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Shame on You "Burke's Peerage"
I am indebted to Dot Akhurst in Caerphilly for sending me a "mailer" advertising "The Burke's Peerage World Book of Akhursts".
At £21.95 it is not cheap and for what it's worth it is a "worldwide list of families bearing the Akhurst surname today". They've used "highly sophisticated computer resources throughout the world to compile this one-off issue". - CD ROM based telephone Directories.
Then I looked further into the approval form and find the following in small print.
"Use of the Burke's Peerage name is solely granted under a licensing agreement with Halbert's Family Heritage, Div. Numa Corp, Bath, Ohio USA."
Ask anyone of our American researchers about Halberts.
As Dot says, " I know of other people who have bought books relating to their name, interesting but not much help toward their family history". Another one to watch out for is "Family Tree Book of Knowledge", published by Parkes. Glamorgan FHS were never very happy with their business.
For what it is worth, we do have a list of 779 Akehursts From "The World of Akehursts" around the world supplied by Morwenna Akehurst Ed.
Australian Links
Colin Ackehurst in Melbourne has traced his Ancestry back to John Akehurst born about 1797 possibly in Kent. However, his family tree shows 3 variations of the family name.
Starting of as Akehurst, but when his GG(GF) married in 1821 at Etchingham Sussex the signature in the Parish Registry is John Akurst but the banns in the name of Akehurst. The 1881 census entry for his G(GF) George (b.1836) shows a spelling change from Akehurst to Ackehurst. The name has stuck ever since.
To assist the search further, Bill Parsons in Horsham sent some details of his research showing G(GF) , George, being the son of John & Mary but also having 1 brother and 4 sisters. The entries for the surnames show Ackhurst, 3 times, Akhurst 2 times and George as Akurst.
It's amazing what's out there!
In 1888 Melbourne, Victoria, staged an International Exhibition. Officials were issued with an identity pass/card, some having photographs attached.
Today we take ID photographs for granted, but it must have been an achievement over a century ago. Only four of the original twelve albums exist.
Whilst scanning the index of the 1000 remaining photographs, I came across two of us'. They are Ackehurst (no initials), representing Felton Guillcaume & CO, and W.J.Akhurst representing the Illustrated London News.
The Victorian Public Records Office will make copies of the photographs available, for a small charge. Contact David Evans for further information. David Evans November 1995
Kent, London & Sussex FHS
Are any of you members of Family History Societies, particularly in South Eastern England?
It would be useful for us to know if any of the local FHS have Akehursts registered in their Members' Interest Directories.
If so, can our UK researchers provide us with a list of Akehurst references in the various FHS Members' interest Directories? Could be a useful way of helping to connect us.
Marriage Indicies
Often, the names of witnesses to a marriage provide helpful genealogical leads.
For a number of years, work has been proceeding on building the Australian, New Zealand, and UK Marriage Witness Indexes.
Submissions contain the names of the witnesses/bride/groom, and location and date of the marriage, as well as the submittals name and address.
Submitting the details from our marriage certificates (not just those relating to Akehurst) is an unusual (and free!) way to advertise our areas of interest. Contact an 'electronic Akehurst' for further information.
Supreme Court Victoria
The transcripts of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Criminal Sessions) have recently been indexed for the period Nov 1850 to Dec 1865.
I am indebted to Dot Akhurst in Caerphilly for sending me a "mailer" advertising "The Burke's Peerage World Book of Akhursts".
At £21.95 it is not cheap and for what it's worth it is a "worldwide list of families bearing the Akhurst surname today". They've used "highly sophisticated computer resources throughout the world to compile this one-off issue". - CD ROM based telephone Directories.
Then I looked further into the approval form and find the following in small print.
"Use of the Burke's Peerage name is solely granted under a licensing agreement with Halbert's Family Heritage, Div. Numa Corp, Bath, Ohio USA."
Ask anyone of our American researchers about Halberts.
As Dot says, " I know of other people who have bought books relating to their name, interesting but not much help toward their family history". Another one to watch out for is "Family Tree Book of Knowledge", published by Parkes. Glamorgan FHS were never very happy with their business.
For what it is worth, we do have a list of 779 Akehursts From "The World of Akehursts" around the world supplied by Morwenna Akehurst Ed.
Australian Links
Colin Ackehurst in Melbourne has traced his Ancestry back to John Akehurst born about 1797 possibly in Kent. However, his family tree shows 3 variations of the family name.
Starting of as Akehurst, but when his GG(GF) married in 1821 at Etchingham Sussex the signature in the Parish Registry is John Akurst but the banns in the name of Akehurst. The 1881 census entry for his G(GF) George (b.1836) shows a spelling change from Akehurst to Ackehurst. The name has stuck ever since.
To assist the search further, Bill Parsons in Horsham sent some details of his research showing G(GF) , George, being the son of John & Mary but also having 1 brother and 4 sisters. The entries for the surnames show Ackhurst, 3 times, Akhurst 2 times and George as Akurst.
It's amazing what's out there!
In 1888 Melbourne, Victoria, staged an International Exhibition. Officials were issued with an identity pass/card, some having photographs attached.
Today we take ID photographs for granted, but it must have been an achievement over a century ago. Only four of the original twelve albums exist.
Whilst scanning the index of the 1000 remaining photographs, I came across two of us'. They are Ackehurst (no initials), representing Felton Guillcaume & CO, and W.J.Akhurst representing the Illustrated London News.
The Victorian Public Records Office will make copies of the photographs available, for a small charge. Contact David Evans for further information. David Evans November 1995
Kent, London & Sussex FHS
Are any of you members of Family History Societies, particularly in South Eastern England?
It would be useful for us to know if any of the local FHS have Akehursts registered in their Members' Interest Directories.
If so, can our UK researchers provide us with a list of Akehurst references in the various FHS Members' interest Directories? Could be a useful way of helping to connect us.
Marriage Indicies
Often, the names of witnesses to a marriage provide helpful genealogical leads.
For a number of years, work has been proceeding on building the Australian, New Zealand, and UK Marriage Witness Indexes.
Submissions contain the names of the witnesses/bride/groom, and location and date of the marriage, as well as the submittals name and address.
Submitting the details from our marriage certificates (not just those relating to Akehurst) is an unusual (and free!) way to advertise our areas of interest. Contact an 'electronic Akehurst' for further information.
Supreme Court Victoria
The transcripts of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Criminal Sessions) have recently been indexed for the period Nov 1850 to Dec 1865.