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Fenland Family History Society Journal No 1 July 2001
Contents
Bridget’s Bit 1
Beginners’ Evening 2
Were your ancestors musical? 3
Littleport Society 4
Diary Dates 5
First General Meeting 5
Summary of the Society’s Constitution 6
Steering Committee 7
Wanted! 7
Help Wanted? 7
Information and Books 8
Poll Books 9
Historical Documents in Cambridgeshire 10
Wisbech & Fenland Museum’s Registers & Archives 11
Members Write 13
Towering above Wisbech 13
The Strangers who came to Thorney 14
Fenland Family History Society Journal No 2 Winter 2001
Contents
Program 2002 2
Editorial 3
Chairman’s Chat Bridget Hunter 4
Chairman’s Report to the First Annual General Meeting 6
Treasurer’s Report Beverley Smith 7
Minutes of the First Annual General Meeting 8
‘Great! I have a Pauper’ Sue Paul 8
The Good Old Days Allan Dobney 10
J W Eason – Diarist Ann Stocker 12
Map of Old Moulton C 1890 13
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Norfolk Museums 14
Society Reference Library Stan Addison 14
A Stitch in Time Samphire Quilters 15
‘Who We Are’ Beverley Smith 15
The Octagon Church Stan Addison 19
That Quiz! 20
St Anthony’s Fire in the Fens? 21
Lost and Found in the Fens Sue Paul 22
Lost a Wisbech Ancestor? Sue Paul 22
Members Write 23
Fenland Family History Society Journal No 3 Summer 2002
Contents
Program 2002/2003 2
Chairman’s Chat Bridget Hunter 3
Computers in Family History February Meeting 3
FFHS Visit to Family Records Centre March Meeting 5
Life in the Fens 19th Century April Meeting 5
Finding your way around the Census May Meeting 6
George IV to George V 7
Who are the Fenlanders? 9
Projects Update 11
Members Write 12
Queens Bank, Cowbit 12
Anyone for the Workhouse? 14
Walsoken Victory Football Club 1893 16
Snippets from the Scottish OPR! 18
Extending your search 19
A Wisbech Photographer 20
Fenland BDM Announcements 1825 21
Cambridgeshire Family History Fair 2003 24
Fenland Family History Society Journal No 4 Winter 2002/3
Contents
Program 2003 4
Editorial 5
Chairman’s Chat 6
AGM Report 8
Society Officers Reports 11
Society Meetings Sue Paul 13
Members Write! 15
Star in the East – BDM 18
Census 1821 Index Parson Drove 29
Fenland Family History Society Journal No 5 Spring 2003
Contents
Program 2003 2
Editorial 3
Federation of Family History Societies News 4
Chairman’s Chat 5
An Old Family Bible 7
Meetings January & February 2003 9
Star in the East - Births, Deaths and Marriages 11
Members Write - Pictures from the Past 17
- St Ives Marriages 1841 19
Marshland People - The Walpoles in 1891 21
Members Queries 23
Coming Events 25
Fenland Family History Society Journal No 6 Summer 2003
Contents
Program 2003/2004 2
Notice of Third Annual General Meeting 3
Editorial 4
Chairman 6
Recent Society Events & Meetings
Witches & Ghosts of Cambridgeshire March 7
Drugs & Blue Paint April 7
Newspapers for Family Historians May 9
Outing to March June 10
Wisbech Rose Fair July 11
Fenland to the New World 12
The Marshland Apprentices & Journeymen 16
Last Page is Turned 18
Beckett’s Corner 18
Members Letters & Queries 20
People living in Marshland in 1891 The Terringtons 24
Star in the East BDM November 1839 28
Fenland Family History Society Journal No 7 Winter 2003
Contents
Program 2004 2
Editorial 3
Chairman’s Chat 4
Recent Society Events & Meetings 5
Sep 2003 the Industrial Revolution in Coalbrookdale
Oct 2003 Researching British Orders, Decorations and Medals
Nov 2003 Society Social Evening
Jan 2004 Samuel Smith & Victorian Wisbech
Jan 2004 Upwell Baptist Church MI’s
Annual General Meeting Report 8
What is a One Name Study 11
