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Thanks for replies, I have passed them on to the person at Torquay museum who is setting up the exhibition - all information gratefully received.
The Fatal 'Flu exhibition will open at the museum on 18th October and run until Feb 2019.

No doubt there will be items in the media about it nearer the time.
Thanks again

I am a member of the Torquay Library local history group. Our latest project is on the Spanish 'Flu epidemic starting in 1918. This project is in conjunction with health bodies and Torquay Museum.
 
We know about the loss of life to the 'flu amongst the American and ANZAC troops here in the Bay, but not so much about the everyday population. I am trying to look at a few local victims and to gather their stories to illustrate how it affected people.

Do you have anyone in your family tree who died from this 'flu and lived in Torquay or Paignton (Brixham are doing their own research) ? If so please let me know and if you are happy for us to do so we will include them in this work.
Thanks

Hi GillG,

I have done a lot of research on some of my family who were living in Woodbury in the 19th century and it is frustrating to see 'In the village' as their address.

However the village has a very active and helpful local history group and I found this out by accident on an unplanned visit there a year or so back -I got lots of info from their very helpful archivist Gill Selley, and they have put lots of old pics and maps online.

As well as the village website they have an online magazine Woodbury News (woodburynews.co.uk), in the most recent one on page 11 it gives the archivist's telephone number and email address..I hesitate to post it here, maybe worth a try with the wealth of local knowledge they have.
Good luck

Hello, I am wondering if anyone has access to the parish burial records for Lustleigh. My gggrandad John Pedrick died in Lustleigh in November 1887 aged 68. I can't see anyone on the OPC scheme for there, but I'd like to check if that is where he was buried.

He was an Ag Lab and moved around a far bit on the eastern side and edge of Dartmoor so I doubt there would have been money for a gravestone but I'd like to know  if he is there. Any help appreciated.

This all sounds familiar.

 I've been digging since the 1980s and it was lucky to have lots of certs and paperwork left by my ancestors - is there a hoarding gene ? I had a FamilyTreemaker freebie and put it on there to help and reduce my paperwork or so I thought.

As my job involves a lot of research/fact-checking and so on I am (mostly) quite methodical but I confess that a mouth watering new find does set me off like a dog after a scent and I do like to roll in it too !

I have been writing my family history since William Hague had hair, but it never gets done. I have found it best not to add too many branches of branches for each new person - if you know what I mean. Though I keep those on a separate tree as often I find what they were doing or where they lived may help in my brickwalls.

So I've made working lists of the main lines and then followed the 'direct' men or women in that. I still keep a notebook, files for each main line and box of certificates in alpha order, but must admit to scraps of paper that I can't read at my desk even now.

I intend to spend time 'housekeeping' it once a month and have it in mind that someone will want to pick this up after I'm no longer around as so the more neat it is the more likely they are not to bin it all.
Perfect !!!