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Genealogy From Scratch
 

(a Web Blog discontinued in 2005)

This project encompasses the Bobeyko, Cortwright, Curry, Hawkins, Kamiak/Kaminsky, Matthews, Ozark/Ovcarik, Richard,  Robichaud, Woulf and affiliated families hailing from Chicago, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Poland and Russia.  Ultimately, these families all converged via marriages in Chicago ... in case you were wondering at the connection! 

This is an opportunity to track a new genealogy (family history) project and watch it evolve.  We will start by working from some information provided by the family and then use various resources to find additional information.  Additionally, this project will be used to try out the new Family Tree Maker 2005 software.

This is similar to a "web blog"  in that it is a chronological listing of the progress of this project. The easiest way to use this page is to do a "find" for whatever families and places interest you.  Obviously, you are free to read it in a linear fashion also -- it is arranged chronologically!

Here is a table of the families and places ... we will try to update this as we work on the project!  A hyperlink means that we have posted to the web-site some form of write-up about the family (this does NOT necessarily mean a final report!).  These are all available on the Dave's Family page.

NOTE: All the Family Files that have been created as a result of this project are located on a separate page.  This collection of files is a work in progress and will always lag behind what we know!  This page is always more current than the Family Files page.

NOTE:  the resources used were a mix of those available for FREE on the internet and others were accessed through paid SUBSCRIPTION services.  If you click on a graphic below, a new window will open introducing you to that service/product.

Small print ... Since each project is unique, it does not mean that all projects would progress this way nor does it mean that we would do it this way if we were to do it again.  We just thought you might find it interesting and valuable to see what goes into a genealogy project.  Also, in the interest of space ... not every single Google search or other activity is listed ... we frequently use an iterative approach where we re-visit resources and research methodology to make sure we followed every possible information lead!  There will also be "pauses" in the action as we work on other projects.  Check back frequently to see how we are progressing!

Used the services of Chicago Genealogy, www.chicagogenealogy.com.  A great service (for nominal fees) for tracking down certain basic Chicago records! Success! We now have a 20 January 1911 wedding date and a married name for Anna of Makazenja.

Several resources from the Polish Genealogical Society of America, http://www.pgsa.org/ (look under Databases in Directory for source material)

Something on Cyrillic Script ... http://www.ia.net/~jcarroll/privet/script.html

Another key resource is the PolandGenWeb site ... http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/polandgen.html (just all kinds of great help pages, like Polish Terms, and data pages, the latter at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/polandarchives.html)

Another great resource: Polish Roots ... http://polishroots.com/

Researching Russian Roots: http://www.mtu-net.ru/rrr/

Genealogia: http://www.genealogia.ru/en/main/

Cyndislist for Eastern Europe ... http://www.cyndislist.com/easteuro.htm

Other Russian resources ... this area is challenging because of all the conflicts and the changing geopolitical boundaries!  http://maxpages.com/poland/Russian_Research http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6587/Russia.html http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=5080

1. Date entry seems easy

2. Like the scrapbook feature for including images of documents etc...

3. Struggled with how to include Passenger Record, Census & other ancillary information ... finally ... you use the Edit function on the family view page (basic family structure) to add "Facts" ... you can choose from an extensive drop down list or create your own.

4. Can create a scrapbook for each entry ... great way to collect relevant photos which can be labeled and source information given

5. Nice that you can have as many sources as you want for an item ... you just keep adding what you have.

6. Nice that you can associate images with your sources as well as individuals and events

7. Report created: Bobejko Book 011105,  (see 1/11/05 log for more infor)

Helped by German Occupation Definitions - English Translations, http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/GermanOccs.htm

Dict.cc, Online Translation Service, http://www.dict.cc

(Matthews Family)

Knowing mother, found Walter ... also confirmed with 1901 census available at:  Ancestry.com (found in Ilford Essex ...).  Interestingly, his father is not with the family ... requires further research.  Found the father in a different locale.

We also did some research on London ... see below

(Matthews -- New York, NJ, Illinois)

already had 1920 census ... showing family  in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.  Found family in 1930 census, still in Chicago.  With marriage in 1911 in Delaware ... looked for Walter in Delaware, NJ and NY in 1910 ... no success ... even a global search did not look promising!

Ancestry.com

worked from 1910 forward & backward knowing that Emily Cortright was in Allentown in 1911.

remember that the 1890 census was mostly destroyed.  The censuses before 1840 just list Heads of Households and how many others are in the household ... less useful unless you can easily follow the Head of Household)

1/21/05 -- enter data on Cortright & allied families

1. Nice to find Frederick & Agnes Cortright & family in 1910 in Allentown ... entered all family data; same for 1920

2. the family found in the 1900 census has all the right kids and the right wife ... the husband's name is now Allman Cortright!  Allman to Frederick!?!?! This also gave the lead to Mauch Chunk!

3. Now leap back to 1880 since 1890 not available ... luckly Agnes has kept the same name and Frederick the same occupation (carpenter) & they were in East Mauch Chunk

4. Next leap is finding a Cortright family with a son Alman about 13 in 1870.  We find a 13 year old Elman Cortright in East Mauch Chunk!  Discovered another resource ...  Mauch Chunk - Turn of the Century Pictures & realized that it might help to join a mailing list PACARBON-D@rootsweb.com since birth and marriage records have been impossible to find!.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~carbdat/ccdp_indx.htm

1. Rupp's 1845 Subscribers List

2. The 1841 Free Bridge Meetings in Mauch Chunk

3. 1836 Presidential Election (Voters from Mauch Chunk)

4. Beers 1875 Atlas of Carbon County (including East Mauch Chunk)

5. The Cemeteries of Carbon County (including the Mauch Chunk cemetery)

http://distantcousin.com/Directories/PA/Allentown/1929/

http://www.railtours-inc.com/history.htm (history)

http://www.jimthorpe.org/history.html (history)

http://www.insighting.co.uk/homauchchunk/photos.htm (photos)

A search of Abebooks revealed the following Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe) resource books:

Jim Thorpe and Mauch Chunk (Images of America Ser.: Pennsylvania)

Souvenir of Maugh Chunk, Pa. (The Switzerland of America)
Jim Thorpe and Mauch Chunk 

History of Carbon County Pennsylvania; Compiled from Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania, An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Etc.
A Walking Tour of Historic Jim Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania Postcard

1929 Carbon County, Pennsylvania Financial Directory

Mauch Chunk / Pensylvania. Ansicht mit dem Lehigh River im Vordergrund. Stahlstichansicht aus dem Bibliographischen Institut Hildburghausen um 1850, ca. 12 x 16 cm.

