tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22438619377935555212024-02-21T00:40:29.063+00:00West Country GenealogyRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-60127514298647508372008-07-09T22:09:00.002+01:002008-07-09T22:15:29.555+01:00Gwinear Parish, CornwallThe last two updates to the website have been for this parish. First added a few weeks ago transcripts from the Marriage Register covering the period from 1700 up to 1740. Today I added the last of the Burials from 1786 to 1799 which now finishes this section.<br /><br />Do not forget that there is a wealth of information available online for anyone researching there Cornish Ancestors. One of the best places to start is with the Countywide database which is found on the "<a href="http://cornwall-opc.org/">Cornwall Online Parish Clerk's</a>" website.<br /><br />All the bestRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-19004004501874157282008-06-09T16:39:00.003+01:002008-06-09T16:48:02.393+01:001904 Elctoral Roll for SomersetHave dug something else out from among the old books and papers that I have in my collection. The latest update are some transcripts from the 1904 Electoral Roll for Eastern Somerset. These are just some small parishes that I was able to do one night last week while I had some free time and the first three transcripts cover the parishes of Alford, West Bradley and Yarlington, and can be found in the general <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/somerset/">Somerset</a> section. The final one I did was for the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/corton_denham/">Corton Denham</a> parish and can be found in the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/">South East Somerset</a> section. Have also added to Corton Denham two external links to the Parish history and a parish map.<br /><br />Following these in the next week or two will be more transcripts from this electoral roll covering the parishes of Blackford, Charlton Horethorne, Horsington, Maperton and some others too.Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-77910524830001587792008-06-01T15:56:00.003+01:002008-06-01T16:09:36.790+01:00Cucklington Parish, SomersetOkay, have to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">admit</span> that I quietly uploaded the last update almost two weeks ago to the South East Somerset section of the site.<br /><br />This was to the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/cucklington/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cucklington</span></a> pages, being a transcript of the 1851 census and also an interesting external link to a 1838 <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=18751&filename=fig25.gif&pubid=64">map</a> of the Parish provided by <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=18751&filename=fig25.gif&pubid=64">British History Online</a> a very interesting website for all those seeking the history of a parish in Somerset and other Counties.Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-28542542800396533362008-05-10T17:52:00.004+01:002008-05-10T18:19:03.011+01:00Gwinear Transcriptions<div align="justify">A while ago I was looking at the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/gwinear/">Gwinear</a> (in Cornwall) page on the website following on from some of the transcribing that I was doing of both burial and marriage records.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br>I noticed that there was very little in the way of baptisms except for a short period from 1813 to 1820 which were originally done for me by a willing volunteer. I thought that it would be nice to do the period from 1800 up to1812 and it should be a reasonably quick task.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br>Should have known better, as at this time period in the history of Gwinear, it was a fairly large parish and some weeks later I have only done 2 years!! some 110 entries. Not much you are probably thinking, why is he so slow??</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br>Well to put it into perspective by way of comparsion with the other Cornish Parish I am working on (<a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/mawgan/">Mawgan in Meneage</a>), Gwinear averages just over 60 baptism entries for each year whereas Mawgan is less than half of this. On top of this everything goes into 3 databases all in different formats. The 1st Database is in html for the website, the 2nd database is in CSV text for the Cornish OPC Database and the 3rd in Excel for a 3rd database, so it is very time consuming and slow, especially for a parish which had a large population.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br>The advantage of doing 3 databases is that it does mean an automatic re-checking of the transcriptions as I go. Anyway just keep on chipping away at it as I get the time is the best way for me.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br>All the Best</div>Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-40098009659504191502008-05-04T12:57:00.002+01:002008-05-04T13:09:42.273+01:00North Cheriton - South East SomersetNorth Cheriton is a small parish to the North of <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/horsington/">Horsington</a> on the road to <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/wincanton/">Wincanton</a>. Many of the families that lived here had family links to Horsington as well.<br /><br />Todays update to the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/">website</a> is for this parish, starting with the main page being updated to bring it into line with the other South East Somerset Parish pages. A transcription of the 1841 census has been added as well as links to two offsite web pages, the first covering the history of the parish and the second to a parish map, which is very useful for researchers.<br /><br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-42185778434282744612008-04-21T01:32:00.011+01:002008-05-10T18:22:40.329+01:00Updates and other things.<div align="justify">Yes, I know, they have slowed up a bit. Too many other things happening with work and family, which had well and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">truely</span> side tracked me again for awhile and will continue to do so for some time to come. Although there have not been any updates to the website for awhile I have still found some time to spend on my own Family History as well as doing some serious research on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Horsington</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hannam's</span> which is quite interesting although very involved.