Guest_pre2004

Guestbook Entries prior to the year 2004

glyn in Home at 13:35:09 Thursday December 25 2003
A Very Merry Christmas and happy New Year to everyone

ross winskill in wellington N.Z. at 08:17:00 Saturday December 13 2003
Hello from New Zealand

ross winskill in wellington N.Z. at 08:10:23 Saturday December 13 2003
Hello from New Zealand

EKE in accra at 20:00:58 Monday December 1 2003
Very interisting sit

E. Sydney Winskill in Tacoma at 21:53:52 Wednesday November 26 2003
Yes, it's just Ed, but mixing up the bylines may create some interest. Let's have some posts from other Winskills, with more details about your family and branches! I post now because I finished Patrick Bishop's "Fighter Boys". It's a very moving account of the Battle of Britain and related events. As he points out, at the time he wrote the book last year (published this August), there were 230 survivors of the B of B, down 70 from only the previous year. Because Archie Winskill was in the Battle, and is quoted several times in the book, there is a big connection with the clan, but of course the subject is much larger. The book is of great value; one of a number that in recent years has remembered the WWII generation, which is fast receding from memory into history. It remains as true now under the light of history as it did in 1940 that these 2,900 pilots saved England from invasion and thus from ghastly outcomes for civilization. It was an honor for me to meet and talk with Archie; like all veterans of the Battle modest about his role, and his subsequent episodes in the war. Remember, I sought out Archie because of my interest in the family and name, and he repaid my interest with great graciousness and warmth. I would like to see members of the clan write to him, especially this holiday season. I believe that he would welcome this very much; his interest in the family and name is a great as that of any of us. So that's my proposal; if you have an interest, email me and I can provide you with an address. And one day we'll have that clan gathering in the Eden Valley, at the foot of the Pennines!

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 15:39:09 Thursday November 20 2003
Last night at the local library I picked up a newly-released book by British author Patrick Bishop, "Fighter Boys". It's about the Battle of Britain, particularly from the pilots' point of view. It's been issued in Canada, the UK, and down under, as well as in the States. I've started it, and it's quite well-written and interesting. I post this because Archie Winskill is quoted several times in different places in the book. The quotes appear to be from his Imperial War Museum interview. One of my favorites: Archie and his comrades would sometimes conclude a day of dogfighting with the Germans by going into London for drinks and Turkish baths in Jermyn Street, then grab a couple hours sleep, and back into the cockpit... I recommend the book highly.

Allen Glasson in New Zealand at 21:43:11 Saturday October 25 2003
Hi everybody I too have little to add to my WINSKILL connection. I visited my grand uncle George's grave at the Euston Road cemetery in Belgium last year (grandson of George and Ann MONKHOUSE). He was killed in 1918 at the Somme. A very sombre place. I have compiled a time line of George's life in the war if anybody is interested. Regards Allen

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 19:50:02 Tuesday October 21 2003
From time to time, I do a websearch on Winskill topics, including now and then an "archie winskill" search; this usually turns up instances of aviation prints available for purchase which Sir Archie has autographed. When I visited him last year, Archie told me that there is quite a market for signatures of surviving Battle of Britain pilots on photos and paintings (indeed, I have in my office a great Spitfire battle print by Graehme Lothian signed by Sir Archie and others, which I bought online at a pretty good price). He donates his payments for these autographs to various charities. Anyway, recent searches on his name have turned up a large host of articles reflecting a recent quote he made in the press commenting on a forthcoming Tom Cruise film about American participation in the Battle of Britain. Take a look; you'll find the quote. I was happy to see his name in the current press. Hope they'll seek him out for further trenchant observations!

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 18:28:17 Tuesday October 14 2003
In doing some further research on the etymology of the Yorkshire Winskill place names (actually, place name is probably more accurate; Lower Winskill and Upper (High) Winskill are adjacent to one another, and Winskill Stones is the recently-given name to the limestone group found at High Winskill), several sources give the origin as "windy shieling", a shieling being a temporary hut or shelter. The sources give the origin as Old Norse. This is of course completely consistent with what we know of the origin of the Cumbrian village's name; a shieling being a shelter, or shield. The interesting question is that of whether Winskill farms in Yorkshire are an independent use of the name Winskill, as opposed to a location which took its name from a person named Winskill. The Yorkshire sources don't address this issue, appearing simply to assume that the name arises from a shieling at this decidedly windy and in olden times very remote site. This is entirely possible, and it would be interesting to find out more; something I'm trying to do. Winskill as the family name, however, decidedly comes from the Cumbrian village; Winskill being an ancient village near a considerable town, Penrith. Winskill in the Yorkshire Dales, on the other hand, would never have what amounted to a population.

Linda Winskill in at 01:58:08 Sunday September 14 2003
Hi folks, I am about as remiss as Carmen about staying in touch. I was pleased she contacted me directly and we may be able to meet later this year. I have no further Winskill news to add but do visit the site fromm time to time and love reading your additions Ed so keep it up please.

Che in Australia at 01:28:56 Friday September 12 2003
Im trying to findout about Charles Yelverton O'Connor.I need how he committed suicide? when he was born? What age was he when he started building the pipeline & when he committed suicide? and his personal details?

Carmen in runcorn, south brisbane,Australia. at 06:16:28 Thursday September 11 2003
hello again, i have only just now wrote to Linda, how slack am i!! ok so the lastest news is all Winskills/connections wanting to met up with us, drop me a line cause we'll be over home (Canterbury,NZ) from the 24th december -6th January, we can take some snaps...whatever. want to say a big thankyou to Ed for the emails!! Well guys take care hope to hear from some of you soon. Cheers Carmen.

Edward S. Winskill in Tacoma at 19:15:06 Monday September 8 2003
Here is some High Winskill/Winskill Farm information that I just found in a little article about farming in and around Langcliffe in the Yorkshire Dales. This is the first background I've seen, and it shows that the area carried the Winskill name at least as early as the 16th century: Winskill Farms. In 1591 Nicholas Darcy and Henry Billingsley sold 7 messuages and land at Winskill and Cowside in the tenure of the Foster family (five of them), Christopher Lawson, Henry Paycocke and Michael Saylebanke. The farms consisted of High, Middle and Low Winskill. At the turn of the 20th C, High Winskill was farmed by Umph Hannam. At some point a cow caught anthrax and was eaten by the then farmer and his wife who both died and the farm was abandoned. Lower Winskill Farm. In the middle of the 19th C was farmed by the Twisleton family (of poetry fame). They were succeeded by Jim Lowther and the Sharpe family. When they failed it was bought along with the others by Ernest Forster of Stainforth and leased to his brother, N. Forster Senior (of Manor Farm). later a Middleton farmed here and on his leaving the land was leased off and the house used as a holiday cottage until the farm was taken in hand again by Ernest Forster’s grandson Thomas Lord. Middle Winskill Farm. Little is known at present of this farm.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 22:36:32 Wednesday August 20 2003
I'm posting a note here in case Peter may check the guestbook; I don't have a current email address for him and I know he is often on the high seas. I was contacted by David Turnbull, a cousin of Nick Winskill and thus of Peter, who hasn't heard from Nick's family in Zimbabwe for quite some time, and hasn't been able to contact them. My Zimbabwe Winskill information of course has come through Peter, plus the bit about Nick's arrest by the Mugabe regime that I found on the web and posted last Fall. So if you see this, Peter, drop me a line and I'll put you in touch with David. While I'm at it, I'll add that I recently had further contact with Mr Dyson in Yorkshire, who will be visiting some friends of Tom Lord's at the end of August and will try to get me some contact info. Tom Lord owns Lower Winskill Farm, as did his forbears, and I hope to get and post some history of Lower Winskill and High Winskill.

Glyn in Sheffield UK at 23:10:46 Monday August 11 2003
Nice to see another section of the clan post here.....and I agree with Ed that aothers should post here. Cleaned out the garbage a bit too Ed..OK!

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 17:42:52 Friday August 8 2003
Delighted to see the Cameron post; I hope you email Linda. I think based on what Linda has said and what we have found about other Winskill branches that the Kiwi Winskills were the first to emigrate from England. It would be great if you and Linda and others would post about your branches from time to time. Welcome!

Cameron family in from Ch-ch, NZ...now Brisbane, Australia :) at 07:22:51 Friday August 8 2003
Wow, this is a great surprize! I have found a bunch of Winskill's at last! .. family tree (on the hubby's side) his grandmother was Glady's Myrtle Feathery and her mother was Ester Winskill born 20th april 1871,Amberley, New Zealand,she married Thomas Feathery, Ester died on Christmas day 1962. Ester's parent's were George Winskill (a blacksmith) and Ann Monk house, and now that i have scrolled down i see Linda is a connection for sure...ah Linda im thinking your David and our Ester are siblings? Well Hello to everyone out there!!!!

