Genealogy Chat

sorry ego missed your reply , thank you for all the information, i have contacted LIVERPOOL R O hope they come up with something , will take note of all the sites for future references , please accept my apoligies for missing it thanks so much for your time , forgot i had asked , lol, senior moment EILEEN

Much obliged Ego. Rod

KENT>>>>>>>>> Chatham>>> http://www.chatham-kent.ca/community+services/library/genealogy/bibliography+of+local+history+materials/Local+History+Materials.htm Kent has an Online Parish Clerk Site>>>> http://www.kent-opc.org.uk/ Gillingham>>> there is the North West Kent Family history Society http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/gill_plc.htm

BRISTOL>>>>>>>>>>> Bristol Record Office B Bond Warehouse Smeaton Road Bristol BS1 6XN Tel: 0117 922 5692 ------------------------------- Contact there or the reference library >>>Poll books 1722-1852 City and Town Directories for Bristol 1775,1783,1785,1787,1792,1793>>>1973 Various electoral registers going back to 1832. ------------------------------ For individual villages try curiousfox for anything......also have a good look through Genuki for publications and parish details. ----------------------------- Clifton>>> http://www.stpaulsclifton.bristol.anglican.org/?page_id=6 Bedminster>>> http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Bedminster/Bedminster1881.html Little site called Stiles genealogy that has a few details from St Pauls Church in bedminster. Google Pip N' Jay for the churches..... ----------------------------

Ego what a thread, Nice offer, can you find info on Gillingham, Chatham, Kent for me. Rod

Hi Alter, Thank you for your kind offer. Do you have anything on Bristol in the clifton, bedminster and also St philip and St Jacobs areas. Many thanks Kim

thanks once again for all your help especially the Balls Pond info. Cheers Janet

Many thanks for that info, Alter. Very handy as Chiswick is just up the road from where I live. What would we do without such helpful people as yourself on these boards. Regards, Sylvia.

Chiswick Library Duke's Avenue Chiswick London W4 2AB Tel: 020 8994 1008 Fax: 020 8995 0016 Email: Contact: Mrs C. Taylor, Arcivist Chiswick Library's local collection covers Brentford and Chiswick. Hounslow Library 24 Treaty Centre Hounslow High Street Middlesex, TW3 1ES. Tel: 0845 456 2800 Fax: 0845 456 2880 Contact: James Marshall (Librarian) and Victoria Northwood (Heritage and Tourism Manager) Hounslow Library's local collection covers the London Borough of Hounslow excepting Brentford and Chiswick. There is a Brentford Library aswell that holds census stuff.....I would phone Chiswick library to double check for specific requirements-from reading all the guff,there are collections and resources split up all over the place-you might end up having to use Westminster Records Office which is very busy.....all these places need prior appointments just in case.......

During Autumn 2006 West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford will be moving out of our Canal Road, Bradford premises, after the expiry of our lease. These premises have proved inadequate for a modern archive service in terms of both public access (under the Disability Discrimination legislation) and modern standards for archive storage (under British Standards: BS 5454) . We are therefore taking the opportunity to improve access for users and storage of collections by re-locating to Bradford Central Library. Co-location and increased co-operation between West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford and Bradford Local Studies Library will enable significant improvements to be made in public access to the local history and archive collections of the Bradford District. Statement on their website>>>>>>>>>>BRADFORD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/ try this link to get a picture of their resources.

Hi Alter, Do you know where I would find BMDs for Brentford Middx? Is it in Hounslow now? Many thanks, Sylvia.

