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CoLTJMNS: * The Society * Anglo-Celtic Roots * ThePresident's Comer
TEcHNreuEsAND RFsouRcEs ARncLE: The Revofution is Over,Now What'l - Norman K Crowde, ...... 57 ARncLE:Phiflimorc's English Parish Records - JohnD Reid 60 ARTICLE:Gfeanings from the National Archives of Canafu,- Mary M Nash 6l
CoLt fNsi 62-65 a Your Publishing ,lohn Townesend * Family History Events- Marilyn Thomson * The PrintedPage Marilyn l'homson * Sotrces- Linnia-June Adam SATURDAYMf,ETINcs ARncLE:The Rofe ofthe Library in Family History Research Jr.dir, Madore ...... 67 ARTICLE:Grgat-Great-Grandmother Had Green'lh\rmbs - Be y Warburton...... 6g ARncLE:Using Books and Other Library Holdingsto ldentiry photognphs- M Bernadetteprimeau . a12 ARncLE:Cenealogical Research on The Intemet- Mdryaret and lfiilis Burwell ...... 73 ARTTCLE:TheVafueofOrdnanceSurveyandSpecialtyMaps-JrreCoxon...... 74
QursrroNs ANDANswERs CoLUMNS: 75-76 *. From Near and Far-l,innia-.lune Adam )t Family History Queies-Iecil de Bretigny and LawrenceMaclsaac BIFHSGOMEMBER RESEARCII ToPIcs ARTICLE:Ggnealogy Organization Tips - iy'ormaL O'Toole ...... 7? ARrrcLE:The History ofWelsh Surnames - JK Wood...... 79 ARTTCLE:TheBook -Lesley Huppert ...... _...... g0 BIFHSGONEws ARTfCLE:Carfeton Centr€ forthe History ofMigration WelcomesVoh)nteers Judith Coxon ...... -.gl ARr'fcLE:A Book Review - May Garson ...... 92 CoLUMNS: 1 The Bookworm- ,ludith Madorc
BIFHSGOCALENDRoTEVENTS'..'..'.,' BackCover The President'sCorner . . . The Society -fhe Bnlrshlsles FamrtyHrstory Soqety of GrcaterOttawe 'fhese areexciting times for anyonedoing research on | {BIFHSGO)|s an independent,federallyrncoForated sooety I famih historv.The releaseof rnoreand more and a RegisteredCharity (Reg. No.892274M4 RR0001).The purposeof EIFHSGOis to encourage,c€rry on and facilitate informatibnon the lntemetmeans that so many records that €searchinto and publication of familyhistories by peoplewho peoplepreuously could only dream ofaccessingare now haveancestors in ihe Bdtishlsles. literallyat yourfinger tips using a homecomputer- The objectivesof the Societyare: to presewe,research and Amonglhe latestgoldnines ofnaneE dales and places disseminateCanadian and Britjsh lsles family and socialhistory to be madeavailable are the passengerrecorals for persons for the benefrtof curent and future generalions;and !o profiote geneelogicalresearci througha programof publiceduc€lion that arrivingin New YorkCity andp€ssing drough Ellis Island. teachespeople howlo do researchand howto preservetheir It is possiblelo searchtle pass€ngerlisls by nane up to ihe tlndingsin a readilyaccessible form. endof | 924.Since dlis site was opened to thepublic it has The adivitjesof the Societyarc to: publishand disseminate beenswamped by requestsand it can b€ very difficult to genealogic€lresearch findangs, as well as informationon get through. The Internet addressis researchresources and lechniques;hold public meetings on
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lr sas a verylon8 $af h *as precededb1 a numbcrof abuseand some were held hostage as bait to lure their r scriousearly rncidents - tie BostonTea Pajtv in l77l and husbardsinto trapslo capturethem- The Germansoldiers rhe violentresrslance to puntlireacls agaiist the crty of werereviled as infamous and cruel: cwiously, however, Bo\lon rn I 774. but lhe outrightwarfare bigan in t :75 with manyGermans were allowed to stayand settle in America lhe creationof the Continmtal Army and the appointmmt of after the war. Lieutenant-ColonelBanastre Tarieton_ tie CeorgeWashington as Commanderin Cirief of lhe younBcommandanlofde BritishLearon. was renowned for Americanforccs. In thal ycar EthanAllen and Benedict his daring and vigour but was hated by the Americans Amold led a groupofmen and took the Brilish outpostsat becausehe wascold-hearted, vindictive and uttcrly nrthless. Ticonderogaand Crown Point.Richard Montgomery's I 200 It wasa strangewar. When American General Richard troops rnvadedCanada and capturedMontreal.The war Mo|llgomer)war fulled in 177o.he was praised by Bntrsh elTectivelycnded wifi thedcfeat of |,ordComwallis i l781 politician\as brare. able, hurnare and lenerous. benedict at Yorktownbut peacewas not declareduntil 1783,eight Amold,the heroof Saratogawho raiiiedthe American yearsalter the beginningofthe war troopsin an 'Genlleman aftackthat led to the defeatof General It wasa civil war - ard a veryuncivil one thatdivided Johnny'Burgoyne, later switched sides and families. neighboursand communities.Many historians joinedthe British.I he BritishCommander in Chief-Sir considerthat it wasthe first Amcricancivil war somegO WilhamHowe. sympathized wirh the Americanrebel years before the Amcrican Civil War of the 1860s.It mlo slsand attempted unsuccessfiilly to meet6nd n€gotial€ affectedall ciassesofsociety, with parentsversus chiidren, a settlemenlwith GeorgeWashington in orderto e;d the brothersversus brothers, evm husbandsvenus wives. Near conlllct. Kinderhook,New York,Andries Kittle lefl hometo ioin the ll tras a war thal dr!,rdedlhe powerlul Iroquois Bnlrsh army and hrs wife Cadrarinefound the|f home ConfederacyofSix Nations- the Continmtal Consrcss\aas conliscatedby the Council of Safety.She proved wirh supportcd b) the Oneidas and Tuscaroras,whrle the evidencefrom witnessesthat shc had always been opposed Mohawks, Onandagas,Catugas, and Senecassided wifi the lo her husband's conduct and subsequentlyfie State tsritish They were fierce and greatlyfeared wamors bul Legislaturerestored the cstate to her At theodrer end ofthe unreliablea5 allies In fie OristanyCampaiF al lhe siegeof socialscale. BenJamtn l-ranklin after manyyears ofclose Forl Stanw\ in 1777when il b;cameobiious thar i-here lreslo hi5son William becarne crnanged from him: rhey would be no opportunity to securc loot. the lndians were neverreconciled cven afler the end ofthe war plundered British supplies and then deserted. After It was an unpopularwar. On dreBritish side,lnuch of Comwallis' defeal in 1781, the lndians leamed that the public disapprovedof wagingwar againstlheir negotiationswere underway to securea peacetreaty and American compafriots.olien consideredas Englishmen they had not t!€enconsuhed on its tefms. Upon leaming fial ovcrseas.The strengthofdre oppositionwas reflecled in dre t}eir rnterestshad been neglected tiev r,rereon the r eigeot failure lo recruit soldiers for the war in America resultine in uprising and massacringlheir British and Loyalist a.llies;it th( needto hirc about10.000 cermanc rn mercenaryuJiirs. rookrhe combrned effo(s of borhVary andJoseph Branl to On thc American side. John Adams. an educatedand clrssuadethcm obs€rvantman who was presentin the American Revolution It was a war in which both sideswere humiliatedor and laler was the sccondpresidenl of the United States, disgraced. The British suffered many defeats from dcclaredthat onc third of thc people were in favour of lncomp€lmce and mtsmanagemenl.In 1777 Generdl lndependence,onc third were opposedIo it and the othcr Burgoynewith a hugeforce of 10,000British andGerman third would haveprcferred to remainneutml. Even amone soldiersand some l,oyalists encountereddelays which tiose $ho toughtfor rndepcndence.morale wasoften pnol eventuallyled to his defeatby a smallerforce of ?,000 on acoountofnot bcing paid for monthsand bcing poorly Americans. At the end of the war. Lord Comwallis eluippcd Therewerc se!eralcascs ofouinghl mutinyover recklesslydashed abour Virginia- confident $at rf he ran - tlcir loor condirioni ro discouragesuch uprisrngs. in into difliculnerhe could male hr. wav to lhe Allantic coa\t January| 78| severalmutinous non-commissioned omccrs where the British Naly would rescuehim. When eventually $ereJrot.b) a firirg squadcomposed ofother promutcnl he wasinjeopardy he reachedthe coastand signaled to the offshorewarships, he wasastounded to find lfratthe shiDs li was a biftcr. brutal war wilh manv atrocities bclongedto the FrenchNa\,}', leading to his surender Tire conrmrrledbv bothsrdes Vany Loyaherfamiirc. suffercd Amencanstoo hadlhcir shareof nris lortun e - Burqovne's PAc! 58 BIFHSGOANcu>Crir.nc Roors SIJMMIR2OOI 'conventiorl' surr€nderwas rmder a a EEopeanarangement Mostofthe menbenefitted from this aranqement but whichmeant that lhe defead troopsgave up theirafins and not all! Earlyin tbe Revolution.Major Mose;Hazen. a thenwent home, promising not to hke anyfirr$er partin the retired Englishofficer, approacheddle British authorities war.This was a sensibleDractice which savedlives on both with an offer to mise trooDs on condition that he bc sid€sand consewed the victor's manpowe.by avoidingthe promot€d-Wl€n his offer was rejectedhe wenl to the necessityof using troops to guard and tale care of the ContinentalCongress with a similarproposition. This time pnsoners. it nas welcomedand Colonel Hazen recruitcd Cgladials fcr Unfoftmarelythe ContinentalCongress refused to ratifl, his unit, which became 2nd 'Hazm the CanadianRegiment or the conventionand declared that lhe British troopswould s O*n.' Obvtouslythere was no prospec-t ofthese haveto renain asprisoners ofwar. This decisiondisgraced mengoing to Quebec,much less receiving tnrmty land for theAmericans in theeyes ofthe Europeans;but evenworse their servicesto the enemy.After they had languishedfor wasto follow Congessdecided not to feed$e pnsonersrr sometime in military camps,the stalematewas resolved lheirlong trek to Virginiaprisoncamps, where half ofthe whenthe State ofNew Yorkadopted them and they werc p.isonersdied beforethe end ofth€ war. This barbarous dischargedand given bounty land ln Americanterritory behaviourbrought discredit upon the natron. Th€ Britishtoo hadsevere problems. Its sfongholdand This long, lmcivil, bitter and unpopularwar finally centreofoperations was in New Yo* City widt thousands officialty endedwith the signingofthe TreatyofParis on 3 ofBritish andGerman r€gular uoops as well asmultitudes September1783. It wasalmost eight years since tJre war oflryalists andrefugees. The evacuation ofall thesepeople beganwhen American Gmerals fuchard Montgomery and representedan enormouslogistical problemfor Sir Guy BenedictAmold invadedCanada in the fall of 1775.Durins Carlelon,the Commander in Chi€l lt wascomplicated by dtis eighl-yearsfuggle drousands of peopleon bo$ srdesoi the arrivalofmorc Loyalistfamilies wishing to flee the thecon-0ict died werewounded or wentmissing. hostileenvironmenl in Americaand tal€ advartaaeofthe For the two yearsprior to the peacefeaty there had offerlo be transponedto NovaScotia and Canad-a at the b€enliitl€ military activity after Lord Comwallis'sunender sane time being harassedby American officials. The at Yorktolvnon I 9 OctoberI 78I - effectivelvthe war had situationis describedin EarleThomas' book GNener endedwidr orly scatreredsldrmishes snce thm. Duringthis Parlrr€r; it wasdranatically shown in an excellentNational periodBritish ard Gennanregulars and Lryalist provincials Filn Boarddocumentary enitled'l hc W)rld lirncd I Jpsida hadlifde to do. Similarly on the Americanside Continmtal /lop4 which describesthe plight of Ben Ingrahamand his andmilitia soldierswere inactive and suffering {iom poor family who eventuallysettled in New Brunswick- moraleand no pay. Mutiny was a constantprospect among An unforeseenproblem confrontedthe British the Americans;it took strenuousefforts by Ceorge authorities- th€ fate ofthe thousandsof black personsin Washjngtonarld his officers to maintaindiscipline. NewYork Cily. Early in thewar black slaves offunerican Addedto theconcems on theAmerican