W.I.S.E. Newsletter

Volume I Issue 1 JanFeb 1999

Programs W.I.S.E. Donna was the first Coloradan certified by the Board of Certification for by James Jeffrey, programs chair W.I.S.E. Genealogists. With decades of hands on research experience and a delightful Annual General Meeting will be held presentation you will want to sharpen your Saturday, 23 January 1999 at the Central quill and mark this meeting on your calendar! Denver Public Library, Conference Center, materials fee which beginning at 10:30 a.m. This meeting is free There is a $7 will provide ink, and paper. No reservation is and open to the public, however, only quill, required for this meeting which will be held at members may vote to ratify the proposed Central Denver Public Library. constitution and for the election of officers. the After lunch our afternoon session features Conference Center, 10 West 14th Avenue Parkway. Betty L. Wickam. She will present a lovely program on English Genealogy and Probate For additional information please leave a Research. Betty has been a professional message for James Jeffrey at 303-640- researcher for 25 years with 45 years of genealogical research experience. She has 6325. made periodic trips to Britain since 1973 where she conducts on site research. Betty will lead attendees through the ins and outs of This issue includes: standard genealogical research methods and standards for . In her second lecture Annual General Meeting 1 she will focus on probate research in England. Program: English Genealogy and The afternoon session begins at 1 and runs Probate Research 1 through about 3:30. There is a $5 materials Program: Chicken Scratchings 1 fee, reservations are not required. Dear Fellow Researchers 2 Going to London? 2 Saturday, 27 February 1999, from 1:30 to W.I.S.E. tips 3 4p.m., Donna J. Porter will present Chicken Irish notes 3 Scratchings -Palaeographology: Deciphering The English Connection 4 Handwriting. Donna J. Porter is Book Review: Rhyming Relations: the Dean of the Colorado Genealogical Genealogy in Verse 5 Community. She is past-president of the New Books 6 Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies, DENVER LIBRARY Colorado Genealogical Society and the 111 Ili '. II Foothills Genealogical Society. She was a IIIIR02395 litI1III 411,74 IIf founder of CCGS and FHGS as well as 2 W.I.S.E. Newsletter Vol I No 1 JanFeb 1999 Dear Fellow Researchers: in any of the genealogical societies in the metro Denver area. Several indicated on the class by Ann Lisa Pearson, acting president W.LS.E. interest list that they are interested in beginning genealogical research classes. Some are offered Welcome to the first issue of the WISE News- through the Denver Public Library and Colorado letter. Your steering Committee members have Genealogical Society at DPL. Check with the staff been working for the past seven months to make to find out when they are offered. It is very im- this society an asset for the British researching portant that you learn how to do research before individual. The first issue is a beginning, which you take the researching in Great Britain classes. we plan to refine and shape into a newsletter, If you have questions, please do not hesitate to which will be reflective of the dynamics of our call any of the Committee. society. Every member is welcome to submit infoiiiiation and suggestions about how this publi- The Newsletter staff will be actively seeking your cation can meet your needs. comments about what should be included in future issues. Information, which will help you in your From my observations at the meetings, I have research, will be in included. We want to make determined that many of you have not been active this an award winning publication, which will be of great value to all of our readers. It will be W.I.S.E. , , and England published bi-monthly so that you will receive the Family History Society. Dedicated to research in most current information to help in your research. Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England, Cornwall, the and the . Attention is The AGM, Annual General Meeting, will be held also directed to the emigration and immigration on Saturday, January 23. Officers will be elected of these peoples as well as heraldry and one to formally establish our society. Please take an name studies. active part in your society. Everyone is welcome at all meetings and programs. May we have a very Steering Committee productive 1999! Happy Hunting.

