Dear Colleagues,

As you may be aware, the costs of GRO certificates will rise from GBP7 to

GBP9.25 on the 6th April. Costs haven't risen for some years but an extra

GBP2.25 on every certificate. That's a whopping 32% rise. GRO produces 2

million certificates a year, so that's 4.5 million extra profit in one

swoop. 90% of applications are online now, so their work is reduced but we

pay more! They are even scrapping the "checking points", so no more refunds

if its not the correct certificate.

Although protesting will probably fall on deaf ears, if we stay quiet, they

will think they can hike the costs up whenever they want to. At least we can

express how we feel about it. If you agree, please copy and paste the link

below into your browser and sign the e-petition. If not, sorry to have

bothered you.

petitions. ... tificates/.

Chris

History of the villages of

Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight

southernlife.org.uk

Re: Crilley

Margaret Crilley of Newry was my great grand aunt. Her brother William Crilley was my great grandfather. I am interested in getting some information on him and Margaret

David Hayes

Re: WINDEBANK

Hi,

I've been trying to find out something about my mothers eldest sister and a couple of names stated on your site are reletive to me so I just thought I'd drop you a line.

Kathleen WINDEBANK (nee IRISH) was born in Havant, Hampshire, UK in 1906. She was the eldest sibling of Joseph IRISH and Ada JELLETT.

If this name has any meaning to your family tree and you wish to get in touch or have any information regarding Kathleen WINDEBANK my email is

CnicusUK@aol.com

Sincerely

Colin Llewellyn.

This book, that someone keeps trying to sell at around the four hundred quid mark, someone's just put a copy on at only ten pounds. That's Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales, illustrated by Harry Clarke. Not my Harry, this Harry.

Re: WINDEBANKtrying to trace windebanks Bently hants,have other info re windebank back to Thomas Reade Magna Charter

Re: Family Tree

Hello,

I recognze some of the names in your tree that apprear in mine as well. I'm unsure if they truly match but if we could help each other in our searches I would be very greatful.

Clare's great great aunt Margaret Clarke (nee Crilley) has painted a stamp, we ordered some and they just arrived today:

It was issued for St Patrick's day and we only just found out when a relative was visiting from Ireland.

Margaret Clarke is Clare's great aunt TWICE, beat that! Margaret Clarke was married to Harry Clarke, and Margaret's sister Mary married Harry's brother Walter. Walter and Mary are Clare's great grand parents. There is no connection we can find to our Clarkes, but if anyone has any info on Walter and Harry's father Joshua who moved to Ireland from Leeds, or his father (Gilbert maybe?) please do chip in...

See here. A M Thomson is preparing a list of all the Harry Clarke windows in Ireland and the UK:

The bulk of Clarke's work is to be found in Ireland, but a few very signicant pieces can be seen at the following places:-

Cambridgeshire: Ely Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral; St Wilfred & St John Berchmans 1927 (made for Downahill Convent, Glasgow) (1 light)

Cheshire: St Mary's, Nantwich; Virgin & Child flanked by St Cecilia & St George 1920 (3 lights)

Dorset: St Mary's, Sturminster Newton; Virgin & Child flanked by St Elizabeth of Hungary & St Barbara 1921 (3 lights)

Durham: St Cuthbert's. Old Elvet; Sts Cuthbert, William Bede, Thomas Plumtree & Blessed Thomas Percy 1930-1 (2 lights)

(Hertfordshire: St Michael's, Waterford; St Cecilia Design only - it was freely executed from Clarke's drawings by Karl Parsons, whose work it otherwise entirely appears to be)

Lancashire: St Oswald & St Edmund, Ashton in Makerfield; 7 windows (each of one light) from 1930, Sts John, Clare, Ita, Juliana Falconieri, Paschal Baylon, Catherine of Siena, Tarcisius

London: Victoria & Albert Museum; Figure of Christ above small Crucifix (1 light - probably executed after Clarke's death from his original drawing)

Rutland; Private chapel, Exton Park; Blessed Oliver Plunkett & Thomas More 1926 (2 lights)

Sussex: Ashdown Park Hotel (formerly convent chapel of Our Lady)near East Grinstead; Immaculate Conception with St Anne 1925 (3 lights)

The following 7 windows all of 2 lights from 1925;-

Immaculate Conception & Visitation

Mary's Presentation & Annunciation

Visitation & Espousal

Our Lady, Queen of Angels

Holy Family & Presentation of Jesus

Adoration of Magi & Descent of Holy Ghost

Assumption & Coronation of Mary

Warwickshire: All Saints, Bedworth; Sts John, Peter, Paul & Luke 1929 (4 lights)

Scotland: Notre Dame College, Bearsden, Glasgow (moved from Downahill Convent, Glasgow); Coronation of Mary 1923 (3 lights)

Mother of Sorrows 1926 (3 lights)

Blessed Julie & Visitation 1927 (1 light)

Wales: All Saints, Penarth; Simeon with Infant Christ 1928 (1 light)

St Michael giving Law to Moses & Annunciation 1930 (2 lights)

Windows executed after Clarke's death by Harry Clarke Studios of Dublin include the following

Cheshire: RC church, Knutsford,; Crucifixion (3 lights)

London St George's Cathedral, Southwark. East window, Crucifixion (9 lights)

West window, Coronation of Mary (6 lights)

Hi, I am trying to track down my paternal great grandfather Robert Clarke. Because my grandfather died in 1942 when my dad was not yet 2 yrs old we have very little info except what i recently have managed to uncover. Robert is the son of Harry Clarke and Mary Ann Martha nee Ray. Harry was born 1852 in Cosham and he is the son of Henry and Maria nee warren. Robert was a bit 'fly' by what we can gather. he had a marriage ceremony with Florence Crouch of Kings Somborne but the marriage was not official and Florence was able to obtain a maintenance order for Thomas in 1917 when Thomas was about 4. They had 2 daughters older than Thomas so an order was needed as they were of working age. However Robert disappears from my records and we don't know where he went, if he remarried and if we have any half siblings of Thomas. My dad had no full blood siblings and we spent many years as a small family as his mum remarried and he was excluded from the new family which existed until my grandmother's death 3 years ago. we would love to make some connections and would love any help. I was contacted by a distant relative 3rd cousin or so who helped me sort out a tree and with that info we go back to Abraham Clarke 1720ish. Help?

Regards Karen Cresswell nee Clark(e)

Re: Mary SHERWOOD Hello, I was wondering if Mary Evelina Sherwood was the Evelina Sherwood who married Joseph Gross and had a daugher Selina Sherwood

born in Kingston, Portsmouth, Hants on 12th December 1853. Selina is my husband's ancestor. Thanks, Sandra