Richard Winskill in NE England at 23:21:05 Monday July 28 2003
I disagree, Glyn. I think richardwinskill.co.uk is better :)

Glyn in at 19:22:49 Wednesday July 2 2003
Hello everyone, Ed and welcome Phillip. Sorry for not maintaining the site and contributing much but my current empoyment means I am working away from home a lot of the time. Hopefully I will be able to get on with the building of my new site to which I have some news. If you now point your browser to http://www.winskill.me.uk you will be redirected to my present site, old address still active but new one easyier to remember. NEW site building in progress but slow I am afraid due to work comitments.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 00:33:07 Wednesday July 2 2003
Good to see your post, Phillip. Let us know something about your branch. I have two sons, and I have three brothers with sons, so the Tacoma branch will survive, I think! The village of Winskill which you see in Glyn's pic is quite small, a hamlet really; too small for a pub. But it's a lovely farming area at the foot of the Pennines just a few miles east of Penrith. It's worth a visit sometime. The interesting thing is that we have had few posters here from the UK (apart from Glyn, of course), and several from overseas Winskills. So it would be good to hear some family details about your branch. Welcome!

PHILLIP WINSKILL in HAYES MIDDLESEX at 12:32:35 Sunday June 29 2003
IF PEOPLE LOG ON TO WWW.STREETMAP.CO.UK THEY CAN SEE A STREET NAMED WINSKILL IN LIVERPOOL THERE ARE A FEW WINSKILL STREETS AROUND THE UK

phillip winskill in hayes middlesex at 09:30:28 Sunday June 29 2003
thanks ed winskill for your message im very surprised at the fact on how many winskills there are all over the world and that you are in the usa i koow are name is rare and that it comes from cumbria i bought a historic banner for my father telling you about the name winskill a few years ago it tells you alot about are name plus i saw the picture of the town called winskill last week on this web page its sure very interesting thanks is there many winskills in the usa and have you got any sons to keep the winskill chain going i have 3 sons to do this so im happy that ive contributed to this take care ok nice for youre reply

Ed Winskill in Tacoma WA USA at 19:21:36 Monday June 23 2003
Phillip, good to see your post. If you haven't already, scroll down the posts here for the last couple of years and you'll have a lot of the family history. The name remains very rare, and all branches seem to come ultimately from the North; from Cumbria and Yorkshire. Indeed, everything traces back to Cumbria. These factors taken together establishes remote cousinship amongst us all, though precise relationships are difficult to trace. My uncle Bob Winskill and late cousin Ailene Winskill were able to put together a family tree going back nearly 200 years for our branch, but it is very difficult to trace the specific relationships between the branches. I would suggest, indeed strongly encourage, that you post here as much as you know and can find out about your branch's history and background, and we'll see what can be put together.

phillip winskill in hayes middx at 12:54:12 Sunday June 22 2003
my name is winskill and i live in hayes middlesex i have two brothers named adrian and ron if you would like to mail anything you can at 107 nield road hayes middlesex i would like a family tree to see where i fit in

gatba in Yankee at 05:38:55 Saturday May 31 2003
Swell web

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 19:39:13 Wednesday May 14 2003
A short note to keep the name at the top after the spam posters; Glyn clears 'em out once in awhile. Recently looked at some old family material with tales of early Vancouver BC. My great-great grandmother quoted on bear hunting in areas which are now in the heart of urban Vancouver. Christopher Winskill, her husband, and the other local men organised regular bear hunts to keep their stock alive; so many changes in not much more than 100 years. I reckon both Peter's and Linda's Winskill branches would have some interesting pioneer tales.

richard breydon in manchester at 02:19:41 Saturday May 10 2003
want see photos of sheffield thankyou

O DAVE in LOME TOGO at 10:18:17 Friday March 28 2003
Congratulations,this is a great site,I will be here for many times,to get more important

raymond ovietare in nigeria at 16:31:55 Wednesday March 26 2003
The website has a beautiful background colour.It is peaceful in its effect and relaxing.

raymond ovietare in nigeria at 16:31:09 Wednesday March 26 2003
The website has a beautiful background colour.It is peaceful in its effect and relaxing.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 22:59:43 Monday March 17 2003
Had an email note from Robert Dyson of Yorkshire a few days ago. He knows Upper and Lower Winskill farms, and the owner of Lower Winskill, Tom Lord. Tom is in turn the grandson of a man of the same name who was in his time quite a historian of the Dales. I've asked Robert to help me get further information and perhaps a contact with Mr. Lord. I will report any information received about the history of Upper (High) and Lower Winskill.

lee in sidcup at 13:9:28 Friday February 21 2003
some one else actually posted here from sidcup!! my town. i didnt think id ever find any1 on the internet from sidcup. www.sidcup2.tk

Odinn Thor in ICELAND at 07:36:00 Thursday December 26 2002
This is good website you have here, just put my step on it, greetings to you and all your visitors. I just want to say -- WELCOME <-- to visit my webpage as well. Vous>

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 21:00:48 Sunday December 22 2002
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Glyn, Peter, Linda, and the others of the Winskill clan who visit here from time to time. For me it was an eventful year on the Winskill front, with our visits to Winskill in Cumbria and the Winskill Stones and farms in Yorkshire, and above all our meeting with Archie and Christiane Winskill in Henley. While I love to post here, it would be terrific if we could get some more posts from others of the clan; everything about your branch would be of great interest. There are, after all, only a few hundred of us Winskills in the wide world!

Ed Winskill in Tacoma WA USA at 18:54:44 Thursday December 12 2002
Time perhaps for another post, at least for the archive. I thought a description of the Winskill Stones area might be of interest to the clan, now or in the future when this lately dusty repository is unearthed! Winskill Stones is the name of an area of natural limestone "paving" stones, located in the Yorkshire Dales, a few miles from Settle, which is a market town on the western edge of the dales. The Dales themselves comprise a large national park, on which of course farming and other agricultural activities continue to take place as ever. One interesting feature of the Dales are these limestone paving formations, which appear very much like large natural paving blocks, sometimes of large groups. They are formed by the weathering of glaciated limestone, and are quite distinctive. They have been "mined" for building and fence stone for a long time, but are now subject to protection, as is the Winskill group. These take their names from Upper Winskill farm, upon which they lie. Upper Winskill is also known as High Winskill, and is on an ancient drovers trail which still exists as a public pathway. Both Upper and the adjacent Lower Winskill farms are working farms. I do not yet know the origin of their names.

IGWEACCORD in MALI at 20:27:51 Thursday November 21 2002
GOOD SITE

Michael in uk at 23:36:17 Tuesday November 12 2002
Great site

akimbo in america at 20:37:05 Tuesday October 22 2002
it is very good

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 19:29:4 Friday October 4 2002
Here is some recent Zimbabwe news involving Nick Winskill, Peter's brother; Nick was released after this episode because of his health; I don't know the present status: On Friday evening, a group of police from Darwendale and including CIO visited Mike Barry and asked him if he wouldn't mind going down to the station to show his papers and apologised for any inconvenience caused. He said that he would do that with pleasure but when he arrived there, he was immediately locked up without any explanation. The group then continued on their rounds and went to Jody Cowley, Jim Brown and Nick Winskill - who did not open his gate as by now it was very late. Jody Cowley was aked to visit the police station 8am the next morning and Jim Brown was taken to the police station and also locked up that night. Jim and Mike were put into seperate cells at Darwendale police station. They were not allowed any warm clothing, shoes and socks or blankets or food. Our 'over-over' radio went on until 11pm that night, reporting the whereabouts of the dreaded vehicle. 6am the police were back at Nick Winskill's and told him to get into the vehicle - no questions asked and not interested in any documentation or discussion. Nick, not having been all that well recently refused to get into the vehicle and drove himself there in his own car.