side was the maslelshad been induced to deserltheir o*lr€rs andhelD the desireof the mento retum hometo securethe bounty land British forc€s,thus hanningthe Arnericaneconony ard thatmanyof$e stateshad promised to giveto theirnative increasinglhe supply oflabour availableto the Britisharmy sonsafter the war. So long asthe menw€re servingin the Somebecane soldiers by servingin the BlackPioneers; mililary theycould not go homeand inspect their land, otherssupported the Britishcause in otherways. These which increasedth€ir frustrationand contributedto peoplewere promised lheir fieedomftom slaveryat themd worsenrngmorale. of thewar bul thediffculty in implemcntingthis problem Given the obviousadvantage of accelemtingthe lay in the termsof the Treatyof Parisunder which the dischargeof Arnericanmm to economizeand improve British hadagreed to returnproperty io Ameican owners moIale,why did it not happen?The problern Iay in lhe terms andslaves were considered 'property-' Thus the British of the enlistrnentprocess - the men signedon for an faccda dilemrna- keeptfieir promise and tley would ignorE indefiniteperiod with anassurance that their pay accounts theprovisions ofthe treatyor rctumthe slaves and break would be setlled in full when they were eventually th€ir promiseto theblacks who had aided the Britishforces. discharged.The ContinentalCongress was. however, Forhmatelyan honourable solution was foud whichwas bankruptand could not pay the troops so thcy faccd the acceptableto bothsides theBritish authorities agreed to prospectofremaining in uniformindefinitely. This was a pay compensationto t}|e Americanowners of black slaves Catch22 situation the longerthe men remainedir andpemitled those who had arrived in New YorkCity prior unifom, the geater$e amountofaccrued back pay and the to lhe signingofthe peacetreaty to departon the oulgoing incr€aseddifiiculty in s€ttlingtheir accounts. Eventually a vessels.As blackfmnilies approached dre vess€ls, they wcre solutionwas found which enabled most ofthe men to retum inte.rogatedby a joint team of British and American homeand acquire their bounty lands without violating the officers,*ho rccordeddetails in a recordlater knorm as termsoftheir erlistrnent agrcement they were allow€d to (:o cbn's Rooko/ Ncgtuc.r.It formspart "leave ofa selective rclum homeon withoutpay!" As th€ywere still index to a recordofthe inhabitantsofNew YorkCity in the technicallyin thearmy, it wasnot necessary at thatlimc to BritishMilitary Headquaners Papers whicb werc compiled givelhem their back pay. Eventually they were paid in scrip by membersof Sir Guy CarletonBranch of the United with ajl assurancethat it would be redeemedin cashas soon LmpireLoyalists' Associatio of Canada.This index has aseconomic conditions permitted; rmfortunalely most of the beenpublished as ('dl?/ ut't I t tyali';tI nlc md ts a railable mengave away or tradedtheir scrip foralmost nothing, so as a CD-ROMor a set of computerdiskettcs for $25 speculatorswcrc thc oneswho profited ir thelo0g run. postpaidfrom John Ruch. 1805-71 Somersel Streel Wesl, SuNrfl\,GR2001 BIFHSGOANcLGCELnc RooTs P^cE 59
Onawa-Ontario K2P 2G2. lt mayalsobe purchased from lhe Maritimesand morale was muchhicher GlobalGenealogy by telephoningt-800-i6 t-5 168. All did not nm smootftlyhowerar then trc Loyalists During 1783priority was givet to evacuatingfiom learDedin 1786 that they were not to have feehold Nelv YorkCity, thosepeoplc who wishedto setdein Nola possessionofdrcir landgrara. The Crown'sintention was Scotia:Loyalists, someBrirish and Cermansoldiers, and to let thems€ttle \rithout paymentof r€nt for ten Fss and two small groupsof Loyalists who wished to go on to then lely substantialannual charges.Adding to the Quebecand settleon tike Ontado.The two enall groups discootenlwas dre discovery lhat tfie Royal Fighlad arethe subject oftarry Turner'sVoyage ofa Difetcht Kind. Emigrantshad received mucir larger land ganls tfratthe Oncelhese people had b€€n remot€d in two majoremadas olhcr Loyalin units. These proUteorswere setted by calledlhe SpringFleet and lhe Fall FI€el,the wilhdrawalof changirgthe poticy in l?88 to mal(eoutsight laj granG the regulartroops was eflect€dby the €nd of November andmale lhemas largeas thoseof the RovalHighland 1783.The rcceptiol of the saders in Nova Scotia was Emigrans.Morcover grants v,ere pemitted 6 $e ciil&al chaotic; plans to distribute land and provrsronsw€re oflhe Loyalistswhen they came ofage or. in lhe caseof completelyinadequate; nraly spentdle winterof 17S3t4 in daughteRwhdr lheymdried Th€e was$i[ d|ecdtinuins $heated tents,The fateofthe fr€edblack people was even concemabout being forced ro live underFrench civil hwl worse,when they r€ceivedland at all, it was in small lots lhiswas eventually rcsolved in lTst by tfiecxpedienl of andgcnerally of poor quality. Manyblack did not obtain dividing Quebecinto two parts; the eastemp;rt, c:.lled provrsionsard they had no civil righis. Consequently when L.wer Canad4retained the Frenchcivil law andseioneurial an opportunityarose in 1792to removeto Sierral,eone in landE|I|IE ard dl€ we$empa4 c{[ed Um€r Cduda wes Allica-about one third oflh€ communityaccepted it. grvenEnglish common law a.nd fi€ehold land tenure. For a Discontentwith dle poorconditions in NovaScoda good accountof the Upp€r Canada(Ontario) setdernent caus€dagitation for a s€paratecolony and in 1784New Iroc€sss€€ Mary BeacockFryer's lrre Ki4g'sMelr; Ntrrnan Brunswickwas severed from Nova Scotiaand came lareelv K. Crcwder'sEarly Ontalro.Setle/J provides details ofthe underL?oyalisl cantrof. M atrtonc;lny's Loyahstsand l-nrd namesofthe s€ttleEand where lfiey werEIocated. Seulementrn M'va saot/aand Eslher Clark Wrisht's ?he The NationalArchives ofCanada in Ottawahas a vast Loyahstsof Ne'r Bmtll|'lickpmvide derails ofland allotted store of t yalist recordsincludiDg pctitions for land in to thes€s€ttlers" Records ofpetitions for landin NovaScotia prcs€nt-dayOntado and Quebec-lt has musterrolls for and New Brunswickarc held by the Public Archives of military units and fo. Loy.list settlementsin Upper and No\raScotia and lfie PrcvincialArchives ofNew Bnmswick Lower Canadaas well asthe Ward Chipmanpapers wifl respectively. rolls of disbandedsoldiers and lryalists seiildrs in ttre Mary Loyalistsed lheir fanilies cameoverland from Maritimes,lt alsohas copiesoflhe British Audit Offic€ Vemontand New Yorktojoin $eir friendsand relatives in recordsof Loyalist claims for compensationfor losses niliary and refirgee camps in Quebec. During 1783 sustained; they frequently give information on their Covemor Haldimandarranged for surveysof land to be residencesand staDdard ofliving in 6rc Anericatrcolo|ries carriedoul in what is now Ontarioand madevieorous aswell asd€tails oftheir heatrnentat the hanalsofformer €ffortsto securEprwisions dd loolsto bedisfihd-to the neighbouGand fiiends. settlers.Settlem€nt in Quebecwas discoumged;transpon Bilain lostlhe war andits thirteenAm€rican colonies. was provided up lhc St. llwrcnce Ri!,cr h dle springof TheAmericfl colqrieslost up to 100.000people. nany of I 784 to areaswhich hadbeen suweyed for settlemeniby themgood citizaxls. Canada pined two neri coiooies:New regiments and rations, clothing, tools and tents werc BrunswickEnd Upper Canada 0ater Canada West a'd still disbibuted.Arangements wer€ much more efficiert dlanin later Ontario)sd thoulafldsofnew setders_ €l lntcrnet Sourcesof Informarion The Global Gazene
The Chuch ofJesusChdst of Latter-daySaints has been allowed to photographlhe pelsona.lEcords of3.5 million British soldiers,sailors and ainnen from the First world war. usually known as the 'bumt docurnents' they were badly damagedin an air raid in 1940and have not beenavailable to the generalpublic becauseoftheir fi.agilecondition. As a rcsult ofthe PRO/Momon cGoperarion2.75 million rec-ordswill becomeawailable. joining lhe 750,000files that escapeddafiag. Someare availablenow andthe rest will be releasedin tbe next two to threeyea$. P GE60 BIFHSGO ANcLGCELnc Roors SUMMER2OO] Phillimore's English Parish Records Joln.rD RrD phillmore isnl exactlyfte moslcommon name in Britain. parishand time period ofinterest. r You'll find six timesmore listinas for Shearonlhan Thesevolurnes hare been quite difrorlt to access.They Phillimorein today'sInndon telepho; book. However,in wereonly publishedin a limitedsubscriptior\ typically 150. Britishfamily history the ram€ Phillimor€ holds a special The FamilyHistory Libraryin Salttake City holdsa goo4 place- but notcomplcte, collection in hafrdcopy,and some ofthosc It's a rareperson investigating British family history arephotocopies. They don't circulaleso aren'tavailable who hasn't r€ferredto fre Phillinore A as and Indet of throwh local LDS Fanily History Centles Parish ]?egiste^ edited by Cecil Humphery-Smith- A compfete inv€ntory is ayallablein Indot h I'a shcs O.iginally publishedin l9&t it's advertisedas the most in Phillinon's Marriages,compiled by ME Bryant Rosier usefirlsingle reference work for thos€tracing ancestry (in We are fortunatein Ottawa to haveaccess to some Englan4Scodard ard Wales).The book gets its narnefrom volumesofPhillimore's original publications. They are a thecomp€ny that published i! Phillimoreand Co Lt4 bas€d Iitdelglow partofdrc collectionat lhe NationalLibmry an4 in Chichester,West Sussex, and foundedin 1897by not beingCanadian, they don't get muchattention. The William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, an Oxford law colle€tion is substantiallyincomplete, but pcrhapsmay graduate. includea parishofinterest to you. Somevolunes are in of- Phillimore'sgrat€st contributionto British genealogy site storage,but any volumecan be orderedfor on-site was, togcthcr with many collaborators, to ext act and viewing. All you needis a readerticket. publishtransc pts of numerousEnglish parish registers, Duringthepast year some ofthese Phillimore volumes mainlyfor marriages.They are oryanized by comty. Some haveb€come ayailable on commercialdata CDs. More are countiesrun to multiplevolumes. Many ofthe transcripts likelyto appearin thecoming months. Some olher, more stan from early in the parish recordto | 812, the start of limited,dara is availableover the Intem€t. A bonusofthe record keepingaccording to the shichrresof nosd ir ,4c1. electronicform is that a searchcapability is often built in. Olherscontinue to 1837and the start ofcivil resistration. The table that follows summariz-essources of the Therccords. as publislK4 are clnurological and drere are no Phillimore ParishRegisters. ln most casestiese are for indexes,which is no greatdisadvantage ifyou knowthe marriasesonlv:
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How completeis thecovemge? Estirnat€s ar€ dlAr Phill'morc includ€s abour 70% ofrhe pr+ I 813 naniag€sfor Cornrm[,and abour ]lolo ofth: N.grfol!.nYnasF. Th€ folloeins comtiesa'enoi In Pfiillimo'e'spo'tblio: e"dA;d'ht'q D*t'r'i H€tdb.&l'i'q t;,"'.hi.e Monmoulhshir€,Northunberland, Rulland, Shropshire, Srafrordshire, Surrey, Suss€'! Westmoretand, yorkshir€ wind€sl€r is Fniorlnly v,€ll stf,lcd a3rr'olune4 forHahpshire oontrins burial and drnnerireas irEllar d|a riag€de forMntot (Winciester)Cathedral and SlSwrthun-upon-Krnssaare, Wrnchesrer lf your arcestor is lrom Mallock in D€rb),shireyou'll find the phiflimorc tnnscrip! as we[ as olher town dat0, at:
On Sir RogerPhillinore (l810 1885)andhis brother, George phittimore
When Naturedrempt ofmakirg bor€s, Shefomed a bnceofPhillimor€s; Soon€rthan nake a Phillirnosf Natureherselfwould yield the ghosr Gleaningsfromthe NationalArchives of Canada
MARY M NASH
