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Dear all,
           I have been contacted by a lady in France who has a photograph of a Mary Stearne, born about 1830 in Elmsett. This is from a family diary with additional information recorded as follows:
Mary the daughter of Thomas and Mary Stearn was born on the 20th of December 1830 about five minutes before nine o’clcock in the morning --
Sarah daughter of the same parents was born on the 26th of January 1833 about five minutes before ten o’clock at night –
A stillborn female child of the same parents born April 10th 1838 about 10 o’clock in the morning.
The above named child Sarah Prudence Stearn breathed her last June 12th 1841about 4 o’clock in the morning at the age of nine years and about 4 months after a fortnights illness chiefly in the head and affected the brain.
July 29th 1843 Thomas Stearn father of the above children breathed his last about 10 minutes past 3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon after an affliction of five months borne I hope I may say with patience and resignation to the will of Heaven and in hope of a blessed resurrection. Aged 53 years.
                                                                                                                                                           Mary Stearn

Is this of any interest to any Stearne researchers. I have yet to research her, but she appears to be a housekeeper in 1871 at the Hall, Elmsett with her uncle Patrick, farmer.
She contacted me after reading Ray Longs database details.
Best
Kevan

All,
   I am doing some research for a loved mother in law (I bet that not may people can say that!). She is nearing 80, and I am putting some resources together for a birthday present. She has been collecting family history for most of her life, and has done an amazing job without the internet; I can usually do it quicker with this resource.
  We have the Pool family, largely in Annan, Dumfries, who marry into the McQueen family. The McQueens ran fisheries in Abercorn and Dornock. This is actually the easy part, and I can find records from 1841 onwards quite easily. I have also found the relevant marriages and some borths through the Scotland site. It is a bit expensive to search, but Ancestry also have transcriptions to help in the initial search.

   I also have a suggestion that the McQueen family who spend most of their lives in the East of London (Poplar & the likes) who end up in Somerset are possibly linked to this Scottish lineage. I doubt it very much unless we go back hundreds of years.

 Can anyone suggest any ideas on this?

Thanks
Kevan

All,
    I am attempting to update the pubs history site with listings by postcode, rather tham by bizarre parish listings (using the census to pinpoint an address).
   This is a plea for any older yellow pages listings, either in scanned format - or if you have old Yellow Pages from the 1990's, 1980's or the 1970's or earlier.
    Or any other suggestions.
    I have a number of sites which cover this, but the main being http://deadpubs.co.uk


Thanks
Kevan

All,
    I have the best historical pubs site in the South of England ( well, I reckon so); which includes most Suffolk Pubs and loads more too. Also recently a few new census were added, along with the previous 1841 census for Essex & Suffolk. Plus additions to parts of Samford for 1844.
   Next is the Cosford database, if I do not meet too much opposition in making this available again in a reasonable time frame. i.e, now, rather than several years down the line. Ray Long was my fourth cousin.

   My sites are updated daily, and more detail is always welcome. Updated more regularly than your average site.
http://essex1841.com/
Best
Kevan