A Visitor to Wisbech & The Man who Missed The Titanic 13
A time of great change – Civil Regisgtration 1837 14
An Unknown Soldier 19
Maud MAUN of Bridgnorth 20
Murder at Mill House 21
Tinker Tailor 22
Reeve The Baker 23
100 Years Ago The Wisbech Standard 1903 24
Fenland Tax Commissioners 1806 26
The Star in the East December 1836 27
Crime and Punishment 1837 33
Wisbech Union Board of Guardians 1839 – 40 36
People of Marshland 1891 Walsoken 37
Miscellaneous News 39
The New Royal Mail – travel in style 40
Fenland Family History Society Journal No 8 2004
Contents
Speaker & Program 2004/5 2
Editorial 4
Summer Chat – Chairman 5
Recent Society Meetings 7
Upwell History – Thomas Hiam 14
Baptist Church, Upwell, Wisbech 14
Law and Order 1904 17
Fenland Sportsmen 19
On the Cricket Pitches 20
Barton School Old Boys Cup 21
A Typical Fen Farmer 22
Information Source News 24
March and Whittlesea Wedding 29
Star in the East 32
A case of Smallpox at Wisbech 38
People living in Marshland 1891 OUTWELL 40
HelpLine 43
The Society Bookstall 44
Ag. Lab Chronicles 9
Contents
Program 2005 2
Membership Renewal 2005 3
Minutes of the Fourth Annual General Meeting 2004 4
Chairman’s Winter Chat 9
MI Report 10
Recent Society Meetings
Walsoken Church July 2004 11
History of the Wisbech Oddfellows Sept 2004 12
Gypsies and Travellers Oct 2004 13
Ringing the Changes Nov 2004 14
Windmills and Millwrights Jan 2005 15
Coming This June! Too Good to Miss!! 17
My Popeley Family 18
Society Library Report 19
BBC Family History Roadshow December 2004 20
Murder in the Fens 21
The Dog who shot a Farmer 21
Guyhirn Gibbet 25
Caxton Gibbet 26
Where have the Young Men Gone? 26
Members Write 29
People Living in Marshland 1891 Upwell 32
Message from The General Registry Office, London 35
Star in the East February 1837 37
Ag. Lab Chronicles 10 2005
Contents
Program 2005 2
Notice of AGM 3
Chairman’s Summer Chat 4
Recent Society Meetings 6
Dating Victorian Photographs 6
Wisbech Castle 7
Jewels of Kew 9
Family History Day 10
Christianity in the Fens 10
Open Spaces and Enclosures 10
Victorian Clothes 11
Rose Fair 2005 13
Inheriting Memories 14
Exploring King’s College Estates Records
CAMDEX The Cambridgeshire Index Project 21
Book Review – The Master Builders 23
Fenland FHS New Publications 25
All Saints Walsoken MIs 26
One-Stop-Shop for National Archives 27
Members Write 28
Karen’s Story 29
The Star in the East March 1837 30
People Living in Marshland in 1891 at West Walton 35
Good News – Canada 1911 Census 36
Ag. Lab Chronicles 11 2006
Contents
Program 2006 2
Editorial 3
Stan Addison 4
Chairman’s Chat 5
Karen’s Quest 6
Society Balance Sheet for 2004/2005 7
Minutes of the Fifth Annual General Meeting 2005 8
Recent Society Meetings
July 2005 Visit to St Peter’s Church, Upwell 12
August 2005 Visit to Leverington Road General Cemetary 13
September 2005 Boot and Shoe Makers Geoff Lee 15
October 2005 ‘Talking Junk’ Richard Barnwell 16
November 2005 Non Conformist Churches Wim Zwalf 17
Long distance genealogy Elizabeth Pugh 19
Discovery at Little Steeping Paul Brighton 26
My DNA solved a 100 year mystery Bryan Bradley 28
Numbers in a Family Bible Fred Smith 30
A Peek into the Past!! Bridget Hunter 32
Another Peek into the Past 32
Star in the East April 1837 35
Ten new cousins for Hayden Cox Hayden Cox 44
People who lived in Marshland 1891 Tilney 46
Wisbech Castle Girls School 1871 47
Ag. Lab Chronicles 12 Summer 2006
Contents
Notice of The Sixth Annual General Meeting 2
Program 3
Chairman’s Chat 3
Members Write
1939 Evacuee to Upwell 5
Genealogy From Down Under 7
Picked by Fate 11
Maddy’s Brickwall 11
Melancholy occurrence near the Sluice 12
