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dennford
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I finally had an attempt, so here is a look at what I'm thinking. I have posted a large and small version - what do you reckon?
Denn
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Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell
South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire
Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol
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mc8
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Vandecasteele 1932
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all your travels look very exotic. I had thought my rellies would be too since the family story is that grandad was a prize fighter in a travelling fair. Nothing so exotic-a bunch of hawkers, dustmen and lauderesses who moved every couple of years at least-from one end of Camberwell to the other over 120 years (not more than a few miles)
It has been interesting to download streetmaps from the period to track their movements-not least because it has allowed me to pick up other families with the same surname who only live a street away. I haven't found a definite link yet-but it can't be coincidence
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1000xlch
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Great idea, but I suppose a big task. I have a lot of ancestors from Scotland, Shropshire to Durham via Staffordshire and Yorkshire. My partners lot come from Cornwall, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire. We have migrated to East coast of US and Australia and NZ. I'm sure there is something on the web. I do know that there is a commercial CD with surname distribution for the 1881 census. Tallack surname in Cornwall has been mapped on somebody's website which shows concentrations in various areas and what decade so you can see a movement and expansion.
John Rowley
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DUNN - Cambuslang, LKS FORSYTH - Shotts, LKS FRAME - Hamilton, LKS HODGSON - Hamsterley, DUR HUMPHREY - Easingwold, NRY HUNT - Frimley, Surrey MCKECHNIE - Argyll - Shotts NETHERCLIFF(T)/ DRAYCOTT Sandhurst, BKS PEPPERCORN - Lolworth, Cambs PRATT - Thirsk, NYK REDSHAW - Hamsterley, DUR REYNOLDS - Fritton,Stratton,NFK ROWLEY - STS to DUR TALLACK - St Agnes Padstow,CON WALMSLEY - NRY,Brum WILSON - Hamsterley, Co Durham Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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dennford
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As an afterthought we have members in all corners of the globe - maybe we could do something like a world map showing the locations and numbers of Rootschat members, Im sure there must be some pretty remote, exotic and unlikely places, does anyone like the idea?
Denn
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Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell
South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire
Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol
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loo
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I have been thinking of trying to do something similar. My lot mostly just trotted about London and environs, with a couple of additions from Bristol, Hannover. So I was just going to do a London map.
I really like the idea of printing on the transparencies. Reminds me of a a book I had as a kid, with all the different biological systems of the body, one on each transparency; you put them on top of each other to make a complete human.
Thanks for the warning about the copyright trawlers!
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ARMSTRONG - Castleton Scot, Westminster Twp
BARFIELD - Nailsea & NL
BRAKE - Nailsea
BURIATTE
CANDY - M'sex, Deptford
CLIFFORD - Maidstone
DURE(E) - France, Devon, Canada
HALLS - Chigwell
KREIN
LEOPOLD - Hanover, London
LATTIMER - lightermen
MAXWELL - lightermen
MEYER - Lauenstein
MURRAY - Scot.borders
STEWART - Chelsea; Reach
SWANICK - Co.Mayo & Roscommon; Ontario
WEST - Rochester & Maidstone
WILLIS - Wilts, Berks, Hants, London
WOODHOUSE - Bristol, London
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Paul E
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Great map, Denn!
Paul
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loo
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Yes, I agree with you; i have referred to that map in the past, and it has lovely detail. The limitation is that each frame covers a very small area, so it's harder to see links.
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ARMSTRONG - Castleton Scot, Westminster Twp
BARFIELD - Nailsea & NL
BRAKE - Nailsea
BURIATTE
CANDY - M'sex, Deptford
CLIFFORD - Maidstone
DURE(E) - France, Devon, Canada
HALLS - Chigwell
KREIN
LEOPOLD - Hanover, London
LATTIMER - lightermen
MAXWELL - lightermen
MEYER - Lauenstein
MURRAY - Scot.borders
STEWART - Chelsea; Reach
SWANICK - Co.Mayo & Roscommon; Ontario
WEST - Rochester & Maidstone
WILLIS - Wilts, Berks, Hants, London
WOODHOUSE - Bristol, London
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Emmeline
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Emma Louisa Tricker (1885-1958)
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Dear All - I had been toying with this idea too - plotting the places that Gt.Gt.Grandpa went to as an Engine Driver - from Wigan to Rouen, France from there to Liverpool, then Barnet in Middlesex followed by Peterboro and finally Battersea ! I think I had some idea I might be able to work out which Railway Company he was with. Children were born in all these places - 10 in all - but I have still not been able to find his marriage certificate !
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ganache
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http://www.mapyourancestors.com is a site that may be of interest to you.
You send your details to them on a speadsheet, and are given webspace with your detail mapped. It's based on Google Maps so you can zoom in and out and also see satelite images as well.
Unfortunately there's high demand for it so they're not accepting requests at the moment, but if you keep checking you might get lucky.
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Kirkcudbrightshire: Dunbar,Coltart
Dumfriesshire: Stevenson,Gibson,McWhir,Baird,Carruthers,Davidson,Sharp,Maxwell
Cumberland: Nixon
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loo
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Yes, I agree with you; i have referred to that map in the past, and it has lovely detail. The limitation is that each frame covers a very small area, so it's harder to see links.
did you know you can purchase copies? or stick them together 
Yes, I do know you can buy them. I was just referring to the onscreen image. Just yesterday, I went to my public reference library and found the book of maps and was able to copy some larger sections that I can then refer to at home. Others may also find that this is available in a library nearby.
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ARMSTRONG - Castleton Scot, Westminster Twp
BARFIELD - Nailsea & NL
BRAKE - Nailsea
BURIATTE
CANDY - M'sex, Deptford
CLIFFORD - Maidstone
DURE(E) - France, Devon, Canada
HALLS - Chigwell
KREIN
LEOPOLD - Hanover, London
LATTIMER - lightermen
MAXWELL - lightermen
MEYER - Lauenstein
MURRAY - Scot.borders
STEWART - Chelsea; Reach
SWANICK - Co.Mayo & Roscommon; Ontario
WEST - Rochester & Maidstone
WILLIS - Wilts, Berks, Hants, London
WOODHOUSE - Bristol, London
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Paul E
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Thought I'd have a go trying to map my maternal and paternal lines as they moved across North Yorkshire and into Durham (bit less exotic than dennford, I'm afraid - and not half as attractive a map!  )
I've had to sacrifice some of the resolution to get the file size down but you will get the general idea. Think it would probably get messy if more lines were added, although its probably feasible to add in the names of each spouse and their general direction of migration into the family.
This was created using a map found at http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/maps_for_web/smallbacon/yorkshire_NW.jpg and my image software, PhotoImpact.
Any suggestions for improving it?
cheers
Paul
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