Though none of these help our research they would provide interesting color and they could provide some family information

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~carbdat/m&h/bio/cort_nd.htm

http://www.tnonline.com/archives/news/1999/01.08/capsule.html 

Marinette Wisconsin ... particularly Coleman and Pound.  Learned that through the years 1880 on, the community changed name from Peshtigo to Coleman to Pound ... all in Marinette County!  knew that the linking marriage of Amanda Robichaud to Frank Woulf took place in August 1884 at Coleman Wisconsin.  So, worked by looking at 1880 census and hoped to find the families ... as it was known that they were originally French Canadian ... eventually, a daughter of Amanda and Frank, Cora, marries Edward Richard (also French Canadian) so looked for his family also.

Starting in 1880 find "Laoh Rabesho" alias Leon Robichaud in Peshtigo Marinette Wisconsin and in 1900 he is living with daughter Amanda and family in Coleman Marinette Wisconsin (both sons also in Coleman!) -- tracked brother Nazaire through 1930

Starting in 1900 we find "Frank Woulf" and family in Coleman, Marinette Wisconsin -- and, Frank's brother Euclid is next door!  We might have also found brother Marcel (listed as Merida Woulf! and living near Alcid Robichaud!) ... we find all 3 brothers in 1910, we find all 3 brothers in 1920, by 1930 we find Marcel & Euclid and not Frank (though Fred who may be a son!) ... at this point there are many Wolf (& variants) throughout the state of Wisconsin. We also find brother Adelard living in Two Rivers in 1930 ... let's now check backwards! We can find him in 1920 in Two Rivers ... can't find him before that though the census states that he emigrated in about 1885!

There is also a Wisconsin Census for Marinette County taken in 1900 ... it doesn't appear to have any new information.

Found Edmond Richard and family in the 1900-1930 census.  Have not found in the 1880 census

Pre-1907 Births, Marriages and Deaths are indexed

1. found marriage of Cora Woulf & Isaie Richard, 6 Oct 1903, Marinette, Vol 02 Page 377

2. found death of Leon Robechand, 1 Apr 1907, Marinette, Vol 03 Page 74

3. found marriage of Amanda Robicheault to Francis Wolf, 17 Jun 1884, Marinette, Vol 01 Page 80

4. found marriage of Nazaire Robichand to possibly Annie Nequette, 3 Nov 1892, Marinette, Vol 01 Page 357

5. found marriage of Alcide Robichean to ???, 22 Aug 1898, Marinette, Vol 02 Page 195

6. possible death certificate for an Alfred Robichaud (could this be Alcid/Alead?) ... this would explain losing him after the 1910 census!

Marinette County GenWeb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarine/

Also checked out Abebooks and searching on "Coleman Pound Wisconsin" came up with titles like ...

Merchants, Tradesmen and Manufacturers Financial Condition for 1926 Marinette County,Wisconsin

History of Northern Wisconsin /Manitowoc County Wisconsin History

1920 Credit Directory Marinette County Wisconsin WI

which led to searching on "Marinette County" and finding ...

Marinette County Centennial 1879 to 1979

Reconnaissance soil survey of Marinette County.

I Lived at Peshtigo Harbor: The History of an Early Day Saw-Mill Village

Ghosts of the Forest Vanished Lumber Towns of Wisconsin Volume 1

Though none of these is quite pertinent for our project ... you can find some fascinating gems ... as we frequently have!

Since this name is somewhat unusual ... did a general google search (http://www.google.com) ... found obituaries for:

Leone Robichaud, Florence Wisconsin (youngest child of Azarie and Therese Robichaud ... brother & sister-in-law to Amanada) -- gives a great snapshot of her family and growing up!

Delima M. Woulf Rivet, former Coleman and Oconto Fall Wisconsin resident (a daughter of Frank and Amanda Robichaud Woulf)

Also a Robichaud site http://robichaud.info/ ... though I haven't found the Wisconsin Robichaud family yet ...

PA Dept of Health info ... http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=168&Q=202338 ==> for prior to 1906 need to contact County Courthouse, in this case Carbon County http://www.carboncourts.com/archives.htm

www.cyndislist.com

Ancestry.com

Lo and behold, we find Frances and his parents and siblings in Quebec in Ste-Calixte, Montcalm which is where it was understood the family originated from! They are a Catholic family of farmers!

1. found a Robichaud Family in Saint-Alphonse, Jolliette, Quebec ... the originating point of the Wisconsin Robichaud's ... maybe a brother of Leon?

2. Wolfe is a little trickier as it is a more popular name and has many variant spellings ... focusing on Montcalm, Quebec .. nothing jumped out ... we do know that besides Frances, his brother Euclid also emigrated to Wisconsin

Quebec History http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/index.htm

Canadian Heritage Gallery http://www.canadianheritage.org/index2.htm 

Had success finding some for the Cortwright (Pennsylvania) and Woulf (Wisconsin)  and Richard (Wisconsin) families

NOTE:  The Origins Network  is in the process of adding the 1871 census to what it offers.  This is a good choice if you would prefer a "pay for what you use" service versus a flat fee service (such as Ancestry). At this time Glamorgan happens to be one of the finished counties!

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com

Found Dec 1879 quarter marriage of Eleanor Georgina Hutchinson to William Matthews in Bridgend

Used GRO service to order the marriage license (for a fee) using the information from the BMD info found (7 pounds)

NBI 2nd Edition (purchased copy) ... for burial records ( http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Projects/NBI.htm)

Genuki: Glamorgan http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/

Cyndi's List: Glamorgan http://www.cyndislist.com/wal-gla.htm

John's Newport Directory (1880): http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monfamilies/NTD1880.html (unavailable 9/6/05)

Kelly's Newport 1848 Directory: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monfamilies/newport1848.html (unavailable 9/6/05)

Monmouthshire Family History http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monfamilies/myfamily-history.htm

Monmouthshire GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsmon/

Historical Directories Site: http://www.historicaldirectories.org/

Churches & Chapels of East Newport: http://www.newportchurches.com/Hist.html

Newport Past: http://www.newportpast.com/

Gwent County History Association http://gwent-county-history-association.newport.ac.uk/

Searched Abebooks looking into Bridgend, Glamorgan and Newport & Maindee Monmouthshire and some titles found are ...