ILrylouleyth n ?:enes.ofdescipuonsofselected pamphlets and brcchtesfon the Catologaeofptbticotiors ntte I'ublic.ArchtvestrI(-anada, F,ubltshcd in 1931atuJ connonly knownas rhccasey canlugrc. The-runbenat rhebcginning ofeachenlry rcfer to lrcir numbeBin the Calalogte- TheCatalogue and thematenals-descibed in it ncy beaiilted in thc swcial collectiorN ReadingRoom on thefou h Jloor oJtlp NarionolLibrury ot 395we ingtoh sireetin ouawa.l I Aulhor's Nolc: I'his contribttion is the last ohe t'ith an Albefla or ea y WestemCorutdian theme, due to a penonol inlercsl ofthe a hor l
/-Usey 2-90I . Whtl fu ers s{y of Mrnitobr {nd ihe oftenns us€dand ft€ vriety ofcrops gnwn- For example \,C{nedirn Norlh West: a plain slatementof th€ breaking and backsening- after breakin& lhe sod is experiencesof farme.s rcsident in the counfry 1886. rcplacedin its formerposition. Producedby H. Blacklockand Co Pinters, 75 Farringdon Dalesofploughing se€dingand harvest - Springplowhing R4 London.EC. 47 p. wasDTically done in Marchand April, with fa.llploughing This docujnmt drscuss€sall aspeclsof s€nlemen! into the first w€€k of November,Seeding also done in workingprices. recrearion. sporls, use of fenilizers in the Maich andApril wi$ harv€stingtypically beingfiom rnid- area-It gives the namcsand addressesof people whose Augustto mid-S€ptenber. expenenceswere noted. The survey was done oct/Nov Mixed fslmhg wasfound to bethe best and most prevalent 1885. method. It wasagreed by most respondenhthat the minimurn Growth of flax was successfii- r€quiredcapital to cometo the CanadianNorth Westwas Useofmanure wasdone sparingly. between5l 50 to i200- Mosts€tders wexE from lfie UK widl Fencing- wire was pr€ferredto rail- a few comingfrom UpperCalada (On$. The replieswer€ Priceofprovisions for thiscategory the questioner w6s sortedunde. the following headings: relerredto a mle or srster Hints for newmmerswert to bring doahiDgsnd b€dding Howwinlerwasspent, still workingon the fan4 huoting bot no work implemenb. rcet|snrng, \,,rsrtng and enteftatnrng. Successof setdels- almosl all were satisfiedwitfi lhe Climate l7l repli€dthat the climate was very healthy. - country,climate and their prospectsfor success. Summerfiostsar slorns fiocrs*oe tfie exceptionduring Spofls in - the summerand few yet Canada mosl rEfenedto huntin& said to b€ had experienc€dary severestonns. plentitulwith ducls,gees€. garne. Soil,Water and Fuel - rabbits.deer, muskox, repliesfor thesecat€gori€s werc done bearard fish. By in detail. this tim€ the buffalo was almostextinct. Carcy 2-900. Cattleraising - horses Wh,t womenssy of the Crnrdirn North and caftlewere saidto mflve. Wesl: a simple SheeD- were also said statementof re experiencesof women to thrive in the ar€a, seflledin all pans Farrnhouses mostlylog. put of Manitobaand d|e Nonh Wes1. 1E86, up by thesettlers th€mselves, doneby theCanadian Pacific therewere someframe houses. RailwayIn London.48 p. Shallfamily accompany the settler? - Mostanswered yes Firstseason's crop - goesinto gr€atdetails on explanation PAGE62 BIFHSCO ANcLGC[Lnc Roors SuMMriR2001 but specifiedthat the farnily shouldcome early in the year. Questionsrelating to the NW The spea.kerclaims Forming new home no real problems, freedom arld mismanagemmt-The railroad would not costthe countrya independencewere stresse4advice was to learn bread cent,and the govemment would gain $69 million from th€ maling. saleofland but thebubble blml and$e netretrn wasonly Adviceto newcomeG bring wann clothin& beddingard $370,000 over 5 years.The yed previousthere was a dcficit somehousehold articles. of$300,000.In thesame year, the govemment spent $l.I Climate- muchth€ samecomments as for the menin that millionon Indians-and $450-000 on $e MountedPolice it washealthy and their children never looked befter andin termsofsettlement there were about 125,000 fewer Schoolsand churries - Scl|oolsurere plortifirl, churchesless people$an originally predicted. so in somedistricts, TheTupp€rian calculator predict€d dnt theNorth Wesl Dairyingand Poulfy raising- saidto b€ofgood qualityad wouldproduce 640 million bushels ofwh€at peryear but plentitul. drisasstrn€d lhat er€ryinch ofland wascropped and left no Priceofprovisions and clothinS - saidto be plentifuland at rcom for houses.bams etc. This was basedon the reasonablepric€s, clothing sometimesmorc expensivein slculation that | 00-000fanners would €ach olant 320 acr€s outlying areas. yielding20 bushelsofwheat per acre. Demandfor servantgirls work is plentifirl- Surveys- there was more Iand b€ing surveyedthan Openingsfor girls in fades - Th€.e was saidto b€ a good could be parceledout for use.It was notedthat in many demandfor millinersand iLessmakers. instancesIndians picked up surveysla.kes and used th€m for The Indian question- lndians were said to causefew firewood Alsothere was little moneyleft to suweyland ftat problemsand were rarely seen. wasalready being use4 makingit diffcult for settlersto sell Were tic women contented? 153 answercdYes, 2 or subdividetheir land. answeredNo. They were looking forward to good Grievancesof the North West people no prosp€cts,€specially with thecoming ofthe railroad. representationon Codrcilsand rcbellion was brea.king out- Catey 2-995Hon Blakc. Edwerd 1&i3.1912.Dominion Half breedsgot land at fte rate of | 60 acresper adult and electioncampaign of 1886,No. l. First series.NW 240 acresper child.Delays proved to be dangerousbut Maladmidstration:sD€ech befor€ th€ ReformAssocialion's nothingwas done.There was cruel andcallous neglecl in meetingat OwenSound. Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Co. thatclaims w€re not settled.The author claimed that the Printers.1886. governmentinvented measurcs ofrcpression. Some i700 Topics - NW Affairs - Maladminisfiation and individualswere entitled to clarmland but the govemment R€bellion Sfangedisappearance of 125,000 immigrants guiltcould be proven from official documents which were Tupperiancalculations: prernature $!veys, gri€vmcesof often held back.The North West Indianswere saidto be the Metis,value of half-br€€dslanpathy - Forceis no dyingofdiseaseand stawation. The authormakes Riel out remedy Refusal of information by the govemment- to be insaneand claims lhat his s€ntenceshould have been Scandaloustreaanent oflndians Whatabout Riel? - The commuted. o "Bunter and Smashei'fanatics.
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4. PreparingYour Book page. Your page design, 1 Res€€rchyour Family hopefully,will help your Q o far.we hare covered how lo prepare$e ri,t / andlhe 'J l.mnl Mattero[ yow 6ook.These were. ifyou Iike.the readernavigate painlessly 2.Plan),our Publication storyofthe story. Now w€ cometo yourbook'ssubstance, andwill notget in theway. 3.Dtaftyou. Manuscnpl the actual family history: the genealogicalrecord and its Your page design is a 4.P€paaeYour Book graphics. meansto the end,not an 5.ProduceYouf Book context,and the 6.DistributeYour Book And sofar, your book's content has been essentially endin itself. "Steps There are two marn Figurc 1 - in the non-standardizedbecause each page had its panicular publi.;ationot you Fanily purpose,and you mayhave been quite creativein your issucsrelative to Main choiceof font typesand size,and page format. Text: what you have to Youmay remember, howcver, th€ exceplions to this. say-your family's Foryour (irrl?rlr pagewas to replicatcthe page desiSn of history-and how you the body of the boofr and so was yonr lntnd clion. displaylhat historyon th€page. Call lhat Pag€Size, Layout But now we havearrived at drcMdl, itrl ofyour booh andFormat. the actualstory you want to tell your readers-And you will we have already discussedthe main attributes of wart to displayil on yourstandard page so that it is the story effectivewritinS. in draftingyour manuscripl.First, you thatgels the aftention,nol th€ way il is displaycdon the needto keepit clear.concise and complete. And second. SUMMER2001 BIFHSGO ANGLo,CDLnCRoors Pact' 63 you needto ensurelhat lhree ingrdients are always presml: I (-ontext Ifyoudecide on wo columns.1ou will haveIo decide \'neahg/. adtdCrdprrrr. 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Lost in the Antipodes lfyou have 'losr' or failed to find someo.e in New Zealand you should b€ a$are that t}le New Zealand law on Binhs was cha.ged u.d€r S€ction 68 ofthe BDM Acr I 995 h a.tredsall childrar bom b€fore I 972, sfiose parentswse nol rnani€d. Even ifthe child qas regrst€red in the father's sumane. it hasbeen convertedbacft 10 the morher's maiden name, withoul any advice or consullation oflhose concemed. Imagine a chil4 bom out ofw€dloch l€eally register€dand raised under the father's sumame, only lo find out in lal6 life dlat they have (;ekcahryists be€n re-registeredunder their morhel s maide. name by a sovemmenl d€partmenr. F rcm rheAustralian Asrocqtion ol & Recod Asents Narsleller Nov 1999- sur,od,R200 I BIFHSGO ANGLo{ELnc Roors PACS67
Libraries, Librarians and the BIFHSGO Library
Jliditor's Note. On Satuftlay,Maft:h l02001, the stalJofthe Bfian O'ReganMemo al Librury: Judith Madorc, Be y Warburton,and BernadettePrimeau gdve a combinedpesenta,ion en,itled "Libruhes, Lihraians and the BLFHSGO Library".I'he inportance and se oflibraries forfanilt histo ans wosgaphicolly desc bed, usihgbothfull-life and Jictionltlfanily histofies,enphasizing the wlue oflihmnesfor thefanily histoian. Thefollo$'ihgthrce atlicles pmvide the text of lhesepLtenlatiotg.l TheRole ofthe Library in Family History Research
JUDIH MADORE
ludith Madoreopened the library presenlations using the becanea masterpotter in Birningham, WAR.Thus begins J followingfictitiolr' family tree.focussing on drcgrowdr of a gradualclimb tlrough &e Englishclass systcrnof drc a ninet€entbcentury farnily throughout $e lndustrial nin€te€nthcentury. Finbar's son, St Johr! becanea doctor, Revolution. Finbar'syounger son, Alber! emigratedto Carada. Thebar€ facls raise questions. Wly did Ethelredmove EthlredMuggins from Worc€stershir€to Staffordshire?How did ArEhiecome m 1780 Hepzibah to malfy a Frenchlsdy? Why b 1757 Falstafr did dre farnily end up in Binningham?what possessedAlben to emigrate Mugrvampon Avon, to woR Canada? h is possiblethat librariegcan help to addressthese questions. Archie Muggins m 1806 H€loise TheMuggins family is fictional,but it follotrsdrc path b 1783 Charnpselysee ofmany l9dr centuryEnglish farnilies, including my Much Paw4 STS b 1785 o$n EnglishI 9lh centuryWebb family, who endedup in (Potter) Pais FRA Russiafor two genemtionslHistorical researchand backgoundcan cast illumination m our ancestors'progress FinnbarMuggins m 1835 Marianne andoffer an historicalcontext to their lives. b 1809 Worthington Ourprimsrysource would includcgeneral histories of Birmingha.rnWAR the British lsles,which illustrate the political and economic (Masterpotter) world in which our ancestoElive4 andthe factoF which govemedtheir choicesand decisions. For instanc€,during Dr St JohnWorthington m | 868 Maude the l Sthand l9dt centuries,the Industial Revolutionhad a Muggins Pickle$ronh profomdimpact on conlernpc'rdrylives. t"an4lhe sottrcrof b 1840 revenuqb€came a scarcecommodity in lhe modemBritish BinninghamWAR Isles; farnilies were large; the population was forced increasingly to move away from the lan4 and find 'n€w ThomasWorthington emplolanentwithin the economy.'They migmtedto Muggrns the citics oflhe North, the Midlsnds, and tondon. b 1870 Wecan surmise $at Ethelredfollowed this migation. in seirchofwo*; dtat Archie wasoffered opportunities to Albert Worthington m C€liaDoolittle apprenticein lhe burgeoningpottery industry,lhat Finbar Muggins 1899 had lhe opportunity to becomea masterpotler, and was b t87l bett€rplac€d to marrywell. To reachsuch conclusions, we (Emigratedto Canada) haveonly to do library researchand read history books. Archie marrieda Frenchlady, Helois€ Chdnps€lys€€; "bare how did this happen?Again, if one researcheshistorical Judith describedthis ficlional fee as a bones" ewnts,it bemmesevidcnt thar the cataclysrnicer/tfis oflde family vital genemtions treg showingfte statisticsoffive of l81h6nd early l9li caoturyFrarrce - the Revolutioqand tlre "Muggins"farnily. As we have we drc shesai4 bini dates, NapoleonicWars, resulted in a migrationoffarnilies from have marriagedates, we have death dates.But is there Franceto England-Could Heloise's father hav€ be€n a somethingmissing? potter in the Limogesor Sewesindustries in France,a.nd According researclr, Muggins to the the family ther€foredra*n towardthe potteryindustry oflhe English originatedin Worcestershirein thelate I 8lh centry. A-rchie Midlands? becamea potter,ard married a lady from France.Finbar Finbarbecame a masterootter: could tfiis statushave P cr.68 BIFHSGOANGr,o-CLLnc Roors SUMMFR2OOI positionedhim well for a fortuitousmarriage, -passedto Marianne landholdings were bequeathed to the eldestsons. Yomger iVonfrineton:rhe Wo.d"ngronnarne was downto sonswent into 6'e military, or fte clergy,o. sought11'eir tfr"it i""', *iri"tr might siggest that Marianne'swas a fortunesin the colonies.I think this is what Albert did. I of .o""u"a'fu-itu. 