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Sometime in the summer old Dinah Riddiford and her son Luke broke open Daniel Reed's house and stole several articles thereat they were taken up and the goods discovered upon them, committed to Gloucester, tried, and both found guilty and received sentence of Death. Luke was reprieved but the poor woman was executed and her body brought to Thornbury. Your affectionate mother, Sarah Greenwood This grave revelation cried out to be investigated further. A copy of the original gaol record obtained...
Finding Grandpa George
Finally, there was just enough time to start looking at the history of George Herbert Kerr, Jeanette's paternal grandfather. Born in 1885, he grew up in Liverpool, marrying Emily Stirrup in 1907. From the marriage certificate, and birth certificates of his children, we were able to establish where he lived and what he did rice mill labourer flour mill labourer and tobacconist. Jeanette had also acquired his Army campaign medal index card for WWI, which showed that he was in the Royal Army...
Tydeman
When England was under Anglo-Saxon rule, law and order was maintained on an almost entirely local basis. Our ancient system of law courts and juries has its roots in this period. Another system that worked rather well, but has not survived, was that of frankpledge or tithings. Under this system, all males over 12 were enrolled in a 'tithe' or group of 10. Each tithing member was responsible for the actions of the other nine - or their wives or children -so would do all they could to keep errant...
Tools Of The Trade
What did your thatcher ancestors use To compact the thatch and remove waste Used as straw scissors to trim thinner ends Cuts and trims hazel rods used in thatching For patting down the thatch into position General cutting tool used also for eaves Fixing pin used to hold thatch in position SOLITARY WORK A sketch on a Court Roll of 1364 shows a leggett similar to those still in use today SOLITARY WORK A sketch on a Court Roll of 1364 shows a leggett similar to those still in use today before this...
The Scottish Genealogy Society
The Seeking pages in Your Family Tree are a place where you can turn when you've hit the proverbial brickwall when researching your ancestors. Write in and see if fellow readers can help you track down more information about that illusive great-greatgrandfather's brother. The subject of your enquiry doesn't have to be a person, though. You can request information about a building, business or barge anything that you're having trouble with in your research. If you have a photograph and you want...
Finding Famous Faces
At just 20 years old, actress Keira Knightley born in London, March 1985 is an ideal candidate for finding in the later computerised post 1983 GRO indexes. As a contrast, we can then find George Cadbury, the Quaker social reformer and chocolate manufacturer, born at Edgbaston in September 1839, in the early records Che k fafWfiW gt i- Mdl tI BHD InJiM MPtr II chilli IVi VFT nidi Includci viewing lb. I'.- raEncted to one xubfCriplior Existing Subscribers ToTh Genealogist
Riddiford Family History
The Clergy List 1897 by Kelly amp Co, supplied by Archive CD Books. An awesome listing covering some 700 pages On sale from Wednesday 6 July at only 4.99 Subscribe and get a free dictionary - page 4 At the Summer Assizes of 1816, 69-year-old Dinah Riddiford was sentenced to hang. What he nous crime had she committed Every family has its embarrassing stories. They might be about embezzlement and theft, dark and dastardly deeds, or sexual impropriety on the side. When I discovered the story of my...
Burnie
It's thought he was a harbour master in Hong Kong Could anyone identify this uniform, please I think it might be a 19th century naval uniform, and if confirmed, the picture is probably of Alfred Edward Burnie who was a marine surveyor and was at one time the Harbour Master of Hong Kong. My information suggests this could have been in the mid to late 1800s. Alfred Edward was married but I have no information about his wife. He had five children Alice Edward Alfred Constance Caroline and Arthur....
Further Reading The Chorley Pals
J Garwood, Neil Richardson, 1989, ISBN 1852160373 THE ACCRINGTON PALS W Turner, Pen amp Sword Books, 1997, ISBN 0850523605 ACCRINGTON PALS TRAIL W Turner, Pen amp Sword Books, 1998, ISBN 0850526361 East London oral history project aims to document the stories of a bygone era five-year oral history project has been announced in Bexley, east London. The Lost Industries of the Thames Gateway project has been launched by Eastside Community Heritage in partnership with the University of London. The...
Work Backwards
Whatever you do in your research, start with yourself and work backwards generation by generation. This will ensure that you have verified your sources at each stage. You must be systematic and organised, as you'll inevitably collect a lot of information. Start with a simple filing system using A4 binders with loose-leaf pages and subject dividers, and an index card file for each of the family names members and events. Have somewhere to keep certificates and other documents. While your record...
Understand Surnames
Surnames are usually derived from one of four basic roots a place, occupation, a nickname or a patronymic relationship. The less common the name, the easier searches usually are. It's always worth joining a family history society - or more than one. You'll get a good grounding in the essentials of family history research and you may well meet people with a similar interest and drive. Check the full list of family history societies with the FFHS at www.ffhs.org.uk or visit the LDS church.
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Royal Driver
Coventry woman's grandfather chauffeured King retired teacher in Coventry has discovered that her grandfather was a chauffeur for George V on his travels through India. Mrs Pallett became interested in her family history when sorting through a collection of family photographs two years ago. As a result of her subsequent research, she learnt that her paternal grandfather, William Charles Vincent, also from Coventry, had been chief engineer of the Standard Motor Company. In 1911, when Mr Vincent...