Images of Wales Around Bridgend

Our Church - A Historical Sketch of Bridgend United Presbyterian Church, Dumbarton, from its Origin to its Centenary, 1792-1892

Cardiff and Bridgend/Caerdydd a Phen-y-bont Ar Ogwr

Bridgend: The Story Of A Market Town
The Church of Saint David and The Village of Laleston, Bridgend, Glamorgan

Old Bridgend In Photographs

South Glamorgan a County History

The Glamorgan Regiments Of Militia
A Certaine Schoole". A History of the Grammar School at Cowbridge, Glamorgan.

Glamorgan Its History And Topography

The Border Vale of Glamorgan

The Maindee Book

The Chartist Movement in Monmouthshire.

The First Sixty Years 1896-1956: The Newport High School For Boys.
History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales Down to the Present Time

A History of Monmouthshire Vol 5 the Hundred of Newport

Newport, Monmouthshire.

Old Bridgend in Photographs

Though we won't pursue any of these at the moment ... they are excellent for local history and adding "color" to the story of a family

http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamonroe/

1930: Woulf/Rivet

You can order certificates for $7 each.  We have ordered death of Leon Robichaud and marriage of Cora Woulf & Isaie Richard, marriage of Amanda Robichaud to Francis Wolf

Looking for references to Robichaud, Woulf and Richards .... Found some Robichauds in St. Alphonse, Quebec (not Leon though!) ... need to check further ... the 1871 Quebec directory is large!

http://linkstothepast.com/manitowoc/ (nothing)

Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Genealogy -- http://www.2manitowoc.com/ -- found the cemetery that Adelard and family are buried in ... Holy Cross Cemetery, Two Rivers.  You have Adelard (d. 1942), Amelai (d. 1963), Edgar J (d. 1966), Hazel (no death date only birth date), Clifford (d. 1969), Arcel (d. 1975)

Ancestry.com Confirmed Arcel birth in 1906 ... in Marinette County!

1910+ census for Richard family lines

Wow!  They have traced the Robichaud family and some of the affiliated families back to the 1600s in Nova Scotia and some lines to 1600 in France! Short of confirming the information that has been found, which would be time consuming ... we will wait for the Pedigree Resource CD and see where that gets us and in the meantime focus on the other lines!

Belarus SIG (JewishGen) http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/ , including a section specific to the Minsk Gubernia, http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/minsk.htm 

... put Bobeyko into a transliteration source and came up with БОБИКО (need to check it against the tombstone!), САРТЙЧОВ, САРТЙХОВ (for Sartychov), КАМЙНСКИ, КАМИНСКИ (for Kaminsky) and МАКАЗЭНДЖА (Makazenja) and МЙНСК, МИНСК (Minsk)from http://stevemorse.org/russian/eng2rus.html (Transliterating English to Russian in One Step ... check his web site for many great tools to help you search through resources!!)

Genealogy & Ethnic Issues Related to Belarus http://www.belarus-misc.org/bel-gene.htm

Belarus GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~blrwgw/

Belarusian Genealogy http://www.belarusguide.com/genealogy1/index.html

Belarusian Heritage http://www.belarusguide.com/as/heritage/heritage.html

Minsk Vedomosti translations http://members.tripod.com/~allbell/minsk.html

Belarus Archives http://www.archives.gov.by/eindex.htm

History of Belarus http://www.belarusguide.com/as/history/history.html#map

Checked Abebooks though not using transliteration and some relevant titles found include ....

Belarus: At a Crossroads in History (Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Republics

Minsk; A Guide

The Jews of Moscow, Kiev, and Minsk : Identity, Antisemitism, Emigration 

Minsk
Mihck Mnhck Minsk

Cook County, Illinois resources

Also researched out Cook County resources -- Cook County GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcook/ , Chicago Historical Society http://www.chicagohs.org/collections/genealogy.html, Newberry Library http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/L3gabout.html, Polk's 1928 Directory http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/polk/Menus/Main%20Menu.pdf, Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/ (includes an archive section

Illinois state-wide resources http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html (archives), http://www.idph.state.il.us/vitalrecords/genealogicalinfo.htm  ... also looked at Bobejo and found a son born to Andreu and Anna ... this matches a family rumor of the first child being a son!

Again, requested a copy using: www.chicagogenealogy.com

Followed up with the Illinois death index, http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html and follow many possible family members

Great site on Cook County and it's wards and the census (maps for each census for each ED and descriptions of the EDs) ... A Look at Cook ... http://www.alookatcook.com/

Illinois Trails, Cook County History and Genealogy http://iltrails.org/cook/

Linkpendium for Cook County http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Cook/

Kindred Trails, Cook County Illinois http://www.kindredtrails.com/IL_Cook.html

Chicago Cemetery Photos http://www.chicagocemeteryphotos.com/

1/13/05 --

1. Started entering Ozark/Owczarek Famly information

1/15/05 --

2. Entered the census data and need to enter passenger and get the family structure established

3. like that you can ad information on alternate names ... basically you can add any kind of "fact" you want whether it's supported or not!

We could similarly work from the address that Andrei gave on the Passenger manifest, 1949 Webster Ave ...in 1910 this is part of Ward 16 and ED 747.  Again ... no success finding Andrei or Gregor Vowick ... until there is an every name index ... it's a needle in a haystack since no emigrant was a "head of household."

