July 25, 2006, Located and added the 1840 will of John Etty, of Moor Crichel, Dorsetshire shedding more light on his children Charles, Fanny and James Bristow Etty as well as adding his brothers Joseph and William Etty.

May 26, 2006, Added the 1884 death registration of Maria (Childs) Gillard of Bradford Abbas, Dorset

May 2, 2006, Added the 1851 marriage registration of Maria Childs and Henry Gillard of Sherborne, Dorset.

February 7, 2006 , added more details of the Turnbull - Stewart families of Dundee, Scotland and Jarrow, Durham.

December 22, 2005, added the 1887 death registration of Daniel Butler, Engine Fitter of St. Helens, Lancs
Added the 1900 death registration of Mrs Margaret Butler, Widow of Daniel Butler, Engine Fitter , of St. Helens, Lancs.

December 19, 2005, added the 1853 birth registration of William Moore, son of James Moore and Eliza (Sanders) Moore of Eardisland, Herefordshire.

December 13, 2005, Added the 1839 death registration of William Henry Farwell Kellaway, age 58, of Norton, Somersetshire. Added the 1876 death registration of Jane Eliza (Kellaway) Etty, age 60, of Portsea, Dorset.

December 9, 2005, added the 1872 marriage registration of John Butler and Betsy Harrison, of St. Helens and Parr, Lancashire. Added the 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 census record of John's father Daniel Butler. Added the 1891 census record of Margaret Butler, the widow of Daniel Butler and mother of John Butler.

December 6, 2005, Received by mail, the 1889 death registration of Charles Etty, age 67, retired Clerk of Works, Portsea, Hampshire. transcribed and added image to the web site vital page.

December 5, 2005, Examining the Kellaway family of Dorset. Located the 1851 census record of the widow Elizabeth Kellaway born Weymouth with her daughter Sophia in Portland, Dorset. Located Elizabeth Kellaway again on the 1861 census in Weymouth, Dorset with her spinster daughter Mary A Kellaway. Located Mary and her sister Sophia living in same household on the 1871 census in Weymouth, Dorset. Located Mary A Kellaway again on the 1891 census, still in Weymouth.

Searched the death registrations and ordered from the GRO , what is likely to be the death registrations of the mother Elizabeth Kellaway (Dec 1867) and the spinster daughter Mary Ann Kellaway (Dec 1894). Ordered both from the GRO.

Located the death registration of William Henry F Kellaway, June qtr 1839. . Ordered same from GRO.

Located the death registration of Jane Eliza (Kellaway) Etty, Sept qtr, 1876, Portsea . Ordered same from GRO.

December 4, 2005, located the 1851 census records in Eardisley, Hereford showing 3 year old William Saunders with grandparents James and Eleanor Saunders, age 67 and 68 living on Eardisley Common, matching the 1848 birth registration of William Sanders. note various spellings here. A search of the LDS IGI files for Eardisley parish registers finds the 1829 christening of Eliza Saunders, the 1826 christening of Joseph Saunders, parents being James and Elinor Saunders. with their marriage shown as 9 July 1826 in Eardisley. (James Saunders and Elinor Philpots)

Located christening record of James Saunders, 14 Nov 1784, in Eardisley, Herefordshire, mother= Mary Saunders

Located possible death registrations for James and Eleanor Saunders, (1857 and 1858)

Located the 1851 census record of William Moore, age 22, living in Stoke Prior, Hereford, born Tuckford, Shropshire, which matches the 1861 census for him after his marriage to Eliza.

Located the 1851 census for our 2 year old Elizabeth Thornton, now living with her grandfather William Roberts, age 68 and 26 year old aunt Elizabeth Roberts in Boresford. (2 miles. S. E. Knighton)
Located the 1851 census record of Elizabeth's parents John and Esther Thornton, in Bedstone, Shropshire. (ages 27 and 26)

November 28, 2005. received the 1859 birth registration of Jane Gillard, father: Henry Gillard and mother Maria (Childs) Gillard, born April 11th, 1859, Dodge Cross Hill, Sherborne, Dorset.

November 27, 2005, made further research made into the Kellaway family of Dorset. Located what appears to be the father of Jane Eliza Kelllaway, being one William Henry Farwell Kellaway and wife Elizabeth. The parish records of Broadway, Dorset will be ordered for more detailed research.

Located a index death registration of one Charles Etty, death registered in Portsea, March qtr of 1889 at age 67. This looks just right and the death registration was ordered from the GRO, England.

November 21, 2005, Retained the firm of Achievement of Canterbury to examine birth registrations looking for our William Childs, born about 1845-1846 in or around the south of England.

November 19, 2005, continued examination the Church of England parish transcripts for the parish of Evershot, Dorsetshire, extracting the baptism, marriage and burial records for the Childs families of Evershot.