Schools in Walsoken 14
Recent Society Meetings
Pubs and Inns of Wisbech – January 2006 16
‘The Surprise Find’ – February 2006 17
Death Clouds – March 2006 18
Fenland Family Hiistory Day – April 2006 19
The History of Thorney – April 2006 24
Searching for Mama Rosa – May 2006 25
A visit to Leverington Church – June 2006 26
The Crime Page 28
Marriage 30
BMD – Star in the East June 1837 31
Five Soldier Brothers – A Guyhirn Record 38
A Census of Men in Leverington in 1798 39
Ag.Lab Chronicles 13
Contents
Minutes of the AGM September 2006 3
A Peek into the Past Andrew Ingram 9
Balance Sheet 2005 – 2006 8
Chairman’s Chat 10
Visit to Walpole St Peter July 2006 12
Floral and Horticultural Society Prizes 1837 13
Bygone Days October 2006 14
Festive Meeting November 2006 17
Visit to Wisbech and Fenland Museum January 2007 18
The Abolition of Slavery 1807 – 2007 February 2007 19
Rockingham Castle March 2007 20
Show and Tell April 2007 21
Exploring History with Maps Derek Palgrave 22
Book Reviews 24
Serendipity Elizabeth Pugh 26
How do you Solve a Problem Sophia!! Judy Green 29
New Contacts! Rod Moorhouse 32
Girls School Old Market 33
Reading Registers Peter Hunter 34
Star in the East June 1837 BDM 38
Book Stall Catalogue 46
Chapman Codes 48
Ag.Lab Chronicles 14
Contents
2008 Programme 2
Bookstall Annual Report 3
Memorial Inscriptions 4
Lookups & Enquiries 4
Visit to West Walton 5
Looking for Blacksheep 6
September 2007 Meeting 7
October 2007 Meeting 8
November 2007 Meeting 10
A Diary 12
From Wisbech to Walkerville 15
1854 Holbeach Cholera Outbreak 20
The Sad Story of Joseph Curtis 23
R.I.P. Sophia 33
Ramdale to Ramsell 34
To Serve Them all the Day 37
Star in the East 43
Ag.Lab Chronicles 15
Contents
Minutes of the AGM September 2007 3
Chairman’s Chat 9
Monumental Inscriptions and Registers 10
Can you transcribe the 1851 census 10
Eals, Punts and Poaching 12
Childhood Memories 13
Funny Blood 14
Life on the Lincolnshire Marshes 15
St Matthew’s Church, Sutton Bridge 16
Letters 18
A shortened history of the Fosters of Wisbech 20
Oxborough Hall Emneth 25
Dry Creek Wetlands 27
John Watton’s Story 32
In memory of Archie H Ogden 33
That brick wall 35
Death of the Borough Oldest Inhabitant 36
Bookstall 41
Ag. Lab Chronicles 16
Contents
Chairman’s Chat 2
The East Coast floods - John Honor 3
Picture Postcards – Andrew Ingram 4
Halloween & myths – Brian Jones 6
A Legend of Holbeach 8
Letters 10
Movements of members of my family between the Wisbech area 15
and Yorkshire or Lancashire in the second half of the nineteenth
Century – Brian Hockley
Black Sheep makes good – Tim Curtis 22
War Stories 1939 – 1945 – Judy Green 29
A Lost Headstone – Ron Roberts 31
Star in the East 36
Bookstall 44
Ag Lab Chronicles 17
Contents
2009 Events Calendar 2
Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit 3
Social Evening November 2008 5
Fenland Families January 2009 6
Book Review 8
Letters 9
Rose Fair 2007 10
Dead man’s penny 11
In search of Security 13
Descendants of John Morton and Ann Lee 15
Ann’s success with the Internet 18
A Frith Family History 19
Letter of Captain W. H. Kemp 26
Letter by F Sarah Kempe 29
Rural Life in the Nineteenth Century 32
Star in the East 37
Fenland FHS Bookstall 44
Ag Lab Chronicles 18
Contents
Minutes of the AGM September 2008 3
Chairman’s Chat 10
Gypsy in the Family 12
Members Evening 13
Fenland Railways 14
1911 Census 16
Fenland Family History Day 17
St Mary’s Church, Tydd St Mary Courtship and Marriage 19
20 New and ~Revised Books published by The Family
History Partnership 22
More Success on the Internet for Ann 26
Family History Books Direct 27
