SUFFOLK Family History Society

SAXMUNDHAM & DISTRICT GROUP

At the meeting held on 21st April at the United Reform Church, Saxmundham, a new committee was not formed due to the lack of volunteers. It is with regret that I have to inform you the said group is now closed.

JeanEvans
Chairman

HAVE YOU AN ANCESTOR OF WHICH YOU ARE PROUD?

Gail Dixon, Freelance Journalist and Editor, is trying to find people who have traced their family tree and unearthed an ancestor of which they are particularly proud. This doesn't have to be anyone famous, it could be someone who died in battle, an inventor, someone who faced a lot of challenges in life, or any ordinary person who lived an extraordinary life.

If you interested in taking part in an interview and appearing in the "Who Do You Think You Are" magazine, then contact Gail Dixon on 07969 257493 or email gaildixon1@tiscali.co.uk

SUFFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY ONLINE SHOP

We are pleased to announce that Suffolk FHS have opened their own Online Shop. This will enable you to purchase all our products online. We are using PayPal which enables secure payments to be made online using a credit card. This used in conjuntion with a secure server gives you double security.

You will also be able to pay your subscription online!

SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Unfortunately incorrect subscription rates have been published in the March 2008 edition of 'Suffolk Roots'. The correct rates can be found here: http://www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/join.html. A membership form is available for downloading.

'SUFFOLK ROOTS'

Due to family illness Patricia Turner is unable to continue as Editor of 'Suffolk Roots' for the foreseeable future. Until further notice please send any articles, letters etc to: Mike Durrant, 2, Kipling Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1TP or Email. Articles can be submitted by any member and should be of interest to local or family historians.

TIME FOR A FAMILY REUNION?

"The BBC is currently working on an important documentary series following the reunion of a large extended British family. Our hope is to explore the fascinating past and present that every British family has at its core and to discover the importance and strength of family bonds in modern Britain."

"The celebration will offer one family the chance to discover their collective history over the course of an all-expenses-paid weekend in Spring 2008."

"This is a unique opportunity for anyone interested in reuniting their extended family. If you’d like to find out more or think you might be interested in getting involved in the series, call Annabel on 020 7267 4260 or email aborthwick@blastfilms.co.uk"

ROOTS

At the Federation of FHS General Meeting held in Durham in September, 'Suffolk Roots' was runner up in the Elizabeth Simpson Award for Society Magazines.

Patricia Turner spends endless hours to produce our Journal and I think you will all join me in congratulating her on this achievement.

MILITARY ANCESTRY

The Military Collection at Aldershot Public Library numbers approximately 20,000 books, of which approximately 18,500 are available for loan, either directly from the library itself or through the inter-library loan system at your local public library.

The Collection includes a run of Army Lists, the earliest of which dates back to 1740, and several regimental histories giving a wealth of detail about the regiment's service, particularly during periods of conflict.

There is also a facility to search the 'Soldiers Died in the Great War' and the 'Army Roll of Honour - World War II' databases and print out the Scrolls of Remembrance for individual soldiers who died in either of those wars. Contact Stephen Phillips, Military Librarian, at the museum with as many details as you have of the person you are researching (name, regiment, date of death, service number). You will be sent a facsimile reprint of the appropriate Scroll, printed on quality paper. There is a charge of £1.50 per printed Scroll.

The museum is pleased to assist with any military-based enquiries and can be found at 109 High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 1DQ
Tel: 0845 6035631

FRAMINGHAM CASTLE POORHOUSE DESCENDANTS

Karen Bali needs help with a research project for English Heritage. The research concerns the records of Framingham Castle poorhouse. English Heritage is planning an exhibition at the castle at the beginning of next year and wants to trace living descendants of people featured in the castle poorhouse records between 1980 and 1817. I have pasted below the extracts featuring names from the records.

Paupers in Framlingham House of Industry -
Beginning on 6 June 1809: John Beales/Bales, Robert Brown, Hannah Burrows, Mary Button the elder, Mary Button the younger, Ann Barker, Samuel Barber, Hannah Barber, Susan Barber, Mary Barber, George Bryanton, William Chandler, Samuel Catchpole, Esther Day, John Emmerson, Joseph Hearn, Martha Jessup, Francis Kerridge, Ellis Keer, John Keer, Mary Mayhew, Peter Mallows Senior, Elizabeth Mallows, Thomas Mallows, Robert Mallows, James Mallows, Child Mallows (no name), Mary Paxman, Ann Read, Mary Read, Hannah Wade, Priscilla Woodward.

