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Lorraine

Lorraine Report 28 Jul 2009 23:58

hi

tried googling him but nothing much came up only that he was what was known as a lorist a group of writers, historians who followed the gypsy community and learnt about their way of life, traditions and language and would send the interviews stories etc to a publication called the gypsy lore journal.

THE GYPSY LORE SOCIETY

ROMANI STUDIES
continuing
Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society
Romani Studies is an international, interdisciplinary journal publishing modern scholarship in all branches of Romani/Gypsy studies.

Founded in 1888, the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society was published in four series up to 1982. In 2000, the journal became Romani Studies. Under the sponsorship of the Gypsy Lore Society (formerly Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter), Romani Studies features articles on the cultures of groups traditionally known as Gypsies as well as Travelers and other peripatetic groups. These groups include, among others, those referring to themselves as Ludar, Rom, Roma, Romanichels, Sinti and Travelers. The journal publishes articles in history, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, art, literature, folklore and music, as well as reviews of books and audiovisual materials

Researching:
derry,breakwell,kinnish,wadlow,penny,smith,woodward,cartwright.

Gypsy

Gypsy Report 28 Jul 2009 23:03

Maybe I ask too difficult questions? :-)

Gypsy

Gypsy Report 28 Jul 2009 21:45

This man wrote an article/biography (1944) that appered in the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society about my great grandfather.
I would like to try to find out some more about him - Particularly if he kept notes when he interviewed people :-) To do that though I need to find out his age etc.
There is a chance that he was linked to the Times as I believe that he came back to the relations when my great grandfather died and asked to do another story about his death - They declined.

Any ideas as to where to look? I believe that he was British but have no definate clue.

Pat