'oseud'o-arisiocraticn& ulso?ve their son the somewhat dink dut if youwat to searchb€yond lfte basicshtistics ,."t.i,iiou.tu name of St John youlfamilics,and put togetheran illusFation oflheirlives ioronounced'S,iJin - shadowsofour Normanancestors?) and hmes, ihat you will be inspiredto do somelibrary *-;i#;.;;;d;son.-vou"gersons,in\adorian'research'" E (andearlier) Englald, had to seektheir own fortunes.The
Biblioqraphy (Bnan O ReganMemonal LibmN Colleclion) qzs.fnlz6 RAV bnashire: a genealogi@l btbhopaphy Snr4'r A Ravmond. thc volum6 942. 16.LAN 1851Censas Simanle Inder ol ltnnshirc: Wa'dlewonh, V 23 Wh;twonh: V 24 929j072 LAnily History Researchin It@shirc. Fe,.eftiion of Familv History Res@ch ) The lancashirc I antly Histoty ard Hemldty S@iety Lite rcool l,b mi Iv Hi storian ) Greal-Great-GrandmotherHad GreenThumbs
BETTY WARBURTON
T fould dre srlverpendanl in a drtwer t*elve yearsago I * henmy srrter ani I weresortrnts m) Father'sbelongings the coppery shield on $e lionl 3re affer his death.On '1902' 'E.B.' andabove dut is lhe date inscribedthe initials 'Whitboume On the back was the following inscription Flower Show / 1902 / B€st Window Plant / Elizabetb Basey.'My studyofmy family's historytold rnethat this pendanrhaO telongea -green to my grEat-greal-grafldmolier. I his ancestorwiti the fiumb intrrguedme Al $e ageof 82, she was still taldng an active part in parish life alld winrinc-the awards with her Drized houseplant. In ensuingyears I collectedinformadon aboul Elizabeth ard her family. I leamed that Elizabcth vreLsthe wife of BentaminBasey; that she had beenbaptized in tle Darishchurch of Bromyatdm Herefordshrreon 16 Apnl i820 a.ndthat she was the daughter of William and Jane Price. Although William was usually classedas a labourer, on thal occasionlus occupatlonwas Blven as a shoemaler' The fanilv lived in Nononnear Bromvard William Price. atso-had beenbaDtized in d|e pdish chwch of Bromyardon 22 Januarvl7qj, oneoflhe six childrenofJoseph and Elizabeth price. Willian and JoscphPric€ were agriculhral I labourersand were poor; Jo6€pho occasioflwes classedas pauper.They both had large famrliesof si\ to nine ) a tliahrhBr+ Sikthn'n ctitaien. nnd dris was mughly fie extenl ofmy krnwledge of this branch of my family until I visited Englalldlast autunn. olr that Fip I visited dte British Nswqaper Libraty phoned tell m€ that at Colindale in London and the Hereford County Record Bcfore ChrissnasJudith Madore to pres€nting programme Oflice and made some interestingdiscoveries about the LibrEy Committee would be the valueto Eli"abeth and her family. Among them: ar de Mach m€eting The purpos€wat lo sEcssthe famitv hislorv researchof readinglocal ard regionalhislory + An Indenture, dated 2 August 1830, apprentrcrng usinq" where possible,books in the Bri6n O ReSan 'aged Elizabeth Price ten years or th€reabouts,a poor Memonal Library.I dtoughlthe slor) ofmy Sreat'greal- such child of the Parishof Norton' to Richard Badham' Fandmotherwidr fie grE€ndrumb mighl lendilselflo qentlemar!ofthe Parishof Bromyarduniil shewas 2l i project.I gaveit a lot ofdroughtand drd a lol of re3ding. ir shemarned. She was to be InstrucledoI taughllhe ,e.sI iead I realized I neededto l:now more aboul lie hislory 'businessofa s€wantin husbardry.' and geography of the Couniy of Hereford and about the lhe law' + A ne$spaperobituary for EtizaberhBasey daled l5 oarisloiBromvard. I neededlo know mole aboul Auflst im? fiom fre rn'njanl Nensan.l Rcn'der' ior ooor relietandabout the economrcdrvelopmmls thal P^cL 69 SIjMMER2OOI BIFHS@ ANCL,)-cnLnc Rd,rs
the to\anshiDsofNonoq Linton ard Winslow are all part of the Parish ;f Bromyard. 1See naP on page 70l. I should mentio that Frish boundariesdo clungc over the years.For instance,Brockhampton, which had beena part ofNorton, b€camea Darishin I 894. Ahhough pan of the largeparish of Bromyard.tbe borous.hand eachlownship was responsiblrl'or ils own ooor ln medievaltimes t}e duty ofrelievingthe poorwas ieMlh the resoonsibilitvofthe msno/. Bul becausethe ch;ncir encoutiged the fving ofalms ar a Clrisrian vinue, it camero be reqardedas lhe Iesponstbilityoffie chulch With the Reforiation and lhe closing of monasteriesth€ sysremhad to change.In the reign of Eti,abelh L Parliatn€nl oassedacls- which orderedthe churchwardensand two lo iour subsrantialhouseholders in lfie patish to be nomimled eachvear asOverseers ofthe PooLUsing hrndsftom de raxationofevery inhabtanl ofdrc parishad fiD|n dwilEble donauoni they were to set to work or maintaln the poor of the Darish.Beinq responsible men they werereluclanl lo slend rnoneyon-dre &or of olher parishes.fuch petsonby blnh, occupation,lenancy or odrer good reaso$s.was sutDos€dlo llave a placeofs€tdemenl where he waseflltdod ro poor relief. lfa man foundwork oulsidehis parishof setilementhe codd eslablishselilemern In dle new parishby fulfillina certain conditions. lf sommne fiom outside the parishnieded help he could be sentback to his placeof s€ttlemmt W meansof a Remowl fuer afler examiDation by the magistrate.Changrng economic -limes al lhe bigrnning oT rhe lgdr cenhfy renderedlhis sysletnof we-ifareiiadeouate. In 1834tle Poor l-awswerc chang€dby join€d alTectedrural lite in EnAlandrn lhe l8th and lgth cennfies act of Parlianent. Parishesw€rE togetherinto Unions; In an essaylke this I can only give you a briefoverview of Union workhoLses were established and administered Law thesevery comple\ topics. locallvbv a BoardofGuardians reporting to the Poor Hereiordshireis a small comty In fi€ wesl of England Boardrn London;bul de rulesof s€nlcmenlsiill applied. more It bourded on lhe no(h by Shropshire, on the east by Poor reliefwas and still is a complicated matter' For Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, on the south by informatron, I rcfer yo]u to Annals of the Poor W Eve Moflmouthshire and on the west by Wales. ln m€dielal McL^tlLhlin or An IntQduction @ Poor I'aw Docilment gl times, Herefordshire, with Cheshire,Shropshire and Bcfore'j- by Anne Cole. Monmouthrhire, was the domain oflh€ powerful Marcher Economiichangesduring the lale lSdlandearly l9th lords who were supposed to protect England fiom the centuw musl have had a profoundeffect on agricultural incursionsoflhe Welsh. Her€fordshir is rougl y circular in hboGrs like JoseDhand Williatn kice. one wealdly mdr about the increasing nurnber of landless shaoemeaswins about 14 miles fiom easllo west ll was complain€d 'hog-style' andrs mainll nlral.a landof low rollinghills and water labour€rs. He objected lo their cottages,their on poor relief, lheir bencfitsofcommon dd th€ meadows,with the Malvem Hills ofworcestershire nsing deDqdmc€ 'his' steeolvon the €astand the Black Mountlins ofwales on th€ rishsof-wav aiross landr. From Saxontrmes a county wesi.'The main crops were*teat, oats,barl€y, b€ans, hops k'l,ourer ha; cenain rights over the village comnonland and aoDlesfor matmq cider Cattle and other liv€stock were such as ec-azinga cow or sheepor collecting dead wood or year also iiised. Duringlhe late lglh cenruryimportation of nnfwheie cust-omary,or al c€rtaintimes of$e fte right woodhnds ". His cheaDersain fiom \orth and SoudlAmerica led lo what is to feedhis Diqson acoms in the manorial hown ;$e c'reat Agiculturat Depression'.This had gave cottaseor obablv had dre leaal four acresof landor at least affects on airiciltural wod(ers.Fortunately, Herefordshire a larie-oiss eatden tthcre he could Srow v€etables atd ketp a | 7lh was able to-tum to dairy farming - supplying milk to lhe few and hens.He could live well. And $eq in lhe qrowrnqpopularion of$e BlackCount_y Fit'e majornven rnd'tli-thcenhries- came mclosure. From manorial times in flow rlrourh the county: the wye wifi rts tribularies. the much of the arable land of farms was divided into slrips Lus* rheArow andlhe Fromeand firnher wesl the Dore oDm common fi€lds alrd tenantspaid fmt to the lord ofthe Thiiounty seatis dre city of Hereford and the marn towrs moror ei$er by serviceor wilh rDoney.A man could own 6 perhaps tlree are Ledbury, Ross-on-Wye,Leominst€r, Kinglon and leasea strip otland in one field and two or Bromvard. strios in anbther Then it was decidedtftat doing away with Y;u will find the sl€epy market town of Bromyatd in these small parcelsof land ard €nclosing them into larger the northeasicomer ofHerefordshire. It has a populationof fields would be beneficial and more eflicient. It alsomeant about2000 to 3000.The town or borough of Bromyardand the lossoflhe rights pr€viouslymerfiimed Il requiredan act P^cE 70 BIFHSGO ANCLCICELNCRd)TS SlrM\'GR 2001
