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Ebor337
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The past is a foreign country, how can we go there
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... ... and WOW. What an experience.
We had 5 days down in Suffolk (my first time) where I have found my paternal line comes from. We were just walking and generally sightseeing in the areas that i know my ancestors lived around (not to mention the odd pint in the pubs they may have drunk in!)
It was fantastically humbling and pretty emotional. The highlight was finding my gt gt gt grandfather & mothers grave, who, despite dying 40 years apart, were still buried next to one another.
I wish I was a bit more prepared, especially at the Ipswich record office, and I didn't get round to producing an indexed map - which would have also been on great help. But, nevertheless, I am already planning my next trip.
Looking at census information in black and white is great but it is nothign compared to actually goign out there and walking the roads that your ancestors walked. It gives you a real sense of identity and relativity
Anyway, just wanted to write and share my experience. Smiley
P.s. If this sort of post isn't appropriate on this board, feel free to delete.
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So far . . . . THURSTON: 'The Saints', Linstead Parva, Mendham, (All Suffolk), Tockwith MOODY: Gainsborough LAMBERT: Norwell, Notts | 1886+ Tockwith CUTTS: Rumburgh, Suffolk BLATCHFORD: Devon BULLOCK: Devon WARD: York HODGSON: York http://www.leethurston.tribalpages.com |
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suffolk*sue
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Catherine Sandys, I will find out where you went.
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Yew carnt beat it boi, thas a good place bor, oi spuzz.
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janglaschu
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Cuimhnichibh air na daoine o'n dh'thainic
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It was good to hear about your trip; I too have never yet been to Suffolk, where my mum was brought up, but have walked many of those streets in my imagination! One day, though...
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Suffolk, England – Benstead, Boldero, Boldy, Boyns, Boynes, Collins, Cooper, Elliott, Fletcher, Laflin, Laws, Lankester, Markham, Marshall, Orriss, Steward, Taylor, Thimblethorpe
Scotland – Barclay, Campbell, Finlay, Freeland, Grove, Hay, Horn, Laird, McDonald, McKay, Milne, Mills, Peebles, Robertson, Shearer, Stewart, Strang, Thomson
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Having been to Suffolk, to "walk in my ancestors footprints" -I know exactly how you feel. I was on a coach holiday but managed to spend several hours at Lavenham - and sat in the Market Place there, imagining....!
No gravestones in the churchyard though - too poor, but touched the font in the church where they were baptised.
Regards
Jan
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Hertfordshire - Stone, Wells, Quarry,Claxton London - Sutton (Southwark), Phillips (Clerkenwell), Stone (Chelsea) Suffolk - Turner & Rogers (Lavenham) Norfolk - (K)Nobbs & Germany (Norwich) Middlesex - Shackell Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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sandiep
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your right Suffolk is a lovely county, and I lived there for about 10 years, and my children were born there...............I walked where my ancestors lived and didnt even know it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
I didnt start doing my family history till after I had moved from Suffolk and then I found on my maternal side my grandfathers ancestors all came from Suffolk.........................but I have been back and will go again
sandie
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Pender, Raphael,Lambert,Digby,Stent, Dowell,cornish,mulley,Death,Rosier, East End,Suffolk,Essex,Cornwall,Devon,London, middlesex, hertfordshire Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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harrywrag
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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hi i have just booked train tickets for trip to leiston suffolk on 28th june to 3rd july, i have never been to suffolk before and looking foreward to my trip where hopefully i will find out more on my ancestors the name staulkey have found out the zepplin that was shot down over theberton came down on one my ancestors feilds. everyone on the suffolk board has been so kind to me with info thanks again to all for there help so looking foreward to trip kind regards harrywrag
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Aulus
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The black sheep: Florence Stevenson née Hampson
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I spent a few days in Suffolk last year looking for my Guests and walking in their footsteps in Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding villages. It wasn't as flat as I was expecting 
The people in the records office at Bury St Edmunds were so pleasant and helpful. To see great x4 and great x5 grandfathers' actual signatures on vestry minutes and such like, and then to visit the churches where they worshipped. Greatx5 g'father Ralph Guest was an organist at St Mary's in Bury, and to walk in and hear the organ playing was spine-shivering in a nice way.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any specific addresses for them in Suffolk in any of the records. I still don't have any specific addresses of which house they lived in, though I've since found out (by piecing together a few separate sources) that great x 4 grandfather owned and rented out 7-10 Chalk Lane in Bury St Edmunds, which he sold at auction on 28th April 1830 for £205.
