This is the progress of transcriptions underway and uploaded to the online searchable databases:


St Dunstan, Stepney, baptisms, 1816-1826, approx 10,500 entries.57% of entries are now live. More entries live during first week of December.

St Mary Whitechapel, baptisms, 1812-1823, approx 8,000 entries, 50% complete.

After that it's St Mary Newington, Southwark transcription ( 1829-1837 ), followed by a Greenwich transcription.

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Volumes 1 to 12 we're reducing the price by 50% just for our Newsletter subscribers, until the end of November 2005. This is the ideal opportunity to purchase these CDs at a knock down price.

Usual price £5.95, special offer price £2.97 ! UK postage £1.00, overseas £2.00.

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The Thames Waterman Collection.This special offer comprises ALL of the published CDs relating to Watermen & Lightermen. It is specifically aimed at those with Waterman & Lighterman ancestors starting out on their family history research.Included are:
Apprenticeship Bindings Indexes 1692-1908.
Pensioners Admitted for Relief 1794-1837.
Watermen in the Navy c1803-1809
Admiralty Muster 1628.
My Ancestors Worked on the Thames-ebook by Rob Cottrell.
My Ancestor was a Waterman: A Guide to Tracing your Waterman Ancestors-ebook by James Legon.
My Ancestor Worked On The River Thames by Rob Cottrell.A guide
to help you find where they worked.


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Take it from us folks, if family history is in your blood and you've a Waterman ancestor, don't waste your money buying all the CDs separately. Because you will end up buying them!

Rob and James are two of the foremost published authors on the subject.

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# The Electoral Roll 1905 project proceeds apace. Below is an example of a typical entry, this one from the Occupational Voters section, with the column headings shown first:

Entry No, Forename of Voter, Surname of Voter, Place of Abode, Nature of Qualification,Name and Situation of Qualifying Property,Parliamentary Borough,Division ,Parish

545,John Robert,Beck,59a Ida Street,Dwelling House,2 Sydney Buildings, Ann Street,Tower Hamlets,Whitechapel,St Mary Whitechapel

Now what I'm wondering is, just how much use is this information? I'd really appreciate some feedback on this,( jameslegon@gmail.com )

# Our other ongoing project is turning Rob Cottrell's Thames Riverside Series of parish register transcriptions into searchable database format. Below is a typical example of an entry. As can be seen, it does not contain as much information as a typical Docklands Ancestors transcription:

7.     ACKLAND BENJAMIN 1862 JAN 28 SON OF WILLIAM & MARY (BORN 26 APR 1820)

My question this time is, would you be prepared to pay the same amount (£2.95) for this information?
The missing data is the address, occupation and source reference number,( jameslegon@gmail.com )


# Rob Cottrell is working on a new waterman project at the present. All a bit hush hush at the moment though! He reckons he'll be done by March, so it looks like quite a major project.

# I've unearthed a little gem of my own on the waterman front too. Whilst on the trail of the elusive John Gleghorne, ( my oldest ancestor), I came across a list of Watermen Impressed, dated 2nd & 3rd July 1673. There's only about 50 names on it, sadly not my boy. Once I've transcribed it I'll put it on the Waterman page as a freebie. I'm sure it will be of use to some of you, especially as it pre-dates the Bindings Indexes. Be sure to let me know if you spot your waterman ancestor

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