NOTE:  Steve Morse has created so many tools that are invaluable to genealogy research ... check them out at: http://www.stevemorse.org/

Graveyards of Chicago http://www.graveyards.com/  ... nothing really entered for Elmwood where Wladislaw and Andreu are buried

 Abebooks (check for localities and relevant family history books)

The Origins Network (resources for Scotland, Ireland and UK)

Using the information on the marriage certificate, researched on www.google.com for references to a Russian Church in Chicago in 1911.  Discovered that it is the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral built in 1906, located at 1121 N. Leavitt Street (which matches the marriage certificate).  Some references about this church are:

http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/H/HolyTrinity.html

http://www.katjasdacha.com/htoc/ (appears to not be working - 10/27/05)

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/cdn:@field(SUBJ+@band(1121+North+Leavitt+Street++Chicago,+Ill+++)) 

http://www.archfilms.com/holy_trinity.html

http://www.ellisisland.org (when you find someone, you have the option to see the ship they emigrated on and learn a little info)

The Ships List ... blurbs on just about every ship! http://www.theshipslist.com/

Bremen & Bremerhaven http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/enframeset.htm

Lou Amalfi's Emigrant Ship Histories http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm

The Great Ships http://www.greatships.net/

NDL Information & Photos http://schiffe.free-25.de/NDL.htm

Some research via www.google.com and we find

http://www.alexianbrothers.org/english/history/america/hist-hosp-chi.html

(note: this activity is based on data entry and collection and not a pretty publication - pretty will be a future step!)

(note: the scrapbook images are sized to fit so many to a page. The actual stored images are of much better quality and can be printed out individually)

Using Steve Morse's Russian to English Transliteration tool, we decided to see what we could learn ...

ANDREI VOBEIKO

(last name should be Bobeiko)

MI"N"SK   GUBER"N"I

(Misk should be Minsk and Guberi is probably Gubernia ... both used N which is not a Russian letter)

L MAChKEVIChI (we know that hometown is something like Makewicze)

(we ran out of energy at this point and what we got stopped making sense!)

Also rechecked http://www.deathindexes.com/illinois/cook.html to see if their are death indices that would have relevant info

1. added in Anna 2nd marriage to Ignatz Wengerski and the Kamiak sisters ... easy to add a 2nd marriage

2. added in available family photos

3. completed first pass at Bobeyko & Kamiak families

Now, odds are that there are no records that we will be able to obtain for Andreu since so many of the records have been destroyed for Belarus ... only mid 19th century and modern records remain.

Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy -- http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Poland.htm#Diecezja%20Rzeszów

(we realize that it would help to know what church the family was associated with ... it will take some certificates to reveal that since the family is buried in St. Adalberts cemetery which isn't associated with a particular church)

Records at Chicago Public Library -- http://www.chipublib.org/001hwlc/sshgenealogy.html

Continued on 1/15 (see above) and 1/18 --

1. Realized that an infant daughter died between arriving in 1905 and the 1910 census & pursued more info"& another daughter later

2. Entered passenger record information for Antoni

3. Report created: Antoni Owczarek and family

Description of Llangynwyd http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/Web1/groups/tourism/documents/marketing/001764.hcsp

Glamorgan Look-up Exchange ... http://home.clara.net/tirbach/GLA.html 

Reminded to visit the site: http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ (a great site for old maps!)

Also some general searching just all over the internet for various famlies and locales

Requested a lookup in the 1861 Glamorgan Census for James Hutchinson & Family, http://home.clara.net/tirbach/GLAcensus.html 

Heard back from someone to whom I placed an inquiry (BWO -- Books we Own)  regarding the parents of Leon Robichaud.  This person was able to find the marriage ... Léon Robichaud married 17.10.1865 St-Alphonse Rodriguez to Julia Venne Léon parents : Joseph-Louise Bourgeois Julia parents : Isaac-Elmire Richard Suzanne.  And, this confirms that it is the community of St.-Alphonse Rodriguez

Web-site for the community is: http://municipalite.saintalphonserodriguez.qc.ca/ (in French)

Page on the Joliette Diocese: http://www.diocesedejoliette.org/paroiss5.htm (in French)

La Société de Généalogie de Lanaudière (French and English) http://www.geninfo.org/sgl/index.htm

Picture of church and cemetery http://www.amirault.8k.com/ST-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ.htm

Another General Quebec resource http://freegenealogycanada.com/quebec.htm

Quebec French Canadian Genealogy http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/

Francogene http://www.francogene.com/

Virtual Museum of New France (free search, pay for view services) http://www.mvnf.civilisations.ca/vmnf/musee/musee-en.htm

National Archives of Quebec (in French ... some online databases) http://www.anq.gouv.qc.ca/conservation/dossiers.htm

& Hutchinson Family

Discovered another interesting site ... British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/

Glamorgan Record Office http://www.glamro.gov.uk/ (great collection of records and unfortunately only in-person searches available) ... making inquiry to see if can learn about "The National School" in Bridgend.

It was recognized revisiting Genuki and the resources for Coity that christenings from 1844-1875 are in the IGI.  So, we then revisited www.familysearch.org and searched on Hutchinson baptisms for children of James and Georgina and came up with George James in 1857 ... matches 1861 census entry! Cannot find his siblings though!

Revisited Historical Directories http://www.historicaldirectories.org/  and there are several directories covering Glamorgan and area ... including Bristol!  This explains how a family from Bristol Gloucestershire ends up in Bridgend Glamorgan area!

I will note that finding UK maps on line is challenging.  Sometimes they are too historic, sometimes too large, sometimes the focus is too narrow.  Haven't found a good map to show the geographic connection between Bristol and Glamorgan ... will probably end up using a whole country map and cropping it!

& Swansea Glamorgan

Bristol and Avon Family History Society http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ (Burial index & more)

Bristol Wills Index http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/Fuguri/frame.html?C+BLR00103+BG+F+CMM00101+DCL00106

Genuki Bristol http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Bristol/

Bristol 1830 Directory http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Bristol/Pigot1830.html

Bristol Information http://bristolinformation.co.uk/

Swansea Local History (brother of Frances Mary Hawkins lived here and Eleanor Hutchinson was living there in 1871) ... http://www.page-net.com/swansea.localhistory/

Went back to www.familyhistoryonline.net and searched on Frances Mary Hawkins and son George to see if can track the family and it's Glamorgan connections.  They are found in the 1851 census livng with the Dyer family

Francis Frith Photographs has a nice collection of photos of Bridgend http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp?partner=uk 

Realized that an infant daughter died between 1905 and 1910 ... name appears to be Jadwiga (from passenger record) ... using a great resource on cross-referencing names http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/names3.pdf it appears that the English equivalent would be Hedwig.  We can then use this information to search the Illinois pre-1916 death database http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html We do find a Hedwig Owczarek who died 6/10/1906 at 1 year of age ... a possibility. And, discover another daughter (born c. 1909) who died between 1910 and 1920.. name looks like Judwika ... if we look at the same index, we find Owczarek, Jadwiga, 2/21/1912, Chicago at 3 years of age ... definite possibility.

