Hi List,
I found the Sheffield forum by chance and if it is okay thought I might ask a question.
I am interested in family history and I wondered if there was anyone out there with similar interests.
Looking for anyone researching the Revills, Hackets,Gillotts in Sheffield. Lingards in Sheffield and Eckington, Watkinson's in Sheffield.Any advice welcome as I have hit a brick wall with my Revills and Lingards.
Thanks Everyone.
Cher:thumbsup:

When I am not ******* about on this Forum (wonder if that word will be edited by the mighty force that is this great facility) I am also a bit of an addict on this front myself, having spent 20 years hard at it.

If you need help of a more general nature then please do PM me and I will do my best to point you in the direction of your ancestors and their homesteads

I may be able to help you on the Lingards, does Frank ring any bells.
The Gillotts i know two sets of them and the revell family to, maybe theres a connection.
Mrs Revillle was of German origin, are we close.

UPDATE

Sorry mistake, i meant Mrs Lingard was of German Origin not Reville.
I have emailed you.

There was a Lingard who was a professional photographer who had his business on Churchdale Road Frecheville during the 1940-50 perion. Hope that is useful

Hi List,
Sorry for my slow response to your replies. For some reason I have had no notification of anyone replying to my posting. Must be some problem my side<vbg>
I would love to hear from all of you especially the Cycleracer.
My Email addy is shirley.oakman@therevills.freeserve.co.uk
Thanks to all
Cher:thumbsup:

Hi Cher
I know of a Donna Lingard who lived on the Manor estate in Sheffield until around 1972,she now lives near Boston Lincs.Hope it may help.

If anyone is researching their family tree in Sheffield, they ought to subscribe to the Sheffield Rootsweb digest.

Just send an email to

ENG-SHEFFIELD-D-request@rootsweb.com

with the word 'subscribe' in the main body of the email and you'll be able to ask/answer as many questions as you want.

I knew a frank lingard lived at wincobank.
there were some revills lived there too.

Originally posted by cher


Any advice welcome as I have hit a brick wall with my Revills and Lingards.
Thanks Everyone.


Search the 1901 Census.


Click Here (http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.html) then Click Person Search.

Originally posted by Yorkie
Search the 1901 Census.


Click Here (http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.html) then Click Person Search.

I tried this site Yorkie.It couldn't find me,my wife or my mother,after that I gave up.

last year i found some of mine on the census for the 1800s.
is it 1881 or something.
i also found a lot of records of my family on the http://www.familysearch.org/ try all the different search indexes on the left.
this search site is run by the church of latter day saints,
who are a charity that specialise in birth marriage and death records.
but i have tried the 1901 census site and find it cant find anything
at all. its a bit rubbish.

no mr fogg,
you wouldn't, not unless you were around in 1901.

last year i found some of mine on the census for the 1800s.is it 1881 or something.

Oh dear!

The National Census takes place every 10 years (the last one was in 2001) and has done since 1801. However the early ones (1801 - 1831) were not much good to genealogists as they only listed numbers of people and not names. From 1841, names, addresses and ages were given (later including occupations) and the 1881 census, which is available on CD-rom, was the first one to be released 'en bloc' for ordinary Joe Public like me and you to buy and search at leisure.

i also found a lot of records of my family on the http://www.familysearch.org/ try all the different search indexes on the left.this search site is run by the church of latter day saints,
who are a charity that specialise in birth marriage and death records.


The Church of the Latter Day Saints is not a charity but actually a church (they are better known as the Mormons) and their followers belive in the 'family' as the be all and end all. That is why they collect family data and store it away. Their base is in Salt Lake city in Utah, where they have a massive underground storage place containing millions of records, which are of immense use to amateur genealogists like me. They run many local family research centres (ours is at Grenoside) where you can go and do your research.

Tara - are you sure that the people you have found are your family and not just people with the same surname? Have you checked your sources from parish records, civil records etc.

If you can't find someone on the 1901 census (which was the last one to be released (they can only be released after 100 years have elapsed), then start with yourself and work back, using birth, marriage and death certificates. I'm sure you'll find someone then, rather than just taking pot luck.

Hope this helps.

Yes its my family.
I have my family tree on genes connected.
I also found a long lost relative on the genes connected site
who was also researching my family .with the info i found she sent for a copy of my great grandfathers marriage certificate
etc.
ive been at this for 3 yrs now .
but at first i got the wrong line.
but then matched everything up with the right one .i already had the info from other census but wanted to try the same family on the 1901 sensus to see where they were living then.

Originally posted by tara
no mr fogg,
you wouldn't, not unless you were around in 1901.

I know Tara,but my grandparents were and their names drew a blank as well.

