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Topic: Gypsy, Traveller, Circus, Fairground etc. website links (Read 16371 times)
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mahees
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Just came across this
http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html Broken link
hope it's useful to someone.
Erin 
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jib
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Dont know if you folks know a great website lots of info and census records and baptisms and general info and loads of old pictures and history from the old romany books etc its .
http://www.romanygenes.webeden.co.ukSiteowner has been researching for over 25 years! well worth a look even has transported folki.
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Christopher
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The link to John M. Turner's "Dictionary of British Circus Biography" Project is on a few other threads but warrants a place on this thread too. John has 11,000 records in his biographical database, with over 10,500 records of circus visits. He's happy to share this information with other researchers, including family historians, on a reciprocal basis.
The Cornish Funfairs; Detailing the Showmen of the Duchy of Cornwall website contains an article about Anderton and Rowlands funfair which is probably the oldest firm travelling in Cornwall
The Family Trees section of fun-fairs.co.uk "All the fun of the Fair" message forum may help RootsChatters who are related to families in the Fun Fair business.
Christopher
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An65
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Aah I know that site. Rachel Hearn is on that site - a couple of fabulous photos on the page about TJ Lewis (Photographer). Id challenge anyone not to find them both touching and beautiful.
On the actual page that the link refers to, the bottom photo is of KEOMI GRAY and family at Epsom Downs. KEOMI was the daughter of Ossory/Oseri Gray and his wife Eliza Heron/Herring - daughter of Old No Name, who died at Tetford in 1831 with Tyso Boswell after being struck by lightening.
KEOMI is in the waggon, with her husband Charles Bonnett to the left, identifiable by his trademark bowler hat. Prior to her marriage to Charles (in 1875) she had a lengthly liason with the artist Frederick Sandys (Antonio Augustus Frederick Sands) which produced several children.
The two little girls seated in front of the tent are her daughters Florence and Rose Bonnett, with Madeline Gray (her daughter by Fred Sandys) Standing.
Nellie Bonnett sits on the steps, whilst Fred Gray (her son by Fred Sandys) stands holding a fiddle.
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Christopher
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This website contains stories and creative digital content which reflects the lives and experiences of the Irish Traveller Community in Tara Park, Liverpool. Translated from
Cant, the Irish Traveller Language, Traveller’s Tairing means Travellers telling Stories. www.travellers-tairing.com
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Nick B
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The name Boswell has cropped up more than once in this section - Gordon Boswell has a website for the Romany Museum near Spalding, Lincs. at
http://www.boswell-romany-museum.com/
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