Realize that son Joseph is not with family in 1930 ... Ancestry.com reveals that he is now married, wife Victoria ... he shares the occupation of his brothers Edward and Theodore ... Chauffeur for a taxi service!

Have death notices for both Antoni and Michalina (listed as Maria) in Dziennik Chicagoski, http://www.pgsa.org/dzien3071.htm ... a start has been made at translating these (using http://www.poltran.com/pl.php4 and .  We learn that Antoni was buried from St. Hyacynth church.  You can learn more about the church at http://www.pgsa.org/ArchChiPolPar/StHyacinthChi.htm and Michalina was buried from Our Lady of Fatimah Mission Church.  We also discovered the Archdiocese of Chicago's archive center, http://archives.archchicago.org/

Here is a Family Tree Maker report (excluding images) created for Antoni Owczarek and family reporting on known information.

Used the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/  to add a bit more information on the death dates and birth dates of those listed in the index.

Learned a bit about "National Schools" from the Glamorgan Record office ... they have records from the one in Bridgend that James Hutchinson was associated with. For £15 they can research his involvement ... the challenge with that is they only accept checks/money orders ... still a challenge to do without incurring $20 charge to get that check ...

Looking into the topic a bit more ... The National Society for Promoting Religious Education http://www.natsoc.org.uk/society/history.php has some history

We then discovered that an excellent series of Bridgend local history books has been published by Natalie Murphy.  These are depicted to the right with links to B&N if you are interested in purchasing them.  They are also available from the Bridgend Library ... check out their resource list for the area! http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/english/library/

local_books.htm
They have other available resources that you would need to be at the library to access http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/Web1/groups/

public/documents/services/001884.hcsp

Bridgend,Oldcastle and Newcastle

The Archive Photographs Series: Central Brigend around Elder Street

Bridgend: Coity Higher and Lower

Organized all Hutchinson, Hawkins & Matthews files ... chronologically.

Someone suggested http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ (which links to www.mapquest.com) and we were able to find a town called Matskevichi SSW of Minsk and it is near a town called Bystritsa near Slutsk! 

Another great resource for locating a small village is: http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmfn

So, this is probably Andrei's ancestral village!

Already heard back from someone on the Chicago-Polish one with obituaries from the Chicago Tribune! In this case, both Antoni and Michalina are associated with St. Hyacinth Church ... so, we did some research on this church: http://www.conradschmitt.com/CaseStudies/StHyacinth.asp , http://www.pgsa.org/ArchChiPolPar/StHyacinthChi.htm

Also learned about the Chicago Tribune Archives ... including death notices covering 1860-1984!1

Also found a Bristol and Somerset Mailing List ... have subscribed to that. Bristol_and_Somerset-D@rootsweb.com and posted a query stating the details known about the Hawkins family and links to Curry and Dyer.

Someone kindly found Georgina with her grandparents, Robert & Mary Currey in 1851 in Bristol.  So, her mother and brother went to the cousins in Swansea while Georgina stayed in Bristol.  One has to surmise that sometime before 1861 she moved to the Glamorgan area as the eldest daughter had with James Hutchinson was born c. 1860 in Bridgend.  1830 Directory shows Robert Curry, Boot & Shoemaker.  In fact ... there has been so much assistance from the Bristol and Somerset mailing list that my head is spinning with Hawkins, Curry and Dyer family information! 

They have also been able to provide the marriage of George Hawkins and Frances Mary Curry and confirmed the baptisms of some of their children!

1. using some of this information, started entering the basic family structure information

2. got distracted looking up information on the many churches that the Hawkins & Curry families were associated with in Bristol.

3. Now that there is more data entered ... we really appreciate the different "looks" you can take and "trees" and "charts" that you can produce ... nice feature

4. Still wish that the image files and data files were together so that you can easily access both

2/3/2005 --2/4/2005

1. Started entering the referenced PR, MI and BT info for Llangynwyd and Hutchinson

2. We are reminded that James Sr. had a daughter Jane with first wife Martha ... when/where did she marry or die before 1851?

(no marriage or death found!)

Also went back and filled in the Hutchinson family in the censuses from 1871 through 1891 ... including all identified collateral lines. Using Ancestry.com and www.familysearch.org ... also rechecked IGI for entries and www.familyhistoryonline.net for information to fill in the gaps.  Also queried back to the Glamorgan look-up exchange to see about the family in the 1861 census ... make the bridge from 1851 to 1871 ... the family was found so that answers some questions! So, now have lots of census data to shift through. 

Someone on the Glamorgan look up exchange was able to help with some PR, MIs and BTs for Llangynwyd (St. Cywnyd) which is the church that the Hutchinson family was associated with ... at least the family of James Sr.!  This revealed that James Hutchinson Sr married twice, first to Martha and then to Ann ... this helps explain some stuff ... have the MI for the parents showing both marriages!  Also, many marriage, christening, burial and MI entries to sift through! 

This lead to some more queries to those that helped before to see about Burial and/or MI records for Bristol and also if there are other Curry children (particularly John and James) still alive and in Bristol in 1851 ...

St. Augustine the Less ...

excavation report: http://www.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v104/bg104211.pdf

short overview: http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/grj1/bristol/baugust2.html

photo: http://www.thirdman.ukhq.co.uk/church/bristol-staugustinecity-s.html

St. Pauls (Portland Square) ...

http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/chu-15.asp

St. James ...

http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/chu-08.asp

Another great General Bristol site: Bristol Views http://www.bristolviews.co.uk/index.htm  & includes an overview of the location of Bristol's old churches ... http://www.bristolviews.co.uk/maps-04.htm

Was also reminded of Francis Frith Photographs ... always worth checking for images of a community http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp?page=/home.asp

Bristol Cathedral, Churches & Chapels http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pmdraper10/bristol1.htm

Bristol Information has some interesting tidbits and you can can search in each category

The Gloucester Record Office includes a searchable database of certain records.

Bristol Wills Index (Bristol Record Office)

Gloucestershire Genealogy Links

GlosGen Gloucester Genealogy

Family Deeds (includes Bristol, Gloucester and other locales)

Learned that Bristol, now part of Gloucestershire was part of the old County of Avon.