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br>Over the coming months I will finish off the 1841 census for the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/">South East Somerset</a> Parishes and will also be doing some of the 1851 census records as well. Most of the 1841 census transcriptions are finished except for the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nd</span> part of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/wincanton/">Wincanton</a></span>. They mainly need outstanding queries and checks to be done, which for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Wincanton</span> is proving difficult as I don't have enough supporting records to be able to cross check properly. I also plan to continue on with transcribing the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/horsington/">Horsington</a></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">PR's</span> which I did start about 2 yrs ago. I hope to start on transcribing some of the other Somerset <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">PR's</span> as well, starting with a re-check of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Stowell</span> as I don't have them all online yet. My involvement with the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/">Cornwall <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">OPC</span> project</a> will see a continuation of transcribing records for both <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/gwinear/">Gwinear</a></span> and <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/mawgan/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Mawgan</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Meneage</span></a>. I hope to keep adding to the website every 10 to 14 days for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">forseeable</span> future. </div><div align="justify"><br />There are many other records to be transcribed and added to the website including Directories, Parish Register transcripts, more census records for parishes surrounding those that I concentrate on and these include those on the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/blackmore/">Dorset</a> side of the County Line. So there is plenty to keep me busy. Another thing I would like to sort out on the website is the search function. I am looking at upgrading this so that search results can be refined.</div><div align="justify"><br />Following on from the Cornwall <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">OPC</span> project, late last year I got involved with the Somerset <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">OPC</span> project and I will post more about this project here, later.(See the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/">South East Somerset</a> page for more information) There will also be seen here information covering the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/somerset/somrecsoc.htm">Somerset Record Society</a> and <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/somerset/sdnq.htm">Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries</a> over the next week or two.</div><div align="justify"><br />All the Best<br />Roger </div>Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-67171643455745086372007-10-28T14:50:00.000+00:002007-10-28T14:57:42.779+00:00Mawgan in Menage, Cornwall - OPC ProjectNow that the summer is over, I will hopefully be able to concentrate on adding more information to the website and updating this blog more often. I do have several different transcriptions on the go at the present time, but many need more checking for mistakes etc:<br /><br />Anyway onto todays update to the website which consists of more transcriptions of the Baptisms Register for Mawgan in Meneage. The years 1721 to 1750 have been added to the relevant page on the website. Along with this have also been added to the same page the transcripts of surviving BT's covering covering the same years that have already been done from 1700 to 1750, with any variations from the Register being noted.<br /><br />Coming soon for Mawgan will be transcripts of the Marriage Banns. These cover the years 1754 to 1812. I am presently about half way through them.<br /><br />All the BestRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-14292599687535740942007-09-16T22:54:00.000+01:002007-09-16T23:07:00.575+01:00Updates to SiteHave been a little quiet, having not updated this blog for awhile. I am not sure whether I will keep this blog going for the website, but will give it another 6 months or so, to see whether any use is made of the comments section.<br /><br />Since my last post I have added transciptions of the 1841 Census for <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/">Charlton Horethorne</a>, <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/somerset/">Rimpton</a> and <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/blackmore/">Sherborne Union Workhouse</a> to there respective sections.<br /><br />As part of the Cornwall OPC have added further transcriptions of the <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/mawgan/">Mawgan in Meneage</a> Baptisms Register covering the period from 1700 up to 1720<br /><br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-71756856988328871532007-08-10T17:46:00.000+01:002007-08-10T17:56:27.136+01:00Spam EmailDon't we all hate spam emails! I have been fairly fortunate in that I have hardly had any now for over 4 years and this is mainly due to the fact that I hide all email addresses on the website in java script, so they are not easily found by the web crawlers that specifically harvest email addresses across the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">internet</span>.<br /><br />Well that all came to an end about 4 weeks ago when two of my email addresses started receiving spam mails, then suddenly it all turned into an absolute flood drawing in a third address in the process. This came about I believe as I found these addresses on someone <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Else's</span> website with no protection to stop them from being harvested.