Website Update 10 May 2020

59 new narratives have been added, and 46 changed, since the last website update on 12 April. There are now a total of 13,029 detailed narratives available on the website and 20,692 people (105 new) in our database.

These changes relate to the following surnames:

PASK, and
ADAMS, BORCHARDT, BOWYER, CANNON, CLEMENTS,
EDEN, FRIEND, GAME, GRIFFITHS, HAND, HEARD, HILL,
JACKSON, KEY, LAMBE, LUKE, MASSEY, MERCER,
MOULDS, NICHOLLS, PROCKTER, REED, RILEY,
ROBINSON, ROSE, SHREEVE, SWINTON, THRESHER,
TURNER, VAUGHAN, WANSTALL, WARREN, WESTON,
WIDDRINGTON, WILSON.

These updates relate to the following charts/family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire
• Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk 
• Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John PASK, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex #2493
• Chart 35: James PASK, (1807-1889) Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk  
• Chart 51: Joseph PASK lived in Wisbech Cambridgeshire in 1840-1860 #8861
• Chart 56: Daniel PASKE born 1776 Moulton Suffolk #13899  
• Chart 85: August L. Pask lived in Wisconsin, USA #21212

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the Recent Updates section.

Suffolk Marriages Update

Following on from the blogs Happy Valentine's Day and Suffolk Baptisms and Marriages, we confirm that the Suffolk marriages have now all been included into the  
PA(R)S(K)(E)(QUE) database.

Suffolk Marriage Index

As mentioned in the previous blog, the transcription consists of tens of thousands of entries, between 1536 and 1902, and covering over 433 out of approximately 500 parishes of the County of Suffolk. We found 100 marriages, that were distributed amongst the family groups:

02-1 Suffolk    11
02-2 Suffolk    24
06 Suffolk         5
06a Suffolk       1
08 Suffolk         1
09 Suffolk         6
26 Suffolk         7
35 Suffolk         1
55 Suffolk         1
56 Suffolk         1
Not Known      42

Boyd's Marriage Index (Suffolk)

Of the 396 marriages found in the Boyd's Marriage Index, 230 were in Suffolk. These included 31, kindly provided by Sam Hammond. Also several of them were duplicates of the Suffolk Marriage Index. These were distributed amongst the family groups: 

02-Suffolk        2
02-1 Suffolk     3
02-2 Suffolk    22
06 Suffolk         8
06a Suffolk       1
08 Suffolk         1
26 Suffolk         5
29 Suffolk         1
35 Suffolk         1
55 Suffolk         1
56 Suffolk         1
Not Known    184

The 'Not Known' in the Suffolk Marriage Index, and the Boyd's Marriage Index have been included into the database, and now have an icon indicating that the record was in Suffolk, but not yet assigned to a family chart. Similarily, there are now 'Not Known' icons for other counties.

All these new records have been included in a website update today, making it the largest update we have done. 295 new narratives have been added. There are now a total of 11,573 detailed narratives available on the website and 18,633 (297 new) people in our database.

Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated on February 14, all over the world. The day is an occasion in which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, and sending greeting cards. 

Yesterday, we received a list of people who undoubtedly expressed their love for each other. Sam Hammond provided us with a list of 31 Suffolk marriages from Boyd's Marriage Index, ranging from 1653 to 1750. 

Today, we will be including these in our database, together with the 100 Suffolk marriages mentioned in the previous blog Suffolk Baptisms and Marriages.

Many thanks Sam for your efforts - it is very much appreciated.

Descendants of Daniel and Sarah Paske née Kendall

A new chart has been created:
Chart 56: Daniel Paske, born 1776 Moulton Suffolk

Daniel Paske married Sarah Kendall (date and place not known) and they lived in Moulton, Suffolk. This is only a very small chart, and includes mainly information on their daughter Maria Paske, who married Samuel Everett, or Evered, and moved to East Harling Norfolk. They had at least seven children, many of whom moved to Yorkshire, and became Post Office workers, and teachers.

A visit to the Suffolk archives, to view the Moulton registers is required to trace Daniel's ancestors, and hopefully link him to John and Mirabel Pask née Sparrow.

Many thanks to Margaret Emms for information on this family.