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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Sussex => England => Sussex Lookup Requests => Topic started by: lolmac3 on Sunday 27 September 09 14:44 BST (UK)
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Please someone put me out of my misery :( my GGGrand Father was called John Matthews, he was born in Ditchling, Sussex in 1755.
Now I know I have seen a christening record on one of the geneology sites, I had even printed it out, but now I have lost the printout and have spent the last 4 hours trying to find it online again - can someone help please?
he is listed as Jno Matthews and his mother was Ann and where his father should be on the record it had XXX
I will be most grateful ;D
many thanks
Lorraine
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Hi Lorraine
From the SFHS data base
Ditchling 16th Nov 1755,Jon Matthews..
There are question makes where Dads name should :D
Mum,Ann Matthews
Extra info,A Travelling Woman
Omega ;D
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That should be Jno Matthews
I blame the wine ;D
Omega
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Omega
You are a little star !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lorraine
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Sorry being stupid, what does SFHS stand for ?? ???
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If it stand for sussex family history society then I have just been on there and gone round in circles, there don't seem to be any records on there ??? or am I being stupid as well as blonde ???
Think its time for bed ::)
Can you please send me a link???
Many thanks
Lorraine
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Hi
Sending a PM
Omega
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Hello to Lorraine who posted a question regarding her early relative John Matthews ,Christened on 16 th Nov 1755 . I am helping a friend who hasn't got a computer, to trace his family too , his name is David Matthews and his GGGranfather was John Matthews christened in Ditchling on the exact same date so you look very much as if you are related ! he has a great deal of information about his family as they were mostly travelling showmen ( loads of pictures ! ) he is living in a place called Felpham , near Bognor Regis ,in West Sussex , England let me know if you would like me to continue with this line of enquiry, Thank you Vere Barlow
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Hiya Lorraine , I have just Rung my friend David Matthews and as he has no computer he says it may be ok either to write to him or contact me through this site but as I am only a temporary member my contact with everyone will be severed in a couple of weeks anyway . My e-mail address is * and will answer all your mail enquiries for Dave. if you would rather write to him direct his address is - sorry, address removed. He has all the names of everone from Ann ( the travelling woman )to the present day ! Best Regards Vere
* Email address removed as per Rootschat policy -- please use the pivate message facility - Global Mod
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Aha ! yes of course I forgot to mention that is West Sussex , England , ............sorry ...........Vere
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Hi Vere
I would love to talk to David, that would be brilliant! ;D
The tree has grown to nearly 10,000 now and growing!
You will have to pm me the details as they have been removed :-X
Hopefully hear from you soon
Lorraine x
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Hi Lorraine , thank you for your reply , how much information did you get from the message I sent . I'm not used to the way this site works yet and from what I can see ,as soon as you disconnect it all gets wiped .Maybe I'm wrong but I can certainly tell you that you have a living relative a couple of miles from me ,who has every name from Ann the travelling woman down to the present day ,well all the Matthews' anyway and there are two books published by one of the Matthews family . its called '' Fairfield Folk a History of British Fairground and its People '' by Frances Brown ( nee Matthews ) ISBN Halsgrove 978-0-85704-156-2 these books are full of old photographs of the familes and the fabulous old road locomotives and showmans engines wagons etc., lots and lots of information and anectotes . David would be very happy to write to you and get a reply but I can maybe do it instantly by this method , it up to you how you would like to go on ,but Im very happy to help . Best Regards Vere p.s did you get my E-mail address , its .................... just in case my time is up in two weeks time and I fall off the edge of the world !
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Hi
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I am not sure what you mean by only being on here for two weeks. We do not have any sort of time limit for members and we are a free site and we hope you will stay with us for a long time!
Andrea