The Exploring Family History Tutorial
Session 2
What happened to Francis Lewin and his family?
Is Anyone else researching the family?
| The birth entries for
Sarah and Mary found on familysearch
(view)
suggest that
someone else had been researching this part of the family
Task: See if it is possible to track down any other researchers.. |
The check of the Ancestral file on familysearch has already proved negative.
Search the OneWorldTree on Ancestry
The search for "Sarah Lewin" born "1821" produced an immediate hit.
While no significant information is provided on the origins of her parents Francis and Sarah Lewin the following children are listed.
| Name | Born | Baptised | Note |
| Charles Abbotts Lewin | 21 Jul 1816 | 25 August 1816 | Information on wife and descendants |
| William Lewin | 23 Mar 1819 | 20 April 1819 | No other information |
| Sarah Lamphrey Lewin | 2 January 1821 | 5 January 1821 | No other information |
| Mary Lewin | 29 November 1822 | 16 February 1823 | No other information |
All children were born and baptised at Honingham, Norfolk, and their father is described as a miller.
The researcher was Sharon Hawkins (sharonhawkins@ozemail.com.au)
=============================================
Locate the Norfolk Surnames List via GenUKI
There are various list, bulletin boards, etc., relating to individual counties and these can usually be found on GenUKI. The following entry was found on the Norfolk Surnames List:
| LEWIN, Honingham/Heigham/Mattishall, 1800-1860, shaun.morley@ntlworld.com |
=============================================
CAN YOU HELP? The email addresses given by Sharon and Shaun are invalid and while a google search showed they were active in 2002 (using the above email addresses) I could find nothing later. If you know how they can be contacted please either tell me or alert them to this site. Chris
=============================================
>>>>>> CONTACT MADE
A month after posting "Can You Help" Shaun Morley (morley.shaun @t btopenworld.com) contacted me - see next page of the Tutorial for details.
| Result of
Investigation
There are two recently active researchers who links back to the Lewin family in Norfolk, but who (at the time I write this) appear not to know about the Hertfordshire origins of Francis Lewin. At this point I attempted to make contact with the other persons researching the family to exchange information. Unfortunately the contact details they provided are no longer valid. |
Page created December 2005