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The following sites may be of interest to anyone with Romany folki in their ancestry. If you have Beeney's, Ripley's, or Roberts in your tree I will personally help if I can. I also have Clark's, Elliott's, and Bexell's.

www.scottishgypsies.co.uk

http://www.romanyroad.co.uk/

http://www.romanygenes.webeden.co.uk/

http://www.hantsnet.gov.uk/rh/gypsy/resources/family.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gypsy/gypsyc.htm

http://www.journeyfolki.org.uk/Welcome/tabid/658/Default.aspx

http://www.travellersinleeds.co.uk/_travellers/travellersLeeds.html

Hi Romanystar , how are you getting on with finding your rellies ?

I think i may have just solved one of our brick walls.But not sure as of yet.

My interests are ,Ayres , Norris, Turner and stockwell.

Can highly recommend the Romanygenes , Photos , some strays, take time to look at the vardos,wagons on one of the links truly amazing.................

Hi! Doing great thanks. I put a letter in the Newport paper and my great grans brothers granddaughter wrote, with lots of info. From that, Im back to 1791 (have checked it all with baptisms/census etc). Gypsy heritage never stops being interesting :-)

I haven't got that far back at all !!!!

Mine kept changing their surnames .And the break through is a no go as i just tried to marry off a brother and sister,oops.

And to top it all i have lost my rough notes!!!!!

nudge for anyone who needs it. (No apologies from me for nudging!). Romany Road is run by Mary Horner, among others, who is a lovely lady. Email her and she'll do her best to help. The author Robert Dawson will also reply personally, enclose an SAE tho! He is a gorja but very knowledgable about everything Romany. Stow fair is next month.

Hi, there is another an old site revamped and even better than before.

http://passingthrough.wetpaint.com/

Tina

Lol inarushherts are you ALWAYS on here? ;-)))

I'll definately look at that site tonight.

no but i saw it had moved up and was being nosey,lol

4 October 1812
STOCKBRIDGE, Elizabeth about 23 years old. 'From her earliest rememberance she has travelled the country with an itinerant family calling themselves and her by the name of LOADER and believed herself their child until she was informed by them that they had stolen her from her parents as an infant. This declaration was preceded and followed by much ill treatment and at length. In Spring 1811 they contrived totally to desert her near Stockbridge in Hants whence she assumed her name. She shortly after wandered into this parish where she has been kindly received and shown herself worthy of it.'

Wonder what happened to her in the end, poor thing.

I to read that, it was sad reading. Wonder if she is on the census at all in that part of the country?
Just had a quick look and couldn't see anything, a bit silly really to look as she would more than likely have got married and changed her name.

Did you use to go on the old site?

Hi Tina, I looked on the census too lol! No, I never knew the site existed until you mentioned it on here. Ive just joined RTFHS, their journals are very informative.

Is that the same as Romany Routes, the green journals? I to belong there, have been for about 18 mths. They are a lovely lot very helpful and very knowledgeable.

Yes same one. I have Roberts family in one of the back journals, so going to order some back issues. Are you going to Stow fair? I think the RTFHS have a stand there.

Unfortunately i am not going,although i'd love to soak up some of the atmosphere!! Are you going?
You reminded of something i'd added to favorites to look at;
http://www.cotswolds.info/blogs/gypsy-horse-fair.shtml

Going to look now, Tina

Yes we're going, we're camping at a campsite halfway, the night before.

I am green with envy!! Sure hope the weather better for yous as well.

I have just come across some possible Romany family in East Hendred, Berkshire.

Their surnames are Roberts, Shadwell and Wiltshire.

Do you have any info on these names in this part of the south?

Regards
Carolyn

Hi Caroline. I have Roberts family, not actually shown as being in Berkshire but they may be linked, possibly. Its hard to say at the minute. Have you looked at the sites mentioned, Romanygenes etc? If you post on the message boards someone may have a match.

And this one

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/Bastardy.htm

I have looked at the sites you previously mentioned.

I will check out the one above too.

Thanks for your help.

Carolyn