The Tangled Web of Martha Kent 31
St Peter’s Church, Upwell 34
Cholera Outbreak Wisbech 34
Notes from Whittlesey Parish Registers 36
Crime and Punishment 1930’s style 39
Out and About this Summer 43
Star in the East 45
Bookstall 52
Ag. Lab Chronicles 19
Contents
Chairman’s Chat 2
Meeting Dates 3
September Meeting 4
October Meeting 5
November Meeting 6
David Dowd 9
Wartime Memories – Denis Threadgill 11
King John’s Jewels – Theresa Arnold 11
Memories from Graham Garner 13
Lesson in Spin 14
Book Review 16
Star in the East 17
Bookstall 24
Ag Lab Chronicle 20
Contents
Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit 2
Dates for your Diary 4
Princess Alice Disaster 5
Pig Clubs 6
Noteworthy 8
The 1939 Register for England and Wales 10
Society Stands 11
From Anthony Cooke 12
Brian Hicks 14
Scott Polar Research Institute 15
The Convicts 17
An Unexpected Breakthrough 19
My Brick wall and Breakthrough 20
Exam Papers 22
Star in the East New Marriage Act 28
The New Marriage Act 30
Star in the East 33
Bookstall 38
Ag Lab Chronicle 21
Contents
Notice of the Tenth AGM 1
Minutes of the Nineth AGM 2
Bridget’s Bit 9
1837 Civil Registration 10
March 2010 Members Help & Share Evening 11
April Meeting WW2 War Memories Mac Narborough 11
May 2010 Fenland Food and Recipes 12
Gingerbread and Norfolk Vinegar Cake 15
June Meeting Visit to Sutton St Edmunds Church 16
July Meeting Wisbech Anniversaries 19
A Gift to the Society 20
Gotta Love this Lawyer 20
Guyhirn Cemetary 22
Noteworthy 22
The Generations 26
Eloping 29
Star in the East 32
Bookstall 38
Ag Lab Chronicle 22
Contents
Chairman’s Chat 2
Family History Day 3
Wellington’s Army – report by Barbara Holmes 5
Tuesday Meeting in Wisbech Library 6
Bouncing emails 8
The Patriotic Fund by Susanah Farmer 9
Filling in the blanks: Valuation Office Records 12
By Susanah Farmer
The Restoration of Richards Family Tomb by Judy Green 14
The Gately Damms mystery: or, how good things come from 20
Reading Fenland FHS emails! By Susanah Farmer
Wartime Memories by David Dowd 23
Book Reviews 25
Star in the East 32
Bookstall 37
Ag Lab Chronicle 23
Contents
Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit 2
Tenth Anniversary 3
Family History Day 4
Old Wisbech 5
Non-conformists in the Fens 5
Lucky to be here 6
Plucking Geese in Lincolnshire 7
William & Sarah Holmes. Ag Labs in Magdalen 8
A Place in History 10
The Mystery of the Trophy 14
The Loughton Family, Dry Drayton & Fridaybridge 16
Cambridgeshire
Cawthornes of Parson Drove 23
Star in the East 33
Bookstall 37
Ag Lab Chronicle 24
Contents
Notice of the 2011 AGM 2
Minutes of the 2010 AGM 3
Chairman’s Report 4
Accounts for year ended 31st August 2010 9
Secretary’s Report 10
Chairman’s Chat 11
March Meeting Report 13
April Meeting Report 14
Mike Petty’s Guide to Websites 16
May Meeting Report 18
June Meeting Report 19
July Meeting Report 20
Useful Websites 23
Cheaper ways to find your family 25
Registers & Memorial inscriptions 26
Don’t give up – Drift Cottage Found 27
Cawthornes of Parson Drove 28
Star in the East 39
Bookstall 44
Ag Lab Chronicle 25
Contents
2 Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit
4 October Meeting – David Edwards
6 September Meeting – Wim Zwalf
8 Unusual Family Members – Kate Riley
12 A Place in History – Martin Thompson
14 Seeing Double – Carol Boyce
16 The Unusual forename of ‘LOFTUS’ Gerald Beeston
22 Letter from Oz
24 Fenland Love Poem
25 TV Programme
27 The Barretts of Old England – Stephen Barrett
35 Star in the East
40 Bookstall
Ag. Lab. Chronicles No:26
Fenland Family History Society 3 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk
