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Bucks Genealogical Society QUARTER SESSIONS -YOUR ANCESTOR & THE LAW
From Buckinghamshire rootsweb mailing list:
From: Eve McLaughlin Subject: [BKM] QUARTER SESSIONS -YOUR ANCESTOR & THE LAW On Sat April 14 at 2.30 (doors 2pm) Ian Waller tells the Bucks Genealogical Society all about QUARTER SESSIONS. They didn't just deal with basic criminals but more or less everything -pubs, poor law, planning, bastards, bridges, badgers, swearing, settlements, swine fever, nonconformists, neighbours from hell, -even whether your ancestor went to church. A terrific source of information beyond mere names and dates. Plus actual records from BUcks, Herts, Warwicks, Kent, Lincolnshire etc and a chance to have your problems solved by Eve McLaughlin from 2pm. Southcourt Community Centre, Prebendal Ave, Aylesbury easy parking on site. map on www.bucksgs.org.uk |
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I've heard a lot of talks by Ian Waller - he is my favourite regular speaker - but that one is a new one on me.
He is excellent because he is always researching, so his information is found, not learned.
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From: Eve McLaughlin
Subject: Re: [BKM] QUARTER SESSIONS -YOUR ANCESTOR & THE LAW MAKE THAT Sat April 12! |
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I can vouch for the usefulness of Quarter Sessions- and Bucks in particular. I found the settlement dispute over my gt x 3 grandfather Robert Chowns, including the evidence book which gave his answers to questions. It told me he kept pigs, how much his rent was, his father-in-law's employer, that the ceiling fell in, all sorts of domestic details which brought him to life in his own words.
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Love from Nell researching Chowns in Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Brewer, Broad, Eplett & Pope in Cornwall Smoothy & Willsher/Wiltshire in Essex & Surrey Emms, Mealing + variants, Purvey & Williams in Gloucestershire Barnes, Dunt, Gray, Massingham, Saul/Seals/Sales in Norfolk Matthews & Nash in Warwickshire |
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