Philippa Norton in ENGLAND at 9:41:14 Friday October 4 2002
we cant fill in the order form for a CD on the internet so we are going to post the order to you. Was wondering why this was? Also we cant buy your CD in England and were wondering why. Our local Christain Book shop which is a large one cant get your products.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 22:32:1 Thursday October 3 2002
Bit of a correction to my previous post: Sir Archie served as Captain of the Queen's Flight from 1968 to 1982; 14 years in all. He delayed retirement and extended his service twice at the express request of the Queen.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma Wash. USA at 22:23:44 Thursday October 3 2002
As promised, a further note about my visit with Sir Archie Winskill last July. I will add more later. My wife Debbie and I met Sir Archie at the Phlyllis Court Club in Henley. The club is on the river, in the stretch where the regatta is held, and is one of the centers of activity during the regatta. The club itself has an ancient provenance as a manor, and has been a club for a century or so. Sir Archie is 85, very vigourous; of a witty and open manner. We spent 6 hours with him, some of the time with his wife Chrisitane. She is very elegant at 90, and like Archie a kind and candid person indeed. Archie Winskill is a Penrith native; his father owned a group of automobile garages in the North, and in fact opened one in Alberta in the 1920s; the family lived there for a time. In the 30s, he fell under the spell of travelling aviators in Cumbria (what were called barnstormers in the States), and developed a love of flying; this interest kept him in the RAF after the war; a lifelong love of aviation. He trained with the RAF reserve after '37, and was called up at the outbreak of war. After the war, he remained in the service, and in the 1960s was Air Attache in Belgium and then in Paris. He speaks French; Christiane is French, and he has always been closely connected to France. He and his wife had a house at Lille in the south of France for many years. While serving as RAF public affairs spokesman in 1968, he received a call from the service chief upon the death in a helicopter accident of the then-Captain of the Queen's Flight; basically the "airline" within the RAF responsible for flying the Royal Family about the country and the world. Though he was close in line for promotion to Air Vice Marshall (equivalent to a two-star general), he gladly accepted this interesting post; what he calls "this glitzy job". He recounts many things of interest about this service; he held the position until 1972, much the longest service of any Captain of the KF or QF before or since. Two of Sir Archie's grandchildren are the children of his erstwhile son-in-law, Sir Christopher Meyer, presently and since 1997 the British ambassador to the United States. A very interesting man and gracious gentleman; the clan can be proud indeed of its most distinguished member. Thanks to Glyn and Peter for the things that made this meeting possible. Archie Winskill, like the rest of us, is passionate about the Winskill name and heritage.

kIM bANA in USA at 8:36:31 Saturday September 28 2002
TRYING TO FIND OUT THE "LINDA EASTMAN-MCARTHY GRANT" FOR PHOTOGRAHERS

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tina smith in virginia at 16:33:0 Wednesday September 18 2002
hello, my husband and i have alot of arguments over discipline. I have a daughter by my first husband, who passed away last year and my husband has a daughter, who we have had custody of for almost two years and we have one daughter together. i am afraid our marriage may not make it through this. thanks tina

peter collins in abidjan at 14:17:31 Friday September 6 2002
I want to know oil compainy email adress.. thank you

stone smith in united states of america at 2:29:50 Friday September 6 2002
please,i want to have some email contact addresses of your members. thanks, stone.smith.

jojo in lagos at 1:31:47 Saturday August 24 2002
pls all g men keep off.

Peter Winskill in Los Angeles at 5:8:39 Wednesday August 21 2002
Well, Hello ED, I did happen to check in today - for the first time in months. I was very interested to hear that you and your wife had been over in England recently and visited the various Winskill places. It's beautiful up there isn't it. Especially the lake country - Wordsworth's birthplace, Windermere and so on. I've been away too - in the Mediterrean for two months - Malta - which was very pleasant. Working on a book with Gerda. It's great to swim in that warm water every day ! I was fascinated to hear about your meeting with Sir Archie and his wife and glad to hear that it went so well and I'm sure he felt the same way about it. Did you ask him about his time as head of the Queen's Flight - ferrying the royals around - he did that for many years I believe ? I look forward to hearing more about it. Yes, I had to cancel my account with earthlink a couple of months back and apologise for not letting you - and others - know. Actually for two months I was without internet which was was a very good thing ! As for the Winskill family in Zimbabwe: My brother Nick was arrested by the police on Friday last for non-compliance with orders to hand over the family farm.-------------------------------------------------Content removed -------------------------------------------------------------------

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 3:32:4 Monday August 19 2002
Linda, many condolences for the loss of your dad; you and I are of a generation, clearly, my dad having died at 79 a year and a half ago. It's good to hear that yours enjoyed this guestbook and the Winskill lore that we've all been able to generate. As the Book says, the age of man is three score and ten, or even by reason of strength, fourscore. At fourscore, your dad had many years, which is terrific. I too feel as if we're all one extended family; the extreme rareness of the name and the common Cumbrian/northern origin of all the branches makes us all cousins in my book! One of the many very interesting things about Archie Winskill was that he too had as much enthusiasm for the Winskill clan as any of us; I was only the second Winskill he had met outside of his immediate family, as he was the first for me. This in itself was a great thing for me, and as the years progress, we should seriously think about the possibility of getting as many branches together for a clan gathering-- and we mustn't put it off forever, as I resolved not to do in Archie's case. Of course, it's a long jump from the antipodes to England, but we can do it! On another subject, I hope Peter checks in; his email address isn't working. I'm hoping for the best for his family in Zimbabwe, where the situation is very bad now. Linda, please give us a few more posts on the Kiwis and Ozs if you can.

Linda Winskill in Christchurch,New Zealand at 2:37:5 Sunday August 18 2002
Hi there all you Winskills out there. I thought I might let you know that my father, Joseph David Raymond Winskill (Ray) to whom I referred in a much earlier visit to the guest book died on the 9th August. He was 80 and probably the oldest of the New Zealand Winskill's. Just a couple of months earlier he was having a lot of fun scrolling through this guest book while he was staying with us. I have enjoyed catching up with the latest extended family news. Regards

Ed Winskill in Tacoma, Wash. USA at 17:33:1 Wednesday August 14 2002
Just time right now for a short note. My wife was invited at the "last minute" to a conference in Oxford, so I tagged along. The trip was a couple of weeks ago. We went a week early, and traveled to the North of England, where we hadn't been before. We went to the village of Winskill, outside of Penrith-- a little hamlet, really, with several houses and farms; beautiful country. The we visited Winskill Stones in the Yorkshire dales, which is on land surrounding High Winskill (Upper Winskill farm) and Lower Winskill Farm. This is near Settle on the western edge of the Dales. So I believe we saw all of the Winskill place names! We went to the Roebuck Inn (now the Cask House) in Kendal, once operated by my ancestors: Thomas Winskill appears in their records as landlord from 1904 to 1925, which confirms our family lore. The peak of the journey was a visit with Sir Archie Winskill and his elegant wife Christiane at the Phyllis Court Club in Henley-on-Thames. We spent several hours with Sir Archie, a very warm and gracious man; the distinguished head of the clan. I will report further at another time. All of this of course was made possible by the lines of communication amongst the Winskills made possible by Glyn's website.

Glyn in Sheffield UK at 2:29:3 Wednesday August 14 2002
Sorry for the guestbook not working but it is all fixed now so lets hear from you all.............Thanks

Allen Glasson in Ashburton, New Zealand at 5:7:0 Saturday May 11 2002
Hi Just trying to contact Linda Winskill who submitted some information in 2000 and who's address no longer works. Also interested to hear from anybody with a connection to the New Zealand Winskills.

Peter Winskill in Los Angeles at 4:30:44 Wednesday April 3 2002
Kobus You obviously have a valuable and interesting collection. Give me a week and I'll see what I can find re your photo resource and where it would be appreciated/should go. My grandfather was among the first white settlers of Rhodesia. Best wishes Peter Winskill

Kobus in South Africa at 20:6:26 Monday April 1 2002
Hi I'm in possesion of an original photographic journal of the Pioneering corps who conquered Rhodesia in 1890. It consists of 40 odd pages and +-80 photographs with handwritten comments. There are several photographs of C J Rhodes, F C Selous, Rev Moffat etc. I want to know if you could provide me with contact details of somebody at the Imperial War museum and if they would be interested in obtaining this valuable piece of history

Ed Winskill in Tacoma, Wa. USA at 16:46:34 Tuesday February 19 2002
Jessica, I'm quite sure that there is no genuine coat of arms for the Winskills; you will find that commercial geneological services will offer to create one for a fee, and maybe some branch of the family has done that before. Coats of arms over the centuries have been commissioned by families, particularly in eras when some supposed social status was conferred by them. Like Glyn, I've always thought this was too easy and perhaps a bit of a sham. The Winskill name originates in probability from the village of the same name in Cumbria, and has an ancient Norse origin from the Vikings. Like countless other families, representatives with the name moved in the 18th and 19th centuries from the land, probably mostly tenant farming, to artisanship, business, etc. in the wake of the industrial revolution. Likewise, in the 19th century, many emigrated overseas, as did your branch and mine. My branch in Kendal, Cumbria, were "purveyors of beer" and innkeepers in the mid-19th century. Take a look at some of the older posts here in the guestbook if you haven't already. I think the New Zealand Winskills were the first to emigrate overseas. I think the real history is much more interesting than the usually "made up" coats of arms; on the other hand, it might be fun to create one from that real history. I encourage your research into the family. Please post the things you learn here!

