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Why do I not get time to ask my question before being logged out??????? Looking for a marriage of Margaret Pettett (Various spellings) to ? Haw. Found her on 1841 census as living with James and Elizabeth Pettett on census of 1841 at Hurst Green with her daughter Margaret Ann Haw. Then found...

Hello Hoping someone can help me work out this mysterious location! My 3 x great grandfather William Mitten (sometimes Mittin, Mittins, occasionally Mitton!) lives out his life from his 30s onwards in Goudhurst, Kent. The one time he gives his birthplace is in the 1851 census and this is given...

Have a John Fosberry married to a Mary he was born abt1791/2 in sussex and burid on the 22/02/1864 allso in sussex trying to find his mother and father can any one help please.

COR/1/3/28 dated 22 Dec 1914 Inquest on Oliver Lydia MOORE of Upper Walland Farm, Wadhurst ,daughter of Ellen MOORE, widow, 3 years and 3 months; found drowned in a pond close to Brinkers Lane, Wadhurst. Verdict: Wilful murder by her mother Found on the A2A site

Philip Luck was born in Heathfield on 22nd April 1792. He moved to Eastbourne and married there on 10th May 1824 to Jane Habgood Coppard, daughter of Denis Coppard & Dinah Habgood. Philip died in Bethnal Green on 20th Nov 1858 and Jane in Eastbourne on 14th Aug 1879. Philip & Jane had nine...

looking for any info re George Boxall born in Hastings...his wifes name was Annie. He had a sister Elizabeth Jane born 1868 in Hastings also in Hastings

(1) After sauntering around Sussex yesterday I found on one of the sites referring to E Grinstead, mention that the Church had been burned down & later rebuilt. Is it known where parishioners attended for services, baptisms, Marriages etc during that time? I can't even find the site I first saw...

Hello from Canada, I'm completely new at this and hoping to get some help tracing my ancestors. My grandfather, Nelson Banister emigrated to Canada in the early 1900`s. He came from Rye, Sussex as did my grandmother Dorothy Stoneham. My grandfather had a brother named Montague Banister. Any help...

Hello, I am trying to trace some members of the family tree who have disappeared from all the searches I have been doing (although it may be due to me having to use free sites due to massive lack of money-I have none). First up, I have been searching for my great grandad Alfred Bateman's military...

Hi everyone. John Clark is hiding from me but I will not give up until I find him. I hope there is someone out there who can give me some clues. I have done a lot of searching over the last three years but have been unable to find proof of his birth. It has been said that he was born in Peasmarsh...

I am researching the ancestry of the Bryant family, formerly known as Briant at the turn of the 19th century, they mostly hale from Sedlescombe / Ewhurst / Ninfield / Barcombe / Yapton areas of Sussex, some information on births, deaths and marriages would be greatly appreciated, also information...

Hi..looking for info on the family of John Griffin who died approx Jan 1917..looking for descendants living in and around Hastings, UK...wife Elizabeth Jane Boxall Hemmings Griffin

Hi everyone, Not long into family history & have found this great site & thought I would pose a question. My Great grandfater died in Lewes in 1908, his death certificate states (under occupation) he was a tailor journeyman, 7 Malling Hill Villas Lewes, can any one tell me where this address was...

DOWNER I have been researching my Downer family in Sussex for a long time now and have compiled a hugh database. If anyone has any connection with the Downer family I would love to hear from them. Perhaps I can even help sort out a query.

I'm trying to decipher an 1861 Census entry for Cavendish Smith in Durham (yes, I'm aware this is the page for Sussex) but on the Ancestry transcription he's down as Cavindish Smith born in Arbroath Sussex. I've been to the Arbroath where the smokies come from but I can't find an Arbroath in Sussex...

I am trying to find information on Evelina Collyer (died 1952) and Dorothy Lazenby (died 1982). I believe neither ladies married or had children. Evelina moved to Sussex possibly from Lowestoft, Suffolk but when? I wondered if there was anyone out there who knew them personally? They lived on Knoll...

I'm looking at a William Pescod (Peskett) married to an Ann, who in the Midhurst PR's lost 11 of their children in the time frame of 1743-1759. They were:William 1743, William 1744, Mary 1748, William 1749, Mary 1750, Elizabeth 1751, Ann 1751, Philip 1754, Philip 1755, James 1758 and William 1759....

Hello all, I'm Mike Pettett and have been gathering info on my family for some time. I'm looking for any information about ancestors of James Pettett, born in 1819 or 1818 in Ore (v. close to Hastings), married Charlotte Robins born about 1821 in Rotherhithe or Greenwich, Kent. James was a master...