President Anna Lisa Pearson Vice president/Programs chair . . James Jeffrey Going to London? Recording secretary Paul Kilburn by Kendrick King Corresponding secretary . . . Sharon Boatwright Treasurer Donna J. Porter Then by all means visit SOG. The Society of Member Elizabeth Brown Genealogists (SOG) is conveniently located near Member Terrence Quirke, Ph.D., C.G. the Barbican tube station. It is easy to find. Member George Forby I visited in August, armed with a map from their Newsletter Staff Web page. Although I did not do any research, I did enjoy browsing in the bookstore. SOG will also allow you to make purchases on-line. Editor Jane Ohl Wales editor Elizabeth Brown Visit their Web page at Ireland editor . . . Terrence Quirke, Ph.D., C.G. www sog org .uk/open.htial Scotland editor Paul Kilburn England editor George Forby Composer John Chandler Clement JanFeb 1999 W.I.S.E. Newsletter Vol I No 1 3 W.I.S.E. tips Wales in 1931 the population was 39,952,377. Population in the Islands (Isle of Man, Jersey and by Donna Porter, treasurer W.I.S.E. ) in 1931 was 142,399. Scotland in 1931 was 4,842,980, Ireland in 1931 4,228,553. W.I.S.E. is here to help you find those elusive (Gendoc's site on the Internet). ancestors that have been haunting you. If you have a tip you would like to share, please let us Victorian Ordnance Maps are excellent for know so we can place it in this column. locating that little village where your ancestor lived. These early maps published by the Reusch International will help you get money to Ordnance Survey were at a scale of one inch to the the British Isles. Call Reusch and tell them the mile. The first of these maps were issued in the amount of money you wish to send and to whom. early 1800's starting in the south and working up They will give you the exchange rate and a con- north. They can be purchased from David firmation number. You send them the money they Morgan Catalog Sales. Website is request and they in turn will send you the money http : //www.davidmorgan. com or by order made out to the person you told them you calling for a catalog at 1-800-324-4934. wish to pay. The address for Reusch is: Reusch might International Inc., 700 Eleventh Street, NW., They also have some neat other items you purchase. Washington, D. C. 20001-4507. Telephone want to 1-800-424-2923. Irish notes When writing to , you should by Terence T. Quirke, Jr., Ph.D., C.G enclose International Reply Coupons (IRC)). These can be purchased at a local Post Office. One of the best source books on Irish records that Two (2) coupons are the usual to send with your has come to my attention lately is Irish Records: letter to insure a reply. Sources for Family and Local History, 1997, by James G. Ryan, Ph.D. This is the second edition Find Ranks, Professions, Occupations and Trades of this work, altho there is no mention of the earli- on the Internet. er version (1988) in the book, itself. http: //www. gendocs . demon. co . uk/tr ades.html This tome is arranged, county by county, and within each county, record type by record type. Information from UK & Ireland Genealogical For example, under each county information is Information Service given under the following headings: A Brief http://cs6400.mcc.ac.uk:80/genuki History, Census and Census Substitutes, Church /big/eng Records (denomination by denomination and parish by parish), Commercial and Social Direc- United Kingdom Resources. tories, Family History, Gravestone Inscriptions, http://www.personal.umich.edu/-cg Newspapers, Wills and Administrations, aunt/uk.html Miscellaneous Sources, Research Sources and Services, Libraries and Information Sources, GENUKI home page. of the best http: //www.genuki. org . uk/ Research Services, and Societies. One features is a map of each county with parishes Did you know that the population for all of the continued on page 5 UK in 1570 was 4,160,221 and in England and 4 W.I.S.E. Newsletter Vol 1 No 1 JanFeb 199 The English Connection Kingdom but all of Europe. It contains a list of references used and many individual paees by George W. Forby contain specific references http://dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/gene [George can be reached by Email: alogy/gedcom.html g-raforby@aol . com or at 12550 W. Idaho Drive, Lakewood, CO 80228-3826] Q: I am trying to find my ancestor s village (Chippenham) in England. Where can I look? Welcome to the first edition of The English Edmund Fitz-Geoffrey Connection. My concept for the column is to A: Dear Mr. Chips. You need to consult a eazet- cover research tips, definitions of terms that are teen The Denver Public Library has several unusual to English genealogy, new sources, a excellent ones in the Genealogy and Western question and answer section, and a review of History Collection. Or you can use an online helpful web sites for English researchers. gazetteer, use the GENUKI site above to find the website for the Ordnance Survey. There are two I would like to establish a panel of researchers that Chippenham s, one in Cambridgeshire and one it are familiar with different counties or shires or Wiltshire. The GENUKI site has listings that different periods of time. The last of English contain the history of the villages. Happy huntinc. ancestors left Yorkshire in about 1800. The panel would be a source for me to refer questions to and :41 Terminology: At our October meeting, someone to submit news items concerning their areas of raised a question concerning the meaning of expertise. If you would like to serve on the panel hundred . After consulting several glossaries, I please forward your area of interest either to my have constructed this consensus of the term. email address or my home address. HUNDRED: An Anglo-Saxon term and a subdivision of a shire. In theory, it was supposed Useful web sites: I have found the following web to equal one hundred HIDES, but seldom did in sites useful in my research. A word of caution practice. In Danish parts of England the Hundred about information you find on the World Wide was called a wapentake, in Kent a leet, and in Web. You will find conflicting information. The Sussex a rape. HIDE: A unit of measurement web should be considered a tool like many other used in assessing taxes. In theory 120 acres, but i secondary sources. The information you find may vary between 60 and 240 acres. By custom. needs to validated from other more primary the amount of land that can be cultivated by an sources. The better web sites will include the eight ox plow-team in one year. Related terms: 1 sources of their data. carucate = 1 hide, 1. virgate = .25 hide, 1 bovate .125 hide, 1 suiting = 2 hides. The first sites are general sites that have links to many other sites: http /www genuki . org . uk covers the UK and Ireland. http : iwww . cyndislist com/england .htm contains hundreds of links.