BALLS POND >>>>>>>>>>>.. There is a Balls Pond Road in London N1. this is a website that relates to Balls Pond Burial Ground>>>>> http://www.apex.net.au/~tmj/balls-pond/

Bradford, West Yorkshire, particularly North Bierley. Thanks very much. x

Hello again I have another area of interest - on a census image I have an ancestor who gives his place of birth as Balls Pond London, I think it may be an area of Islington[?]. Any info on this area? Cheers Janet

Thank you so very much for the information on Hunts & St Ives you have given me something to work with. Cheers Janet

Thank you very much for the info on Bideford area of Devon Jo

ST IVES HUNTINGDON>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Workhouse records for St Ives (1836-1913), Huntingdon (1838-1949) and St Neots (1913-1952) on microfiche kept at............................. Huntingdonshire Collection Huntingdon Library Princes Street Huntingdon PE29 3PH Tel: 0845 045 5225 Fax: 01480 459563 Email: Caroline.Clifford ( A T ) cambridgeshire.gov.uk Contact: Mrs C. Clifford (Local Studies Librarian) other resources there include............ Huntingdonshire Poll Books: 1807, 1818, 1826, 1830, 1837, 1857, 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CRO >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Huntingdonshire Record Office Grammar School Walk Huntingdon PE29 3LF Tel: 01480 375842 Fax: 01480 375842 Email: countyrecords.hunts ( A T ) cambridgeshire.gov.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ the area has its own special website>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.saint-ives.org.uk/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and try this >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.huntsfhs.org.uk/Huntingdonshire/StIves.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again check out in full the Genuki site -there is lots. Check out any entries on curiousfox

DEVON>>>>>>>>>>>>>. http://www.ffhs.org.uk/Societies/Awards/Web2005Report.htm thats the link for devon family history society website. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched# this is the government site,where they hold giudes to collections ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Devon Library and Record Office, Tuly Street, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1EL. Tel: 01271-388607 Exeter Reference Library Castle Street Exeter EX4 3PQ Tel: 01392-384206 barnloc ( A T ) devon.gov.uk (replace the AT) -------------------------------------------------------------resources held there include ROLES>>> Devon: 1832-1915, 1918-39, 1945- (Devon Record Office, Exeter) (1832-1900 on microfiche in Devon Record Office, Exeter and Barnstaple) Devon (excluding conurbations): 1951, 1959-61, 1963-72 (Westcountry Studies Library) Exeter: 1945- (Westcountry Studies Library) East Devon, Mid Devon, Teignbridge, South Hams districts: 1973- (Westcountry Studies Library, some in remote store) North Devon and Torridge districts 1969-70, 1973- (North Devon Library, Barnstaple) POLL BOOKS>>>>>>>>>>>> Few survive for Devon: those in libraries in Devon:- Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter: Devon 1839 Exeter 1776, 1835, 1852, 1864, 1868 Plymouth 1852, 1853 Dorset 1807 North Devon Library, Barnstaple: Barnstaple 1832, 1847, 1852, 1854, 1857, 1863, 1865, 1868 Devon Record Office holds some additional poll books DEVON RECORD OFFICE>>>>>>>>> Devon Record Office, Castle Street, Exeter EX4 3PU with branch offices at the Dean and Chapter Archives, Exeter Cathedral Library, North Devon Record Office, Barnstaple and seven part-time service points across the county. Tel: 01392-384253 Fax: 01392-384256 Email: devrec ( A T ) devon.gov.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Genuki site lists in huge detail publications relating to Bideford and where some other resources are kept including various museums. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always check curiousfox just in case -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again there seems to be quite a few family websites relating to the area-google your surnames with devon,or bideford and the word genealogy.....the surname Steer seems popular. LITTLEHAM- there are references in British Origins site and plenty in Genuki. try this snippet too>>>> http://www.alverlin.freeserve.co.uk/LITTLEHAMMIS/history.html WHEN LOOKING AT BIDEFORD REMEMBER IT IS OFTEN GROUPED WITH BARNSTABLE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is actually a Littleham Online Parish clerk- google those words-little site just started,maybe that person can lead you in the right direction.

Hi This is great! My brick wall for finding resources is Huntingdonshire more specifically St Ives in Hunts. Thanks Janet

Hi Alter Ego Can you give me any help with sources for Bideford area of North Devon, especially the village around Littleham Thank you Jo