Showing posts with label #FamilyHistory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #FamilyHistory. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 May 2025

A-Z Challenge 2025: Reflections

It was a case of “Once more unto the breach” and before I knew it I had planned to take part in the #AtoZChallenge for a second time.  Again, I decided to do it on my #OnePlaceStudy of Cuckfield, West Sussex, England.

Last year I chose topics for each day quite randomly but this year chose the Theme of People Connections with thanks to Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social , my #OnePlaceStudy buddy.  You can find her blog and One Place Study of Sudborne using this link. https://sudbourne.wordpress.com/list-of-posts/

I took onboard some of the ideas I reflected on last year and started scheduling posts earlier and having a spreadsheet of possible topics that I have unashamedly cribbed from other #AtoZChallenge bloggers or even just general reading of genealogy through magazines, social media and newsletters I subscribe to.  This year I have added Theme suggestions to the spreadsheet and will be thinking of those throughout the year.  It makes it sound like I have enjoyed doing it and have plans for next year; I certainly hope too.

The theme of People Connected to Cuckfield gave me a different range of topics I could blog about from buildings, organisations, census, occcupations to name a few.  In more detail they were:

A for anniversaries

B for baptisms

C for Cuckfield Parish Church Vicars

D for Death

E for Earning a Living

F for First World War

G for Gamekeepers

H for Hatchlands

I for Isaac Leeney

J for Journeymen

K for Kings Head

L for Literary Connections

M for Marriages

N for Nurse

O for Obituaries

P for Postmaster/Mistress

Q for Quassilarious

R for The Rose and Crown

S for Schooling

T for Tentercroft

U for Union Workhouse

V for Volunteers

W for The White Harte

X for X marks on documents

Y for ???

Z for zigzagging


Thank you to all those who have followed my journey during April and also to those who made comments.


Sunday, 29 September 2024

More burials 1857 - Holy Trinity Church

 More burials from 1857; so again, are you searching for these names:


BEARD

BENNETT

GALLARD

HAYLER

KNIGHT

MOBBS

REEVES


You can find the entries here in the pre 1880 burials

Website: Cuckfield Compendium

Thursday, 26 September 2024

Burials 1857 - Holy Trinity Church

 

The focus changes from the baptisms I entered during August to burials that I have uploaded today.

Do you have any ancestors that might have been buried in 1857 in Cuckfield?  Take a look at these names and if they sound familiar then head on over to the website to see them and other entries.

AGATE
HOLDEN
ANSCOMBE
HOBBS
ATTREE
FALKNER
BACHELOR
BROOMFIELD

Cuckfield Compendium website can be found here and use this link for the 1857 burials 


Monday, 22 April 2024

A-Z Challenge 2024: April 22. S:- Sussex families on a website


This is a call out to people who have a website for their Sussex family or who know of a website for a Sussex Family.  Obviously I would be even more pleased if it linked to family from Cuckfield.

I only have one website currently listed on Cuckfield Compendium and am keen to add more.  Can you help?


Visit my website, Cuckfield Compendium

Search on X(Twitter):  #AtoZChallenge2024

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

New Baptisms 1808

 New Baptisms have been added for 1808.  






Fitting that two of the baptisms (Hayler and Streeter) were on 28th February when this was posted.



Do go to the Cuckfield Companion website if you have an interest in these surnames.


Wednesday, 21 February 2024

New Baptisms 1735 and 1811

 New Baptisms have been added for 1735 and 1811.  I am slowly finding more records to fill in the gaps.

Surnames include:

Gibson
Knight
Rowland
Mitchell
Purser
Gallard
Stearly
Picknall

Do go to the Cuckfield Companion website if you have an interest in these surnames.


Wednesday, 17 January 2024

New Baptisms 1891 and Marriages 1892

 New entries on the 1890 onwards Baptisms page on the Cuckfield Compendium website here

Rist
Godsmark


 New entries on the 1880 onwards Marriages page on the Cuckfield Compendium website here

Bowley
Britt
Champs
Chatfield
Cooler
Fraser
Hanbury-Tracy
Godsmark
Sergison
Steer
Stoner
White




Sunday, 7 January 2024

New Baptisms in 1701, 1701/2 and 1702

 New entries on the 1700s Baptisms page on the Cuckfield Compendium website here.


Do you have these names in your family history?

Names:  

Rowborough
Elliot
Staning
Haysman
Vans
Bannister
Bodel
Mitchell
Parsons
Lock
Virgoe
Burtenshaw
Purvey
Green


Sunday, 19 November 2023

New Baptisms

  New baptism information has been added to this page on the Cuckfield Compendium website.





Do you have the surnames:

  • Potter
  • Gillam
  • Humphry
  • Pearl
  • Comper
  • Smith
  • White
  • Osburn
  • Edwards
  • Chatfield
  • Halcomb

Saturday, 11 November 2023

Sunday, 22 October 2023

New Baptisms

 New baptism information has been added to this page on the Cuckfield Compendium website.


Do you have the surnames:

  • Jones
  • Nye
  • Sanders
  • Warden
  • Tilt
  • Chatfield
  • Haselgrove
  • Green
  • Swain
  • Potter
  • Savage
  • Gander
  • Ives
  • Stanbridge

Saturday, 7 October 2023

A New Era

 I have created this blog to complement my One Place Study website of Cuckfield Compendium.  Sometimes there are snippets of information or analysis of information on the website that just do not merit a page of it's own.  I am also hoping that by increasing its presence on the internet and social media will result in more people being helped in their family and local history.

More will be posted soon but for the moment I have just created this introductory post and put information in the About page.