Fowrhope or Stretton Grandison to work for his new emDlover.- But this is supposedto be Elizabeth'sstory ln 1830, Elizabelhhice, William'seldest daughter was apprenticed to fuchard Barlham, gentlemar\ to tte insfructed in thc businessofhusbandry. Churchwodens and overseets were reourredlo apDrenliceall childten whose pareDlswele unableto maintaintiem. As loon as Elizabe$ wasellBible at the ag€ often ih€ docunent was drawn up and signed;her paents,-dependentas drey were for poor rtltef. probably had no sav-herin the maner. A" an apprentice,Elizabet} would lir e wilh masterandbe f€d andclothed by him: shr would rec€ive insfiuclion in the buslness of a servanl in husbandry.'Husbandry rs an amblguouslerm lhal could cover ewrydrinp, fiom $e task of scrubbmg$e kilchen flool to mrlkinuicoi torn rratlnga householdh did nol rnclude the art oircadrng and wrinng. sinceshe used a markwhm she registeredthe brnh ofher daughter.fanny. in 1848 And of Parliamentand the cons€ntof four-fifths of the whn r-iasRrchard Badhaml There were severdirefermces to landowners.lt was€xpensiv€ for sma.llerowners and very tie Badham famtly in llrcnya : Minskt Manor and hardon tenants who lost th€irleases. At thesame trme, the Ttrrz hv Ph',llisWilliams. At thaltime unlilal leastl84l InduslrialRevolution was atlracting rttr.al peopl€ to citi€sand fuchard Baiham was living at ljpper winslow, a property towns.There was little manufacturingdevelopment rn he bouqht about I 829. The timber framed farmhousedales Herefordshirebut in adjacmtworcestershire wer€ the coal from 1650and in | 842. included an eslate of I 38 acrEsand fields a.ndiron works of th€ Black Counfiy, carpet 5 cottaees.Elizabeth was forhmate that shewas not s€ntout manufacturingin Kidderminster,needle making in Redditch ofthe iarish, as weremany apprentices- porcelarnan-d glove manufacturing rn Worcesler'Jamrs In $e parish rEgislersof Bromyard I found the records Frice.William's eldesl son, moved his farnilyto ofthreeilGcrtimare children bom lo ElizabethdurinB lhe Kidderminsterabout lMo- Also to consider wer€ dle I S,lOs:George, baptiztd 29 November 1842ad buied fout unsetincbmes alier the Napoleonic wars and in $e 1870s davs later:Ceorlliana baptized In 1846and Fanny bonr 4 de GrcaiAsicultural Dcpreistonmmtroned edller' Duing J;uar,y l84s atdbaptizcd four dals laler'I wonderedwho of these children Eva thesechan;ngtimes -wolf wiIiarn andJoseph Pric€ mana8ed to was r'he father tor fathers) leeo the fiom lhe dool, as long as lhey found Mclaughlin in herbook //1c8tli/ra.ysays that usuallythe employment.Injury or rlln€ssmeanl dey hadto applyfol child was told $e nan€ ofthe faiher to guard againstincest Wlen fann\ marriedGeor':e Morris,n 1866.she said her 0""'r[lt;'l;. price. writtm) rsa welsh farherwas i camenrernamid Francrs Was rhatlhe *". ". ,, is sometimes "son surname.Iiis a iontractio of"ap RhyJ',mearing of tnith or a conv€nient 6ction? foflunately thc I 85 I Census Rhvs. l suspectal sometrme my forefalhersdriffed across ofHerefordshirehas been indexed and severalrnen by the rhi borderfrom walesinto Herefordshrle.perhaps liom nameof FrancisPrice atE listed- I arn sure thal th€ O!€rseers Breconshir€or Radnorshirewhere Price is a verypopular ofthe Poorwould be interesledin the fatherofElizabeth's sumame.lt is saidthat at onetime muchofthe populatron children and would hare questionedt|er clos€ly-They would of Herefordshirewas welsh speaking.Even today civil be anxious for him to assume responsibility for the in resrstationcertificates for thecounty are bilingual printed children'smaintenance. So I mightfind thc father'sname in Enslishand Welsh5. Poor trw Union rEcords,such as the Minutes of the Board Tlere is a beliefthatbefore the lndustrialRevolulion of Govemors of the Bromyard Union or in the Petty oeootestaved in oneplace. My ances]orsmosl certainly drd Sessions,ifhe was taken to court, or even ln a newspaper nor.The olace ofseillemenl for lhe Price family wa5 lhe accountif the cventwas newsworthy. township-orhamlet of Nortonin theparish of Bromyard. On 7 Mav 1850 ElizabethPrice, spinster,mamed the But I haveevidence ofa marnagearld a RemovalOrd€r in BenianinBa:er, bachelor.In de l85l censusfor Wlitboume,of anothermarriage in Fownhopeand of a TorvnshipofNonon I foundflizabe$ andhel new husband secondRemoval Order fiom Str€ttonGrandison- Why drd livine in a housecalled Green6eld.Neady, in a cothge wllh lhevmove alound so muchl I sumiseJoseph and William theeiocative name ofCosey Head,lived william andJane wdt wherethev could find work. vatklng lhemselves Price, three of their daughters and two granddaughlers with a smearof manureto show they desircd Beniaminwas an a8,riculhxallabouer bonr rn Sedgeford. DerhaDs gave imnlovmenlas a genemlfarm labourel.lhcy would anend No*olk. Severalpeoplc lilrng in the Bromyardarea hirincfair or mop.lradttionally held on Vav lrd their birthDlaceas Norfolk. Perhapshard times in East a 'appears irr Bromvird. annualVop to bc lhe lime\ hen An}lha.\ahich had drirerr peoplc lo seellherr fonune work€rscould chaige theirjobs and ofer themselvesto new Caiad4 alsoencouraged |Jlem lo move lo H€Iefordshire emDloversfor thenext twelve months. l he contractwas Georqranaand Fann) Prrceare livrntsrilh lhe ncwly grvenas madeverballv in thepresence ofwimesses and considered mamedcoupte. lheir relaiionshrp lo Benjamrnis "daushter-in-law", Evc binding"'. SooftweniJos€ph orWilliam to Whitboumeor which nreansslepdaughler. SlrMMrin2001 BIFHSCOANcr-o,CFr.nc Rfi )Ts PA(;F7l
Mcl,aughlinsays tiat usuallyindicates $at Benjarninis not the ageof87. I foundher obihtary in the weeklyBromyard the father.Elizab€th bore Benjaminat leasttwo children, newspapcrpublished on Augustlsth 1907.It readsas SarahAnn ard Mary.ln the l8?l census,Benjamin and follows: ElizahefrBasey witt References I Whitboxme:A llishopsMaroa PhyllisWilliams pp lO l I 2. ibr.l p 124 3 A Hisloty of Heelotdsh,E, John and Margaret West pp 98 99. 4 Anhals ofthe ]'oor. Eve Mctaushlin p 22 5.Ihe Sxmamesofwales,lohn and SheilaRowlands pp46, 141, 143 6. Brcnyar.l: Minslea Maro, drd 7ovr, Phyllis Willaims p 50. 7. whitbotme: A ltishop s Ma,oa Phylis Willams p 89. 8 ibitl p 53 Bibliogrephy CallNumber is siven fo. booksin theBrian O' ResanMemorial Library. Banholonew, John Shv"t Cazeueer oIlhe Bntish Isles: includina SMry of the 1951&mts:9th ed. Londo'l.: John Barrholom€w & Son.nd 914.lo0l BAR. Cole,Anne.t'Ntt^r.lmnenBbefoetssl:2nded.B\!ryLAN:FedemtionofFarnilyHislorySocieties,2000.(Anlrtsoduclronto...) 929 342 COL Gbson. Jsemy md Colin Rosers l'oor lar ltnion Ecotds in lrglanl a'd wales:pn 3: Soith-west Inglan l, the Marches anl Wales. Binninghatn:Federation ofFamily Hislory Societies,I99l 929 342 GIB v l MclArshlio. E\e Annals dth. rnr: sth e.l Aylesbury,BKM: Vameys Pr, 1994. Mclaughlin, Eve lleg inacy: 7th e.l. Aylesb!ry, BKM: VameysPr, 1999 'liro P€a$on, Edna ho ('hurches, ('oDt|tunities: St.])eler's Bnn),anl an.l St.lame! s, StanIo Birh.?. Bromyard, HEF:The Brolnyad and Districl Local History Sociely,I993 West,John and Marsaret A H isk,ry of Ht rcJbnlshirc ChichesteaSSx: Phillimore I 9E5.942.44 WES. Williarns, Phyllis nhlbotme:a Bishop sManor Whitboune HEF: the author. )979 Wllliuis,Phyllis.lrorysnl : Minskr, Manor and lbv, Bringsty,WOR the author,1987. Wood, Michael Donesdoy: o seaEh lor fte nJots ol l,:nglard. London: BBC Publications, I986 942 021 WOO Cole,l@n Ha|c bu ];tct Lookc.l-tor an Apwntice ltulehhE in lqali\h llecods? l;Milies, ()ntano (ien.abgi.tl So.iety AW 1993. v 12, no l. pp I5l -l56. Penodicalcolleclion, Brian O'ReganMemonal Libla y H cft|bh.l. l .eontin\tc t & Suttu ndtng Arca. (>.l@nce Su^'ey: I rtulranser 119 Southampton ENG: Ordnance Survey, 1991. Correctiotr Theeditor regrets the following omission from the table on page44 ofvolume 7, Number2, Spring2001 Issue ofAngb-(:chiclloots:the last line should read: "Child ofJUDITH WEBBand CLAUDE MICHEL MADORE is: ALEXISMADORE b 1975in ViennaAustria- PAaE72 BIFHSGO ANcLo-Cl'I-nc Rd)Ts SUMMIR 2OO] UsingBooks ond OtherLibrary Holdingsto ldenfify Photographs M BERNADEI'|E PRtrvfEAU f f your ancestorswere li[e meand identified and dated + I lndcrstandingOld I'holographt, publishedin 1995, l€very phologaphdral they ever owned. thm you don l + Photography.forthe I'anily Historian, publishedin needto r€adthis. lf, on lhe otherhand, youl relativeswere 1998,and like some of my relatives, then you probably have a + Lookingat Old Phorograplr,published in 1998. collectionof mysteryphotographs unidentifieddelights ln thes€books, he givesus a layman'shistory of suchas I have.One ofth€ authorsthat I will mentronlater photographyand takes us through its evolutionfrom the describesthe power of a photographin this way: "Photography daguerreot'?eto the roll film that w€ a.e familiar wilh and wasand is a staggeringinvention. It brougbt how to identi! the rcsultsof eachtype of photogBphic ou. ancestorsface to fac€wilft $emseh€s,and it bringsus process.Beyond the photograph itself, olher features help as face to face with them. Not surprisingly, therefore, well. Forexarnple, the designofthe photographmounting photographs.whethe. a full set of albums or a batt€red whichmay show the photographer'sname and address, handfulofpict[€s, form an importantard Eeasuredpart of omatedecm as a form of advertising,the backdrops used in many family a.chives-They provide a window through the studioan4 of course,the clothesthal peoplewore- The which we gain a glimpse of our own past.....[n] latter,partrcularly forwomen's clothes, is themosttellinS. understandingthe photoswhich havebeen handed down, By the timeyou harc finishedwith thesebook, you wlll be with identiryingthem, and with datrngthem.....we.-.-.come an expertin women'sfashion, hair styles and jewellery! to interpret their subjects more apdy. W€ distinguish Havingth€ photographer's address will enablea searchof b€tweenthe Sundaybest of the formal portrait and the rade drrectorieswhich will thenlell youthe years he was everydayreality of the snapshot,and we recognis€that localedat thatDarhcular adalress. Victonanstemness may owe as much to theconditions of Th€reare a numberofother sourc€sthat arealso very thephotographer's studio as to an rmrelievedlysolemn habit good for identifuingphotographs. One is The Family of mind." whil€ you maynwer beable to deltritelyidatify Chronicle Publicationenlitled l)oting OId l'hobgraphs your mysteries,you canalways try and ifnothing else, 1810 1929which consistsoI exarnplesof primarily narrow down the photographsto a period of time and Americanphotographs taken during this period. By therebyeliminate some ofyour ancestorsard includeothers. comparingyorr photogmphsto theones in the boolqit may Thereare a numberofbooks in theBIFHSGO library helpyou narrowdo*m the date ofyour pholographs. tharwrll helpyou do fiis as well as articlesIn various Anodrerauthor, Audrey Linknan ofthe Documentary joumalsand magazines. Believe me, I haveread them alll PhotographyArchive in Bolton,Lancashirq has written the Probablythe moslprolific authoron tiis subjectis firsl ofa seriesofexpert guides that explore drferent aspecls RobenPols from England.He haswritten four books: of early photographsand their valueas historical records. + DatingOIdI'hobgraltlr, first publishedin 1992and Herbookis entitfed7lr" ljpcrt (h deb l )atinglick)ridn nowin its s€condedition as of 1995, ].bhtly l'hotograptt\ andwas publishedin 2000- B Bibliography Book DatinsOI.l I'hotogmphs I81o It)29,Fmily Ch.onicle(August 2000) Audrey Linkman, Tlhd1.-icfl (;ti.le b lratingnchian 1-dnily I'hotoarapb. Greatc.Manchesler County RecordOtrce (2000) RobeitPols, DatingOld I'hohgruphs,Feder".t;orol Fsily Hisiory Societies(Publi@rions) Ltd (1995). RohenPols,IJhde^takdins Old I'hotoqraph.