blackcountry staffs?

[KathMc]

Ruby,

First off, welcome to Rootschat. You are going to love it, and possibly become obsessed  .

I am envious of your connection to an area. I couldn't wait to move from the town I grew up in. My family had only lived there for one generation, but as a child it felt a lifetime. I live in a very small town now (pop 2,000) and have a few friends whose family has been in this town for a couple hundred years. It is fascinating hearing her talk about all of these connections. My connection to the blackcountry appears to be only about one generation. I guess my family has a pattern here. 

Kath

[rubygemstone]

Hi Kath,
          Thanks for replying to me. If you don't mind, which area of the Black Country did you family live
to make it a life time for you.
Kath with all the family's in my tree, i love helping other's besides doing my own, i've just had a man
get intouch who was a squire and i did him a Genealogy report of about 350 squire's dating back to the early 1600s he's made his family.

Thanks again,
                      Ruby

[GRBate]

Use of the verb "To Be":

I am
yow am
e am
er am
them am
we bin

the negative "yow bay",
and the strong negative "yow ay arf not"
... needs to be mastered before visiting the area

See also http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dave_mellor/slang.htm


Graham

[KathMc]

Ruby,

I didn't mean I lived in the black country. I grew up in a small city in northern New York and couldn't wait to move from there. My family hasn't had a long-time connection to any area  probably since all the branches came over from their respective European homes ages ago. A branch of my family came to Staffordshire from Ireland in the 1840s. My gg-grandfather was born in Cannock. He and his siblings were all gone by the 1891 census and my ggg grandfather died some time after the 1901 census. I haven't been able to track 2 of his 4 siblings, don't know what happened to them, but my great-aunt, who was close to her grandfather, only ever mentioned the two siblings that I have tracked. I wish she were still around so I could ask her about them (well, for more reasons then that but... ).

Sorry about the confusion.

Kath

[rubygemstone]

Hi Kath,
          Sorry i got the wrong end of the stick, as for finding Ancestors i'm ok on my Dads side, they stopped in the same area and got married and buried to only 4 familiar church's. Now my moms side
as been an headache, she never mentioned being half welsh, her mom was born in cannock and her
dad Pontypridd, Glamorgan in 1907 and finding going back in generation they're originally from Berkshire. My mom and dad are dead and for cousins on my moms side god knows where they live.
I've put posts up and it's been no good, i'm trying on here now.

               Ruby

[KathMc]

Well, Rootschat is the place to get answers. There are some brilliant people on here, happy to help and anxious to solve mysteries.

Good luck

Kath

[rubygemstone]

Thanks Kath, for the vote of confidence every bit helps and the same to you.

          Ruby

[Aulus]

I have Smiths and Steventons from the Black Country - the families tend to centre on Rowley Regis/Derby End, though my direct ancestors moved north to Lancashire (first to Barrow-in-Furness, then to Blackpool) around 1870.

Hi all,
I am from rowley regis. this is in the black country

i have lots of pictures if anyone wants to see them...

Modern ones, or old ones?  Just looking at old maps, I suspect the landscape must have changed a bit since the 1860s, what with urbanisation and the loss of the old industries.
It'd be interesting to see photos/paintings from the mid 19th century of the likes of Rowley Regis, Derby End etc.  Anything you read, suggests conditions were grim.

[DMP]

Hi Aulus,
Try Rowley Regis online
http://www.rowleyregis.com/
they have some old photo's in their gallery

Donna