<br /><br />The end result - I have deleted all 3 addresses and introduced new addresses on my website. That bought an end to the spam mail, so things are now back to normal. The moral of this little story is that if you are going to supply email addresses to others for Family History research purposes and they do not hide email addresses on there website, then use a Gmail, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hotmail</span> or Yahoo email address that you can close when the spam mail becomes too much to handle.<br /><br />Have a Great Day<br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-60191915152837632502007-08-10T17:41:00.000+01:002007-08-10T17:46:46.107+01:00Horsington, SomersetDid this update a few weeks ago and then forgot to post any updates about it. Another 1841 census transcript has now been finished and uploaded to the site, this time for Horsington in Somerset. Other 1841 Census transcripts on there way include North Cheriton, Templecombe, and Charlton Horethorne, with the last one most likely the first to be uploaded to the website.<br /><br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-83049589402149682052007-07-08T14:20:00.001+01:002007-07-08T14:27:25.189+01:00Milborne Port, SomersetThe second update for the weekend was finally the completion of the second part of the 1841 census for this parish. You can get to the page by clicking the link above.<br /><br />This particular transcription has proved to be a bit of a challenge. It has had everything in it, from bad handwriting to shocking spelling along with the usual faded writing in some parts. Just to finish off my frustration last night my web editor decided to crash and guest what? I had not saved my work for over an hour at that stage. Luckily I did not loose too much.<br /><br />I am not too sure what is coming next as I do have several things on the go, but depending on work I shall try to keep to putting new transcriptions online every 7 to 10 days or so.<br /><br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-72324238820188400632007-07-08T14:00:00.000+01:002007-07-08T14:19:55.871+01:00Gwinear, Cornwall - OPC ProjectThose of you who have been involved with family history for awhile will know what the OPC Project is, but for those who are new to Family History, OPC stands for "Online Parish Clerk". The Cornwall project I think was the first one started off and this worthwhile Project has now spread to many other English County's. Basically we are volunteers who collect, collate and transcribe records for a chosen specific parish. Most volunteers have a website for there chosen parishes and there is also a central website which is well worth a visit (click <a href="http://www.cornwall-opc.org/" target="_blank">here</a>).<br /><br />Anyway onto the first of two updates for this weekend. I had not done any work on the Gwinear page for quite sometime. I was having a look through it the other day and realised that I had never re-checked the burial records online that were done long before I got the new software I now use that makes it easier to read some of these very faded records. So I launched into a full check of the 1700+ burial Transcriptions online and corrected mistakes and added in the missing entries as I could now read them, so it is far more complete than it was. I also added another 20 years of transcripts from <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/gwinear/" target="_blank">1751 to 1770</a>.<br /><br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-70992600468885043802007-06-23T20:48:00.000+01:002007-06-23T20:58:50.463+01:00Updates, Queries & WorkJust 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 <a href="http://www.rosvetmarketing.com/">link</a><br /><br />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.<br /><br />All the BestRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-81509898839081225732007-06-11T19:29:00.000+01:002007-06-11T19:32:45.179+01:00Mawgan in Meneage, CornwallOh 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-76976626940053913732007-05-29T22:42:00.000+01:002007-05-29T22:44:45.386+01:00Blackford, South East SomersetIn a way it is appropiate that I start this blog just after the latest up date to the website itself. The 1841 census transcripts for Blackford were done by myself and the Marriage and burial transcripts were kindly provided by Richard Travell. If you have family history interests in this area then do have a look at the link lower down the page <a href="http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/blackford/">http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/blackford/</a> as that takes you to another website (This is the West Country) which also includes more of interest to family historians. Richard also has a website <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richardtravell/richardtravell/">http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richardtravell/richardtravell/</a> which contains many more family history records especially in the North Dorset area.<br /><br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243861937793555521.post-87845614379128981612007-05-29T22:21:00.000+01:002007-06-11T19:27:31.960+01:00WelcomeHi Everyone and welcome. I have established this blog as a means to also encourage each one of you to also add your own comments or make any requests as to what you would like to see added to the website. Notification of updates to the website will still be posted on the "whats new" page of the website, but at times any additional information will appear here such as the following post which rounds out a bit more about the latest update to the website.<br /><br />For regular visitors to the website, you will notice some changes to the site. Sadly the costs of buying records as well as maintaining the site online has meant seeking out ways of raising additional funds to help in this task in addition to the paid research that I do from time to time. Please be assured this will not change the purpose of making transcriptions freely available on the website.<br /><br />One other thing, please do not post requests for lookups on this blog, this can still be done by email from the main page of the web site.<br /><br />Have a great day<br />RogerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321597599564034720noreply@blogger.com0