The next site is hosted by the University of Hull and contains linked genealogies of royal and noble lines not only for England and the United JanFeb 1999 W.I.S.E. Newsletter Vol I No 1 5 Book review Newsletter and quarterly editors, as well as genealogical speakers, could add jocular relief to by Sharon K Boatwright, corresponding their prose with Stockdill's words. Some pieces secretary W. I.S. E. would work as relevant fillers to the printed page, Specialist: Genealogy for Children http://www.familysaplings.com just as the lyrical tenor can enlivened spoken text. Selections could encourage writers and speakers to compose their own verse to depict their Rhyming Relations: Genealogy In Verse. By Roy messages. Stockdill. Published by Lancelot Yellow Books, 6 First Avenue, Garston, Watford Hertfordshire Stockdill is a free lance journalist and amateur WD26PZ. 1998. 81 pp. £3.95 plus shipping. poet who is avid about genealogy and the county York. In 1996 he founded the Stockdill History This small, unassuming book is delightful. Society . He published this little book at the Charming in its British usage of the language and insistence of readers who became familiar with British humor, the poet's candor comes through in his writing through the CompuServe Roots this anthology of poems about family history and Forum. genealogy. Some poems are humorous, while other sections of the book deal with the general topic of ancestry and British history. Irish notes continuedfrom page 3 Not to be read lightly or quickly are the parodies. The musical parodies cause the reader to slow numbered along with an alphabetical list of down and sing the songs out loud. And, of course, parishes with numbers tied to the numbers on the it wouldn't be British without a section of map as well as listed numerically. Check this out G929.3451/Alryan/1997. A limericks. at DPL: more complete review will appear in a forthcoming Besides being a cheery read, the book promises NGS Quarterly. splendid uses. One can imagine an added light touch to a society meeting by having a piano As you may realize by now, the Heritage Centres accompany the membership in a sing-along from in Ireland have a virtual monopoly on the ability Stockdill's musical parodies. Imagine genealogical to search and report their findings from the exist- poetry set to the tunes of standards such as ing Catholic parish records. The above book lists "Makin' Whoopee", Cole Porter's, "You're the the Heritage Centre pertaining to the county Top", or the interruption of your ancestors in discussed with mail and electronic addresses, Casablanca"s, "As Time Goes By." Then one including phone and fax numbers. An other way hears a throbbing rhythm as the robust male to contact the Heritage Centres or to obtain more voices sing an historical message to the tune of information about them is at: http://www.irish—roots.net "It's a Long Way to Tipperary."

