General Chat

Oh and I am proud of great great uncles son, c.s.m. Robert Hamilton, m.m. and D.c.m, who was killed in action on 23rd march 1918. he was described as the bravest man who ever wore boots. And for those with w.w.1 ancestors who were protestant northern irish two good books are'The history of the 36th Ulster Division' by Cyril Falls, a bit flowery but full of info, and one which can be got through the libraries 'Three cheers for the Derrys' which is a history of the 10th Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers in 1914 to 18.

This is preety obscure but.... Anyone with links to the 'PECULIAR PEOPLE' Religion in Essex during the 1800/1900s. I have Mark Sorrell's book 'The Peculiar People' and am happy to look up names in the index. Please PM me. Chris

update. I recently googled a relative's name and found someone had written his biography in 1920. I managed to get a copy of it from a bookseller in America through Amazon. Fascinating stuff as he was the first parson to become an M.P. and it included family photos. I also found an ancestor on a website modestly called descendents of William the conquerer. I am hoping to get hold of a book called Killed in a coalmine as I have a lot of relatives who were coalminers in Somerset and the book gives details of all the inquests on miners. The place I would most like to visit where I have found a relative is a cray fishing village 40 miles North of Perth Australia.

Witchfinders – Malcolm Gaskill This book has the names of some of the people, mostly in the Essex area, who were thought to be witches in the 1600's Dee ;-))

Just by googling a surname on a2a, I got details of the copy of a will dated 1810, deposited at the local record office by a firm of solicitors, who had had a clear out. The a2a ref mentioned each beneficary, and as the deceased was a childless widower, it listed lots of nephews & nieces of both himself and his wife. It was a great find because the refs to brothers & sisters proved that the family had moved from one village to another, with some being born in one village and the younger ones in the other. A nephew of the wife had the same surname as her husband - her sister had married a man of the same name as her own husband. Turns out the deceased's ancestor was married twice - he was descended from the second marriage, whilst the wife's nephew was descended from the first. And all that from a brief will abstract on a2a! Jay

I have just been told that some of my relatives came from St Helena. One of our security guards at work comes from there and he's offered to pass the info to his relatives out there to research for me. AL

nudged,

my gr gran maggie ohare married bulmer was one of the last know fishwifes in sunderland, her interesting life was used as a story in a book called the stoney path by rita bradshaw set in the north east of england , she writes very simular to catherine cookson.

The Light in The Window – June Goulding A moving and inspirational memoir written from inside the walls of a Catholic home for unmarried mothers in 1950s Ireland. A good description of the cruelty to, and harsh treatment of, unmarried mothers in Ireland

If any of you have ancestors that may have been involved in the building of the railway line between Settle and Carlisle the church at Chaple le Dale has a fascinating book about the Railway Years, which includes details of the burials that took place at that church when the viaduct was being built One of the saddest entries must be the burial of 3 day old triplets Dee x

I am totally fed up.

Way back I was on here and let my membership lapse.

Now I find that all the books that I had written about have been 'allocated' to different board members

Dee
(bemused and totally disheartened)

My thread on the life of my family was also allocated to someone else Karen

Oh well, it's water under the bridge I guess

;-(((

Hi This book explained why my ancestors moved from Pancras to Tottenham, London.

The Railways came!

'Streets of St Pancras, Somers Town and the Railway Lands. A survey of streets, buildings and former residents in a part of Camden.'

Camden FHS.

Has pictures and very readable. Obtained it through inter library loan scheme. Liz

Hi Liz

Will look out for that book..my family from camden town....

carol

Hi Bunny - It includes streets names lost to slum clearnance too. Liz

Here's another one where I didn't post what is beside my name and Dee's posts have been credited to others.

Gwynne