Glyn in Sheffield UK at 20:17:51 Saturday February 16 2002
Good question Jessica....I did inquire some years ago with a company that make plaques with the coat of arms for family names, but I was not impressed with the result. The company could not find a coat of arms related to the name Winskill but made one up for me. Seems too easy to me. Mabe Ed could help in this......I would assume that the best person to ask would be Sir Archie Winskill and as Ed is in contact with Sir Archie, mabe he could ask him if there is a family coat of arms.

Jessica Winskill in New Zealand at 3:31:12 Wednesday February 13 2002
Do we have a coat of arms? I am 13 rs old and trying to find out about my family connecations.

David M. Fahey in Oxford, Ohio, USA at 3:53:58 Sunday January 27 2002
I am writing a short article about Peter Turner Winskill, an English temperance reformer, born 27 April 1834 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, died 10 May 1912 in Liverpool (where he had lived since 1882). He and his wife Elizabeth (married 14 February 1857) had fourteen children. Winskill wrote a number of histories and biographical directories of the temperance movement. Also many temperance songs. He also published a brief undated memoir, _A Key to the Mystery; or a Short Sketch of the Life and Labours of Peter T. Winskill_. If anybody has information, about this Winskill I would appreciate your sharing it with me.

Peter Winskill in Los Angeles at 18:58:14 Friday January 25 2002
David Fahey - re. your reference to PT Winskill and the Temperance Movement: years ago - in the mid 70's - I was doing some research in the London Library, Mayfair, and came across some original material to do with a Peter Winskill who was the leader and founder of the New England Temperance movement based in Boston. That's about the limit of my memories - but if you look in their data base - which in those days was pasted into big reference volumes - you might find something about him. It intrigued me at the time I guess because it was a name sake - and I was certainly not a teetotaller ! I'd be very interested to hear about your article and where it will be published !

Ed Winskill in Tacoma, Wa., USA at 16:30:34 Friday January 25 2002
David, I would be very interested in the product of your researches. I've seen references to P.T. Winskill on the web with regard to the temperance movement but no details. We would appreciate it if you would post a short paragraph or two about him here on the Guestbook, and I would be much interested in a copy of your article when completed.

David M. Fahey in Oxford, Ohio, USA at 16:30:50 Thursday January 24 2002
Do any of you Winskills know anything about Peter Turner Winskill (1834-1912) of Liverpool, England? He is best known for several multi-volume histories and biographical dictionaries of the England temperance movement. I am writing a short reference work article about him.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 17:49:45 Monday January 21 2002
I received from Sir Archie Winskill a few days ago an excerpt from a 1987 book by Brendan Murphy, "Turncoat", which describes his encounter with the British traitor Harold (Paul) Cole in Marseilles in 1941. Cole was a double agent who exposed some of the French resistance evasion networks to the Germans. Flight Commander Winskill had made it to the south of France with Resistance help after being shot down over Calais. Archie met Cole, and lost some money as a result, but fortunately was not betrayed. He eventually escaped over the Pyrennies, and was repatriated through Gibraltar. It was after this that Winskill received the DFC. While Murphy's book is out of print, I note that many copies are available through alibris.com. Flt. Cmr. Winskill was prohibited from flying over France thereafter, because of his knowlege of Resistance escape routes and contacts; standard procedure. He was shot down over Tunisia in 1943, ditched in the sea, swam to shore, and again evaded capture. Sir Archie has his 85th birthday Jan. 24 of this year.

David James Winskill in Shrivenham UK at 17:9:57 Monday December 31 2001
Hello and a Happy New Year to all you Winskills !

Peter Winskill in LA at 12:1:7 Saturday December 22 2001
Happy Christmas and the very best in the New Year to all the world-wide Winskills ! And thanks to Glyn Winskill for maintaining the site.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 18:49:45 Tuesday December 18 2001
Glyn, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you also, and to all the others of the clan. Keep us posted about the progress of your new website. Maybe we can post some digital photos to it and put some faces to the names. Cheers!

Glyn in Sheffield at 15:24:22 Sunday December 16 2001
***********--- WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR ---***********

laura in england at 13:3:39 Thursday December 13 2001
i'm a Dyson where does the name originate from? I believe that my family motto is 'death i o not choose'?

Glyn in Sheffield UK at 5:2:21 Wednesday December 5 2001
Hello Ed and everyone else who has contributed to the posts in this guestbook....sorry for being away for a long time and not updating this page as often as I would like. I am in the process of setting up another site which will be a dedicated Winskill site so more of the clan can get together and swap stories... I will contact you all in due course. Meanwhile keep the posts comming and I will update this page ASAP

Peter Winskill in LA at 0:53:55 Tuesday December 4 2001
I had this reply from Marj Winskill of South Wales who used to live in San Francisco with her late husband, also Peter Winskill. Hi I was married to Peter Winskill in 1977-1984(ish) without getting the papers out I am unsure of the divorce date. He lived in Concord San Fran and was born in 1954-1998, he died in Feb 98. I am not Welsh I just live here, I am English and so was he until he became a USA citizen he was born in Liverpool and spoke like Sir Paul Mcartney. If there is anything else I can help you with, give us a shout Marj __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 5:1:58 Monday December 3 2001
Angela, it is a great delight to hear from the Illinois Winskills! If you haven't scrolled down through the earlier posts here on Glyn's guestbook, please do so. There is a lot of information there. I've traced the Wisconsin branch and talked to them, and have had contact with the Ontario branch. My family is the Tacoma, Wash. branch, and I believe the Illinois and New Yorkers are the only other Winskill branches in North America (this doesn't count Peter of LA, who is our representative from the Zimbabweans). I have seen several web references to the Sullivan and Bethany Winskills. Please continue to post info you receive about the Illinois! Welcome. Suddenly after a lapse of a few months were are getting new Winskills with new information.

Angela Winskill in Bethany, IL USA at 2:28:19 Monday December 3 2001
I have been married to Gary Lynn Winskill since Dec. 9, 1988. We live in Bethany, IL. We have a blended family (he has 2 children, I have 3). Gary's dad was John Earl Winskill and he lived in the Arthur, IL area when growing up, then later moved to Sullivan, IL. He was the son of John Dalton Winskill, who was the son of Joseph and Anna Winskill. We believe Joseph and Anna came from England and settled in the Kirksville, IL area. Gary had one brother, Raymond Earl, who is deceased. He has 4 children living in and around the Sullivan area. These are the only Winskill decendants that we are aquainted with. We'd love to hear from you!

David Winskill, Crouch End UK in at 21:53:32 Sunday November 25 2001
Hi Chaps, Sorry about the long absence - early New Year's resoloution is to try and stay in touch. We had a Parliamentary by-election in the UK last week - in Ipswich (the east side of England) and there was a candidate standing called Nicholas Winskill. He's not likely to become Prime Minister, only getting 1% of the vote, but I wonder if there's another branch of the Winskills over that side of the island?

agnes kerr (murray) in glasgow scotland at 21:4:7 Sunday November 25 2001
i am looking for janet martin last known address south chester st shettleston glasgow scotland went to new south wales australia in 1960's

agnes kerr (murray) in glasgow scotland at 20:59:56 Sunday November 25 2001
i am looking for avis gerber last known address 19001 north east north miami beach florida usa age 50's has brother called jerry she worked in fountainbleau hotel in florida 1966

Joanne in U.S.A. at 17:15:41 Tuesday November 20 2001
I'm looking for records of my family born and died in or around Blanchland. Years 1800 till about 1875. Names are Barron and Robson Joesph Barron died April 14th 1875 age 49yrs, William Barron died Sept. 20th, 1869 , age 54yrs. Where is Patterdale Church? Thank you so much for your time. Joanne Mattaliano 609 Crabtree Ct Lindenhurst, Il. 60046 U.S.A. or email jgiiurmlm@msn.com

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 19:42:14 Monday November 19 2001
Peter, great to hear from you; I've been checking in here once in awhile.... I read everything I see in the NYTimes about Zim's upheavals; what are the long term plans? What a sorry situation. As for me, and the local branch, no complaints! Marj, do tell us more! My uncle Bob Winskill has lived in Marin County for 40 years, but the only other Winskills I knew of in California, besides our Peter (a Rhodesian/Zimbabwean as you see) are from the Wisconsin branch. What was your ex's branch, background, etc. It's good to see a bit of activity again on the site. I'm having Sir Archie Winskill's War Museum interview transcribed; if anyone wants a copy, let me know by email.

marj winskill in South Wales at 21:32:25 Sunday November 18 2001
Peter Winskill..... From Los Angeles, Did you know that you had a namesake? The Peter Winskill I used to be married to lived in San Fransisco

Peter Winskill in Los Angeles at 3:3:30 Sunday November 18 2001
Hello Kevin. Very interesting bit of information. I wasn't aware that "shelter from the wind" referred to pit stops for shepherds. I guess in 10th century Northumberland a pit stop would have been a place to feed and water the animals ? Hello Ed. How are things ? I've just been in Zimbabwe for a month which is pretty depressing to say the least - ongoing chaos and destruction of what was once a very productive and efficient country and economy. The white farmers are now being told to leave en masse -though my own family have been left alone for the most part and allowed to plant crops. But what is the use of being one of a few productive farms in the middle of a country in chaos ?