Contents
2. Chairman’s Chat
5. Reports on January and February Meetings
8. Gloucestershire Research
8. Information from the Federation
10. Do you know how the Internet really began?
12. Thanks to the Cambridgeshire Libraries
14. Registration of Births
16. Researching On Line Newspapers
18. Barretts of Old England (Part two)
28. Letter from Canada
30. Star in the East
36. Bookstall
Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 27
Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk
Contents
Calendar for the rest of 2012 2
Notice of the 2012 AGM 3
The 2011 AGM Minutes 4
Chairman’s Report 5
Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2011 12
Secretary’s Report 13
Chairman’s Chat 14
Reports on March, April, May, June and July meetings 16
Donation to the Fenland FHS 26
New Website for WWI and WWII Researchers 26
The Female Convicts Research Centre, Australia 27
Forthcoming events 28
New Directory of Professional Researchers 32
What Are You Doing? 33
Star in the East 36
Bookstall 44
Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 28
Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk
Contents
2013 Calendar 2
Chairman’s Chat 3
Reports on September and October meetings 4
Report on Heritage Week talk 7
Photographs from Family History Day 8
News 10
Do you know this family? 13
Forthcoming Events 14
Research Tips 15
Harold Booty 16
Thorney Abbey Appeal 16
Message from Catherine Bettinson 17
Our Early Days in Hughesovka – Leah Steel 19
While I Breath I Hope! – Terry Arnold 26
You’ll Never Do It Again – Kate Riley 28
Book Reviews 33
Births, Marriages and Deaths 34
Bookstall 41
Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 29
Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk
Contents
2013 Calendar 2
Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit! 3
Report on February Meeting 4
Forthcoming Events 6
News from the Federation 9
Archive News 9
Website News 12
Research Tips 17
Members’ Queries 22
The Beginnings of the Welfare State – Peter Hunter 25
From Weston to Wisconsin – Gerald (Ged) Beeston 27
Outwell Church Appeal 34
Rev. Samuel Oliver – David England 35
Where There’s a Will There’s a Way – Elizabeth Lloyd 38
New Books 39
Star in the East 40
Bookshop 45
Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 30
Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk
Contents
2013 Calendar 2
Notice of the 2013 AGM 3
The 2012 AGM 4
Minutes 4
Chairman’s Report 5
Secretary’s Report 11
Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2012 12
Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit! 13
Reports on April, May and June Meetings 15
New Huguenot Heritage Centre 20
Website News 20
Memories of World War II 21
Family History Day 2013 22
New CD from Peterborough FHS 23
Advertisements 24
Nicknames and Wrong Names – Ged Beeston 26
That Brick Wall … – Ron Holmes 27
On the Bearing of Gifts – Syd Cawthorne 30
New Book 35
Cherchez la Femme! Part 1 – Judi Upton 36
Star in the East 40
Bookshop 45
Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 31
Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk
Contents
2014 Calendar 3
Thank You from Bridget Hunter 3
Chairman’s Chat 4
Reports on July, September, October and November meetings 5
Report on Heritage Weekend 11
Discover Your Ancestors Periodical 12
Report on Family History Day 13
World War 1 14
Website News 16
Archive News 17
Research Tip 20
New Year Traditions 23
The Peterborough Effect 24
Advertisements 25
Mary Hall – Under a Witch’s Spell? – Martin Thompson 26
On a Matter of Charity – Syd Cawthorne 32
Looking for a Living Person – Helen 37
Irregular Marriage – Bridget Hunter 39
Consanguinity – Bridget Hunter 40
Star in the East 40
Bookshop 44
Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 32
Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk
Contents
2014 Calendar 3
Chairman’s Chat 3
Reports on January and February Meetings 5
Forthcoming Events 6
East Anglian Geographic DA Project 8
World War 1 9
Website News 11
Archive News 16
Research Tips 17
