The SUSSEX FAMILY HISTORIAN is the quarterly journal of the Sussex Family History Group and is published in March, June, September and December. Members receive copies as part of their annual subscription.

The December 2006 issue of SFH was placed in Joint Third position in the Federation of Family History Societies' Elizabeth Simpson Award. This award is for the journals making the best contribution to family history. Previously the March 2003 issue had been Highly Commended and the September 2004 issue had been Commended in the 2004 competition.

The editor is always pleased to receive interesting articles about Sussex local and family history, preferably between 500 and 2,500 words, and letters and news items. Please indicate whether your article has been published previously or if you intend submitting it for publication elsewhere. Then due acknowledgements can be given as appropriate.

Submissions may be sent as an e-mail attachment or on disk (as wordprocessor text files), by fax, or by 'snailmail', preferably typewritten. If handwritten please write names of people and places in block letters. Please give your name and address, and quote sources where applicable.

Also most welcome are illustrations to accompany your article, or for 'Picture Gallery'. These can be scanned (greyscale, 400dpi if possible) and e-mailed as separate image files, not embedded in a document. Alternatively photos may be sent by post (at your own risk) – please send SAE for their return.

Editor: Trevor Hanson, 5 Springate Road, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4LF.

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Contents of the last four issues

September 2008

Subject	Author	Page
Feature Articles:
We never lived in Speldhurst!	Jenny McKechnie	115
The Sheppards of Plumpton Place Mill	David Link	120
The hoopmaking Budgen family of West Hoathly	John Howes	126
From Piltdown to Wisconsin	Colin Hobbs	128
Early Scrases	Tony Scrase	132
A Noble in the family?	Julie Mitchell	138
Sarah: you are my only hope!	Sue Reid	141
Looking for granddad!	Bernard Wilson	144
Where there’s a will	Roy Boydell	156
Another motor vehicle death	Peter Cox	160
Some Harmers of Salehurst	Nigel Sawyer	162
Regular items:
Chairman’s Letter		114
Book Reviews		125
Newslines		130
SFHG News		140
Letters		152
Local Meeting Centres		164
Publications for Sale		166
Miscellany		168

June 2008

Subject	Author	Page
Feature Articles:
Where are you, Matilda?	Vic Deacon	68
Joseph Robinson, master mariner	Roy Boydell	70
The Sussex People Index	Jenny Sealey	74
The plight of the ‘ag lab’	Stanley Chandler	76
Rose family mystery	Bob Rose	81
Roots of iron	Malcolm Rickson	85
Tenants of Laughton Manor	June Biggs	93
Samuel Geere or Waller of Brighton, 1809-1869	Jeremy Geere	94
Family history day	Peggy Henderson	97
A letter of complaint in 1787	Annette Rose	98
The gravedigger and his ‘jernal’	Don Burgess	100
A slice through 19th century life	Sylvia Haseltine	102
Louisa: my feisty ancestor	Rosie Ansell	104
Regular items:
Chairman’s Letter		58
SFHG News		59
Newslines		84
Letters		90
Local Meeting Centres		108
Publications for Sale		110
Miscellany		112

March 2008

Subject	Author	Page
Feature Articles:
From poorhouse to paradise	John Charman	3
Harry Tate, “my adopted son”	Ray George	8
A homeless cleric in 1670	Michael Burchall	12
Charleston Farm	Annette Rose	18
Who is Priscilla?	Alec Potter	21
Do I really want to know?	Ian Beaty	26
Sam Mitchell, 1852-1940	Julie Mitchell	30
A verdict of accidental death	Eleanor Dilley	38
Battling with Bottings	Elizabeth Noyes	40
Coombes family saga	Avril Boss	43
You can’t count on ancestors being who you think they were!	Sue Randall	48
Regular items:
Chairman's Letter		2
SFHG News		6
Letters		16
Book Reviews		24
Newslines		28
Picture Gallery		29
Local Meeting Centres		52
Publications for Sale		54
Miscellany		56

December 2007

Subject	Author	Page
Feature Articles
The Keep: a new future for the past	Wendy Walker	366
Lord Selsey's memorial: serendipity in Hertfordshire	Michael J Burchall	368
The Sandles of Hartfield	Celia Strachan	371
John Saxby, the railway inventor	Michael Saxby	374
A scrapheap challenge	John Commins	376
A generation of publicans	Barbara Maynard	378
Following the female line	Margaret Pearce	382
Emigrating to Oz	Peter Reed	383
300 years, two names	Susan Martin	390
Harris family history	Patricia Calver	393
A Sussex of Mugridges	John Mugridge	400
The road from Horsham that led to Canada	Elaine Thomas	401
Regular items:
Chairman's Letter		362
SFHG News		363
FFHS News		373
Book Reviews		385
Newslines		388
Picture Gallery		389
Letters		396
Local Meeting Centres		412
Publications for Sale		414
Miscellany		416
Surname Index to Volume 17		404