Was reminded of the site ... Images of England (always worth checking out)

Re-visited www.historicaldirectories.org to look for the Curry family in the directories previously searched for the Hawkins family ... found the Curry members in the 1851 Directory for Bristol and this gives us a specific street address consistent with the 1851 Census entry ... 32 Picton Street.

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com is too overloaded to do a search on Curry/Currey for Bristol for the period 1837-1871 to see if we can find some relevant events.

A brief overview of who could vote is here: http://www.familia.org.uk/electoral.html (9/11/06 - inoperable)

Also did an inquiry related to St. Illytad's church, Newcastle, Glamorgan where Georgina Currey Hutchinson is buried and at least 1 son was baptized there ... trying to see if there are MI's or other christenings or marriages listed.

Reminded of the site: Church Plans Online ... it has many plans of many.  Had a plan for St. Illtyd's, Newcastle

Checked National  Burial Index (NBI) 2nd Edition now that we know that Georgina Curry Hutchinson was buried at St. Illyd ... unfortunately, no other family members appear in the list.  Though, we did get Hutchinson data for Llangynwyd ... we can match this up against the information received from our earlier request to the Glamorgan Look-up exchange. (much of this information overlaps with what's available on www.familyhistoryonline.net as the NBI was part of the basis for the Glamorgan information.  The NBI itself is nice as you can re-arrange the date you find by date, by name, by place, or whatever ... very convenient!

Browsing the archive for this list ... came across some helpful suggestions including a new resource:

Old Photographs of Bridgend site (includes a school site also ... sent an inquiry asking about the National School).

Apparently, James Hutchinson Sr. came from Westmorland ... till we learn a bit more ... for now we just scoped out some resources for that county.

Westmorland Papers (a site which includes the transcription of monumental transcriptions, church plaques and windows, and other parish church memorials)

Westmorland GenWeb

Rootsweb Message Board -- Westmorland -- posted an inquiry about James Hutchinson Sr and family before move to Llangynwyd Glamorgan

Westmorland Will Abstracts

Kendal Record Office

ENG-WESTMORLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com (mailing list) ... have sent an inquiry about James Hutchinson Sr and family (similar to one for Rootsweb Message Board)

Genuki Westmorland

Westmorland 1787 Map (9/11/06 -- replaced by subscription service http://www.yourbooksonline.co.uk/)(other Westmorland Maps)

English Trade Directories of the 19th Century

Westmorland Transcriptions (part of Cumbria Genealogy) part of Eden Links

UK Surnames ... found someone researching Hutchinson in Windermere and so queried.

Cumbria Family History Society

NOTE: you have probably noticed a theme that for UK locales, it is always good to look for GenWeb, Genuki and mailing lists and Message Boards ... also, to check out the local Record Office (they vary in what is available online and at some point you will probably need their services!).  Also, check out the Guild of One Name Studies ... though none of these families are listed ... we have found families before and you can receive a wealth of information.

NOTE: added these resources to resource list (2/3/05)

Pontarddulais History

Genuki Pontarddulais

Church Wall Paintings in St. Teilo, Parish of Llandeilo-Talybont (where Pontarddulais is located)

Article on the Church of St. Teilo

Museum of Welsh Life ... St. Teilo (re-erected)

NOTE: added these resources to resource list (2/3/05)

A Potted History of Pontardulais

We are reminded that another great resource for UK census and directory CDs is the Archive CD Books project.  They are scanning documents and creating CDs.  A related site on genealogy that also includes forums and resource material is called British Genealogy.

Learned that there is a Pub History Society ... posted a query re: James Hutchinson and the Farmer's Arms.  Also, "Researching Historic Buildings in Britain"

A question ... is the Chapel of Nolton the same as St. Mary's Nolton found at: http://www.coitywithnolton.com/coity.htm (9/11/06 - inoperable)

Using this and Ancestry.com to look at the 1881 and 1871 census .. we believe that we have found the family.  Husband Walter, wife Jane, including a daughter Lucy Jane ... in St. Woollos area of Monmouth, specifically the town of Duffryn.  Some siblings born Basseleg, http://www.smart1313.freeserve.co.uk/bassaleg.htm (9/11/06 - inoperable) ... though no William in 1871!

Re-posted to the Monmouth family list to see if the new information sparks any suggestions or information.

Checked out the National Library of Wales site ... has a marriage bonds index and some other relevant resource materials.

Entered wedding info into Family Tree Maker including an image of the certificate

Did a bit more looking for London Resources since that is where the Matthews family went by 1891!  We know that they lived in London at least by 1887 (when their first child was born in London)

Victorian London (has a nice collection of maps at: http://www.victorianlondon.org/frame-maps.htm )

Lots of Maps ... GenMaps

Genuki London

London History

In particular, we find that Camberwell was part of Surrey until 1889, meaning that the family could have been considered to be in Surrey until then. It is now part of Southwark

The main church in Camberwell was St. Giles

eng-london@british-genealogy.com Joined this group and posted an inquiry about Camberwell, local churches, Old Kent Road and the Matthews family ...

Maps of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Tunbridge Wells, Calverley Road Photos

2/3/2005

-2/4/2005

Lo and behold ... we have found at least Frances Hawkins living with a nephew in Ilford ... well, that is where her niece Eleanor Hutchinson Matthews is living!  Also, we find that with Frances we find Charles F. Hutchinson!  (that is at least 1 of the children!).  Also, we find a Mathews child ... don't think a child of Eleanor and that hasn't been ruled out yet!  They are at 137 Balfour Road.

Also discovered that Eleanor's brother is in Derby in 1901 as a Church of England clergy ... in 1891 he is still in Swansea as a student.  Also in 1901 we find Frances Hawkins living with a nephew ... in Ilford ... where Eleanor and family is living!  Also, Charles F Hutchinson, brother of Eleanor is with Frances! 

So, related to the Church of England ...

Crockfords list of Clergy research service

Crockford's Clerical Directory (Church of England)

posted a query to: 'CHURCHMEN-UK-L@rootsweb.com' to see if someone can look him up in Crockford's or if they know where he studied in the Swansea area

With the help of Ron Davies ... have found sister Georgina married to William Thomas in Middlesex in 1891 and in 1901 he is a widow and this is the family that Frances and Charles are living with ... it's starting to come together!  So, this leaves James and George to be found of the Hutchinson family!

