Journal Contents - 2007

Contents of February 2007 Journal

Regular Features

Article	Page No.
Editorial	1
Chairman Janet's Jottings	2
Letters to the Editor	5
Society News	3
Island Parishes - Wroxall	25
Rootsweb Report	30
Computer Help page	35
IOWRO Report/Accessions	43
Book Shelf	45
Help Wanted	46
Strays	49
Membership Report	50
New Members	56
Committee	Cover

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Inside this Issue

Article	Page No.
From the Desk at Coles Manning, Devon Letter from our President, Janet Few	3
Island Roads are Different Report on the talk given by Bob Longton	7
War Memorials and Pointers to Military Family History Report on talk given by Geoff Allan	11
On Her Majesty's Service Report on talk by John Ash of his personal memories in Service as a diplomat	15
Alfed Charles FRY - Evangelist Rosemary Stewart's memories of her grandfather.	19
Sea Fencilbles 1798 - Part 1 Article by Diana Harding on the way our shores were defended and the men who did it.	20
Edgar Greenshild (1877 - 1938) The story of an Island man who was a missionary to the Eskimos in northern Canada	27
George WALKER Christina Gemmell's search for George Walker, the owner of a book she has.	35
Carisbrooke Castle Museum A report on the holdings of this museum.	36
The Website of the IW Family History Society A walk through what is on this website.	37
New Acquisitions to the Resource Centre	39
The Diary of Rosina Mary Swain Descriptions of an Island holiday by a young woman in 1911.	55

Contents of May 2007 Journal

Regular Features

Article	Page No.
Editorial	1
Chairman Janet's Jottings	2
Society News	3
Letters to the Editor	6
Book Shelf	34
IOWRO Report/Accessions	43
Rootsweb Report	50
Heraldry Report	51
Help Wanted	53
Membership Report	53
New Members	56
Useful Addresses	64

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Inside this Issue

Article	Page No.
News from Coles Manning, Devon Letter from our President, Janet Few	4
Bible Christians on the Isle of Wight Report on talk given by Pat Phillips	7
Ryde - Our Town, Your Histories An report on talk given by Sally-Ann Garrett	11
Freshwater - the Bloomsbury of the Isle of Wight The Tennysons, The Camerons and their associates. Report on talk given by Dr Brian Hinton.	14
The BMD Indexing Project The project is drawing to an end.	17
James Atkey, a Methodist Minister An Atkey becomes a pioneer settler in Canada by Fred Atkey.	19
An Introduction to DNA Jon Matthews investigates the uses of DNA for family history.	25
One Name Studies Members of IWFHS who are researching one name.	27
Ann Barrett's Page Ann Barrett explains what is on her very useful website.	29
Sea Fencibles. Further studies of our sea defences by Diana Harding.	32
Earthquake Milne Another forgotten hero.	39
GROVES An update on the GROVES family.	41
ROBERTON - A very Extended Family Diana Harding explains the intricate relationships of this family.	42

Contents of August 2007 Journal

Regular Features

Article	Page No.
Editorial	1
Chairman Janet's Jottings	2
Society News	2
Letters to the Editor	6
Book Shelf	34
IOWRO Report/Accessions	44
Rootsweb Report	47
Heraldry Report	36
Help Wanted	39
Membership Report	40
New Members	56
Useful Addresses	64

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Inside this Issue

Article	Page No.
News from Coles Manning, Devon Letter from our President, Janet Few	4
My Ancestor was a Metropolitan Policeman Conference Report - Maggie Bird	8
My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman Conference report - Dr Christopher Watts	11
My Ancestor was an Agricultural Labouror Conference Report - Richard Smout	14
Researching the FLEMMING Estate An account of some of the people who worked on the FLEMING estate by Harry Willis FLEMING	17
The COTTON Family An article taken from the Isle of Wight County Tress.	19
One Name Studies Jon Matthews writes about our new venture into running a One-Name list of Island names.	20
Emigration/Nationalisation William Taylor's intriguing investgations inyo the life ofhis grandfather, Frank Taylor.	24
Sifting the Truth from Family Stories Louis Lehmann does a thorough investigation into his American family origins.	25
Book Review. A book on the history of Samuel White's of Cowes, reviewed by Sarah Burdett.	31
Extraordinary General Meeting EGM to discuss and fix annual subscription to IWFHS.	32
A Questionaire An appeal for a new editor for the journal.	33
An Interesting Tale Memories of Henry MOREY concerning the King Edward V11 as a young lad.	35
Sea Fencilbles The pay book of Captain Walter Lock containing a list of seamen.	37
The most popular names on the Isle of Wight. An account of these names by Angela Mcmurtry.	40
CAVE & FRY Photograph from these families needing verification.	41
The RANN Family Daniel O'Hara offers copies of photographs of this family.	51
Memories Memories of West Wight by the late Eric Toogood.	35
WARD & KIRBY An account of a lost family bible by Margaret Elsden.	54

Contents of November 2007 Journal

Regular Features

Article	Page No.
Programme of Events	Inside Cover
Editorial	2
Chairman Janet's Jottings	2
Society News	3
From the Desk at Coles Manning	4
Help Wanted	9
Heraldry Report	19
Bookshelf	30
Rootsweb Report	40
Membership Report	51
New Members	52
Photograph Identity	61
Strays	62
Non-committee officers	64
Some Useful Addreses	64
Committee Members	Insdide back cover

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Inside this Issue

Article	Page No.
The PITTIS Family and its dominance in Newport 1800-1950 Report on talk given by John Matthews of the importance of the PITTIS Family and associated families.	5
Once a Scout always a Scout A report of talk given by Barry Groves on The history of the Scout movement on the Isle of Wight	10
Volunteers needed A plea for more volunteers to help the IWFHS	10
Mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleid Acid (MIDNA) Tracing ancestors throught the female line - by Reginald Pragnell.	17
The Future of our Website A plea for a new Webmaster
The Chequered Career of Jonathan Williams The story of an Islander who was transported to Australia - by Lorraine Neale	26
The Salvation Army - Lost and Found A report on a talk given by Major Mallis on the Family Tracing Service	27
Some Selected Reports from the Salsibury & Winchester Journal Items of interest about the Isle of Wight.	35
Backing Up Information Suggestions from Tony Elgar on backing up computer work.	37
CROMWELLS of the Isle of Wight Research into this family - by Tony Bevis.	39
IWFHS Pedigree Index An update on the Pedigree Index by Don Hayward.	41
John ATKEY Further history of the ATKEY Family in Virginia, USA by Fred Atkey.	44