HOLMES FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE !

I have set up a social networking site where people may share census records, GRO
information, BMD indices etc.

Ask for help on research, look-ups etc  , and discuss HOLMES related topics
I have extensive pages of Holmes Births, Marriage and deaths and I expect that others have similar. If we can share these we can reduce the costs of examining records which in an ideal world would be free for all to view

Visit Holmes Resource Centre

BMD RECORDS HELD
GRO CERTS HELD
CENSUS RECORDS HELD
BLOG SPACE for offering / requesting records, certificates etc
THIS SITE TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO MAINTAIN...YOU CAN HELP BY CLICKING ON THE ADS

  The Holmes Family History Society

Founded in the United Kingdom in 1991 .

Well worth a visit,
even though some of the features are not yet fully functional.

a valuable database of HOLMES war dead is included.       HFHS

I had at first thought to undertake two quite separate projects.
One a family history concentrating on my great-grandfather Horatio Holmes;
The second a survey of the transformation of Woolston and Itchen from the rural village(s) of 1871 to the manufacturing hub of the early 20th century ;
however it soon became clear to me that the two stories were in fact closely entangled.

This is not an in-depth biography of an individual, nor is it a thorough history of a particular region;
but rather an attempt to relate the social and industrial heritage of a community in terms of the life and work of its members. In just a few short years the great manufacturing centre that was Woolston has become little more than a dormitory suburb of Southampton;
yet in its heyday it had manufactured world famous aircraft and ships, and the men of Itchen Ferry were renowned as peerless yachtsmen the world over. My story does not confine itself to the shores of the River Itchen , but ranges as far north as the Wear, from whence many “Woolston” shipbuilders sprang.

I Should be particularly pleased to receive any information on John Murry Mordaunt, Thomas Ridley Oswald,
Oswald Mordaunt & co., Mordey Carney & Co., John.I.Thornycroft Ltd 1904-1962, Pemberton-Billing (pre-supermarine),
Holmes Brass founders, and any related trades; The Geary family & The Floating Bridge Co.