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 18:33:43 Thursday November 15 2001
Kevin, it's good to see a Winskill check in at Glyn's guestbook, which has been very quiet for the last few months. If you scroll down a ways, you will see some good discussions about the Winskill clan and name. Sounds like you are in the very heart of Winskill country. All the branches of the family do seem invariably to originate in Cumbria/Yorkshire. My branch, of Tacoma, Wash., USA are from Kendal, Kirkby Thore, etc. I'd encourage you to post some more info about you and your branch, and we can get a good discussion going again!

kevin winskill in uk newcastle-upon-tyne at 23:4:40 Tuesday November 13 2001
winskill is a place name in cumbria north east england not far from my home. the name means "SHELTER FROM THE WIND" we were builders of pitstops for shepherds on the border highlands.

Leighann Kowalsky in home, New York at 1:12:27 Sunday October 28 2001
hi, i really dont know what this is for,i am doing a report on ontario, Canada.i am doing a page on Early settlement on ontario and was just looking for imformation so if anyone knows some early settlement and when ontario was established, if they would email me and give me that information, that would be great. thatnk you very much Leighann Kowalksy age 11

Norman in Somerset at 19:1:1 Tuesday October 16 2001
I like your site. It has several features which I haven't seen elsewhere. Please keep updating and good luck. You can never have too many photos but they do eat into your 10Mb!

katrina Brooks in tasmania at 2:2:51 Friday October 5 2001
Hi there i am searching my family tree, which is the brooks family, thats are living in tasmania or australia

alan.qian in Shang Hai,China at 11:15:33 Friday August 3 2001
hi,nice to known your family on the web.I am a chinese man aged 28 and single.Now I live in Shang Hai which is the biggest city in china. I like computer,chatting and eating and...Oh but I'm rather thin. I like friends and pleased to know you and want to know more about you. see you alan.qian

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 17:0:51 Thursday July 12 2001
I've had some further correspondence with Sir Archie. He found and forwarded an interesting article about "High Winskill" in the Yorkshire Dales national park area. I had seen some references to Upper Winskill in this region and wonder if it is the same. It seems to be in the area of Winskill Stones. Does anyone have more info about these features in the Dales? The origin would be particularly interesting to know: are these named after a Winskill family, or do they have ancient origin like that of the village; ie, named by the Norse as "shelters from the wind"? That sounds possible, as I would imagine that in that region such shelter might often be called for! It's been awfully quiet on the Guestbook. Let's have some more posts by other Winskills!

E.J Winskill in plymouth at 16:21:54 Saturday April 28 2001
you seem to have done a lot of good research. My grandfather wilf was from cumbria. my parents live at yelverton. I never realised that there were so many of us. It was always said that my grandfather had a lot of cousins and other relatives but had fallen out with them all.

Katie in Devon England at 23:19:55 Monday April 9 2001
Great site, love the colour, brilliant.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 23:55:27 Saturday March 31 2001
I received another very kind letter from Sir Archie Winskill the other day. Among other things, he says that he joined the RAF volunteer reserve in 1937, and was called to active duty a few days before the war. He enclosed a very interesting tape recording of an interview he gave in 1990 to staff of the Imperial War Museum, which contains much information about his war career. It is fascinating to hear his account in his own spoken words. At the time he left school in Carlisle in 1933, it was Sir Archie's ambition to train for the Merchant Service (Glyn will have an affinity here!), but this was sidetracked by the depression; all the ships of the Northern Shipping Co. were laid up due to the economic conditions. He worked as a clerk with the LNE Railway til the war, and stayed with the RAF after hostilities were over. Perhaps in due course I can make copies of the tape for those Winskills who, like me, have an interest in the career of this most distiguished clansman.

Peter Winskill in LA at 0:6:55 Sunday March 25 2001
I was saddened to see Ed's entry about the death of his Dad, Edward W.Winskill who sounded as though he enjoyed life to the full, traveling in S. America til the end, or the next phase.....my condolences. The Sir Archie bio should be interesting. I'm about to go off on a working cruise - playing piano - so will look in now and then over the next few months .....

Jo in at 14:28:59 Wednesday March 21 2001
I got your link posted on 40+ http://www.geocities.com/jo40plus/40plus.html?984684238420 I am afraid an e-mail address is needed ty ( cooooool site btw ! )

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 0:33:19 Saturday March 17 2001
The Queen's Flight Association has a relatively new and interesting website at tqfa-kittyhawk.net. Sir Archie Winskill is the president of the Association. I had a recent exchange with the secretary of the Association, who told me that he was in the process of gathering information, including photographs, from Sir Archie, and will in the near future be doing a biographical profile of him on their website. This will be of considerable interest when it happens, and I would urge all to check that site now and then. Taking a point of personal privilege, on behalf of the BC/Tacoma Winskills I report with sadness the death of our dad, Edward M. Winskill, on Feb. 21, 2001, in Bogota, Colombia, where he was visiting. He was 79, still practicing his profession as a dental surgeon for the love of it (as he had been for more than 55 years), and healthy and going full bore till the moment of his death. We can only wish for as much! We will miss him greatly. He gave us a great love of family and pride in the Winskill name, to which he added much luster in our book. We sent him off with a great service and much skirling of pipes for, like many of you Cumbrian borderers, we are Scots as well as Winskills.

les young in South Africa at 20:45:22 Monday March 5 2001
Searching for Anita Joan Pringle born in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, possibly in the 1940's. Pringle was her maiden name.

Suzi in Bournemouth at 16:5:5 Friday March 2 2001
Hi! My name's Suzi and I'm the Senior Staff Writer for Web Pages Made Easy magazine. Love the site - did you design it all yourself? If so, I'd love to feature it in our Website gallery. Send me an email, let me know what you think. Best wishes SUZI :0)

Glyn in Sheffield UK at 21:46:10 Tuesday January 30 2001
Hello fellow Winskill's...Just a quick word to apologise for not doing much work to the site for quite a while. However I am now in the process of updating the site so if you have any info for me now is the time to send it. Once again thanks to Ed and his family for keeping the imput going. I will be setting up a Winskill Photo Gallery so email me some photo's please.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 18:48:48 Thursday January 18 2001
Good to see that my sister found the site, which has been very quiet lately. The Tacoma Winskills are doing their share of posts. Time to hear from the Brits and others again! Happy New Year to Glyn, Peter, and all.

Elizabeth Winskill Friedrich in Kennewick, Washington USA at 23:53:15 Wednesday January 17 2001
I am the daughter of Edward S. Winskill who lives in Tacoma, Washington USA, and I have 5 brothers who have Winskill sons of their own! My grandfather Edward F. W. Winskill was born in British Columbia and his grandfather came from Kendall, England. I am a midddle school teacher in Richland, Washington, where I teach history. I live in nearby Kennewick which is a small city on the Columbia River in the eastern part of the state. It rains only 6 inches of rain a year, unlike Western Washington and the UK. We call it "scrub-steppe" rather than "desert"; it's known for its wine grapes, wheat, vegetable crops, and nuclear reservation.

MATT in England at 19:32:16 Thursday December 14 2000
Like the web site!!

Maurice Bassett in Queensland Australia at 1:28:42 Friday October 27 2000
A great site well done thanks for the music as well. regards to all from us in Australia bye

Sabrina in Switzerland at 23:13:18 Friday October 13 2000
Hi! Colle web site! Keep it up! Greetings from Switzerland, Sabrina

Julius Goodman in Vancouver.Canada at 23:39:33 Wednesday October 11 2000
Hello (G'Day Mates . I have been searching without sucsess for an address that I hope to visit on our forthcoming visit to New Zealand. None of the maps on the Net shows me the information that I want. I Have turned to you for your assisstance. I shall be renting a car from National and want to get to Santa Rosa Avenue in Hallewell/Christchurch if yo would be kind enough to email me the precice directions I will be in your debt. Thanking you in advance. Yours truly. Julius

Sue Alberici in Delair, NJ, USA at 21:26:31 Thursday October 5 2000
Glad to see the internet has brought the Winksills together! I am not a Winskill but I have Winskill friend. I stumbled upon your site by accident......

