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hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:51 pm
by lancashire lad
just joined today in the sunny northwest,been looking into ancestry for awhile and look forward to joining you all,
researching HUGHES,BENNETT,BILLINGAM's in worcester/staffordshire at present and OUTLAW'S,MAXEY'S in norfolk,suffolk and essex.I always thought my roots were in middlesbrough.
jack.
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:52 pm
by Maths girl
welcome to the forum lancashire lad
Maths girl
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:57 pm
by peterd
Hi Jack, Welcome to the forum
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:28 pm
by Northern Lass
lancashire lad wrote:just joined today in the sunny northwest,been looking into ancestry for awhile and look forward to joining you all,
researching HUGHES,BENNETT,BILLINGAM's in worcester/staffordshire at present and OUTLAW'S,MAXEY'S in norfolk,suffolk and essex.I always thought my roots were in middlesbrough.
jack.
Yeah! the North west where abouts?
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:38 pm
by Annie
Hello Lancashire Ladd and welcome to the forum.
Annie
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:12 am
by Antie Em
Hello Jack, Welcome to the forum
Maggie
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:32 pm
by Northern Lass
lancashire lad wrote:just joined today in the sunny northwest,been looking into ancestry for awhile and look forward to joining you all,
researching HUGHES,BENNETT,BILLINGAM's in worcester/staffordshire at present and OUTLAW'S,MAXEY'S in norfolk,suffolk and essex.I always thought my roots were in middlesbrough.
jack.
Wot you got on your Billinghams any on the Black Country Connections link to you?
click on my website logo
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:20 pm
by grangers14
Hi Jack,
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company.
Middlesbrough is not too far from me.
Jo
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:40 pm
by lancashire lad
hi northern lass,
only came across bcc afew days ago when searching for info on lye waste,can't see a connection yet but the site inte
rests me a great deal.
my billingham connection is on my gt grandmothers birth certificate 1st sep 1858 saltwell kingswinford ESTHER,father WILLIAM BENNETT,mother SYLVIA formerly BILLINGHAM.
census 1851 H0 107/2036 SYLVIA BENNETT age 33 village mount pleasant kingswinford ecc dist quarry bank.I have seen various spellings ie,selvin,selina but SYLVIA appears to be correct.
this is one part of the family I am hoping to find more on and will post details soon.
jack
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:44 pm
by Northern Lass
Ok well if you scroll down the forum you will see a dedicated section
called
Black Country Genealogy
post in there and we will help you
lots of help on this forum for the BC area
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:47 pm
by Northern Lass
lancashire lad wrote:hi northern lass,
only came across bcc afew days ago when searching for info on lye waste,can't see a connection yet but the site inte
rests me a great deal.
my billingham connection is on my gt grandmothers birth certificate 1st sep 1858 saltwell kingswinford ESTHER,father WILLIAM BENNETT,mother SYLVIA formerly BILLINGHAM.
census 1851 H0 107/2036 SYLVIA BENNETT age 33 village mount pleasant kingswinford ecc dist quarry bank.I have seen various spellings ie,selvin,selina but SYLVIA appears to be correct.
this is one part of the family I am hoping to find more on and will post details soon.
jack
you got this marriage 1837
BILLINGHAM Sylvia BENNITT William Dudley, St Thomas Dudley Register Office 204/001/27
Re: hello from gtr manchester
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:29 pm
by snoopysue
Hi Lancashire Lad
Welcome to the forum