Over the course of two years one birth occurred in the workhouse. The child, Harriet Pipe, was born on 2 December 1810 to a mother, also named Harriet, who had been admitted to the workhouse, heavily pregnant, on 31 October, only four weeks before. Harriet Pipe was still in the workhouse in May 1813. Elizabeth Woodward (March 1811), Deborah Mallows (April 1811), Charles Woods (April 1811), Hannah Pendles, child (May 1813)
Spring of 1817, paid for work: Thomas Mallows, George Bruning, Thomas Mallows, James Gooding, Robert Markum, Samuel Newson, John Keer
Overseers, 1817: John Fruer, Joseph Benington

If you can help, then please contact Mrs Patricia Turner at
48 Princethorpe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8NX or Email

COLINDALE NEWSPAPERS MIGRATION STRATEGY

The British Library announced in March 2007 major plans to move its historic newspaper collection from Colindale in North London to Boston Spa in Yorkshire. The full text of the press release can be read on the Internet at http://www.bl.uk/news/2007/pressrelease20070301.html.

It is anticipated that by 2011 access to the Newspaper Library will be at St Pancras by means of microfilm or digital copies (referred to as surrogates), with access to the original documents being allowed only in exceptional circumstances.

BURIALS INDEX

Release 12 of the Suffolk Burials Index is available for ordering on CD. It contains over one million entries and costs £16.00 including VAT & postage.

Release 13 has been issued, but it has been decided by the Society Projects Committee that a new CD to supercede the Release 12 CD will not be published for the time being. The new Release 13 will only be accessible via the Society's Search Service.

ANCESTRY.COM

The three branches of the Suffolk Record Office and all Suffolk Libraries now have access to the Ancestry Library Edition of Ancestry.com. It has been added to the Gold Standard Reference Services on the Suffolk Libraries website. However, unlike other Gold Standard Reference Services, it can ONLY be accessed on the Library and Record Office computers with internet access and will NOT be available to customers using their home computers.

FAMILY RECORDS CENTRE TO MOVE TO KEW

The National Archives and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today made a joint announcement about the provision of services to family historians. As part of a review of strategy, which has focused on the huge changes in information management over the last 10 years, The NationalArchives is announcing its intention to move its Family Records Centre (FRC) staff and services to Kew from their current location at Myddelton Street, Islington, by the end of 2008.

The National Archives and ONS have for some time managed the FRC as a joint operation in Myddelton Street, Islington. Users can access historic census returns in The National Archives part of the Centre and establish basic details of births, deaths and marriages in the indexes maintained by ONS prior to ordering copies of relevant certificates.

ONS has an extensive project in hand to digitise registration records and modernise other aspects of service provision, but has not yet made data and documents available online to the same extent as The National Archives. Over the coming months ONS will be reviewing its future requirements for services at FRC in the light of this project and The National Archives' plans to relocate its service to Kew. The review will be carried out in close collaboration with The National Archives to ensure that service delivery by the two organisations continues to be as closely aligned as possible.

James Strachan, Director of Public Services and Marketing for The National Archives, said: "We have already made most of our material housed at the FRC available online. We remain committed to providing high-quality services to family historians, and are therefore planning to develop new online services that reflect customers' needs, and to integrate FRC onsite services at Kew during 2008. We will retain a dedicated family history service, and retain the jobs of our FRC staff in the new service at Kew."

Peter Murphy, Director of Registration Services at ONS, said: "The hard copy indexes of birth, death and marriage registration, which are available at the FRC, remain for now the resource enabling the Registrar General to meet her statutory obligation to make indexes available to the public. Clearly advances in technology now permit other approaches to providing public access and that is what our review will be concentrating on. We will work closely with National Archives colleagues in conducting the review and hope to be able to reveal its main conclusions by the autumn of this year."

NEW PUBLICATIONS

To make it easier to see what has been recently published we have added a
New Publications page. This can be accessed from either the Home or Publication pages.

ROOTS

If still available, back copies of "Roots" can be obtained from Patricia Marshall for £2.00 each including postage. An index of all editions of "Roots" is at present being prepared. When available the index will appear on this website.

Photocopies of pages from the past 15 years of Roots are also available. Please send a cheque for £1 (payable to Suffolk FHS) and an sae to:- Mrs Gillian Woodroffe, 7 Hare Hill Close, Pyrford, Woking, Surrey GU22 8UH or Email with the name(s) you are interested in. This will cover up to 5 sheets (10 Roots pages). Any additional cost will be notified with the initial search.

REDUCED PRICES

With immediate effect, all prices for the 1851 census CD and booklets have been drastically cut. See the 1851 page or the relevant overseas page for contacts and prices.