The Isle of Axholme Family History Society

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Why not take a look at our Glass Slides page and few of the photos and see if there is anything that you find familiar. We would really like to know who the Vicar is who is on many slides along with his wife and children, because we think that it may have been him who was the main photographer of the slides. We also think that he may have come from somewhere in the North East of England as some of the slides show "Darlington" and a poster advertising a football match between "United and Jarrow" in the North-Eastern League, at the Victoria Ground on the 3rd of September (no year given), although a poster next to it shows a date of 1910.

Isle of Axholme 1841, 1851 & 1861 Census CD's now available

We have now completed producing a CD version of the 1841, 1851 and 1861 Census transcriptions that cover the whole of the Isle of Axholme. It is a fully searchable database by either Surname or Household. The following parishes are included on the CD's. Althorpe, Amcotts, Belton, Crowle, Eastoft (Yorks & Lincs) Epworth, Garthorpe, Haxey, Luddington, West Butterwick, Owston Ferry & Wroot. Also covered are parts of the parishes of Adlingfleet, Ousefleet Reedness and Whitgift, as these are in the corner north of the Isle where the parish boundaries overlap with each other. The CD is now available from the Bookstall, and the price of these CD's will be £10 each (p&p for UK is 50p and the rest of the world is £1.00). We will be continuing the series with all the other census for the Isle in the near future, and we will still be producing the Census booklets for the individual parishes for those who require them in that format.

Journal on CD

The society has had all 79 of its journals dating back to 1987 digitised, and we have now put them altogether on a single CD which is available now from our Bookstall. It has been made searchable using Adobe Acrobat and will come with the latest edition of Adobe Reader. Many of the journals contain members interests from the Isle along with the regular family stories and info sent in by society members. The cost of the CD is £6.00, + 50p p&p(UK) and £1.00 for overseas postage, and is now available from our bookstall.

We seem to have had a very good response so far and many past and present members have sent for the CD. All the feedback we are getting tells us that the information contained on the CD has been very helpful in tracing other members researching the same surnames.

THE EPWORTH BELLS

'Hatches, Matches and Dispatches'

Part 1

A new booklet has been produced that includes all the Birth, Marriage and Death entries that can be found in the first editions of the Epworth Bells Newspaper from 1873 to 1879. Although there are only a few Births, there are 452 marriage and 825 death entries. Many of them also include details of other family members and relations that Parish Registers hardly ever contain. There are also some announcements for Isle folk that have moved to pastures new, 'Strays'. The booklet is now available on our bookstall and can be ordered on the Publications page.

1911 CENSUS NOW ON-LINE (but limited)

The 1911 census came on-line last night (12th Jan), but only a limited number of returns have been included. Looking down the list of counties the following have been included :-

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutlandshire, Shropshire, Somersetshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire & Yorkshire - West Riding.

The following are not currently available :-

Wales: Anglesey, Brecknockshire, Carnarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire.

England: Durham, Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire, East Riding and North Riding

Other: Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Royal Navy (ships at sea at time of census), Military Establishments (overseas)

Prices are :- 40 Credits it will cost £5. If you want to view 1 transcription it costs 10 credits (£1.25) and to see the original census page it costs 30 credits (£3.60)

At these prices, it really does make you appreciate the average pricetag of £2.50 on our bookstall for census' and registry transcriptions. Lets just hope that other genealogy sites can let us have the same information at a lower price!

If you want a few tips on searching the 1911 Census, you will find a few on the Computer Zone / Internet link on the main menu

Our next meeting

We welcome old and new members to our next meeting, the A.G.M., which wíll be held on the 28th April 2011 at the Wesley Memorial Hall in Epworth. There will be no speaker for the evening, but members will be able to do some family history research. Our Library and Bookstall will be open as usual, and light refreshments will be available. If you are not a member of the society, but just want to come down and see what a family history society is all about, you will be most welcome. We are very friendly and will try to advise the best we can.

Have you got family Photo's or Documents...well we want them!

We have recently taken on more internet space for the society and can now store more images of photographs and documents on the society web site. If you have any of the above that you would like to share with others researching their ancestry in the Isle of Axholme, send them into me at webmaster@axholme-fhs.org.uk and we will put them on the Photographs page.

Documents you could send in are scans of Birth, Baptism, Marriage Death and Burial Certificates. Scans of pages from Family Bibles, Diaries, Wills, Local Maps, Memoires, Membership Lists, Old Newspaper Cuttings Service Records etc.

Photographs accepted of People, Places, Events etc.

Please only send us items that are associated with the Isle of Axholme and its nearby villages.

Settlers in the Isle of Axholme

Research has been carried out by one of our members Jo McCann about Wills of settlers whose names are known to be connected with the Isle of Axholme. Jo has put a lot of time and effort into all the information she has unearthed, and she wants to share it with all those researching these early Isle names. We have given this project its own web page, so any future research can be added. We are very thankful to Jo for sharing this information with us, and copies will also be deposited in the society's Library. You can find it here , or follow the link on the menu bar.

On-Line Orders

We now have an on-line order page where you can buy certain items from our collection using your Paypal account. Remember, all orders will be shipped out the next working day, so no waiting for your order to arrive in the post. Have a look and see if there is a CD or Book that you want before the Christmas rush starts by going here!

Online Membership Application Form

Do you wish you could join the society quicker by paying online... Well you now can, as we now have a new Applications webpage where you can fill in an application form and pay your subscriptions securely with either Paypal or a Credit/Debit card. If you have an ebay account and pay for your items using Paypal, you will know how easy it is to use. Give it a try, you will be very impressed at the ease and speed that you can become a member. Do you live abroad and wish you could join without having to wait weeks for the postage, well this option is ideal for you. Just follow the menu to the Membership tab and look for the Online Application Form.

Important Information

The committee have recently appointed Mr. Gary Hobson as the new society treasurer.

If you apply for membership to the society, please send your application forms to Mr. Gary Hobson, 6 Newland View, Epworth. DN9 1SH. Cheques made payable to "Isle of Axholme Family History Society".

To make things a little easier, we have made a new payments page here on this website where you can apply for membership to the society using either Paypal or a Credit Card.

Isle of Axholme Family History Day

We have now started making arrangements for our bi-anual Family History Day which will be held on the Saturday 17th September 2011

at South Axholme Comprehensive School, Burnham Road, Epworth.

Our speakers for the day will be; Angus Townley - Drainage of the Isle, Malcolm Dolby - Along the Trent, and Eric Houlder History in Loo.

The cost for this years family history day will be £10, and if you require lunch this will be an extra £5.

Application forms are available for download at http://www.axholme-fhs.org.uk/files/fhda2011.pdf or attached to our July edition of the society magazine or from our secretary.

Our New Magazine Editor

Due to ill health, our present editor Mrs. Norma Neill, has had to step down from this post. She has been the editor of magazine for nearly as long as the society has been in existance except for the odd couple of issues.

This post has now been filled and Mr Steven Belcher is now our new magazine editor. We thank him very much for taking on this post and wish him the best for the future. Mr Belcher has also been co-opted onto the society's committee.

We are also in need of material for the next few editions. If you have a story, query or any news that you think is suitable, please send it in to us at editor@axholme-fhs.org.uk .

Overseas Membership News

Due to the high postage prices, we have decided that from next year all overseas members will receive their copy of the society magazine by either email or downloadable internet link. This will also help to get the magazine to overseas members at the same time as everyone else, and not the usual 2 to 3 weeks later.

We do hope that will not be too much of an inconvenience, but we think that it is a step forward in this time of electronic communications.