Ring Hurd

[roly]

Researching the life and activities of the printer, Ring Hurd in Shaftesbury.  Have a certain amount of detail (birth, marriages, death) but lack that of his family - father, mother, siblings. Do know that his father was named Philip...

Any detail gratefully received.

roly

[lizdb]

Lots of work was done for you before
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=659285.msg5049782#msg5049782

Why a new thread?

[roly]

1.  I'm afraid that I lost all material except some paper notes last summer in a domestic disaster...

2.  I don't recall being quite so specific as to Hurd's family.

roly

[lizdb]

If you click on the link I gave it will take you to the previous thread with all the info that was found then.

If you have found new info since then, probably best to put it on that thread and conitinue where we left off, rather than start a new one and run the risk of people spending time searching for what has already been found, or else constantly having to refer back to the other thread.
Did you ever save up the pennies to look at Philips Will?
If not, then I think it is now available on Ancestry. If you do not have a subscription, then you can use Ancestry at local libraries.
I think that Will is still your next step, as it was on the previous thread.

Have just had a quick peep, dont have the time to go through it word by word, but he does seem to mention sons James and Charles , youngest son Ring, and a couple of daughters too. Well worth you following up.

[roly]

Thanks - I appreciate your concern (and backlog archive).  It has been a frustrating time apropos all kinds of research.  Will follow your advice and apologise for any inconvenience caused.  Already, your note on Hurd's family has added to the prospects.

Just one point.  I live in France and don't have any access to local libraries; and Ancestry seems now to baulk any attempt to extract even the simplest expansion of bare entries in records without one paying subs. - seems to me not just once but for each record (ie: birth, marriage and death = 3).  I may have got it wrong, of course.  My pennies are still severely limited and a long-term subs. is not, at present, a viable option.  Anyway, thanks to friends and to organisations like yours, I've been lucky.

Best wishes,

roly

[avm228]

Ancestry offered completely free access to all UK records for the whole of last weekend - it's worth keeping an eye out for offers like that. They also offer free trial periods or pay as you go access.

[nanny jan]

Hi,

Have you had a look at the records on Dorset OPC?

http://www.opcdorset.org/


Nanny Jan