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What's New in Essex Family History?
This month the forum has seen postings on the following family names Anderson, Sweeting, Spooner, Olley, Head, Webb, Last and Gould.
Methodists provides a page with the story of the rise and subsequent fall of Primitive Methodism within Eastern Essex with pictures of disused chapels at Althorne and Burnham.
Who Do You Think You Are - Two for One Tickets
Who do you think you are? is the largest family history show in the UK.
This year it runs from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th May 2008 at London Olympia.
There are hundreds of stalls with representation from all branches of family history allowing you to get free advice , check out products and pick up bargains.
Regular displays are being held with presenters including Tony Robinson ( Archeology) Dan and Peter Snow ( Battle re-inaction) Nicky Campbell and Alistair McGowan.
The National Archives are celebrating participation in this event by offering two tickets for the price of one on their web site . For details of this offer and WDYTYA visit The national archives web
Featured Family History Site For March
This month the Commonwealth War Grave Commission is featured.
This site lists the casualties of both World Wars for the armed forces of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand , South Africa and the United Kingdom.
Searching by Cemetery or Name is free and brings up results of name , date of birth , date and place of death, Rank, Regiment, Service Number, Cemetery and in many cased names and home town of next of kin.
The CWG is a fantastic free resource that is of great use to family historians and tracing relatives who may have been killed in the World Wars.
CWG also help maintain cemeteries and can help if you wish to visit a war cemetery.
What's New in Essex Country Life?
Quite a few new pages have been added to Essex Country Life.
Two of particular interest relate to School life in Victorian times.
To promote attendance at school pupils were given cards with their attendance noted. Several cards could be exchanged for material prizes. The site features real cards from 1910 issued to Victor Achate
The second school page relates to discipline which was comparatively harsh. On surprising area is the justification for spare the rod spoil the child which was literally taken from the Bible and popularised by John Wesley's religious revival.
Draughts was a favourite indoor game
Above Stairs From the early 1800's.
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March 2008
Essex Country Life
Eastern Essex Family History Forum
Entries on the Essex Family History Forum are widely read by people interested in family history in this area.
If you make an entry with a family name etc you may well hear from someone else with an interest in that name.
And its FREE
If you are tracing back a male member of the family who suddenly disappears from records around the two wars then check the CWG site. Living members of the family may have forgotten that Uncle Benjamin was killed in the war.
Many C of E churches sold a row of several plots to families. When visiting a cemetery to check the headstone of a relative check the nearby headstones. You may trace an unknown relative or be able to confirm birth or death dates. Most churches have plotted the graves and headstones so it is always worth a polite enquiry to the Churchwarden or Vicar.
County, Town and Village borders were very flexible in the 1800's.
If you are researching relatives who live near another County it may be worth checking that County.
For example Sudbury is in Suffolk although it sometime appears in Victorian Essex records.
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