\.RotJenBoyd Publications (1995). RobenPols,|'hotos.aphylor the l'antily Histondn,FedeEtion ofFarnily History Socieri6 (Publiqt'ons) Ltd (l998). Roben Po's.ao(*rra d/ Old I'hobsraphs,FedelationofFamily HrstorySocieties (Publications) Ltd ( I998) Joumrls/Periodicals nchrian I'hokigtdph)i,The MancbesterGenealosisl, Vol 36, No 3 (2000) Kev;n Rto\m, I'hotosraphy, (-inenabgraphy an l l.an" D Htrlo.),, Farnily History Monthly, No 58 (luly 2000) DaeidT;ppey,Datng o1.l Phokt'ltdphs: A Hisbry of 19t11( cnttry I'hohllaphy, Family Hislory Monthly, No 47 (Augusl 1999) Did Youlkow: when docum€ntssay 'in th€ I 8thyear of tlrcreign of CharlesII" it means| 8 yearsfrom thc death of his father,Charles I, in 1649,not fiom the coronalionofcharles ll in 1660.So thc l8th yearwas 1666,the year ofthe Crcat Fireof London-From 7he lJ Krn.nan.Volume 4 \umber 4 Sprins20001. SUMMI]R2OO] BIFHSGO ANclo-Crilnc Rd)Ts P^(iri73 GenealogicalResearch on The Internet MARCARETAND WILLIS BURWELL Whatis thelnternet? he Int€m€t was conceivedabout 35 yearsago by th€ the British lsles FamilyHistory Society ofcreater Ottawa RAND Cooorationas a communicationssvstem thal (BIFHSGO).lt providesinformalion about the society and couldcontinue to operatein the aftermathof a nuclear its activitiesincluding notices ofupcoming meetings and exchange-By I970 the first network,call€d ARPANET, conferences.The sitealso includes detailed information wasoperahng with four supercomputcrs interconnected by aboutthe holdingsof the BIFHSGOlibrary and some dedicated56 kbDstransmission lines. ln the 1970sand articlesfiorn the,4rglo - (lel/ic - Ror6 publication. | 980sthe lnlemelstarted to grow asa networkofnetworks lEditort Norc: Thev,ealhet on l0 t;ehnraryv,ar veryhad andDennis Carrer - EdErds rshowas schcduled to sPedkon British Almy Recordsfor Fa.rnilyHistory Res€arch\ras stmnded jn HalifN and nnablelo appear TheSociely is gralelitl to Hugh lleehic v,hoslapped inlo lhe breachand gare an exlenporaneoust! k on lhe u\e oJnaPt l II /hen BIFHSCOmember Hugh Reekie addressed the withtle parishnarnes are wordrwhile features. because once W Society's mondriyme€hng l0- Febmary 200 | he spoke you've formdthe boundaries you'll likely be ableto find the enthusiastiaallyabout the interesthe's had in British parishname which may be the sane nameas the local he was a teenager.He village. OrdnanceSurvey Maps since "The explain€dtheir usefulness to family historians,tie ditrerenc€ mapsprinted prior to I 930 are of limited useto be-tweenthe maps printed before I 930 andafter, and what family historians," Hugh suggested before explaining thal the mostuseful maps can reveal. Hugh also drscussed inner his favouriteis the 7th series,pri ntedabout I 950 city Victorianmaps, Bartholomew maps, and offered some Oneoflhe finl thingsHugh does when he gets a mapis "Reekietips" andpenonal experiences. makea blackand while copyofit Thenhe introduces Theoidnance survey mapE which are on a sca.leofthree colour by hard to showparticula.r places that specifically milesto oneinch, can often be found in secondhand shops relateto thelives ofhis ownfamily history' in England.In Canad4you canpurchas€ them at plac€slike Goad MaDs lhebook slore in PlaceBell, and tie WorldofMaps. Otlter y$l-:f'lj1c,]11i1, , - -,- . 'f:^"]altv---- maps he discussed those goodplaces to sea.chfo, tt "rn"r" tt'. tlutionuitirif:i around1875 as firc maps MapLibrary, a.nd the uni.,ersity or ottawaila"C"a,f,ion S!"]l'ii":!,"1^tliill-lroduced libranes.rhey canarso b" *d";J i;;i;; themore dran 200 British Goad university maps,ll]-':6"' helTq" said Thosefl 119i-o-fdetarled maps are a reflectionolthe ofalnancesurvey websrte_ showsuch details as the street :bne mi rotuies is t yins to collectall or the I8e or ::c,llllirr' i i['height i,T.'^]]ev.and shape ofeach buildinS and church one_inchmaps,,, Hugh s3ta... n . n..r., oron-"". ri*iv addresses.the pintyp,rfle ones looksrmilar to fie oldmapi n"ii...,...... ^.--,,.." map' r}'e histonanswork the census and But parishnames ana uuna*". rr"u"t..n ,i,inuJ[: the -, !i"th :l!C:1t-i11llvtogetherto _walk youranoeslor's slr€cl." By He wenton to notethat since about l9;0. ;h;; ;. lhesemaps the tlpe ofstructurethev werc British adoptedthe metn" ry.r.. -o 0'. .up*rr"ne;d"io 9::i9 fl]:i:lltT^oulin and even a of theirlifestyle o reflectthi s, he has come to reatizettrat ttre one-in_ctr"m_ai! Irvine nerhaps 8et Slimpse lmmisrationFacts:Between l95l and a totalof4.4 million immigranlsarrived in Canada.l hepeak years were 1957 (282,000immigrants). 1967 ( 223,000immigrants), and l9?4 (318.000immigrants) S(rMMriR2001 BIFHSGOANGj-GCLr- nc Rd) f s P GIJ75 Qrr:srr{Dis&ANswrRs Frcm Near and Far Linn6a- JuneAdan Ancesto^ genealogistKay GermainIngalls leads th€ way and helosus follow the clueswhich areconnected to the menin women'sli!€s, as well as describing ways to search Drom Frmily HistoryMonthly No 60Sept€mb€r 2000. resourceswhich might found path. I be ofrlhe beaten She Thisissue hm excellmt featwe artrcles ofsDecial interEsl writesdlat the basicresearch techniques to b€ followedfor to BritishIsles family historians on subjectswhich range female ancestoEare the same,but more creativity and from thehistory ofnursing to theearly days offootball. inaginationmight be ne€deil Tlre auihor discusses the basic Other articl€swould b€ of specialinterest to thosewhose principlesof good research,and illustrateshow these ancestorscame from the Midla.ndsBlack Country, D€rry or principlesapply to the searchfor females.For exarnple, Londonderry.or the lsle o f Mght Theres alsoan extensile while usingoriginal records is alwayspreferable, it is historyofdre Rosssumarne and of the Clan Rossftom the esp€ciallyimportant in dfs case,because while rEcords srch time it first emergedin the late llth centuryAlso very as a birth index might only showdate aJld place, the helpful to all researchersare d€scriptive guides to vanous originalsmight have the mother's maiden nam€, €tc. The marriageindexes and to | 6th and | 7th cmtury musterrolls. s€ctionon st"tegiesis particularlyuseful, and although tlre TheAncestry Joumal, MarcVApril2000, Vol lSNo examplesare fiom the UnitedStates, the principlesand 2. has over 60 pagesof interestingreading ior farnily melhodswould be tlsefulanywierc. Olfier exc€llerrarticles historians.Some ofthe articlesar€ geared specifically to in thisspecial issue follow the same lheme. American researchers-but most are also of inlerest to Fmm the Try Vrlley Frmily Historirn No 57 BIFHSGOmembers, such as the concise article Rr.varlnag Seplember2ll0o. ,4/exarrlc| (-.ornack- RedcoalW Neil Irclond: Beginat Hone by Dwight A Radford.As drctide Pheasant.lt seems thatmost British Isles fa.rnily historians states.this is an introductionlo lrishres€arcll but alsohas a - sooneror later find an ancestoror family memberwho list ofw€b sitesand books for firther r€s€arch.and a time servedin themilitary, and ther€ are mary usefulguides to line of recenl lrish hislory The cov€r slory, D6grlre./ researchfor miliury hisory Thisarticle tells usmorE about I'atrot.t : M)ncn WhoSe/vc.//r?roszlo is a wonderfulread the times and life of a soldiet through the story of about American women who servedin wars, Iiom the AlexanderComach aftestedto the 85th (Buckinghamshire Revolutionaryand Civil Warthrough to moremodem times. VolunteerLight lnfantry) Regimentof Foot on 6th March Womenoften disguised themselves as men,and in one 1794-The daily routine, lh€ pay,the foo4 andthe basic instancerefirsed to havea musketball removedfor fearthat equipmentgive us an undectandingofwhat his life might the secretmight be discovered.Some escaped detection havebeen like- and combined with descriDtionsofbattles throughouttheir service,or des€rtedrath€r than ri sk b€ing makea v€ry interestingread, discovered.The articl€ also lists the contents ofth€ military Sometimesit is inter€stinglo note how peopl€fiom fiames,cities or townswhere evenls are sard to havetaken Family History Queries - Cecilde Bretignyand LawrenceMaclsaac placeand the namesof the relativesthat are being researched.The more specific our con€spondenG c€n be the betterwe will beable to handletheir oueries. 'thank nicee-mail you' messagehas bem receivedfiom A queryhas corne fiom the British High Cornmission GeorgeShepherd who has beeD lrying lo obtarnmore in Ottawafor: "a listofthemost popularloyal societies in 'Mr informatronon the Merry Group,' part ofthe home Ontarioafld lhe restofCanada who reflect English,Welsh, children novement. These tlranks should go lo Willis lrishand Scoftish backgrounds." A tall order Yourhelp Bwwell and John Say€rsfor the infomation they provided. prease. Someof our queriesare full of information while othen BrianJ Edwardsofthe UK is tryingto locatedistant arcralher leneral in natue \,!i$ liflle or no refcrcncelo timc cousinswhose families moved to Canadain lhe first decades PAce76 BIFHSGO ANcLo-CEI-nc RoOTS SIJMMDR 2OO] ofthe 20thcentury The narnesare Rdton, White, Colvin, Bamardo'sAft€r Care has provided Joan Turnbull of Roycroft.Psn std weeks. He is alsoseeking informatton Kitchenerwith someinformation on her grandfatherwho on his q'andfatherJohann Schutz who workedon a drnner cameto Canadaaround 1889- His name isChrrles Steel€y car in-Canadaftom around 1908 to 1910.Contact (althouqhsome documents confuse him with his brolher SUMMIiR2OOI BIFHSGO jI,1.]c ANGI-GCI Rcr),Is P^ BIFTTSGOM!:vDDR R||s!:.1R(,|I ToPI(s Gen ealo gt Organ ization Tips NORMA L O'TOOLE rrlatively new ro genealo!5/researcll having beenable Irish Tamrlo anc€sloEin ourfarnily who s€nledin euebec.Therc is allocalededicated ltme to the pursuitfor lessthan two a ( nurchol.Jesus ('hnsl years. of llner{ay SainlsFamily Histor} I leamedearly on lhat ifyou do notEke conFol ofrhe ( entreIn the crty. ,nrormatron. whereI concmraleon UK sourcei, rr wjll inundateyou. lherefore.uith my untanovttal statrshcsindexes. backgroundin andparish regislers. Of ofllce administsafion.I applied the pnnciple; course.rhe Bridsh Isles Farnrly or onrce organ,zahon HrstorySociety;fCreater to my genealogystudies. I am unawa nas.avery good libmry cenltntyllo expen.but sp€cialtzingin lreland rhesystem that I havedeveloped sru!res.cach ot lheselocalions requires works qutte welt lor me differenlbacl,_up With lheavailabiliry ofgenealogical Information via Yiurown researchwill var) compurerandrn , dependingon whereyou thousandsofbooks. de volumeofmareriaj Irve.so cherk out your local sources ara abte rn yout andtake advantag; of area5of i teresl can become the lnler-libraryloan progran for material ovcrwhelming. It is thereforc that is"not essentialto have an organized rmmed,atetyavattable in your local area system for stomgeand r€trieval ofelectronic and haid -lrljj j:ibq . -IcirvRdE .r . t r !rsrll:iii!F &,n. ".4. . ..' .t1. .1 .2. .,is:. . :*j 1 , ... | 5 ,.,,6...'i8;;IT;.! r*eh : .e4aros!!o@4@I4E5llErgn[ t { ITTEXRT.SNETNLI{ TNTENET.IIIX.ID|DBXSS! egl@I!! SctAb.!&a &at;. lbsbr lbrtuw .elo!}/aE2.L!!lt $.llrri-OE dia Drik FMr h1D://*w.nin! @JiLr-bEribdi&lin, I6dr S.€lL -Pd.,h.dcr.h6'r SF[.!d' Sp]i1r'.d Bsbs inrh Scdlirh hhJi|w.llrnsrd @ir-,hi.hol& bEcleultclrt ldl! Scothd-ilMi& Mdi&Uugnr hlr,ihw dtrron.@iod!! S@iL!d-UoEninn4L&6ri,t l.'b/h,..di,unt/st'!'@a Utl-Dtt'l'ltl6't-ti! lilDJ FJdttrrbd.d{ Scd!,twdr6nyE bSdirt M,4' Llfiilidc 20 c6ruy rs anr en d \l/[;cr@r!.F/aRdorLhlr ktrr/w @t@bD4.!&liD4 {rii.iiJr.|.** wJibul&rcodMlid Udh 2!0lr *.rgrl-ilrllnrcLh'ft klD /rllm cLr rd E/Dar6:o,lDlnh/{otlra}id S..tBL{€rloF.&.LD5 Lf.# Itt!:/.h{rtl!jd/-ih,lt solEfi 3I]. VEJA9424 lDi8!t!6|oe|, -l Scolli'bl@. Rlcir*PL.dr lbJ F ao.ed-sd./b.^cotldlel6! klDlRrliiln[ cc!ffi.fi! S@tBlPdrtlHdllcl} :j lrv: -\fu1l:1r',_\l-tr_9E:{- 9-l'a-=* € I I i*-1 i# i rtzr la r.d rnz cd1 g 'Ilis chart,the primaryuse would be to son all databy year whilereducing the arnount ofnote-taking required. When would displaylhe narnes ofhusbandi, wives, childrerL almts the datawas all enteredinto lhe hble in my c{mputer,I was anduncles. Darents etc. in theorder of theevents. To doa ableto sortitby eitherfadrer's nane, mother's name, date, quickcheck ofa particularname,just do a sort.Select the or location,or a combinationofany threecolumns. This primary sortby sumam€with the s€condaryso.t by yearto gavethe numberof childrenregistered in eachfamily and seethe sequence ofevents for a particularfamily. This is a thei.relativeages. By soniogthe lable by thelocation given compactway to cafiy ess€ntiallnformation to researchsites. on the baptismalentriei il lisledth€ parents and the relative This featurewas particulaiy helpful recently when I was agesofthe childrenin thecensus. Including a columnto fanscribingthe baptismal entries in Moy andDalarossie record witnessesallowed me to see who had close Panshrn Inremess-shire-Scolland. Lr thls tlny mountarnous relationshipsto thefamily, but unfortulately,I could not parish,there were more than 300 baptismal entries from deteminewho were fiom previous generalions orwhat lhe I 788to I 854for childrenwho had either a fatheror mother relationshipswere to the parents. with my familyname McBeanrMcBain. This film alsohad Often,information is foundon the Intemet that may be copiesofthe 182| and183 | censusfor theparish. In the usefulas backgroundmaterial in a familyhistory or for SlarM[R2001 BIFHSCOANcr.