Found James in 1891 in Devon of all places ... remarried with a wife Sarah, working as a Commercial Traveller and from Maesteg.  Sarah is a widow by 1901 indicating that James died between 1891 and 1901.

A wealth of Devon information via Devon OPC (9/11/06 - inoperable) site ...

Devon Family History Society

Barnstaple overview

Free Genealogy Databases -- Devon

St. Stephen's, North Bow, Middlesex ... some photos

St. James, Woodhead, Cheshire ... some photos

Also queried 'Bridgend BCBC Library Services' to see if when Bowrington Street (1851) became Commercial Street by 1861, did the street numbering remain the same ... e.g. 112 Bowrington became 112 Commercial

Discovered Bristol - City and County Archive

Views of Bristol in the 1820s

Great 1869 Map ... can see Picton Street and local churches! (part of a larger collection of public domain maps)

non-collegiate: not being a member of a college. Non-collegiate students were those attached to the hostels founded in the late nineteenth century with a view to providing less expensive access to the university by an avoidance of college fees. Some of these hostels, like Ayerst Hostel and Cavendish College, disappeared; others, like Selwyn and Fitzwilliam House eventually assumed full collegiate status. (ref: http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/glossary.xml#host) (not available 10/27/05) ... so, this tells us that the previous write-up refers to the Cambridge experience of Edgar Robert Hutchinson and not his prior education in Wales.  Believe this might be a modern photo of the hostel, http://www.cambridge2000.com/cambridge2000/html/0007/P7281924.html

All-in-One Tree of Robert Currey

Descendents of Robert Currey -- Genealogy Report

Something to consider is ordering films from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ... to look at the original baptism and marriage entries to see if additional information is provided in the actual church register entries .... You can use this web site to see if there is a Family History Center near you ... http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp

Note:  the Basic Genealogy report is a decent report ... all the material is there ... you are just limited in that the upper section is limited to "preferred" entries ... for all entries you have to see the endnotes.

http://thegenealogist.sandn.net/bmd/ … you can subscribe for a nominal amount and then access certain indexes to events … we chose the BMD indexes… the parent company also has census index subscriptions and other related services.

Continuing to enter data and verify what has been entered for Hawkins and sending out e-mails here and there to follow-up on  prior inquiries …. Tracked some extended family using www.familysearch.org and www.ancestry.com  … figured out that Sarah Hutchinson married John Tudor in 1875 … by 1881 they are living at 75 Commercial Street, Cwmdu and a Sarah Ann Hutchinson is living with them … suspect this to be the younger sister of Sarah!  Also, that Catherine Hutchinson appears to have married Griffith Thomas, though marriage entry says John Hopkins Thomas … still to be confirmed!

Also, cleaned out e-mail correspondence and verified status of outstanding queries … also organized paper files chronologically and by family units.

Tracked many of the other Hutchinson family lines in the census’ using www.ancestry.com and also www.familysearch.org and www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Worked some more on data entry for the Hutchinson family … also am inserting some photos in to the scrapbooks for various individuals

Came across an interesting listing of tombstone information in Welsh … don’t know if it will ever be needed for this research and a great reference!  Part of a site of an individual who will take photographs in Southern Wales … Welsh Genealogy Photograph Requests

Another site good for images of Wales is: Gathering the Jewels … check it out!

Information on Coity Castle .. in the village of Coity where James Hutchinson and family lived …

Helpful list of Glamorgan resources …

Also discovered a site with a focus on genealogy and Devon, debbie and friends

lacking focus and so did some random searching across resources for the Hutchinson and Hawkins families ... some interesting discoveries

London 1827 Map (right around time Georgina would have been born!)

London and Middlesex resources

London and North Middlesex FHS (see a map showing Hendon which is where a sister of Eleanor Matthews died)

Some Matthews events took place in Romford Essex ... here is an interesting web-site, Romford Now and Then

London and It's Environs, 1905

Charles Booth Online Archive

GenHelp for London List

London Maps Listing

Okay ... there has been almost 2 months of activity ... so, where are we?  Basically, after an initial spurt on all lines, the Russian, Polish and Canadian branches were put "on hold" to focus on the Welsh/English lines ... Also, the Matthews line is clearly a work in progress and being worked on.

Given that, where are we on the other lines, CURREY, HAWKINS & HUTCHINSON and affiliated lines ... it's time to take stock of what the questions are and if the answers are being pursued!  This is not a comprehensive list of questions ... just some of the key ones!

CURREY:

1. When did Robert an/or Mary die and where are they buried?

2. Can we find a Mary Challenger from W'rington born c. 1778?

3. Details on birth of Robert ... not in IGI. Details on birth of a Mary Challenger in W'rington not in IGI.

HAWKINS:

1. When did George die?  Where is he buried?  What was his occupation?  Any info on his parents?  When was he born/christened?

2. the IGI does not have records for this period for the church of marriage ... St. Augustine the Less, Bristol, though, there is a film available for rental

Sent query to Bristol_and_Somerset-L@rootsweb.com to see if someone might have access to the film.

3. When and where did Georgina Currey Hawkins marry James Hutchinson?  This had to take place between 1851 and 1856 ... son baptized Jan 1857 ... rechecked FreeBMD for period ... nada ... so contributed more $ to www.1837online.com  and started ploughing through the index pages ... 1st ... marriages for Georgina Hawkins between Jan 1854 and Dec 1856 ... Aha .. found a marriage listed for Georgina Currey Hawkins, Bridgend, Jun 1855 Qtr, Vol 11a, Page 568.  So we know that Georgina left Bristol before 1855 and that though we can't find James in 1851 by 1855 he was back in town (if he'd ever left!).  Rechecked directories, www.historicaldirectories.org  ... didn't find James in the early to mid 1850s and did find another entry for 1871 ... he was selling insurance and had a "fancy repository" on Caroline St. and appears to have been the "Parish Clerk of Newcastle" and he's still listed as the Master for the National School and he was the Secretary of the "Bridgend & Cowbridge Mutual Benefit Building Society." Wow ... one busy guy! (okay ... enough playing with the Directories!) -- also did some actual Hawkins looking in the directories for Swansea and found several listings!  Need to get marriage certificate and hope that an occupation is listed for George! (and not just "deceased")

4. For completeness, find out when George Hawkins Jr died in Swansea.  Found another Swansea source ... City and County of Swansea

HUTCHINSON:

1. When did James Hutchinson Jr die and where?  We know that it was between 1891 and 1901 when he was living in Barnstaple ... a search at www.1837online.com  did not reveal him between April 1892 and Dec 1900 ... though if he died not in Barnstaple, he could have been missed!