November 14,15, 2005, conducted extensive research into the Childs families of Evershot, North Wootton and Sherborne, Dorsetshire and extended the family history of the Childs project back a few more generations. and noted the close ties between the Childs and the Gillard families. Extended the Gillard family research.

November 11, 2005, added the 1913 death registration of William Childs, grandfather of Victor Childs, and licensed victualler of England's Gate Inn, Bodenham, Herefordshire, England.

Researched further the family of William Childs, born 1847 (see October 25) and had to conclude that this 1847 birth registration does not apply to our William Childs who later became a butler and a publican of the England's Gate Inn in Bodenham, Hereford.

October 27, 2005, Added the 1851 census record for the family of Charles and Jane E Etty , now of Alverstoke, Hampshire.

October 25, 2005. received the 1847 birth registration of William Childs, born Evershot, father: William Childs, mother: Elizabeth (Palmer) of Evershot, Dorset. Added the 1848 birth registration of William Sanders , mother= Eliza Sanders of Eardisley Parish, Herefordshire, proving out the name of the future wife of William Moore as shown on the census record of Eardisland in 1861..

Received and added the 1908 death registration of Jane (Etty) Childs, age 61 years, wife of William Childs, of the Englands Gate Inn, Bodenham, Herefordshire.

October 12, 2005, added the 1842 marriage registration of Charles Etty, age 21, and Jane Eliza Kellaway, age 23, both of Merriott, Somersetshire. His occupation: surveyor, fathers= John Etty, (Gent) and William Henry Kellaway (Gent)

October 5, 2005, added the obituaries of Jack Wayne Childs and his wife Jane (McQuire) Childs of Duncan B.C. Added the children of this couple as per the obituaries. Added the death and burial dates of John Childs (1885-1964) of Barrie, Ontario.

October 4, 2005. received the 1932 death registration of one Elizabeth Moore, age 72 of The Broads Farm, Leominster and found that she was the wife of William Francis Moore as indicated on the death registration and not the mother of Jessie Moore. This Elizabeth was the wife of Jessie's older brother William. Located the 1891 and the 1901 census records for this William Moore and found that William and his younger brother Charles were working on the farm owned by the widow Elizabeth James in 1901. William Moore and Elizabeth James later married in 1903.

Received the 1914 birth registration Eric Childs Moore, born 1914, the son of Jessie Moore of Hereford.
Received the 1849 birth registration of Elizabeth Thornton, daughter of John Thornton and Esther Roberts of Weston, Stowe Parish, Shropshire.

Sept 30, 2005, ordered the 1842 marriage registration for Charles Etty and Jane Eliza Kellaway, registered in Chard, June qtr 1842.

Sept 28, 2005, added further details as provided by Vic Childs regarding deaths and spouses of his Childs siblings. Ordered the birth registration from the GRO for Eric C Moore, december qtr of 1914, registered in Hereford.

Sept 27, 2005, added photos of Victor and Viola (Butler) Childs to the web family web site.
Ordered from the GRO the 1932 death registration of an Elizabeth Moore, registered in Weobley, June qtr, 1932. Ordered from the GRO the birth registration of an Elizabeth Thornton, registered in Knighton, Sept qtr, 1849. Transcribed the cenus records of 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 for James Moore and Elizabeth (Thornton) Moore.

Sept 20, 2005, located and ordered the 1915 marriage registration of John Childs and Jessie Moore, registered in Weobley.. Located and ordered the 1924 birth registration of Victor Childs. expect 10 day delivery of both.

Sept 10, 2005, Printed off a 24 page interim family history for Vic Childs and Viola Butler.

July 19, 2005, received and added the 1847 birth registration of Jane Eliza Etty, showing parents to be Charles Etty, occupation land surveyor and Jane Eliza Etty formerly Kellaway, both of Valentine Cottage, Parkstone, Dorset.

July 13, 2005, received and added the marriage registration of Frank Punter and Isabelle Stuart Turnbul, May 18, 1879 of Woolwich, London...... Received and added the 1847 marriage registration of John Thornton and Esther Roberts of Presteign Parish, County of Radnor and Hereford..... Received and added the 1883 birth registration of Herbert Butler, son of John William Butler and Betsy Butler, formerly Harrison. of Sutton, St. Helens, Lancashire

Added the 1881 census record of Frank and Isabelle Punter of Woolwich, London.

July 10, 2005, received and transcribed the 1869 marriage registration of William Childs and Jane Eliza Etty. The marriage took place in the Parish Church of Aldershot, Hampshire, Feb 5th, 1869.

Ordered the 1847 birth registration of Jane Eliza Etty, registered June qtr, 1847 in Poole , vol 8, page 69.

Added the 1881 census record from Portsea, Hampshire for Charles Etty (age 59) and his daughter Julia Etty (age 23).

July 10, 2005, setup the web site to include a "What's New" page to make it easier to determine which family data is newly presented.