-cEr.nc Rfi)r's PAGE79 further studiesat a laterdate- It is mostconvmiently stored tine loolcingfor documentsuntil I setup my files in rnultiple in electronicformal lo preventhaving to scancopies or to binders.I havesepamte binders for rcsearchnotes and for ret)?ethe information-This t)?e ofdata car alsoget out of sorrce documentsfor "My eachfamily- I constantlyreview the controlifyou letit. ln the Documents"section ofmy rcsearchnotes, but with a list "genealogy." ofsource documentsat the comput€r,I havea foldertitled Wilhinthat fiont ofthe files, I seldomhave to go throughthe source folder,there are many sub-folders that I uselike a filing documentbinders. Important docurnmts are also protected cabinetto helpcategorize the materialthat I havecollected- in plasticsleeves, There oe binden for eachcomtry wh€re Thereare folders for variouscowfies, provinces,cities, and I keepgeneral information conceming genealogy sources, or even parishesas well as separatefolders for eachof the historynotes. When many family membcrsare found in a namesthat I am studying-Other folders are set asidefor particularParish a newbinder is createdto keepthose files conespondence,military researclland the lrious genealogy together Again, tabsare usedto organizethe documents oryanizationsthat I belongto. There are manygenercus within the yariousbinders. I pref€rusing lfie binderswith the researcherswho havehelped me and widr whomI sharemy clearplastic slos on thefiont andat the sDine.I makelabels own information.Those who arein rezularcommunication with iargetext printed "Genie on cardboardsto;k. This simplifies havetheir ownfolders. I aisokeep a doiurnentcalled identificationand selection as well aslhe dreadediob of Angels"where I recordthe names, e-mail addresses, and filing. I hopethar the preceding guidance will assistlhe field ofstudiesofthe peoplewho have helped me in the readeBin gainingcontiol ofth€ genealogymaterial that has pasl.This is thesystem that works forme, and oth€rs will amassedin their homes. This is a simplesystem that woilc haveto experimentuntil iheyfind a systemwilh whichthey for me, but you may decide to try somethinga little ar€comfortable- These files are constantly changing, and different.Wlatever method you choose,when you take new subjectsare addedas the volum€warmnts. control,you eliminatesome ofdre drudgeryinvolved in dris Naturally,dle furtherthai you go in genealogyresearch, fascinatingpastime, and free up time to go out anddo more themore material you accumulate.I used to wastea lot of research,or to carryon wilh yourreal lives. E TheHistory of WelshSurnames JKWooD Why are thereso few Wclshsumames? son oJ^nd O neansgrandson oJ: ll is a conmonjoke that mostof lhe Welshpeople are At onetime the Welsh naming system was patronymic, namedJones, and those that are not ar€named Evans or exactlylike rheGaelic system used in Scodandand lrcland. ln Williams.This observation led lo drefollowing I 9t Century Welsh,the word for sonis ndr; thismutates tojAb, andin poemabout an Englishjudge trying to sort oul Welsh commonspeech the soft/ sound(English v) is dropped, sumamesas pafl of the'Anglicization'process: leaingap, or ab*fore a vowel-This led to a namingsystem Then strovethejudge with main and might in which DavidJones would havea son namedEvan aD The suroundiog consonantsto Write, David,and his sonwould be namedThomas ab Evan. A But when lhe day w6 almostgone daughterwould carly her father'sforcname prcceded byfft* H€ found his work not nerrly done (or renr), asin Mfanwy ferch Thomas,and daughters kept Hrsears ass3iled mosr wo€tully their maidennanes. l'clrlt is the mutatedform of ,rerr, Wth nameslike Rhysap Gru$dd Ddu, (=daughter)in Welsh.In earlytimes any Welshmaicould Aneirin, loNeth, IeuanGoch, recilehis anc€stry for nin€genetations, afld in legaldoqmenls And Llwyarch Hen o Abersoch nameslike Rhys ab Owair ap Hywel ap Mareduddap Taleresinap Llewelyn FaM Gruqdd appear.In Canadawe have the exampleof the And Llun ap Anhu. bachy Cawr. explorerDavid Thompson, bom Daryddap Thomasin the Until al lcnglh, in sheerdespa'r. UK. Thissystem ofnaming children persists to thisday in He dotredh's wisud tore his hair, lceland, where therc are very few fixed sumames.Sven And sardhe would no lonsersrand Thorson'sdaughtcr would be named Svensdottir andhis son The sumam€sofour'narive land . Svensson.and so on. ''Take ' ten, he erd, and caUthem Rice. Thissyslem ofnaming passed out of usegradually- Most ''Take " anotherlen and call them Price ''Take districlsbegan to dropit after | 700, but it persisteduntil | 850 fifty olhets,qllthem Pushs" ''A ' in places-The lcl tak€sI Januaryl8l3 asthe cutoff Before hundredmorc. l ll dub them llughes ''Now ' lhisdale all ennicsarc lisrcd usinB the parrynomic system. Robensname some hundred score. ''And regardlessofwhat the actual entry contained. Thismakesit wrll'ams namea lesion more! ''And di{licultlo intemretWelsh entries for a considerabletime call. hc said,in disda'nedrones, ''Calllhe beforeand afier this date. renrainingthousands . Jonesr" For€nameson whichsumames are based The Prtrynomic System In Walesa handfulofSaints' names and biblical names This refers to a systcmin which there are no fixcd havepredominated since medie\,d times. Thes€ are John (and sumames;cach child tales the forenameotits fathcralong ils derivatives,including Evan and Si6n), Willialn, Thomas with a somelhingto indicate.v,,?{)/ or./orgl,/c/.y' Names andDand, and the Welsh forms Cwil'.rn, Tomos, Dalydd, likeJohnson are typicalofthis. ln Gaelicnames Mdc means aodDewi. PAGE80 BIFHSCO ANGLo-CELTICRooTs suN[,'GR2ool Surnam6 graduellybecome permenent Thereare a few occupationalnames in Wels\ though As lfie pmotic€of@ynonic ndning gadualy diedou not in commonusage. Saer (carpenter) becarne Sean, which the word ap bec€meincorporated into thefathers forename. should be familiar ro us all. Cwas(servant) became Wace- Thus ap Rhysbecame Preece or hice; sb El'an became Co€dwr (woodman)becarne Goyder. And finally meddyg (doctor)became Meddich. Wrkh[oltnem. tnllish linalSum.nr Older names have also survived: amone them are En[ lioi, lr|n, hun, l0|n ti.'a ltf|",loft! Morgan-Ltywely4 Maredudd(Mercdith). Hyw;l (Howells. ht)nd,Ddi, Dei lhvid Dovil0a|i! ort Powell) and Crurydd (Grimth). Some pet nam€s have becomesumames: Bedo, lhe pet form of Marcdud4 gave Willirm Vilfirmt rise to Beddoes;Guto, fron Gru&d4 led to Cittins; Dai, rlryr lir, ftit, fnr(. from David, becarneDay. fiain o|tii Sorrn Thereare also a few forenamesthat come from Dersonal IU[h hrh.ilulht characteristics.Some of lhem becamesumanes, such as Hrni Irfl' hI|',l|rnir Gethin(ugly/swarfty), Gough,icooch(red-haired or ruddy- llFl lhr.ll, hrnll fac€d), Vaughar (smaller, younger), Lloyd/Floyd/Flood (grey LL{.}/n or brown hair), andGwyn/Wynne (fair-haired) Which remind. me ofa joke. .Edrdd tlrdidl During the World War Il the Germansdiscovered in lhohn hh.t their ranksa man who claimedto speakgood English and ihhirn Rkhd Prirltad,lkhdr wasfainiliat wilh the Englishcoutyside. They trainedhim Rhodri,Rhrddmh M!ri* iod!'id', lnd!'ilq PdlEro as a spy and arrangedto have him set down at night on a tdtrd tdn'd tdrrdi beachin Walesrcar a srnallvillage, where they hadur agent namedDavid.lones. He was to contactJones and to say to 'The Bevan;and soon. Sometimesthe forenane was adopt€d as hir4 wind is brisk hcre, is it not?" The Germanspy a sumamewithout chalge, as in the namesJohn and duly madehis way up from lhe water's edgeto the village, Thomas.More often an s wasadaled to denoteihe Dossessiveto find it dark andwith no sign of life. As luck would have case.giving rise o nan€sfte Rob€rb,wiliaml ard EvE s. it he spotteda housewith th€ nameplateDavid Joneson lhe So where did the famous name Jonescome from? It gardenpath. H€ knockedon the door, and to the man who cameto the door he saidthe requircdwords, "Oh no," said udoubt€dly mea|s sonofJol4 andrniglrt have come from "You Si6nor frornJohn. The table shows some Welsh forenam€s David Jones, have got the wrong David Jones-I arn andthe sumamesthat comefrom them. DavidJones rhe baker- David Jones tte spylives up on thehill Non-prtrynomic aurnrmes at number14." E References: WelshFanily History, br John and SheilaRovlands - a highly r€commendedbook Trle poen is fton an e-mnil messagefron Vivien Blylhe, [email protected] Helen's Genealog Adice Pager,http://wr1,v.melcombe. freeserve. co. uktelptpatronym.htm TheBook LEsr-EY HUPPERT II wasbom in Greenwichlandon and innigmted to Carndaat theage of 12-I'te beenEsearching myJbmily history vith varying fugreesofintensily, sihce I u)as18. I belongto a numberofgenealogical societies ahd haw beehlhe BIFHSGO TelephoneTee Cootditmtorsince Ocrober 1997. When not hunchedorer the computermonitor (I'n htildinga Website as v,ellas wriling p my Cehlfamilyhistor!) or nicmfche rcade|l'n misingt'i'o sonsand wluhteermy sparc time attfuir I t's a wond€rfirlfeeting when you've researched an entire th€ten gen€ralions I'\€ on file. Two professionalres€archeE r farnilyuee ard havemade the decision to wearan author's concurwith this unhappytuth. hat.Take a pinchofrelief crrcteaspoon ofsadness, and mix So I beganmy backgroundre.ding - geographical them with a cup of excitemena.You get the idea? Last socialand political history.I setmyselfa deadlinefor the ChristrnasI sentout my annualGenl family newsletterand first draft. I selectedphotographs and postcards and maps. boldly announcedmy pla stowtite TheBook. I thought long and hard about a title, while considering The decisionwasn't madelighdy. Most ofus wonder variousstyles ofbinding for the finishedwoft. I studied6e whenis the n8r, timeto *ind downour res€arEhard bcgin effonsofodEr aulfioFwifi a citical e'€. I wai rEadyto go. ttansfoming factsinto narrative.The t€mptationis to add As you mightguess, that's preciselywhen some unwntten just onemorc occlrpatioi!or to t.ackon€ generation fifther Murphy's LawofGenealory firus itselfin my face:whan in a corollarybmnch. After a while,almost any excuse is you think you're done,think again! valid aslong as it putsofrthe inevitable.But l've reacheda With th€ €xceptionofmy fathet theCent clan was not point wherEdue to poor recordkeeping in a d€solaterural inclined to wanderf6r. Only two earlier adventurersleft parid! ir is uriikely I'll fiacemy Gentline firfter backlhan Molher England onesetded in British Columbiaand one SUMMtrR2OOt BIFHSGOANcLGCLL'nC Roors P^cE81 disappeared,without a trac€,into the Americanwest. seemsthat Thomas' younger brother Gerard Edward Jarnes CharlesEdward Gent (1882 1956.the bachelor in Port Gent( I 895- 1948)u,as High Commissioner to Malaysiaand Albemi),was easily dispatche4 but I thoughla photograph diedfrom injuriessustained in an air crash.Stop the presses! ofhis gravewould enhancethe ralherbald detailsftom his Moretime was setaside to locatecopies of newspaper deathregistration and I'd locatedsomeone willing to do the articles,and to researchthe Malav Peninsula, carnerawork. wllen that snapshotarrive4 alongwilh 'bonus' an Convincedthat everfhing wasnow covered,I plowed rmexpected copyofhis obituary,I wassurprised to ahead.I had Daida researcherin Londonto consdt fre learnthat my relativewas a veteranof the GreatWar and Tiics indexfor anymention ofmy grandmother's1930s that he'd fought with the CanadianExpeditionary Force. I divorc€.As I'd suspected,none was found, but the was certainlyexcited, and after obtaininghis military researcherhad comeup with the PRO classJ?7 index recordsliom the'l NationalArchives, was able to addan rcferenceand located some docum€ntation. Incrediblel For enire .hapterto he llook Charleswas my only confirmed threeyears I've labouredunder the imprelsionthat such soldierand his wartimeexperience w€nt a longway to documentationwas routinely destroy€d. explaininghisproblems with alcohol.The slighrhiccup in By now,halftfie yearwas gone and I wasbeginning to my schedulewas more than compensated for worry about my deadline.I had scheduledthe surnmer One branch of my family had a fascinating monthsarormd the soccergames and swimming lessons of metamorphose;William Cent (1799 - 1885)was a butler my sons,so I forcedmyselfto concmtmle on res€archor y, andthe brother ofa coalminer, but his son and grandsons andlea\.