Don't know if it's any help - but there was a 'Lingard's' hardware store on Langsett Road maybe up into the late 1970's/early 80's.
I remember going there with my dad for nails - there were literally thousands of tiny drawers with all sorts of nails, screws...allsorts. It was kind of like the wand shop in the Harry Potter movies....err....but with hardware. :)

In fact - you can see a picture of it in it's prime here:

http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgl/s00792.jpg

(H A Lingard, Ironmonger, Nos 320 & 322, Langsett Road)

Originally posted by mr.fogg
I know Tara,but my grandparents were and their names drew a blank as well.

Have you tried slightly different spellings of their surname, the 1901 census commisioned by the PRO has got to be the worst containing transcription errors. I bet they are on there somewhere but my guess is that their name has been transcribed slightly different or even omitted from the data base.

For example if their surname was "Birgin"

try Burgin, Birgen etc.

mr. fogg
i tried all relations but touched lucky on my grandfather on that latter day saints site.
have you joined genes connected.-a branch off from friends reunited.

Thanks Tara. I will keep it up and see who I can find.

Originally posted by mr.fogg
Hi Cher
I know of a Donna Lingard who lived on the Manor estate in Sheffield until around 1972,she now lives near Boston Lincs.Hope it may help. Hi Donna Lingard is my sister inlaw & yes she is living in Boston & she is a nurse at the Boston Pilgrim Hospital.

Originally posted by mr.fogg
I tried this site Yorkie.
Click Here (http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.html) then Click Person Search. It couldn't find me, my wife or my mother, after that I gave up.




Never give up on family.

Join Sheffield Archives on Shoreham Street and search all their Birth, Marriage and Death records since 1837. You obtain a reference number from them and then go to the Registry Office to obtain a Birth Certificate etc. They were £7.50 each - 4 years ago when I last bought some.

It's worth it - although you can't hug a family tree - you can leave behind a worthwhile document for your future generations to look back on, perhaps with some early 21st Century comments and photo's for them to treasure.

Originally posted by Yorkie
Never give up on family.

Join Sheffield Archives on Shoreham Street and search all their Birth, Marriage and Death records since 1837. You obtain a reference number from them and then go to the Registry Office to obtain a Birth Certificate etc. They were £7.50 each - 4 years ago when I last bought some.


If you cant get there in person due to work etc, you can do it all online from the comfort of your home.

You can search the Birth, Marriage and Death records 1837+ pay per view at www.1837online.com

Alternatively for free at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
but be aware the records on this site are not 100% complete as they're still in progress transcribing them.

Finally once you've found the reference number for your certificate you can order them online at:

www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp#0

Each certificate costs £7.00 to order online and takes approx one week to arrive, longer if the gro are busy.

Originally posted by tosh13
Hi Donna Lingard is my sister inlaw & yes she is living in Boston & she is a nurse at the Boston Pilgrim Hospital.

Hi Tosh13
Please give Donna my best regards. Hope shes keeping fine.


Mr.Fogg(John)

Will do John, although we only see her about 3 times a year.I will gladly pass on your greetings.Cheers Tosh

Thanks a lot Tosh.Cheers

Hi John Donna is over for a few day's & sends her best regards cheers Tosh

ive waited about 8 days now the gro must be busy.

i knew a family with the name hackett. they lived at 171 douglas road parkwood springs.
john the father, sylvia the mother, john the son, kieth the son, who is now a famous football referee, stephen a son, and denise was the only daughter

Hi Cher

I am a granddaughter of an Oakman, I was just wondering what your connection was.

I am trying to trace some bits about the oakman tree.

Hope you dont mind

Thanks
Ducktoes

i hsve been doing my family tree on my pc for 3 years and havemade contact with descendents of my g/g/grandparents in Brisbane
Montrealand California which has enabled me to trace my family tree back into the early 1600,s

i have just subscribed to www.ancestry.co.uk , for the 1891 census,i have found this reallyhelpful and have gathered a lot of information. when searching the 1901 census,i found a lot of the men head of household missing due to them serving in the armed forces ,it cost me £25 for 3mnths registration, or you can pay £6 for 20 views.

Originally posted by cher
Hi List,
I found the Sheffield forum by chance and if it is okay thought I might ask a question.
I am interested in family history and I wondered if there was anyone out there with similar interests.
Looking for anyone researching the Revills, Hackets,Gillotts in Sheffield. Lingards in Sheffield and Eckington, Watkinson's in Sheffield.Any advice welcome as I have hit a brick wall with my Revills and Lingards.
Thanks Everyone.
Cher:thumbsup:

Hi Cher
only just seen your post and thought l'd put my two pennies worth in. M y best friend as a kid was a Terry Revill, l'm talking sixty years ago, there was his Mother Father and an elder brother and they lived at 59 Studley road Darnall. Hope there's a connection

Hi.
Used to go to school with a certain John Watkinson if that helps. Still have contact details. Cheers

I knew a Joe Revill a Arthur Lingard and there was a large family of Gillots in the park district but this is many many moons ago,Arthur.