hi jennifer
i think you may have been in contact with my second cousin simon tombs in the past! he has worked very hard on the holman family tree.
very happy for you to e-mail me. it would be great to see some more info from canada.
when we visited alderney a few years ago - we found that the holmans were living at No. 1 mount hale and someone suggested that being as joseph holman was a blacksmith he could have been working for the army who were stationed at mount hale fort - as a blacksmith. this may explain his time on alderney.
we have been to sark twice - most recently a couple of weeks ago and have spoken to a very helpful lady there who has told us a lot about the silver mine that joseph and his family were involved with.
best wishes
pkay
