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From: "Rob Thompson" <>
Subject: Family History News 24
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:45:05 +0100


Family History News
No 24

Hello, and welcome to this Family History News number 24, I can hardly
believe we have got this many out already!

I hope there is something here you can enjoy

New Books
The Winkfield History Project Group have published The Winkfield Chronicles:
A New History of Winkfield, priced £9.50 plus £2 (UK), £4 (overseas) postage
and packing. Obtainable from Ruth Timbrell, Catherine Lodge, Longhill Road,
Ascot, Berkshire SL5 8RD (telephone: 01344-882068), or Rowena Kelley,
Milberton, Winkfield Row, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6NA (telephone:
01344-882792).

Stretton-on-Fosse: A South Warwickshire Village, by Donald Holdsworth, a
book to celebrate the Millennium, is a limited edition published by
Stretton-on-Fosse Local History Group. It costs £11 plus £1.50 (UK) postage
and packing and is available from the author at Withens, Stretton-on-Fosse,
Gloucester GL56 9SG. Cheques should be made payable to Donald Holdsworth.

Jottings and Historical Records with Index on the History of South
Pembrokeshire Volume 3, 1389-1535 (£10), More Names in the History of
Pembrokeshire Haverfordwest 1539-1660 (£4) and More Names in the History of
Pembrokeshire Hearth Tax 1670 (£10) have all been compiled by B H J Hughes.
They can all be obtained from the author at 37 Owen Street, Pennar, Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire SA72 6SL; e-mail: . Please add 50p
(UK), £1 (overseas) postage and packing for each book.

Glamorgan Family History Society have published the following monumental
inscriptions on fiche: Bettws, St David's, Fochriw, Pentwyn Cemetery, (£2
each); Bettws, Sardis Baptist, Heolycyw, Bethel Independent, Llandeilo
Talybont, St Teilo on the Marsh and Llantrisant, Ty Cwrdd Methodist (£1
each). They are all available from the Society, c/o Mrs M Baird, 1 Dyfed
House, Glenside Court, Ty Gwyn Road, Penylan, Cardiff CF23 5JS. They have
also produced a second edition of the Glamorgan 1851 Census. It is in six
sets: Cardiff RD (£8), Merthyr Tydfil Upper and Lower (£8), Aberdare and
Gelligaer (£6), Bridgend RD (£4), Neath RD (£6) and Swansea RD (£8). A set
of the complete county is also available for £40.

Lincolnshire Family History Society have also been busy producing monumental
inscriptions on microfiche: Broughton, Broughton Cemetery, Hibaldstow,
Redbourne, Scawby and Scawby Cemetery (three fiche, £2); Barrow Holy
Trinity, Barton St Mary and St Peter, New Holland and Thornton Curtis (two
fiche, £1); Barnetby le Wold, Cadney, Melton Ross and Wrawby (two fiche,
£1); Great Carlton, Grimsby All Saints, Legbourne and Theddlethorpe St Helen
(two fiche, £1). Cheques should be made payable to Lincolnshire Family
History Society and sent with orders to Mr T A Lamyman, 6 Godber Drive,
Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln LN4 2LN. Postage and packing is: 1-10 fiche,
50p; 11-20 fiche, 60p; 20-30 fiche, 70p (UK) and 1-5 fiche, £1; 6-10 fiche,
£1.50 (airmail).

Webpage reviews
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren
British Home Children
Website dedicated to the 100,000 British Home Children sent to work inCanada
between 1870 and 1940. This sensitive issue is dealt with compassion,plenty
of background and interesting information is give. There is also an indexed
list of names, with ages & ships which have been submitted or researched.

www.jeffreymaynard.com
Jewish Miscellany
When you visit a lot of genealogy sites many of them seem quite similar, in
both content and style. It is then an absolute pleasure to visit a site that
surprises this much. The aim of the site is quoted as 'The purpose is to
make a modest amount of source material and databases available to
researchers' which I feel is a big understatement! There are plenty of real,
actual records here for you to search, of Jewish peoples in England. Most of
these centre around London, and there are some fabulous searchable databases
and lists. Also there is other information on the life of Jewish communities
in London, one of the most interesting articles on the site is an extract
from Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, concentrating on the Jewish
references, and to my delight details have been added from directories of
the people living in the area, giving the articles some real context..
Thesis an absolutely fabulous website, which is a must for anyone with
Jewish ancestors.

http://www.belperweb.co.uk/history/history.html
Fascinating look at the local history of Belper, a town central to the
development of the Cotton Industry. This page will give you details of the
development of the town, and it's influence worldwide. It is part of
Belperweb, which will give you lots more information on the town today. The
site is framed, but there is a non-frames version for those of us with an
aversion!!

Upcoming Events
There are four events taking place around the UK on 30th September, all of
which seem quite interesting!

Warwickshire FHS are holding an Open day at Alveston Village Hall near
Stratford on Avon, further details can be obtained from

There is a seminar on Our Friends in the North, at the University of Leeds,
covering Quaker History in Yorkshire, this is in the afternoon, from 1.00pm
to 4.30pm, details from

Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society are having a talk on
Coroners Inquests at Digswell Village Hall at 3pm. Details can be obtained
from

And finally, on the same day the SoG are holding another repeat of their
lecture on 300 million names, covering the IGI on CD Rom, this course has
been very popular in the past and has now been repeated several times.
Details on this course can be obtained from

…and all on one day!

New on GENUKI
New on the Devon pages are full transcriptions of the 1891 census
enumerators' books for the following places: Bittadon (1 file), Buckland
Tout Saints (1 file), Dodbrooke (2 files), East Allington (2 files),
Kingsbridge (2 files), Loddiswell (2 files), Tormoham (5 files), Woodleigh
(1 file)

GENUKI's Home Page - http://www.genuki.org.uk/
GENUKI's Listings of:Family history Societies -
http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/Societies/
Genealogy Mailing Lists -
http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/MailingLists.html
Surname Lists - http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/SurnamesList/
GENUKI's Frequently Asked Questions File -
http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/faq.html

And finally…
That’s it for this week, I hope you found something interesting

Have a good week

Rob

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Rob
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