Wednesday, February 25, 2009

URIDGEs in New Zeland

Recently we became aware of a new website that lists the New Zealand Government records for births, deaths and marriages (BDM). The information available includes:

  • Births that occurred at least 100 years ago
  • Stillbirths that occurred at least 50 years ago
  • Marriages and eventually Civil Unions that occurred 80 years ago
  • Deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago or the deceased's date of birth was at least 80 years ago.

We found:

Births - 7 Uridge

Deaths - 11 Uridge

Marriages - Females: 3 Uridge

Marriages - Males: 4 Uridge

There were no BMDs for the name Euridge

These will be included in the database in the near future, and will be available in due course on the website.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Northfield & Uridge Families

Chart 5: Thomas & Mary Uridge née ? who lived in Buxted, Sussex between 1759 and 1803This information relates to Chart 5: Thomas & Mary Uridge née ? who lived in Buxted, Sussex between 1759 and 1803.

Northfield & Uridge Families c1938Earlier this week after including the information on John George & Minnie Louisa Northfield née Uridge, I searched the photographs and documents provided by Kathleen Uridge, previously mentioned in a blog two years ago, titled Kathleen Uridge's Collection. I came across a photograph that I guessed might be the Northfield family.










Kathleen confirmed today that it was this family. She wrote:

The back row from left to right - George (who was the youngest), Elizabeth (Betty), Winnie and my father (Minnies brother). At the bottom -me with Joan (daughter of Betty husband Thomas Moore) and my mother Daisy Uridge.

It's so good to put names against faces. Brings to life a photograph taken 70 years ago. Makes family history so enjoyable.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Chart 5: Thomas & Mary Uridge

Chart 5: Thomas & Mary Uridge née ? who lived in Buxted, Sussex between 1759 and 1803This information relates to Chart 5: Thomas & Mary Uridge née ? who lived in Buxted, Sussex between 1759 and 1803.

This chart was originally "stuck" at John & Mary Uridge née Harcourt who lived in Sydenham [Lewisham registration district] Kent, in the 1810-1850s. However research has now established that his grandfather was buried in Buxted in 1803. Undoubtedly there will be a link to Chart 6 (also from Buxted), but the connection has not yet been established.

Charts 5, 9, & 10 are believed to be related, but further verification is required.

This information has been included in the latest website update.

Website Update

The website was updated on Tuesday 17 January. It includes recent information from:

Descendants of Thomas & Ann Whiffen née Uridge

John George & Minnie Louisa Northfield née Uridge


In addition, I have assigned icons depicting the tree, or chart a person belongs to.

indicates the main families




indicates a subsection of a main family, matching the colour of the main family. Hopefully this will help you identify who belongs to which charts. A full list of charts is available in the Chart section.

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section. The narratives section now includes 2678 people, an additional 70 narratives since the last update in May 2008.

Hopefully the website will be updated more frequently now that I have sorted out the computer problems I have been plagued with over the past months.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

John George & Minnie Louisa Northfield née Uridge

John George & Minnie Louisa Northfield née Uridge This information relates to Chart 5: Descendancy Chart for John & Mary Uridge née Harcourt from Sydenham, Kent.

This week I received several e-mails from Peter John Griffiths, who is the grandson of Minnie Louisa Northfield née Uridge, who was the daughter of Walter & Louisa Jane Uridge née Woods.

Peter writes:

My mother Constance Emily Griffiths (née Northfield) was one of the children of Minnie Louise Uridge and John George Northfield.


Peter also provided the names, and details of Minnie's eight children, including photographs and the 1911 census information.

This will be included in the database, and in the next website update.

Many thanks to Peter for contacting me, and provided this information.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

England & Wales Births 1911-2005

We are in for a very busy period!


Ancestry has just released their index of England & Wales births for the period 1911-2005. This database is a searchable, digitized version of the indices of civil registrations in England and Wales, reported quarterly to the General Register Office (GRO) in London.


This index spans the years between 1916 and 2005. You can search for a christian name, surname, year, or even mother's maiden name. This will revolutionize family history! When I think of the hours spent transcribing the births, marriages, and deaths. Now it is all done for you.