Genealogy Chat

Thanks Helena, It was a woman and lots of young children. I'll take a look at your site! Helen :)))

Hi, I believe that people could be sent back to where they had or held apprenticeships (is that the right word?). I noted that from the a2a. In that case there may have been other reasons why they were thought to have connections with another place. Perhaps it was work related. Helena

Hi Jane and Helena, Thanks for getting back to me. I found these particular quarter sessions when I typed an ancestor's surname into Google, as Helena mentioned. Not sure if they're mine but they come from the right place so probably related somehow. I wanted to know why they were removed, if that's the case then, from Rochester to Bristol, and what reason there might have been for moving whole families hundreds of miles. I don't think they had any link with Bristol. Thanks, Helen

Hi Jane, You can look at quarter sessions on the a2a site. It is www.a2a.pro.gov It can be very amusing. I have found quite a lot of my rellies on there. As well as quarter sessions it gives you ref to all sots of info held in the country. I found ref to some mortgage deeds and an old lease on there. I got to view them at Worcester county hall. Thrilling to hold the documents your ancestors signed. One was over two hundred years old. Have fun! HelenaX

What are Removals, something I noticed lots of whilst looking at some quarter session records on-line? Thanks, Helen