I need to go back to Suffolk some time, to try and track down some of their residences, and also to go to the other end of the county to see if I can track down any more on my Scruttons in the Falkenham area.
If anyone's visiting the Records Office in Bury St Edmunds from out of the area, I can recommend the Cannon St Brewery in Bury as a place to stay.
Oh, and I agree with Willis. A time machine would be wonderful sometimes. I have a list of questions for some of my ancestors!
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Lancashire: Stevenson, Wild, Holden, Jepson Worcs/Staffs: Steventon, Smith East London & Suffolk: Guest, Scrutton East London: Palfreman (prev Tyneside), Bissell, Collis, Dearlove, Ettridge Herts: Camac, Collis, Mason, Dorrington, Siggens Marylebone & Sussex: Cole London & Huntingdonshire: Freeman Bowland: Marsden, Noble Shropshire: Guest Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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susan p
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Brings back memories of holidays with my grandparents (Ixworth) going into Bury St Edmunds walking round the church yards beautiful country side.Now I can`t wait to visit my sister who recently moved to Lavenham,been twice got loads of info from the records office at Bury St Edmunds.Going back soon.
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Henrici Durham,Henderson,sunderland,durham
Buckenham Norfolk/suffolk,Beveridge,McQueen,Brownleescotland.Crackwell,Suffolk,
mothersole Suffolk
Gibson Sedgefield Durham
Evans Shropshire/Northormesby,Tadman
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Nick29
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My dad in his LFB uniform
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No gravestones in the churchyard though - too poor, but touched the font in the church where they were baptised.
That was my major disappointment when I visited the village where my g.grandmother lived. I expected loads of family graves in the village churchyard, and I found.......... one ! The gravestone of a distant cousin, but at least with the "right name" ! I don't think any of the others could afford stones.
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Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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sandiep
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The thing I found with gravestones was.............my ancestors were to poor to have any!!.................the really nice lady at Combs church did look through the records for me but she pointed out that quite often people couldnt aford a gravestone in those times.
But at least I knew they were there somewhere in a corner
sandie
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Pender, Raphael,Lambert,Digby,Stent, Dowell,cornish,mulley,Death,Rosier, East End,Suffolk,Essex,Cornwall,Devon,London, middlesex, hertfordshire Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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suffolkmawther
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Henry - our new twiglet
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Gosh 
I am back home in Suffolk after couple of weeks or three, going back and forth to Nottingham. Our first grandson Henry Thurston Fruer Lambert arrived there on the 3rd April, daughter and son in law delighted with their gorgeous baby boy
With the wonderful spring weather this week, the hedgerows are colourful with wild flowers, the many fields of oil seed rape glare their brilliant yellow and the heavy scent from the crop invades my car journeys to the local market town.
Suffolk is famous for its big skies, and we have had the most wonderful big blue skies this week.
Reading all of the comments reminds me of how lucky I am to live in such a lovely place.
I shall be seeing Neil on Saturday (I have organised an informal meeting for Suffolk Local History Recorders at Stowmarket MEAL).
One of the gravestones in Framlingham (new) cemetery for the youngest sister of the family (my husband's grandfather was one of her big brothers), reads that the stone was erected by her sorrowing brothers and sisters.
If you cannot find a headstone in a churchyard, check the church noticeboard to see if there is an address or telephone number for the churchwarden/s.
They often have access to a 'map' of the churchyard, usually kept in the Vestry and will often show you the plan and find the burial places of your ancestors.
Also, check out www.suffolkchurches.co.uk before travelling to make sure that you will find the church open.
Dew yew awll come t' Suffolk we will make yew whully welcome
Pat ...
not too far from Lavenham 
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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !
Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk in Suffolk
Bridges in Derby
FULKER in Berkshire then Hammersmith/Barnes LND
Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Wilson, Sale in MDX/LND
Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson born Cork, lived Fulham LND - arrived Boston USA 1889 - what happened next?
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