Book Reviews 18
Mott Family History – Frederick Smith 22
Advertisements 24
The Gift TV Programme – Again This Year 26
Email from Ailsa Logan 27
The Bowns of Wisbech – Angela Redfern 28
Missing Person Spotted Down Under – Veronica Stonehouse 31
The Conundrum of Ely Cawdle Fen Milll – Sally Painter 33
The Cunning Man – Martin Thompson 35
Star in the East 38
Bookshop 44
Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 33
Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk
Contents
Chairman’s Chat 2
2014 AGM Agenda 4
2013 AGM Reports 4
Read all about it – Criminals in the news 13
Eate/Ette – help wanted 14
Heritage Open Days Lincolnshire – Exploring your family history 15
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education 16
WW1 Family Day, Wisbech Library 17
Robert Falkner (Grocer & Relieving Officer of Wisbech) 1830 – 1893 18
Huguenot Surname Index 19
Brick Wall Breakthrough by Bev Friend 24
Monthly Meeting Reports 25
Brian Jones bows out 27
The Star in the East 29
St. Clement’s, Outwell 40
Fenland FHS Family History Day 41
Top 100 Genealogy websites 42
Fenland FHS promotion 44
Future Events in Fenland 45
Cambridgeshire FHS Fair 45
Bookshop 46
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 34
Contents
Chairman’s Chat 2
Fenland FHS Programme 2015/16 4
Fenland FHs Computer Research Sessions 5
Meeting topics 2014 6
Wisbech Standard Waving the flag for war coverage 8
Great War – Between the Lines 9
Memorials for First World War Soldiers
In Wisbech General Cemetery 12
Fenland Family History Day 2014 13
November News 13
Looking for information from the First World War 15
G Groves – Leverington WW11 22
Wisbech soldiers 1914 24
Baptism Register SS Peter & Paul December 1914 27
Can you identify these people? 30
Fenland FHS Promotions and Events 2014 31
Book Review – Female Tommies 33
Adoption and family history 35
Surnames and social mobility 36
Book review – Granny was a Brothel Keeper 37
Bookshop 37
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 35
Contents
Page
Editorial – Your Journal 1
1st April – don’t be a fool 2
1945-2015 VE Day – cover photo 3
Chairman’s Chat 4
John Mapletoft 5
Fenland FHS Programme 2015/16 6
Fenland FHS forthcoming meetings 7
George English 7
Food glorious food 8
Fenland FHS events 10
Quakers 12
Book review – Putting your ancestors in their place 12
Book review – The lost ancestor 13
David Craigie Smith 14
John Duguid Smith 14
House detective 16
1939 Register 17
1945-2015 Wisbech at War 18
Baptism Register SS Peter & Paul 1915 19
A funeral tea 20
Maria Tate 21
Aspland 22
Blunt 23
James Kirby 24
Computer Research Sessions 25
Cambridgeshire Archives 27
Facebook: a personal view 28
Bookshop 29
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 36
Contents
Page
Editorial – Your Journal 1
Fenland FHS Family History Day 2015 2
Outwell Home Guard – cover photo 3
Fenland FHS forthcoming meetings 3
AGM Agenda and Minutes 4
Gill Blanchard (advert) 9
Fenland FHS programme 2015/2016 – March Members Meeting 10
Joseph ‘Potato Joe’ Bettinson 11
West Surrey FHS History Fair and Open Day 12
Fenland FHS programme 2015/2016 – April Mike Petty 13
Cambridgeshire newspapers 14
The ‘Odd family’ from Ipswich 17
Fenland FHS programme 2015/2016 – June/July LDS 18
SOG – How to Get the Best Results from FamilySearch 18
Computer Research Sessions 21
Peterborough FHS talk with Myko Clelland 21
Cambridgeshire FHS Family History Day 22
The way it was: a sad story ….. 23
A Wisbech divorce case 24
A family at war, 1939 – 1945 25
Wisbech Library Computer Sessions 28
An anonymous plea from a genealogist in the United States 28
Promotions and events 29
Fenland FHS Bookshop 29
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 37
Contents
Page
Editorial – 1939 Register 1
Chairman’s Chat 2
Fenland FHS Programme 2016 4
Fenland FHS Computer Research Sessions 5
Roblett gathering 5
Wisbech Industrial School 6
Some original first names 8
St Augustine’s Christmas Tree Festival 9
Wildcards 10
Lily Heanes’ Memoirs 12