Janet Potsch nee Dyson in Perth Wstern Australia at 18:3:34 Tuesday September 19 2000
G'day Interesting site especially as it mentions my old home vilage of Grenoside. When did you live there, i lived ther from 1957 -1965. I still know people who live on main Street , namely The Maurer family do you know them. Our house used to back onto theirs , we were in Vicarage rd. I believe the old house is still there. These familyhome sites can be quite interesting , My 21yrs old daughter has just commenced creatig our family site , will let you know when it is on line. I used to attend Grenoside Junior School did any of you? I also attended St Marks for Sunday School and GFS.I remember with much delight the Easter Sunday School picnics and mayday with the maypole and the morris dancing. Oh the memories. Thanks for the site and G;day fromDown Under

Paula O'Connor (Winskill) in Hobart Tas. Australia at 7:49:6 Wednesday August 16 2000
I am very excited to find the Winskill site as I always thought that I had such an unusual surname as a child. I live in Hobart Tasmania being born on the West Coast of Tasmania, daughter of Francis Daniel Winskill (1920-1989). Frank had one brother William who had three sons William jnr, Greg and Peter. Peter has a son Matthew to carry on the Winskill name. I have a son Toby Winskill O'Connor so named because I thought the name would become extinct in Tasmania. My father did not know of any of this father's relatives only that his father Thomas Winskill may have come from New Zealand. I am very keen to start to trace the history

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 21:50:46 Monday August 7 2000
Delighted to see that Christine found the site! But if I were to extol my kids here I'd be hogging Glyn's guestbook even more than I have been. Ian Winskill, what is the product of your researches? David Winskill, you have been long silent. To hear from a few more branches would be very good. Recently, on a trip to British Columbia, I visited Winskill Aquatic Center in Tsawassen. I had not done that for 15 years and even then it is closed. It is a beautiful center, with four pools, but the item of especial interest is that the have t-shirts and sweatshirts with a prominent Winskill logo. At the time, they were out of stock. I will be calling, and will post the info here for ordering. This you may find of interest.

Christine Winskill in Seattle, WA at 22:8:15 Tuesday August 1 2000
It is great to read all of the Winskill information on this site. My father is Ed Winskill, of Tacoma and I see that he has failed to mention all of his wonderful children, so I thought I would. There are 5 of us: me, Sarah Winskill McInnis, Jennifer Winskill Maher, Edward P. (Ted) Winskill, and Hugh Winskill. Sarah has 5 children and Jennifer has 2. We, like most of our family have stayed in the Pacific Northwest and enjoy our large extended family.

Peter W. in LA at 15:32:21 Monday July 17 2000
I agree with Ed about Winskills posting any information about themselves or their families, past and present. I'm sure there are interesting odds and ends out there which would add to the general mix. Recently Geoffrey Woolard who discovered this site sent me fascinating information about my own family going back over 200 years. For the record: The WINSKILL STONES are an area of limestone near Settle in the Yorkshire Dales which have been used as ornamental chunks and paving for gardens for centuries. It's also a botanically rich wild life habitat and the Craven Convservation Group recently raised 200,000 pounds to buy a 64 acre area of it to save it from despoilation. I wonder how far back it's gone by the name Winskill ?

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 22:27:43 Tuesday July 11 2000
I today received a kind letter from Sir Archie Winskill in reply to one I sent him a few weeks ago. Air Cdre Winskill was born in Penrith, and was educated in Penrith and Carlisle grammar schools. This, of course, is the very heart of Winskill country! Indeed, if I recall aright, Penrith is only about 7-10 miles from the village of Winskill. So far, all the Winskills who have checked in here or with whom I have corresponded share the northcountry origin, as would be expected. I expect there are those who visit the site but haven't posted. I encourage everyone to do so; and to do so again if it's been awhile. As you can see, Glyn's pioneering efforts are producing much Winskill information and productive exchanges.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 19:56:22 Saturday July 8 2000
While using a search engine I had not before employed, I discovered a short but very informative article about Sir Archie Winskill printed in a Bucks paper within the last couple of years. It describes Sir Archie's reunion with the Frenchman who rescued him after he was shot down in his Spitfire over Calais. Air Cdre Winskill, who spoke French, escaped to Spain with Resistance aid. He was after repatriation awarded the DFC, commanded a number of squadrons, and was later shot down again over the Tunisian coast. He swam ashore and again escaped to safety. He is quoted as saying that he has never met anyone else who was shot down twice and escaped twice. The article has other interesting details, the first I have seen of the war career of this most interesting and distinguished clansman. Here is the article address: http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/archive/05/mail/23.05.98/FEATURES5.html I know it won't link to the site, but you can enter it and search. Or email me and I will send the link directly.

Glyn in Shefield UK at 21:5:19 Tuesday June 27 2000
It's great to see so many enteries since I last looked....Unfortunateley I have a terminal Computer problem so can only go online from time to time until I get a new PC. I amglad to see Ed rallying the clan and getting posts to the site... much appreciated Ed and keep up the good work. Interesting post from Linda as I visited Christchurch NZ some years ago whilst in the Merchant Navy. But my interest in the family name was not as strong as it is now. I know the enteries in the 'What's in a name are outdated but any updates greatfully recieved. I will be working on a new format for the site soon to make it easier to gather information and have a site registered with the Winskill name but it is early days yet. Keep the info coming ...I enjoy hearing from the world clan.

Peter Winskill in LA at 22:57:3 Wednesday June 21 2000
Welcome Geoffrey Woollard ! Yes, I did say in a previous post that my grandfather who went to South Africa in the late 1880's was named Frederick Dobito Winskill. I've always wondered where that unusual name originated and it seems that you are on to something so let's hear more !! best wishes Peter Winskill. ps I am now going to do a Dobito search myself !!

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 17:56:10 Wednesday June 21 2000
Geoffry, glad you checked in. Why don't you post what you know about Frederick Dobito Winskill. My personal view: the more posted here, the better. Glyn's guestbook has already led to many connections and much exchange of information.

Geoffrey Woollard in Cambridgeshire, England at 17:28:6 Wednesday June 21 2000
Dear Winskills, I found your site by searching for DOBITO. My wife is descended from the DOBITOs of Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England, and Frederick DOBITO (1812 - 1887) was her first cousin five times removed. It looks like Frederick Dobito Winskill was probably a relative, too. Someone write if any of this rings bells. Geoffrey Woollard.

Peter Winskill in Los Angeles at 2:3:19 Thursday June 15 2000
Linda Winskill, of New Zealand, I was very interested to read your account of the NZ Winskills and if ever I come to NZ I will certainly look you up ! Best wishes

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 20:35:53 Friday June 9 2000
A search of The Times today shows that Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill celebrated his 83rd birthday on Jan. 24, 2000. I am resolved that we should try to learn more of this most distinguished Winskill. On a very somber note, Peter Winskill today writes that the Winskill family in Zimbabwe is under siege, with the Mugabe regime having marked them and 800 other farmers for land confiscation without compensation. Our prayers would be welcome by Peter and his family. Thanks Linda for the interesting information. George sounds like he may well have been the first overseas Winskill pioneer.

Linda Winskill in Christchurch, New Zealand at 4:29:12 Friday June 9 2000
OK Ed, here's the information on the NZ Winskills that I promised. As I mentioned earlier, all the NZ connection are descendants of George Winskill (b.1829)and Ann Monkhouse Winskill (b.1826). They arrived in Lyttelton on the Zealandia in 1858 with 2 daughters, Mary Ann (she had eight daughters and three sons) and Margaret (two daughters and three sons). Goerge's father was also George (b.1799) and lived and worked as a blacksmith in Appleby in Westmoreland. He and his wife, Esther Scott (1804-18340, had 3 other children, Mary, John and David. George then married Ann and they had Christopher, Esther, Isabella, another Christopher, Ann, William, James, George and Mary. George and Ann Winskill had several more children in NZ: John and Richard died in infancy, Hester (never married), George (who had four daughters and four sons), Isabella (never married), David (my great grandfather) who had one son, William (no descendants), Esther (ten daughters and two sons) and John (one son and daughter). As can be seen such fecundity has helped populate the antipodes although with so many daughters, the name Winskill is still comparatively rare. There are sixth generation NZers among the descendants. The original family settled in Amberley, a township north of Christchurch in Canterbury province. George established the first blacksmith business there. For many years North Canterbury was the area where most descendants resided. I am aware of some Christchurch Winskills now living in Queensland, Australia. The names in the "What's in a name" are a bit outdated. That's probably enough from me. I would love to catch up with any Winskills who visit Chrischurch. We are a hospitable lot down here! My email address is lindylou_48@yahoo.com

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 0:49:3 Thursday June 8 2000
I note that in the Court Times there is an October 1999 reference to Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill representing the Queen at an RAF event. Here is the reference: http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/10/16/timcrtcrt01001.html?999 This I don't think will link, but you can enter the address into your browser and find it. So Sir Archie would seem to be alive and well. Surely someone of our UK brethren can post some information about this distinguished member of the clan! How about it? Incidently, I've corresponded a bit with Linda and hope she'll post more Kiwi information.

