FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH

WHICH TEAM IS IT?

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Dear Scottie Press, In the past Scottie press has been an excellent resource for my family history .It has enabled me to both make contact with unknown cousins and obtain answers to unknown facts for which I am eternally grateful. I have attached a photo of my Grandfather Daniel Molyneux in a football team (circa 1905-10). He is in the front row second left. Do any of your readers' know which team this is? My grandfather and his brothers and sisters all lived around the Scotland Road area. Including Kew Street, Penryhn Street and mainly Louis Street. I have other photos all connected to some football team showing 'Days Out' and 'Off To A Match' but which team is it? Any information would be welcomed.
Daniel Molyneux - email Dmol@blueyonder.co.uk

LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE

Local Records Offices and Family History Societies often have records of people who lived in Liverpool's workhouses. Readers who know where the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral is located (Brownlow Hill) will recognise the area in this 1930s photograph albeit they may not have seen the area when dominated by the former 'Liverpool Workhouse'. The fear of seeking shelter in the workhouse was a very real one for many hard working families who could just not make ends meet in the overcrowded slum conditions in 19th century Liverpool. Life in the workhouse was intended to be as off putting as possible, for while inmates were provided with a bed, there was little in the way of home comforts. Agnes Jones was the first trained Nurse to come to Liverpool in 1865 at the request of William Rathbone to care for the sick and dying in the Workhouse Hospital in Brownlow Hill. Agnes worked with the sick and dying up until she died at the very early age of 36, but she left her mark on Nursing because many of the modern day practices are based on her work. Agnes Jones was a great friend of Florence Nightingale. The Scottie Press set up a webpage (in 2002), which pictures Agnes Jones - the Workhouse Hospital - Agnes Jones depicted in the stained-glass window in Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral - and the Angel Statue commissioned by William Rathbone in honour of Agnes Jones, which stood originally in the Workhouse Hospital. View http://www.scottiepress.org/projects/a_jones.htm There is also a huge amount of information and illustrations on Liverpool's workhouses at http://www.workhouses.org.uk

WHERE TO SEARCH

If you know the place of birth and the names of other family members it is usually a simple job to identify your ancestors on a wide range of Census data. Listed below are some of the sites where you will find Census returns for some or all of the following years - 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911.

Some of the most interesting pieces of information in the Census returns are usually found in the occupations column. Here you will often find very specific information, which gives an insight into the jobs our ancestors did. Information on Liverpool occupations in the 19th Century can be found at www.visionofbritain.org.uk

THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD

Dear Scottie Press, The attachment shows the front and back of the book written by my sister Nancy and the back gives the content along with a photo of Nancy when she was very young. The book can be ordered from bookshops by quoting the ISBN. I know it's been sold in Canada, Australia, America, Wales and England, but of course it's probably because we have relatives in those countries. It's not on the bookshop shelves, but I've managed to get it into my local library in Poole. In Milton Street (Off Scotland Road) we were parishioners of St Josephs and Nancy went to Bishop Goss School. In Vauxhall Gardens we belonged to St Mary's Highfield Street. (I now live in Highfield Road in Dorset) Nancy was married in St Josephs and both I and my late brother Vinny were married in St Mary's. When Vinny was buried the Funeral Mass was said at Holy Cross, as that was my Mothers Church at the time. My mate at that time was Jackie Mulhearn, who later became Father John Mulhearn S.J. and his brother Tony became, was and probably still is, active in Liverpool politics. They lived in Fontenoy Street, Liverpool 3. Jackie and I were in the Royal Navy together. Nancy has a provisional title for her second book, "The Grays of Liverpool", it is more the life of our family as told by us, but I'm sure Nancy's own part in it will be much more interesting than our contribution.

Paddy Gray.

ourpaddy@btinternet.com

TALES OF A NEW LIFE

There are usually good reasons for people wanting to make new lives in a different country. It is well recorded that two main reasons in the 19th Century were to escape from poverty and persecution. However a lot of people were simply attracted by the opportunities in new world countries (America, Australia, Canada etc) that they thought best suited their ambitions. Emigrants often sent letters home to family and friends telling them about life in their new homes. Often these letters (tales of a new life) were to be the only contact people would have with family and friends who had emigrated. It's quite possible that, on occasions, the letters may have been accompanied with individual or family photographs and we would be interested in receiving any photos that readers may have and think can enhance this webpage.

LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL

The "Leaving of Liverpool", also known as 'Fare Thee Well, My Own True Love' is a folk ballad, a popular and wistful song. The sea song's narrator laments his long sailing trip to America and the thought of leaving his birthplace and loved ones (especially his "own true love"). Liverpool was the natural point of embarcation because it had the necessary shipping lines and a choice of destinations and infrastructure, including special emigration trains directly to The Princes Landing Stage. In the near future we intend to expand upon the Scottie Press website's Family History Research webpage by finding ways that decendants of people who emigrated from Liverpool (and who may have had some connection or association with the Scotland Road area) can find out more about the time their ancestors spent in Liverpool. Initially we hope that the Scottie Press Forum facilty might be able to offer help from readers contributions and we welcome hearing from genealogists who might be willing to offer their help to this project. Please contact ronformby@scottiepress.org.uk

We are also considering working on a 'virtual visit' of the Scotland Road and Vauxhall area and surrounding districts by streaming film footage of the notable landmarks and locations. This film footage will also be streamed on the Tourism in Vauxhall webapge.