€ the narBtive for fall. Wlen Septemberbrought th€ atlendedOxford University. The college archiists have schoolbus€s back on theroadE I stanea8:antically typing, beenmosl gracious with theirtime andknowledge, and I've All wasgoing well untilI came 'public acrossa highlightednot€, certainlyl€amed much about Britain's school' remindingme to checkthe I 89| censusfor oneparticular system.Onc ofthese ladies mention€4 that in additionto the group.Nol a problem,since the microfiche is svailableat namesI was researching,another Gent attended Trinity lhe Princeofwales LDSfamily historyc€nf€. Yesit is, and Collegeduring the same period and was killed during the there were, "He "one they completewith a month old baby after I GreatWar isn'!" sheventued, ofyours,is he?" believedthe parents had called it a day.The baby was a boy, Well, no. I hadtheir father'sobituary and photocopied enfy natumlly,who marriedand had eight , yes, eight - cent in llho's Whowhich clearlystate that he fathered three sons children!I'm still collectingthe variousdealh and rnarriage andnvo daughters. However. just lo besafe ... certificalesand-l've.no idea how m.ny oflreir childrenart In fact. thererrd.r a fourth son who pre-deceasedhis comrngdown the prpel father,dying on the Westemfiont at the ageoftw€nty one. Obviously, fre Book won't be ready this holiday The brightestof his siblings,if academicrecords are s€f,son.I'm nowworking on lhe Dec€mber2000 newsletter anyhing to go by, he didn't evenfinish his Oxford to preparemy audiencefor $e postponement.That will give education.Subsequmt research into lhe shortlife ofThomas eachofthem moretime to comeup with the anecdotcsI SamuelGent (1894 1915)set my scheduleback another beggedfor a yearago. But I'm hesitantto s€ta newalate for coupleof weeksbut how couldI complainabout such a publication.Il's nther like t€mptingthe genealogy gods, compellingbiography? isn't it? Besides,the l90l censusfor Englandis duefor Then,of course.there was the arrival of a death releaseon thefirst workingday of 2002and who knows certificate which for som€reason, l'd put ofpuchaiing. . .il what lhat might tum up aboutmy ancestorsl E BIFHSGONnvs CarletonCentrefor the History of Migration Welcomes Volunteers JIJNECoxoN Qixty people.rcpreseniinga broad range ofOtla$a and Toronto lmmigrationOffice (Anthony B- Hawke)Papers Uaea s henlagecommuniiy and organizahons, atlended |83r-r892. the March 2 i reception held by the Carleton CenFe for the CCHM,established in 2000to providea focal pointfor History of Migration (CCHM) in honour of Ontario researchand scholarshipon l8th and l9rh century fuchivist, Mrs Miriam McTieman-The occasionwas her immigrationand later settlement fiom theBritish Isles, is presentationofa numberofmicrofilms ofimportant l9th actuallymore ofa goup thana placeexplained Dr. Elliot. "lt's Centuryrecords from Upper Canadalo CCHM Director, anorg6nized res€arch mit within lhe university- a w{y Dr BruceElliotl- ofenablingindividual members ofthe universityfaculty to As r€portedin the lastissueofAng/o ('cltic lloots,t\e cometogether and function collectively. We have an offic€ Centre received microfilmed records from lhe RGll in DuntonTower at CarlelonUniversity. But il's reallyI Ontario Immigmtion Branch 1869 l90l and fiom the workplaceand isn't staffed."he said."The microfilms P GE82 BIFHSGOANoLGCELnc RooTs SUMMDR2OOI donatedby the ArchivesofOntario have been placed in the beganon e callectionofEnslish ernigrantletters which will Maps, Documents,and Govemmentloformation Centre be publishedby an Englishrecord soci€ty. (MADGIC) on the main floor of Cadetor's Libmry. The By the time you r€adthis article a displayof sample generalpublig aswell asstld€nB, is welcometo consultthis documentsofthe RW I I Hawkeand RGl l mat€rialthat materialon site but it caflrotbe borrowedLibnry statrwil was preparedfor the reception will be on display in directresearchers to the fihns andprint finding aidsand if MADGIC, whereit will remainfor the next few montbs- necessary,to the additional readcls and printers in the "Six or sevenpeople who aftend€deilher the rec€ption basementof the library." or Gene-o-ramavohmteer€d to helpinput some of our new 'But Over the rcxt couple of years the Centrehopes to material," Dr Brucenoted. we can alwaysuse more larmcha numberofprojects and prograns, in collaboration help. In fact we welcomeassociate members from outside with institutions,groups and individoals here and overs€as. the university." This pastlvinter's projectsincluded a videocofercnca link lfyou're interest€din helping Dr Bruc€inviles you lo betw€€nDr Bruc€'sinmigmtion history class and a Queen's e-mailhim at Lfave you everwished you couldput your handson a highwaytoday, lhe A? roa4 runsthrough the EwesVall€y t l5ook which might belp yo'.r in your genealogical linkiry Cetislead tlngholm in drc soulhwift Hawickand researc\ one that might fill in the blanks?Ifyou are a Edinburghin th€ north. manberof a genealogicalsociety, ten to onethey have a list Bruce Mccarfiey is what I would r€fer to as an avid of publications which may or may not cover an area local historian.He spenta numberofyears researchingthe pertilent to your rcsearch.Of coursq thereis alwaysthe history ofthe railway which resultedin his first book,Th€ intemetto fall backon dresedays, I did cme acrossa book Railway to lfigholm. Having exhaustedthis avenueof the other week and I was so impressedwith it, with iis research,he tumedto genealogyand in particularhis own content!dd lhequality ofdle pogeand Firt dnt I canonly family hislory In lhe cours€ofhis res€arches,he foundthat dreamthat someday, someon€ will producea similarbook BrendaMorrison was coveringmuch ofthe sameground. dealingwith someofth€ ar€asin the UK that are ofgreat Bolh havelheir rootsh the t€ngholmand BorderCountry. rnlerestto me. Neverones to just scratchthe surfac€,lhey exploredarery As a memberofBIFHSGO and previously a memberof availableresource in thelangholn are4 beginningwith the tlrcpublishing tem, I thoughtftat by submittinga reviewof LangholrnLibrary Trust, where all local res€archshould this boo( I mightaccomplish two ftings: 6rst by doingftis5 start. other membersmight be encouragedto do likewise; BruceMccartley andBrenda Monison have compiled secondly,if therc is a m€rnberout there who has been a rronderfirl book. looking for a book suchas this, thm this review will have In 1953,John Elliot delivereda lectule, entitled the provid€dlhem wilh detailsas ro horvto acquircit It would Ewesvalley, to the Hawick ArchaeologicalSociety. The be of gr€atbenefit to the membershipif we all makelbe authorsw€re given pemission to reFoducethe lecturewith effort to share such information with fellow members minoradjustnents to b.ing the infomation morcup to date. thorughthe pageoflhis publicstion.It is not too difficult to Whata wonderfirlchoice for a 6rst chapter!For any readers find a well knownhistorical work, but not alwaysquit€ so out ther€ who may have ancestorsfrom this area, easyJo track down a small publication on an individual Armrtongs,Elliots, Litdes and Scotts to nsn€ju$ a few,fiis PAnSnOr Cormry. first chapterwill delight you. You could not find a befter Ihe Ew6 l&ll4', Arr HistoricotMldhny,W Brcnd^ introduaionto the historyoftiis area.The chapter is firll of Monisonand Bruce Mccartrey, publishedin the tlK by RB historical infomEtion interspersedwith a bit of folklore. Mccartney, "Cairndhu", Walter Street, Langholm, Suchrefercnces to someofthe localfolklore transDortvou DumfriesshireDG13 oAX. For informationcontact backto the beginningsofthe mmmunitiesalong the valiey. BIFHSCO Nn$ The Bookworm Judith Madore Geographicand climaticdata; + Manufacturing; NTc$ in tl'e Blf llS(;U I ibr:rry /'rg,,r I t t' \ Bnrj\h + Civil and ecclesiasticaldivisions; LlA ,L\' |,at r .\,,t I nqldnl. pi8or& (o, tE40 + NumberofMeinbers ofParliarnentelected lo tlrc Repubhrhedb] salarnardcrBooh.. L;ndo'r. j000 th,j county; deli8h-tfuladas was purchascdlor rhe FIIFHSGOlibrary + Ongin of countynames; fron Chapters BargainBooks for $20. t Parks.woodlands. commons and estates_ The individualcounty maps are beautitully dra\n and (oloured.a|| anrslit dcltBht.and proride errcnsive l he atlasprovides a valuablehistorical description of rnlunralrot)o f||glirlr.Url.l. a d.urre ScotD,hcounrrcj our ancestors'counties oforigin, andthe environmentsin in I 840 which they lived at this rime. Vary ofourernrglalrrg ar(esror\ $ur.strtt n Llntarnar For devoteesoftrivia, thc originsofcounry namesare thrspcnod andth( $rlasoffers .ignrllcanr .lara regarding especiallyenloyable mind yo( therewas not always theircounries of origin. Ihere is atsoa map oT tS+d a$eernenr lor inrt^nce.Derb\ shire might denre from r]le Lordon. Dani\hDeorab) or fiom rie deerpark on rhesite o[Dcrby. Dunngdris em ofthe IndustrialRevolution, rhe milway or lrom rlssrhranon on thenvo Denvent.On he otier hand, svsrLnr$a, unJcrde\eloprnrnt l heilla. cho*sil. e\le t Middlesex is generally agreed to dcrive from Middle wilhin eachcounty There is additionaland fascinating infonnatior: A $ord ofcautro a magnr[,rngglass rs requrred to readthesc mapq. I}le library can provide $ir E i County populationbased on ihe l83l Census; RecruitingOld Style April26rr'1793 Mosl extraordnrarypreparations for impressi.gwcre madeby the crewsofthe armcdvessels lying in Shieldshartrour. Tlat night the regimenlat T),ncmouthbarmcks was drawn up and formed into a cordonround Norrhshields to prcvenlany pcrsor fioln escapi'g.The difrerenrpress-gangs their bega', when sairors,mecharrics, labourcrs. a'd rren of everl dcscriprion.to rhe nunber oflwo hundredand fifty. weie tbrccd on boardthe anned ships From l-lrcS /Jzr,r n an.l ( levldnt !;HS .t)?rrra[. Volume 8 Number I Januarv2001. I BRITISHISLES FAITIILY HISTORY S@IETY OF GREATER OTTAWA Calendarof Events SaturdayMorning Meetings at The MontgomeryBranch, Royal Canadian Legion, 330 Kent Street Contact GeraldM Glavin,(613) 567-2880 Membersare encouragedto anive at 9:30 am when the Discovery Tables open I September2001, 10:00-11:30 am AnnualGeneral Meeting and The City of OttawaArchives - Serge Barbe 13october 2001, l0:00-11:30 am The Lockmastersof the RideauCanal - Borden Purcell l7 November2001. l0:00-11:30 am Searchingfor BusteedGreen: A Note:Change from usualdate. GeneafogicafCase - AlisonHare 8 December2001, 10:00-11:30 am GreatMoments in Genealogy- BIFHSGOMembers BIFHSGOLibrary TheMontgomery BEnch, Royal Canadian Legion, 330Kent Street For opening times pleasecall 234-25m 21-23September 2001, BIFHSGO Annual Conference. Theme:English Genealogy, featuring Lady Mary Teviot Othor Speakorsco€ring British and canadian FamilyHistory IncludlngCompubrr The NationalA.chiv6 of Canada OttawaFamily History Centre - Hoursof Operation Tu6day to Thu6day 9:30am-3:30 pm 6:30 prF9:30 pm Friday to Sstu.doy 9:30 rm-12:3{) pm IL{ephotre 22+ZB1