Linda Winskill in Christchurch, New Zealand at 4:37:58 Sunday May 21 2000
Hi there, it is great to find this site.Have you caught up with the New Zealand Winskills? All those in NZ are descended from George Winskill who arrived here in 1858 with his wife and 2 daughters. He was originally from Appleby, England and featured in the 1851 census living in Penrith. With a lot of assistance from another of his NZ descendants I have been adding to the family tree here in NZ. I would enjoy hearing from any other Winskills interested in the NZ connection.

Glyn in Home at 1:39:34 Saturday March 25 2000
Ed I'm not sure how to create a link....I'll have to look into that one I am creating another website just featuring geneology...not ready yet but I'll keep you informed.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 0:46:35 Thursday March 23 2000
Gave the address, but didn't link. Glyn, how do we do a link on the site?

Ed Winskill in at 0:44:7 Thursday March 23 2000
It shows the web address, which will get you the photo, but didn't create the link. Glyn, how do you create a direct link here?

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 0:41:59 Thursday March 23 2000
Awfully quiet on the site. I'll try to post a link:http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~suan/gallery/vie/big/gr-ew-mb.jpg If it links when I send, I'm the one with the grey beard and red shirt.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 23:45:35 Saturday February 5 2000
By way of replacing recently lost posts, I have had some e-mail correspondence with Robbi Winskill Eagleson of the Ontario Winskills and Ellen Winskill Bernius of the Illinois. I hope to get some detailed info from them sometime soon, and I urge them to post the information regarding their branch on the guestbook. The Ontarios are related to David Winskill who posted briefly awhile ago- David, lets hear from you. As yet, not a peep from the New Yorkers. Thus from North America we have heard from (or about) the BC/Tacoma, Wisconsin, Ontario, Illinois, and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe Winskills. Progress is being made. The old world is lagging!

Ian Winskill in Cheshire at 9:49:47 Tuesday February 1 2000
Sorry about your lost mail , I will try to repeat my contribution. An update on my research has revealed a connection with families back in 1786-1800 named Forster and Watson up in Blanchland Northumberland. I have also managed to get birth certificates of i) Thomas Winskill born 1841 son of Isaac Winskill & Elizabeth Heatherington at Shotley nr Consett Co Durham; ii)Thomas Winskill born 1845 son of Joseph Winskill & Mary Hodgson at Kirkby Stephen Westmorland; iii) Thomas Winskill born 1878 son of James Lockley Winskill & Jane McMillan in Newcastle upon Tyne. As yet I cannot trace any connection with my branch of the family but if anyone else is interested please contact me. iwinskill@talk21.com. Kind regards to everyone.

glyn in at 22:49:15 Sunday January 30 2000
Lost some posts again....please post again if you left a message hear this year

Glyn in at 0:25:58 Monday December 20 99
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

Glyn in at 0:24:54 Monday December 20 99
Thanks Peter And Ed for your fantastic contributions. And Peter, it was always my intention to give the family name a place on the web and its great to see you and ed contributing so much. I hope the word will spread and we get more Winskill's getting involved. Mabe even Sir Archie himself or one of his relatives?

Peter Winskill in LA at 23:58:41 Sunday December 19 99
Ed - That's fascinating about your grandfather, I remember as a kid my dad talking about coming down in the English Channel and being picked up by navy boats - planes were used in reconnaissance in those early days and we forget what a terrible senseless "war to end all wars" that one was, which killed millions of Europe's youth. My father didn't talk about it much but it had obviously deeply affected him. Sir Archie was the head pilot of the Queen's Flight in the 70's and I guess he must be in his late 70's or early 80's now. It would be interesting to hear about him and his exploits as a WWII fighter pilot which I believe he was. Maybe David Winskill in London knows something about that ? I want to take this opportunity to thank Glynn W. for giving us the opportunity to use his web site and wish him and his family all the very best in the New Year and Century and a Happy Christmas. The same good wishes to you Ed and your family(ies) up there in Washington and to all the Winskills worldwide !

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 20:55:12 Sunday December 19 99
Peter's information is of considerable interest. My grandfather, Edw. F. W. Winskill was also in the Royal Flying Corps in WW1. I have a copy of his fitness certificate, and a telegram to his father announcing that he had been gassed after going down behind German lines. He flew as an artillery spotter, and lost power on one occassion and glided from 4,000 feet. He managed to evade capture. Facinating that he was a fellow flyer with Peter's dad; both "colonials". Now we need someone out there to post the Sir Archie story. I see the references on the web, but little info. My grandfather eventually settled in Tacoma, and operated an oil heating and engineering business for 30-40 years. My dad is a dental surgeon here, still practicing at 77. I'm a lawyer, my brother Don is a lawyer, brother John a dentist, brother Bob a boatbuilder,and brother Jim a software consultant and entrepreneur. Our sister Elizabeth is a teacher. All of us in the Pacific Northwest.

Peter Winskill in Los Angeles at 2:18:23 Saturday December 18 99
Here is some of the information concerning the Rhodesia/Zimbabwe Winskills which seems to have been wiped ! My grandfather Frederick Dobito Winskill left Sidcup, England in the early 1890's to find new pastures in South Africa where he met two orphan sisters who had been left to fend for themeselves on a sheepfarm in Western Australia and had found their way to the gold mines of South Africa. My grandfather married one of them and she died in childbirth; he later married the sister Sally Freeman who was my grandmother. My father Frederick Noel was born Christmas day 1899 in London England ; such were the social pressures of those days that a child born in the colonies was considered socially handicapped and my grandmother had travelled by train from Salisbury to Beira and then by steamer through Suez to London to have him born in civilization and not in the bush ! My grandfather had come up in the Pioneer Column from S. Africa with Cecil John Rhodes as an employee of the British South Africa Company. My father was a flier in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, at age 17 ! In 1923 he bought about 10,000 acres on a government loan and started to farm tobacco, maize and cattle. He married my mother Sibyl Turnbull on one of his visits to the Old Country in 1934. The Turnbulls lived in Sidcup next door to the Winskills where my Dad was staying with his grandmother Maria and four of his unmarried aunts and uncles who lived in the same house. My grandfather had been the only one to get away ! Anyway, it was love at first sight and out of that union came my brother Nick, my sister Diana and myself. My brother runs the farm and has branched into roses and a game farm which has giraffe, eland, zebra and much else. Unfortunately it is a very unstable political situation and does not look to be getting better ! My brother has two sons John, who is married and works on the farm and Simon who is in banking based in London. I studied history and Eng Lit. and worked for many years in publishing in the UK and South Africa. I came to the States in 1984 where I worked in a private mental health facility as one of my interests is psychology. But my great passion has always been music and now I am a musician (pianist - jazz, ballads, classical !) Such is a very short history of the Zimbabwe Winskills.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 19:35:30 Friday December 10 99
At the risk of boring the readers, I'll add another post. I found Virgil Winskill's name in a CD-ROM phone directory, and called him up. He now lives in Florida. I then talked to his sister, Maryann Stoltz, who lives in California. They are both in their 80's and have interesting tales of life in Wisconsin. Lore of yore. And I stand corrected-- Chrissie died first and Winskill School is named after her. As I have now found some ancestors from Kirkby Thore, I suspect distant cousinship to the Wisconsin Winskills. Time will elucidate this, I hope.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma at 0:30:49 Monday December 6 99
Now a little bit more on our branch. My grandfather Edward F.W. Winskill was born in Vancouver BC in 1895. His brother Christofer was a few years younger. As I said in an earlier post, their grandfather William was married in Kendal to Abigail and in Ontario to Mercy. He had 2 children in England. Whether Abigail died, was divorced, or abandoned we don't know. However, when my grandfather visited Kendal on leave in the UK in WWI (he was a pilot), he recieved a very cool reception from the Winskill relations who owned the Roebuck Inn there. He always had the distinct impression that they regarded him as a branch from the wrong side of the blanket, perhaps because of the above circumstances. Or perhaps they worried the colonials would come to claim an inheritance! Anyhow, any info as to that Kendal branch would be of tremendous interest to us. While my grandad married an American girl and came to the US in the '20's, my uncle Chris stayed in BC. He was a successful potato farmer for decades, but in the 1970's the Delta,BC municipality bought his farmland for a park. He and his wife Molly had enough from this to travel the world, etc. and Winskill Park and Winskill Aquatic Center got their names. They had 3 daughters, and their surviving child, Carol Gilbert, lives in Victoria BC.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma, Wash. USA at 0:9:26 Monday December 6 99
It's time to get to work to replace some of the posts lost when the server went down. It would be good to see Peter Winskill's info about the Rhodesia/Zimbabwe branch again and in more detail. Here goes on the Wisconsin information. I got ahold of Joan Blackney of Wisconsin who gave me a great deal of data on the Winskill sisters of Lancaster, Wis. Thomas Winskill, of Kirhby Thore, Yorkshire, married Margaret Allen. They came to Lancaster in 1886. They had 4 children, Thos. W., Chrissie, Louisa, and Henrietta. The sisters never married, and stayed in Lancaster. (The family also lived in Durham before coming to the US.)The brother died in 1928. His son, W.L.(Ned) Winskill died in 1980 in California, leaving 3 surviving children,Virgil, Wm.L.,and a daughter whose name I don't have. They should leave a message here! At any rate, Chrissie and Henrietta donated the land for Winskill School in memory of Louisa, who died first. Thus the history of Winskill School is at last elucidated. Hopefully, Virgil et.al. or their offspring will find this site and give us the rest of the story.