2015 Meetings 18
Dressmaker’s inquest 21
Richard Johnson: a Marshland Farmer 22
Book review 24
National Geographic photographs by Clifton Adams 25
Huntingdon Library Local Studies booksale 26
Star in the East BMD 27
Preservation of Parish Registers 36
Bookshop 37
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 38
Contents
Page
Editorial 1
Contents 2
Chairman’s Chat 3
Programme 4
Forthcoming Meetings 7
The Wing Family 8
Who are they? 10
Missin Reminiscenses 11
Computer Research Sessions 17
Gillian Blanchard advert 18
Downham Market Heritage Centre 19
Promotion and Events 20
Economic Migration 21
Star in the East 25
Strays 35
Bookshop 37
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 39
Contents
Page
Editorial - sources 1
Fenland FHS Family History Day 2016 2
Bilsdale to Brampton 3
Chairman’s Chat 4
Facebook 5
Theatrical ancestors 6
AGM Agenda and Minutes 6
Crowland Abbey MIs 12
Cambridge Heritage Research Group 12
New sources for old Cambridgeshire 13
Star in the East BMD 15
Fenland FHS programme reports 19
Ely WW1 website 21
Election of a Town Councillor 22
The family legend by Hazel Tachtatzis 24
Suspicious death of a child 1887 26
Overcoming Brick Walls conference 27
West Norfolk Family History Day 28
Cambridge FHS Fair 29
St Augustine’s Church Heritage Weekend 30
Books 1 – review with a difference 31
Books 2 – Federation of Family History Societies 35
Computer Research Sessions 36
Promotions and Events 37
Fenland FHS Bookshop 38
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 40
Contents
Page
Editorial – Membership and Memorials 1
British Newspaper Archive – Wisbech Chronicle 2
Chairman’s Chat 3
With apologies to – A visit from St Nicholas 4
Society Meetings – 2017 Programme 5
Meeting reports 6
Snippets – Who’s the daddy? 7
Granny’s Home Remedies 14
Away from home remedies 15
Jack King’s visit to Mrs Mason – Rod Moorhouse 16
Fenland family history research day – new format 18
The Star in the East – August 1839 19
Computer Research Sessions 25
GRO indexes – news 26
Find that memorial inscription 27
Peterborough and the Great War 28
The man who sold the beer … 29
Promotions and Events 30
The way it was … Sessions House, Wisbech – Barbara Holmes 31
New book: The Spyglass File 33
Fenland FHS Bookshop 34
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 41
Contents
Page
Editorial 1
Chairman’s Chat 2
Photo – Family History Day, St Augustine’s 18 March 3
Fenland FHS 2017 Programme 4
Fenland FHS Programme Report 5
How to join 6
When is a marriage not a marriage? 7
Sister Act: Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Marriage Act 9
Consanguinity – member examples 13
Slavery 16
Star in the East 18
Fenland FHS Computer Research Sessions 39
FamilySearch 2017 improvements 39
Promotions and Events 40
Bookshop 41
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 42
Contents
Page
Editorial 1
Chairman’s Chat 2
Fenland FHS Programme 2017 3
AGM 28th September 2017 4
2017 Programme Reports 7
FamilySearch; some hints and tips for non-indexed resources 13
Saving a family Bible – Bridget Hunter 16
Picture this (Cambridgeshire image resources) 16
An Extra-Ordinary case of abduction – Peter Hunter 17
Irregular or clandestine marriages in Ireland – Peter Hunter 19
Long-Distance Genealogy – Elizabeth Pugh (nee Oldham) 20
England & Wales Jurisdictions 1851 26
Baptisms at St Peter & St Paul Wisbech Aug/Sept 1917 27
Star in the East (December 1839) 29
Promotions and Events 34
Computer Research Sessions 35
MIs and Bookshop 36
Membership – how to join 39
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 43
Contents
Page
Editorial 1
Chairman’s Chat 2
A troublesome character 3
Fenland FHS Programme 2018 4
The way it was – Ron & Barbara Holmes 5
From March to Salt Lake City by Judi Upton 6
Mystery of the little kidnapped girl who lived in Bunderberg 10
Upwell road names 12
Wisbech Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition May 1866: a timeline 13
UK Absent voters list 26
Leverington twins 27
A tale of two Beadles 29
