From: "Russell Smith" <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <>
>Subject: [Lon] Westminster Probate Records
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>Dear Listers,
>
>Does anyone out there have experience obtaining filmed copies of wills
>(through the LDS library) for people who lived in the City of Westminster in
>the 19th century.
>
>>From what I can find the Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex was where most
>wills for people living in Westminster parishes such as St Martin's in the
>Fields, St James and St Clement Danes.
>
>However this court handled few wills & admons after 1780 and from what I can
>find on the net the Prerogative Court of Canterbury handled them from then
>on.
>
>Can anyone confirm this please?
>
>_____________
>Russell Stephen Smith
>Bunbury, Western Australia
>
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>______________________________X-Message: #4
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 02:17:43 +0000
>From: Eve McLaughlin <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <eDyRGJAHTp+>
>Subject: Re: [Lon] 7 Dragoons
>
>In message <>, Sandi
><> writes
>>Hi, I have found a relative in the 1881 census working for a medical doctor
>>"late 7 Dragoons". Can anyone tell me what 7 Dragoons was?
>
>Heavy cavalry regiment in the Army. Records at PRO Kew
>
>--
>Eve McLaughlin
>
>Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
>Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society
>
>______________________________X-Message: #5
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:26:59 -0800
>From: "Judith" <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <001d01c2a339$ceddc920$>
>Subject: Re: [Lon] PRO researcher
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>I have used these folks in the past with good success. They do various
>kinds of military research. Their fees and timelines are clearly spelled out
>on their website. They sent me copies of an ancestor's records from
>1803-28. He was wounded at the Siege of Cuidad Rodrigo in the Peninsular
>Wars-- who knew? And the papers were in my ancestor's hand-- what a thrill.
>
>Judith in Ohio'
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ronald Lankshear (Sydney Aust)" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:58 AM
>Subject: Re: [Lon] PRO researcher
>
>
>> The PRO provide such a list
>> http://www.pro.gov.uk/research/irlist/default.htm
>>
>> Ron Lankshear - Sydney Aust
>> (from Shepherds Bush & Chiswick)
>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lankshear/
>> http://members.tripod.com/ronlankshear
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sandi" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:26 AM
>> Subject: [Lon] PRO researcher
>>
>>
>> > Hi, I'm going to need a researcher familiar with the PRO who can look up
>> > some military records and customs officer records for me as I'm in
>> southern
>> > California. Can anyone tell me if there's a list or if anyone's had
>> success
>> > hiring a researcher. Thanks, Sandy
>>
>> ______________________________
>
>______________________________X-Message: #6
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 15:34:34 +1100
>From: "Bruce Goode" <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <004e01c2a32a$27824d40$>
>Subject: [Lon] 1851 Census Lookup
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>
>Hi David,
>
>I don't know addresses, so you may not be able to do this.
>These people were brothers :-
>James Good/e and Augustus Good/e
>both would have been about 60 years old in 1851 and may have occupations
as "cork cutters".
>
>Any info.would be most appreciated.
>
>Bruce Goode
>
>Melbourne, Australia
>
>______________________________X-Message: #7
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 20:49:46 -0800 (PST)
>From: Carol Schilansky <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <>
>Subject: [Lon] Geohegan found on 1901
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>Hello Josi, I found one of yours.
>
>RG13 Piece 363 Folio 70 page 32 St George Martyr
>District,Southwark
>
>Esther Geohegan 25 living at 14 Sterry Street with
>Thomas Broad 54, Elizabeth 54 and children.
>She is listed as niece, draper's assistant b
>Bermondsey.
>
>Happy Christmas to all.
>
> If you see any HAWKINS anytime, anyplace near
>Southwark,Newington,Bermondsey,
>or Rotherhithe,give me a shout . Please
>Carol in upstate NY
>
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>______________________________X-Message: #8
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 00:34:49 -0500 (EST)
>From: (Jennifer Michelle Brea)
>To:
>Message-ID: <>
>Subject: [Lon] 1930s/1940s City Directory
>
>I would like to do a City Directory search 1930s & 1940s for Golder's
>Green, London.I am looking for Rosemary Harvey, Rosemary Morgan, or David
>Morgan. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jen Brea
>
>______________________________X-Message: #9
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:44:12 -0800
>From: "Ken Boyce" <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <006401c2a333$d53560e0$>
>Subject: Re: [Lon] LONDON DIRECTORY 1790s
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>I searched the various London sections of the 1791 British Directory and
>found no Coachmakers with that name. this Directory contains a list of
>London streets in 1791 but no addresses and their occupants.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Phillips" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 2:25 AM
>Subject: [Lon] LONDON DIRECTORY 1790s
>
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Has anyone access to a late 18th century Directory of London and could
>tell
>> me if JOHN WOODHAM, Coachmakers is at Little Wild Street, Lincolns Inn
>> Fields, please.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> John
>>
>> ______________________________
>
>______________________________X-Message: #10
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 00:43:23 -0500 (EST)
>From: (Jennifer Michelle Brea)
>To:
>Message-ID: <>
>Subject: [Lon] RAF
>
>If I have an ancestor I believe served in the Royal Air Force but I only
>have his name, is it still possible to find him? How?This a shot in the
>dark.