2. Pursue James Hutchinson Sr in Windermere

3. Can we find out more about Ann Jones from Pontardulais?

Always finding new places to visit on the www as we research

Bristol History (Photos)

Memories of Bristol (5 July 2005 - not working)

Bristol (not sure if a repeat!)

1890 Map (9/11/06 - part of a subscription service, http://www.yourbooksonline.co.uk/)

Bristol Pictorial History (think mentioned before and worth a re-mention!)

UK BDM Exchange

UKBMD -- Birth, Marriage, Death Indexes for UK .. online

Was reminded the http://freebmd.rootsweb.org does have images of the index pages, whether included in the web-based index or not so that one can linearly search for entries ... tedious at best! and a free resources

someone on the Warrington (Lancashire) listed has suggested that Mary could be from Wrington Somerset ....(this has some logic as it would be close to Bristol (about 10 miles) and yet "out of county" for the 1841 census!) ... some genealogy resources are:

Genuki Wrington

Somerset GenWeb

Somerset Look-up exchange ... following up with someone listed who has Wrington Baptisms 1750-1860

Archives & History Index -- Wrington

Barrie Pictures -- Old Views of Dorset and Somerset (unavailable 9/6/05)

Somerset Archive & Record Service

FTM Data Entry

This site would appear to suggest that Clifton is part of Bristol and that St. Andrew's was a church central to the area.  Though, there is another St. Andrews apparently in Montpelier which is near Picton St ... the confusion!

Used the GRO Certificate services to order the possible death certificate for Robert Currey, 1852, Clifton Registration District.

Having exhausted some of what can be done without looking at actual source material, to further the research (hopefully!) on the Currey and Hawkins side, the following films have been ordered:

FHL #1526776 -- Parish of Wrington, 1538-1809 (looking for Mary Challenger & family)

FHL #1595530 -- St. Augustine the Less, Bristol, 1663-1818 (marriage of Robert Currey and Mary Challenger ... maybe Robert's christening?)

FHL #1595531 -- St. Augustine the Less, Bristol, 1819-1843 (marriage of George Hawkins & Frances Mary Currey & maybe other family events?)

Received the certificates ordered from the State of Wisconsin:

Death of Leon Robichaud

Marriage of Francis Woulf and Amanda Robichaud

Marriage of Isaac Richard and Cora Woulf

Received correspondence back in February from Office of Carbon Cunty Archives/Records ...with what records they have for Cortright family.  None of it quite looks useful. ==> this prompted a quick re-check/browse of the www for the Cortright family of Mauch Chunk and Allentown.

3/1/2005 -- enter data

-- census, atlas, cemetery

Monroe Genweb

Joined the Monroe mailing list, PAMONROE-L@rootsweb.com, and sent in a query about CORTRIGHT and Tobyhanna

Cannot find BUTLER CORTRIGHT ... before 1850 ... so, don't know where he came from!  Rechecked relevant e-mails and cleared out files

Here is a summary of what we have for Butler Cortright and his descendants!

Apparently several children of Butler and Elizabeth, moved to the Westchester NY area ... at least 3 sons and a daughter ... have tracked in 1900 & 1910 census ; currently data is not entered since a peripheral line.  Westchester Archives might be a useful source if these families are pursued.  Enough dabbling in that area!

Also did some global searching at Rootsweb to make sure that didn't overlook an obvious resource: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi a possible nibble for Deremer (Cortright family) was found and too little information to figure it out

Like the different report options, particularly the "Genealogy Report" for getting a snapshot of what information you have.

Given an obituary for Robert Deremer, son of Peter Dermer and Mary Quick, went through the 1870-1900 censuses to look for the mentioned siblings and their families. 

3/4/2005

& 3/5/2005

Revisited Corporation of London Cemetery records, City of London ... it appears that the Matthews family in the early 1900s lived in the vicinity of this Cemetery.  Online records only go to 1865 currently.

Discovered a web-site about Bassaleg (sent query to site owner to see if have heard of Matthews and/or Pencarn Farm) (9/11/06 -- web site inoperative)

Sent off e-mail to Monmouth list with progress to date and some questions

3/4/2005 - enter data in FTM

* Census

* Death Notices

* Passenger Record

* BDM info

Entering more data from Mike Johns into FTM ... identifying data gaps such as:

1. Where was William Matthews in 1871?

2. Between 1780s-1790s, Walter Matthews seems to have had children with 3 different wives ... is this true or are these transcription errors? This was between Llansoy where Walter and Mary Harris married and Bassaleg where they subsequently moved.

3. In freebmd, I find a marriage in Dec Quarter 1850 for a Walter Matthews and a Jane Roberts taking place in Abergavenny ... from the 1861 census it looks like Jane was born in Llanellen and it appears that Llanellen is in Abergavenny district ... so, this looks on the surface like a good match for their marriage. Need to pursue!

Also identified some corroborating information available at:

Monmouth Transcriptions

Trostry, St. Davids, Monumental Inscriptions

Purchased credits at 1837online.com ... looking for George -- didn't really see a good match!

3/28/2005 -

3/29/2005

So, back to the Currey and Hawkins family file to see what needs to be done!

RGO reference: - H.O.107/2461 Folio 604 Schedule 092

Address: EASTGATE STREET, HAMLET OF COITY LOWER

Requesting a research of 1861 Census index finds no Jemima or John Dyer ... just three of the children and George Hawkins ... have to wonder at a transcriber or index transcription error!

NOTE: We use Ancestry.com for our US & UK Census information and please realize that Genealogy.com also has the U.S.  Census available through a subscription program.  You may find their program better suits your needs. You can join without subscribing and then you can look under My Online Data Library to find out what resources are currently available via this site ...

Great source for local history and family history information ... includes books in many languages and for many countries:  Abebooks

European Distant Cousins page http://worsten.org/

Church Plans Online (UK -- Church of England) http://www.churchplansonline.com/

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