Book review – adoption 31
Star in the East – January 1840 32
Book review – probate 37
Promotions and Events 38
Computer Research Sessions 40
MIs and Bookshop 41
Membership – how to join 44
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 44
Contents
Page
Editorial 1
Family History Day 2
Chairman’s Chat 3
Fenland FHS Meetings Programme 5
Wisbech Mysteries 7
On the street where you live by John Wilson 9
Wisbech High Street Project 13
Trade Directories 15
Working in London – a Wisbech girl 16
More from Elm Road 17
Corrections and clarifications – a tale of two deaths in Wisbech 18
Star in the East – February 1840 20
Buckinghamshire Family History Society Open Day 28
A tale of two Tydds 29
Promotions and Events 30
Elgood’s Craft and Plant Shows 2018 31
Computer Research Sessions 32
MIs and Bookshop 33
Membership – how to join 36
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Editorial 1
Walpole St Peter CDROM 2
Chairman’s Chat 3
Fenland FHS 4
FFHS Beyond the Census Conference 3 5
AGM 27th September 2018 6
GRO pilot extended 9
2018 Programme Reports 10
Book review 12
Hallage – Wendy Thomas 13
Wenlock Sisters – Val Brunton 14
History of Inham Hall – Judy Green 17
Heritage Open Days 22
Star in the East (March 1840) 23
Ship marriages 28
Wisbech Advertiser 29
Two sudden deaths 31
Promotions and Events 32
Transatlantic inaccuracy 34
Computer Research Sessions 35
Bookshop 36
Membership – how to join 40
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Editorial 1
Chairman’s Chat 2
The Cromwells still live 3
Fenland FHS Programme 4
Computer Research Sessions 5
Events 6
Marvellous fortune finding – the Worrall inheritance 8
Leaving your mark – Joseph Medworth 10
Joseph Medworth: Making a Mark in the Landscape – Aldo lerubino 13
Star in the East April 1840 BMD 15
Wisbech Advertiser BMD February and March 1846 19
with thanks to Peter Hunter for his continuing transcription of these
records
Veroni! 23
Extraordinary Matrimonial Adventure of a Pretended Lord 24
The importance of keeping accurate records 28
The cost of dress 29
Local snippets 30
Skrimshire 32
Mis and Bookshop 33
Membership – how to join 36
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Contents
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Editorial 1
Chairman’s Chat 2
Fenland FHS Family History Research Day 3
FFHS Every Ancestor Matters II Conference 4
Fenland FHS Programme 2019 6
Can DNA Tests Help You? 8
Family Tree Live 12
Famous daughter of Wisbech – Dorothy May, pilgrim 13
Member help – Hallage Howes Savage 13
BMD Wisbech Advertiser – April, May, June 1846 14
‘She Stoops to Conquer’ in Leverington? 19
Promotions and Events 2019 20
Famous son of Wisbech – Richard Howlet, lexicographer 21
Computer Research Sessions 22
Update re the Archives Centre at Ely 23
Famous son of Wisbech – Robert Pate 24
Mis and Bookshop 25
Membership – how to join 28
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 48
Contents
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Editorial 1
Cover details: Wisbech Pageant 2
Chairman’s Chat 3
A tangled family tree 4
Fenland FHS 5
FFHS Beyond the Census Conference 4 6
AGM 26th September 2019 7
2019 Programme Reports 10
A mystery solved: Wisbech Pageant by Margaret Lake 12
CFHS and Wisbech & Fenland Museum Project 14
Wisbech Advertiser 15
Update on Cambridgeshire Archives 18
Committals to Wisbech Gaol 19
Promotions and Events 21
Computer Research Sessions 22
RootsTech 2019 23
Bookshop 24
Membership – how to join 28
Ag. Lab Chronicles No 49
Contents
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Editorial 1
Cover details: Fen Skating 2
Chairman’s Chat 3
Fenland FHS meetings 4
Assault with a pitchfork 7
Cambridge Cartography seminars 8
New Records on FamilySearch 9
Wisbech & Fenland Museum at Christmas 9
Wisbech Advertiser 10
Banns 14
Spalding Petty Sessions 16
Promotions and Events 18
Computer Research Sessions 19
Sad winter tales 20
A Wisbech Christmas Tree Festival 22
GRO News 23
Epitaphs 24
Bookshop 24
Membership – how to join 28