>
>______________________________X-Message: #11
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 23:52:37 -0800
>From: "Ken Boyce" <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <009601c2a345$e8d8fa00$>
>Subject: [Lon] S&N 1901London CDs Missing Page
>Content-Type: text/plain;
>charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>Piece RG13-010 folio 17-1 (ED page 25) is missing on the S&N CDs. In its
place is a duplicate of Folio 29-2 (ED page 50)
>
>Missing are several addresses for Tavistock Rd Paddington
>
>______________________________X-Message: #12
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:07:44 -0000
>From: "Steve Coath" <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <>
>Subject: RE: [Lon] Unwanted and unsolicited email, because of list?
>Content-Type: text/plain;
>charset="iso-8859-1"
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>Pat,
>someone is definitely gathering addresses.
>The e-mail address I use is only used on this site, the Middx site and the
>Devon site.
>The first mail started arriving 3 days after I used this site for the first
>time.
>It has got so bad that I have to use a program called Mail Washer to preview
>and remove
>spam from my ISP's server prior to downloading as I receive on average 40-50
>spam
>messages a day from a total of 160 messages.
>If you are interested in using Mail Washer it can be easily found using any
>search
>engine (and its free)
>
>Steve Coath
>Researching: COATH, One-name Study
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: patnoregon [mailto:]
>Sent: 14 December 2002 00:59
>To:
>Subject: [Lon] Unwanted and unsolicited email, because of list?
>
>
>Hello fellow London listers,
>I belong to several lists (digest form) some in U.S. some in England; I
>received, for the very first time this morning an solicited email that I
>connect to the London list simply from information within the "from" line.
>Am pasting a copy to this to see if anyone else has been so bothered, or can
>pin down the sender in some way. I don't, and never have frequented any
>port sites, and no one else uses my computer!
> ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS? PAT, IN OREGON, USA
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>* * * *
>
>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:48:17 -1700
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>______________________________X-Message: #13
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 04:43:32 EST
>From:
>To:
>Message-ID: <>
>Subject: Re: [Lon] RAF
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
>In a message dated 12/13/2002 9:44:00 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> writes:
>
>
>> If I have an ancestor I believe served in the Royal Air Force but I only
>> have his name, is it still possible to find him? How? This a shot in
the
>> dark.
>
>Dear Jennifer
>
>You could try this site which helps people looking for records.
>
> http://www.mod.uk/contacts/records_raf.htm
>
>Hope you find him.
>
>Regards
>
>Judy, nee Elkington
>
>Researching: ELKINGTON Suffolk, Warwicks, Oxon, Glam, Carmarthen
> Northants, Leics Lincs. Somerset.
> names & family trees [1450-2002]
>
>
>All mail is scanned before and after receipt by Grisoft and Norton Anti Virus
>I use Archive CD books
>
>______________________________X-Message: #14
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 18:16:15 -0000
>From: "H.C. Faulkner" <>
>To:
>Message-ID: <000f01c2a357$f3c8caa0$>
>Subject: [Lon] St. James Road, New Cross
>Content-Type: text/plain;
>charset="iso-8859-1"
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>Thanks Listers for your help with finding 23, St. James Road, New Cross. I
>found it Ken, but another problem has now arisen.
>
>My mother was born at Queen Charlotte's in June 1886 with a deformity in
>both legs. In November 1891 she underwent an operation at Great Ormond
>Street Hospital to correct them. Until the operation she would have been a
>cripple, unable to walk properly. I know that she was not staying with her
>mother (my grandmother), so where was she for the 1891 census? My guess is
>that she was in a home of some kind. But where?
>
>When I wrote to the hospital archives for her home address at the time of
>the operation I was given Rowan Villas, 23, St. James Road, New Cross. But
>that address now turns out to have been occupied by an elderly couple and
>their middle-aged daughter, none of whom is known to me. There was
>certainly no five-year-old child living there. So what am I to make of it
>all?
>
>Any help or advice would be much appreciated,
>
>Larry
>
This lookup is from my alpha data where all 10 parts - films are in 1 file
a Explanation on the part number is on my Web Page, Ex. 1533 would be
Holywell 7 Moorefields, the next number is the Folio, and then the
Enumerators number.<http://homepage.ihug.co.nz/~wilsod>;



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