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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Historical Documents in Cambridgeshire 10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


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


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


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


Contents


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


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



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


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


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


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


Tenth Anniversary 3


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


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


Contents

Calendar for the rest of 2012 2


The 2011 AGM Minutes 4


Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2011 12



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



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



Contents

2013 Calendar 2

Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit! 3

Report on February Meeting 4


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



Contents

2013 Calendar 2


The 2012 AGM 4

Minutes 4



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



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



Contents

2014 Calendar 3

Chairman’s Chat 3

Reports on January and February Meetings 5


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



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Promotions and Events 37



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


GRO indexes – news 26

Find that memorial inscription 27

Peterborough and the Great War 28

The man who sold the beer … 29


The way it was … Sessions House, Wisbech – Barbara Holmes 31

New book: The Spyglass File 33



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


Bookshop 41


Contents

Page

Editorial 1

Chairman’s Chat 2


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



MIs and Bookshop 36

Membership – how to join 39


Contents

Page

Editorial 1

Chairman’s Chat 2

A troublesome character 3


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



MIs and Bookshop 41



Contents

Page

Editorial 1


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


Elgood’s Craft and Plant Shows 2018 31


MIs and Bookshop 33



Contents

Page

Editorial 1

Walpole St Peter CDROM 2

Chairman’s Chat 3

Fenland FHS 4

FFHS Beyond the Census Conference 3 5


GRO pilot extended 9


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


Transatlantic inaccuracy 34


Bookshop 36



Contents

Page

Editorial 1

Chairman’s Chat 2

The Cromwells still live 3

Fenland FHS Programme 4


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



Contents

Page

Editorial 1

Chairman’s Chat 2

Fenland FHS Family History Research Day 3

FFHS Every Ancestor Matters II Conference 4


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


Update re the Archives Centre at Ely 23

Famous son of Wisbech – Robert Pate 24

Mis and Bookshop 25



Contents

Page

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



A mystery solved: Wisbech Pageant by Margaret Lake 12

CFHS and Wisbech & Fenland Museum Project 14


Update on Cambridgeshire Archives 18

Committals to Wisbech Gaol 19



RootsTech 2019 23

Bookshop 24



Contents

Page

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


Banns 14

Spalding Petty Sessions 16



Sad winter tales 20

A Wisbech Christmas Tree Festival 22

GRO News 23

Epitaphs 24

Bookshop 24