Language arts and social studies teachers could Irish research is not impossible, it's just make use of these poetic examples to motivate challenging. young writers to write about their ancestors or historical events of their ancestors. Middle school youngsters love the rhythm and rhyme of limericks. 6 W.I.S.E. Newsletter Vol I No 1 JanFeb 1999 W.I.S.E. New Books Compiled Family Bibliography Histories/Genealogies By James K Jeffrey, Genealogy Specialist, Gifford, Paul McKee. Falconer of Halkerton: a Denver Public Library Genealogy of a Scottish Family and Its Branches in England, the United States, and Reference Jamaica, Including Those Spelled "Falconar" and "Faulkner." G929.2 F182gif Camp, Anthony J. My Ancestors Moved in England or Wales: How Can I Trace Where Krakauer, Janet MacColl. From the British Isles They Came From? G929.1072 Cl5my 1994 to the Rocky Mountains: the Story of the McColl and Wright Families. G929.2 M1358krak Foot, William. Maps For Family History: a Guide to the Records of the Tithe, Valuation Office, and national Farm Surveys of England Heraldry/Nobility and Wales, 1836-1943. G929.1072 F739map Duby, Georges. Guillaume le Marechal Gibson, Jeremy Sumner Wycherley. Coroners' (William Marshall: the Flower of Chivalry) Records in England and Wales. G929.342 G929.034 P369zdub G358co 1998 Howard, Joseph Jackson. Visitation of England Gibson. Hearth Tax, Other Later Stuart Tax and Wales (originally published in London, Lists and the Association Oath Rolls. G929.341 1895-1898, and 1900) 21 volumes. G929.6 G358he 1998 H834vi

Gibson. Militia Lists Musters, and 1757-1876: a Howard. Visitation of England and Wales: Notes Directory of Holdings in the British Isles. (originally published in London, 1896) 12 G929.341 G358mi 1998 volumes. G929.6 V825 Gibson. Quarter Family Sessions Records for Papworth, John Woody. Papworth's Ordinary of Historians. G929.342 Algibq 1998 British Armorials. G929.60941 P199pap 1985 Gibson. Record Offices: How to Find Them. Round, John Horace. Peerage and Pedigree: G929.341 G358re 1998 Studies in Peerage Law and Family History. 2 volumes. G929.72 R76pe 1998 Hawkings, David T. Criminal Ancestors: a Guide to Historical Criminal Records in Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue, England and Wales. G929.342 H313cr 1996 Marquis de. Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of all the Perkins, John P. British Isles Genealogical Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of Register 1994: Kent Section. G929.341 P777bri England. 4 volumes. G929.72 R942pL 1994 microfiche

Redmonds, George. Surnames and Genealogy: a New Approach. G929.420942 R248su JanFeb 1999 W.I.S.E. Newsletter Vol I No 1 7

Wales Smith, Brian. Guide to Tracing Your Mayo Ancestors. G929.1072041 S643gu Rowlands, John, editor. et al. Welsh Family History: a Guide to Research. G929.107209 Wright, Don. Scam!: Inside America's Con W463 Artist Clans. 364.163 W931sc

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Betit, Kyle J. Ireland: a Genealogical Guide for Gregory, Donald. History of the Western North Americans. G929.108991 B465ir 1997 Highlands and Isles of Scotland, From A.D. 1493 to A.D. 1625. G941.1 G862hi 1996 Demeter, Richard. Irish America: the Historical Travel Guide. G917.3 D394ir 1997 v.1 Sinclair, Cecil. Tracing Scottish Local History: a Guide to Local History Research in the Durnirw, William P. Scotch-Irish Who Came to Scottish Record Office. G929.107204 S616trs America: a Genealogical History. 6929.108991 (Gift of Janice Prater) D936sc Sinclair. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: a Gibson, Jeremy Sumner Wycherley. Protestation Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Returns, 1641-1642, and Other Contemporary Record Office. G929.107204 S616try (Gift of Listings: Collection in Aid of Distressed JanicePrater) Protestants in Ireland; Subsidies; Poll Tax; Assessment or Grant; Vow and Covenant; Solemn League and Covenant. G929.341 G358pr England 1998 Gibson, Jeremy Sumner Wycherley. Lists of Grenham, John. Little Book of Irish Clans. Londoners. G929.3421 Al gibL G929.42 G865Li Irvine, Sherry. Your English Ancestry: a Guide Hogan, Michael. Irish Soldiers of Mexico for North Americans. G929.1072 172 1998 (Mexican-American War, 1846-48). 973.628 H679ir Commonwealth Laxton, Edward. Famine Ships: the Irish Exodus to America. 941.5081 L45fam Fraser, Alexander. United Empire Loyalists: Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Ryan, James G. Irish Records: Sources for Consequence of Their Loyalty: Evidence in the Family and Local History. G929.3415 Alryan Canadian Claims. 2 volumes. G929.3713 1997 F862un

Seagrave, Pia Seija. History of the Irish Brigade: a Collection of Historical Essays. (Civil War). 973.74 H629 1997