Saturday 23 June 2007

Updates, Queries & Work

Just two small updates to the webste today. They can be found in the Horsington & Milborne Port pages under the South East Somerset Section. Also to answer a couple of queries in regards to the research service that use to be linked from the main page of the website. I took this down a while ago, mainly to update the page. Then the new job came along which has demanded much of my time, which left me with too little time for research work, so left the main page down as I was not taking on any further assignments. I will put the research page back online when I have some additional time to take on extra work. My main work is also internet based and has taken a long time to set up. I won't say anything here as to what it is all about, as it is not related to Genealogy or Family History, but if you are curious then you can follow this link

Okay back to family history. The next update should be within the next week and will be the long awaited second part of the 1841 census transcription for Milborne Port.

All the Best

Monday 11 June 2007

Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall

Oh Well, so much for updating the blog last Friday, my apologies. Making transcripts of the Mawgan baptisms for the period from the start of the register up to 1640 is proving to be rather challenging, only surpassed by the burials for the same period. There is throughout the 1600's some large gaps in the records, which at the time, was bought about by civil strife. So sadly, that means, some of our brick walls in our research will remain. I have yet to check but there were Bishops Transcipts for this period too. If they still exist, then eventually I may be able to fill in some of the gaps.

In other news which covers the South East Somerset Section. I now have the second part of the 1841 Milborne Port Census finished. All that remains to be done is a re-check and resolving of some of the queries through cross checking other records and then they will go online, which hopefully will be sometime next week. Other work in progress or almost completed includes transcripts of the 1852 Slaters Directory for Henstridge, Milborne Port and Wincanton. Other 1841 census transcripts for Maperton, North Cheriton and Templecombe.

Roger