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LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY AND HERALDRY SOCIETY
Rossendale Branch Newsletter August 1999
Note: Kathleen
Ashburner is now compiling the programme for next year. If you have
any ideas for speakers or preferences for the Out Visit, please tell
Kathleen as preparing the programme year after year is a very
difficult task.
Projects
Work is still
proceeding in St. Nicholas’ Churchyard. Last Tuesday there were two
teams enjoying the sunshine. Marge, Winifred and Valerie finished
off the checking in the New Yard. This was not without some
difficulty. They found over 2 rows had not been recorded. It would
appear that in 1986, the then transcribers had walked off one Autumn
evening, intending to return, then the rains came and the project
was forgotten.
Meanwhile Team B,
Michael, Mary and myself were working in the Old Yard where the
grass was knee high. On the south east edge of the plot we literally
uncovered the stone of William Walker Whittaker (see this month’s
Rossendale Ancestry) Michael was exultant, declaring that we had won
the lottery, walking backwards clearing soil and grass, he was
reading the inscription when, I suddenly realised he was within
inches of falling 20 feet into the New Yard, possibly into the next
world!
You are all welcome
to come and join the fun.
Another note from
Mr Hiluta...
I hope Wilfred Day
has set a world standard with his latest publication of Marriage
Registers from Bethel Baptist Chapel, Waterfoot. It is excellent and
a credit to our Branch. Well done Wilf. Are there any
volunteers to transcribe other marriage data, for Wilf to input?
Coming Events.
Talks, Conferences, Exhibitions.
Friday 15 October.
The LFH&HS’s annual dinner will this year be hosted by the Lancaster
and Morecambe Group. A special evening of "Lancashire fare" will be
held at the Clarendon Hotel, Marine Road West, Morecambe.
The after dinner
speaker will be Ian Dewhurst. This event costs only £10. It is worth
that amount alone just to hear Ian Dewhurst speak! I am told that on
this particular evening
"clogs, shawls,
waistcoats and flat caps will certainly not be out of place."
Saturday 30 October
1999 NW Group Family History Fair (sometimes known as the Stockport
Fair) will this year be held at the Guild Hall, Preston
The 1881 Census on
CD-ROM
I have now received
a copy of the above for use within the branch. I consists of 23 CDs.
There is a Family
History Resource Viewer which is necessary to process the system
A National Index on
8 CDs and the remainder are Regional Indexes. Lancashire and
Yorkshire are on the same disk so they can be checked at the same
time. It is also possible to have the information printed out. The
system does require, Pentium processor or higher, windows 95 or
higher, 16 MB is recommended, a CD-ROM drive, 25 MB Hard Disk space.
I realise that not many of you will be able to meet these
requirements but I will be willing to do checks for you, or you are
welcome to come to my house by appointment.
Vital Records Index
In addition to the
census CDs, I also have a copy of the VRI for the Group. This
consists of
5 disks and a
Resource Viewer. The information on this index is supplementary to
the IGI. I have found that it has a very good coverage of Haslingden
St. James baptisms and marriages prior to 1837.
Rossendale Ancestry.
I have received an
enquiry from the USA from Mr Linzee Whittaker whose ancestor Myles
Whittaker was born in Cowpe in 1881. Myles married Jane Hannah Lord
of Lower Engine? in 1908. They both died in the USA. Miles father
was Walker Whittaker born 1859. His grandfather was William Walker
Whittaker of Newchurch born 1835. His mother was Mary Campbell, of
Rake Head, daughter of William. She died when Myles was born aged
22. Walker subsequently married a Jane.... He was living at Booth
St., Waterfoot when he died. Jane Hannah Lord’s father was a John
Lord, her mother was Sarah Ann Meadowcroft. Anyone who can help with
these families please let me know.
Rossendale Ancestry
Directory.
As I mentioned in
June, I am proposing to compile a directory of the names our members
are researching . I
would like you to let me details of your name interests. The names
should be restricted to persons who have lived in Rossendale at some
time in their lives. You must be willing to let me store the
information on computer and be willing to reply to any enquiries you
might receive. Our new membership secretary Vicky Barlow has sent me
some information on her family which I am using to illustrate what I
have in mind.
Kay Family Bridge
Clough Newchurch Late 19th c
Kay Family Whams/
Mile End E. 19th
Kay Family Forrest
Holme L 19th
Heys Family
Crawshawbooth/Lumb E. 19th c
Holt Family Tewitt
Hall M 19thc
Batterbee Family
Whitewell Bottom L 19th c
Hoyle Family
Stacksteads E 20th c
You get the idea?
This might have to be refined but this is what I have in mind.
Wills
In the last issue I
report that the cost of wills from First Avenue House, London had
been increased to £15. I am pleased to say that due to pressure fro
Family Historians this has now been reduced to £5.
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