Sunday, October 28, 2012

William George Uridge

Today I received an e-mail from Kevin R. Brady, from Australia, who I have been corresponding with since 1985 about the descendants of George & Frances Uridge née Lane who lived in Hoo, Kent.

William George Uridge the son of Charlotte Uridge, daughter of George Uridge of Hoo, Kent, died near Wilcannia in New South Wales in 1882. This area is very remote.

Kevin has just found out that he was even in a more remote territory of Australia about 5 years prior to his death.

New South Wales Police Gazette - 15 Aug 1877 Page 268

On the 16th July last, the remains of a man were found in the bush about 14 miles from Pooncarie by Mr. William Uridge, who reported the occurrence to the Pooncarie Police.  No Magisterial enquiry was held.  deceased is supposed to have been lost in the bush about sixteen months ago, and to have perished for want of water.  description: About 50 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, brown hair; dressed in moleskin trousers, flannel shirt, and drawers, cotton shirt, lace-up boots, gray woollen socks, and white soft felt hat, a pocket-knife, match-box, and purse, were found on deceased.  Two cans, one padlock, and one pannikin, were found near the deceased.


Many thanks to Kevin. This information will be included in the next website update.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

New Search Facility on Website

In the lastest website update today, a new search facility is now available.
Just select the Search option in the narratives section.

I really like this option. Many thanks to John Cardinal, who develops the brilliant Second Site tool that enables me to create an award-winning website with very little effort. Well done John!


Search Facility

Website Updated 24 June 2012

The Uridge, Euridge website was updated today Sunday 24 June 2012.The updates relate mainly to the following charts / family groups:

Chart 1: William & Marie Ewridge née Wickenden who lived in Cowden, Kent in the late 1500s #352
This includes information kindly provided by Shirley Barr Dubuque, Cal Uridge Whiffen, and Cynthia Shepard relating to the Uridge-Whiffen family.

Chart 5: Thomas & Mary Uridge née ? who lived in Buxted, Sussex between 1759 and 1803Chart 5: Thomas & Mary Uridge née Hider who lived in Buxted, Sussex in the 1760s #762 .
This includes information kindly provided by Murray Jordan on the New Zeland branch of this family.

At the same time I included some new functionality available from Second Site - One Person Script. In future, when selecting a specific person it will only show that one person. Previously it showed up to 25 people on one page. Many thanks to John Cardinal, for this smart feature.

Apologies to those fellow researchers who have submitted information that has not yet been included. Due to other commitments, I am behind on updating the database and website.

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Website Updated 30 March 2012

The Uridge, Euridge website was updated today Friday 30 March.

The purpose of the update was in preparation for a talk I am giving tomorrow on The Master Genealogist (TMG) family history program, at the Guild of One-Name Studies Glocuestershire Regional meeting at the National Star College, Ullenwood, Cheltenham.

New indented charts are now available for:


Apologies for those fellow researchers who have submitted information that has not yet been included. Due to other commitments, I am behind on updating the database and website.

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.