Journal Contents - 1999

Contents of February 1999 Journal
Inside this Issue
Article	Page No.
Editorial	1
The PORTERs of Freshwater	2
Strays	3/36/43
Carisbrooke Castle Museum	4
Pleasure visitor’s companion to the Isle of Wight	5
Rev. James Charles Norris GREEN	6
Choosing your seat	8
The values of things in the Isle of Wight 1550-1700 – part 3 food and farm	11
Double coincidence	15
The FOSS family in Newtown	16
Letters from Ryde	25
Island parishes – Binstead	28
A seafarer’s list	29
It was true after all	30
Book review	37
Fortifications of the south coast	38
Pedigree Index	40
Characters from the 1920s and 1930s	41
Isle of Wight Volunteers and Rifles	42
Missing in Shorwell	44
Isle of Wight War Memorials – part 11	46
Child emigrants in the twentieth century	55
Where did they come from?	56
Help wanted	60
New members	62
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Contents of May 1999 Journal
Inside this Issue
Article	Page No.
Editorial	1
5,000 years of tea	2
Steephill at the turn of the century	6
Where there’s a will, this is the way	9
The FOSS family in Newtown	10
Island parishes – Bonchurch	20
Wight Heritage	22
Characters of Newtown and Shalfleet from the 1920s and 1920s	24
Augustus Frederick LANG	24
Sophia Caroline Gertrude ELSWORTH	25
Child emigrants in the twentieth century	26
Isle of Wight War Memorials – part 12	28
Billy PITT’s men	36
The HEAL’s of Calbourne	38
West Wight Family History Group	42
Update on our Internet Webpage	47
For the record	48
Memories of the 1930s	49
Seaview Pier	50
Memories of Seaview Pier	51
Strays	54
Update to members’ interests	55
New books	56
Isle of Wight indexes	57
Help wanted	58
New members	59
Change of address	63
Rejoined member	64
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Contents of August 1999 Journal
Inside this Issue
Article	Page No.
Editorial	1
Memories of Yarmouth	2
Smuggling now and then	8
May Journal front cover	12
The FOSS Family in Newtown	14
Red Funnel Ferries	24
The PORTERs of Freshwater	26
Books, books, books and even more books	27
Copying inscriptions from gravestones	28
Mr Leslie COOPER of Myrtle House, High Street, Freshwater	30
Isle of Wight War Memorials – part 13	38
Annual General Meeting 1999	42
Characters of Newtown and Shalfleet	44
Obituary	45
Computerisation of the Manorial Documents Register	46
A history of Wootton Bridge	47
Island parishes – Brading	48
IWFHS Heraldry Group	49
Isle of Wight County Record Office	50
ANDREWS, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight – Parish Records	51
An outline for dating photographs	52
Update to members’ interests	59
Help wanted	60
New members	62
The Bolton Yacht	64
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Contents of November 1999 Journal
Inside this Issue
Article	Page No.
Editorial	1
Extracts from the records of the House of Industry for the family historian	2
The FOSS family of Newtown	6
Cowes Castle and the Royal Yacht Squadron	18
Parkhurst Prison	21
Island parishes – Brighstone	24
Cooks and cookery books	26
Oddities from the 1891 census	31/58
Computers and family history	36
Brewing a database	37
Are you tracing your family tree?	40
Ventnor memories	42
Photographs and family history	44
Quarter Sessions	46
The incredible hulks	48
Funeral of Captain WEST of the Zaida	50
Strays	51
Isle of Wight War Memorials – part 14	52
Characters of Newtown and Shalfleet from the 1920s to 1930s	56
Help wanted	59
Update to members’ interests	60
New members	61
Change of address	64
Obituary	64
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