Glyn Winskill in at 20:35:44 Saturday November 20 99
If anyone recently posted a message on this page and it no longer appears here...please repost as I have lost a lot of infomation due to a failure by my ISP on it's members web server. Thanks for your help

Ian Winskill in Middlewich, Cheshire at 10:50:21 Sunday November 14 99
Glyn I didn't realise the site has been down. I currently a family tree from what i know of this branch of the family. I noticed, as I think you have that Mary Lena Winskill,b 1939 in Birkenhead married James Roosevelt son of FDR in 1969. Anyone givr anymore info on Mary please.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma, Wash. USA at 18:4:1 Friday November 12 99
Great to see the site back up! What happened? Looks like a major failure at the server. I see we have lost some posts, particularly Ian Winskill's and Peter Winskill's. Maybe they can recreate them if they don't soon re-emerge from limbo.

Ed Winskill in Tacoma,Wash.USA at 19:19:22 Thursday August 19 99
Our branch of the Winskills in the Tacoma area is descended from William Winskill(1840-1923) who married Mercy Goddard (1842-1916) in Ontario. I wouldn't be surprized if Ontario or other Canadian or midwest US Winskills had this connection. William had previously been married in Kendal, England to Agnes Swainson. They had 2 children, Thomas and Hannah. Any other browsing Winskills or others with information let Glyn know, and me at ewinskill@dpearson.com.

Sharon & Charles Buckley in Sheffield at 20:47:29 Monday August 16 99
We would like to know where you got that photo of Andrea,and when are you going to update it?(HA HA HA) Very good web page Will visit again

Shaun and SHelby in Conroe, TX at 20:9:7 Monday August 16 99
nice site pretty cool what ya'll are doing please visit our site when u get the chance

malcolm simon winskill in luton at 16:2:18 Saturday August 7 99
will get back to you with e mail address. up the hatters

Kim in ohio at 5:12:19 Tuesday August 3 99
I was surfing the web tonight and I came across your family web page. This inspires me to do one for mine also! :o)Your family seems sweet! I also like the way you put things together on your page. Lots of things to look at and great graphics! :o)

Ed Winskill in Tacoma, Wash. USA at 16:31:20 Monday August 2 99
Winskill place-names are rare in North America; I know of only two:Winskill Park and Aquatic Center in the Fraser River Delta of British Columbia and Winskill Elementary School in Lancaster, Wisconsin.The first is named after my great-uncle Christopher Winskill, who farmed in the Delta for decades; this is a tale for another time. The lore on Winskill School I got from Al Webber, the unofficial historian of Lancaster. He says the school was named after the unmarried Winskill sisters, now deceased, who donated their farm land to the school district. He does not recall their first names, but well remembers looking out of the windows of his high school classroom in the 1930's at the cows on their farm, daydreaming when he should have been studying. There are no longer any Winskills in that area, and I know nothing further of that branch.

Edward S.Winskill in at 23:52:14 Wednesday June 9 99
I am one of the Tacoma,Wash. USA Winskills,descended in turn from the British Columbia Winskills. We constitute one of the larger nodes of the clan,I think. Tacoma is 30 miles south of Seattle, on Puget Sound, tho' our ilk is now more broadly scattered. None of us has ever met any other W's,so rare is the name here. It's a pleasure to see your efforts.

Hannah Winskill in at school(only 8 days left,Hooray!) at 11:18:29 Tuesday May 11 99
Hey dad, i think my site needs up-dating, as i`m a little bit too old for the baby bears. DON'T YOU THINk. i also think you should change my photo (new hair and everything) and what's that about boyfriend "no chance" who says, because i certainly didn't. anyway mrs ward is very impressd. i'm going to break now so i`ll see you later.

The Hermit in Finstock at 10:1:2 Monday April 12 99
Hi Glyn. Looks like your guestbook doesn't accept HTML tags. My website URL is http:come.to/hermitsmidi. Drop by sometime.

The Hermit in Finstock, Oxfordshire at 9:59:2 Monday April 12 99
Hi Glyn It's amazing how creative one can be with one's home page. I like your What's In A Name angle. And judging from the response in your guestbook, so do all the Winskills of the world. My family and I had a quick tour of the Lake District last month, but we didn't come across the village of Winskill. We weren't looking for it, to tell the truth, besides, it WAS a quick tour. Drop by my site, if you have time. Take care.

Ellen in Pennsylvania, USA at 9:55:59 Sunday March 28 99
Great start to what I know will be a wonderful site..enjoyed meeting you and your family. Loved your stories about the merchant navy, I hope you include more of these. Keep up the good work. Thanks for visiting my site too! *Happy Easter to everyone*

sabine and ronald in austria at 10:30:41 Thursday March 25 99
Hi guys! We like your homepage very much! It is really great! Greetings from austria!

Donna in Marlow in Buckinghamshire in the UK at 20:57:0 Friday March 12 99
hey there ive found someone with the sam surname as me wow! well thats all i have 2 say sorry

shani ya`acov in in israel at 18:43:58 Friday February 19 99
very good!

Megan winskill in Gig harbor,Washngton at 3:50:59 Monday February 8 99
Hi iam jim winskills Dauter. Iam turning 11 Soon. winskill is the best name in the whole wide world. Some people maake fun of my name but i dont care what they think. If you are a Winskill hold your head up high.

Jim Winskill in Near Seattle, WA at 5:20:54 Sunday February 7 99
Hi from Gig Harbor, Washington State, USA! Looks like it's a small world after all. Not many of us Winskill's in the U.S. My wife and I have 3 chlildren ages 9 - 12. I just recently sold my business (software and integration services) and am starting another one, also software related. Love to talk more some time, please send an e-mail when you get a chance. Jim

Stephen Hiller in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia at 11:2:57 Tuesday December 1 98
Surfing for Kettering, is that where uyou are? I stayed ther 1 night while touring UK 1992. B&B opposite a hospital. I remember seeing a football strip for local team in a shop window - yellow strip? Have old pic of Boughton PO, thatched roof.

Hannah and co in at school, arrrragh at 9:40:22 Monday September 28 98
we are bored, so decided to surf the net. my mates think the site`s great, but it needs up dating. We`ve got to do our work now, so see-ya.

Craig Winskill in Sheffield at 15:28:36 Thursday August 6 98
Just being playing on the computer at work and thought i would say high

Rob Woon in City school IT lesson! at 10:36:36 Tuesday July 21 98
Hi Glyn I'm Hannah's IT Teacher at City - I didn't know she had an expert as a Dad, she's got no excuse now for doing even better at IT than she has done already! Nice page - quite a bit of work. My father researched our family name 'Woon' and found it to be celtic for 'lower meadow'. He too worked in the merchant navy as did alot of our ancestors. He published a book in the end about the family history. By the way only nine out of ten for spelling - 'favourite' you've probably used the USA spell-checker. Cheers Rob W ps Hannah is working really well in IT!

Bill in wv, usa at 2:23:20 Saturday June 27 98
SURFING WEBSITES AND WANTED TO SAY HI.

howard and heather brooks in melton mowbray leicestershire at 18:45:11 Friday June 19 98
just signed on the web last week and browsing around to see what we could find like the look of your site. hope your wife soon changes her mind .as the programme says " computers don`t bite" and we are complete novices . all the best

Craig Winskill in Sheffield at 14:5:49 Monday June 8 98
Hello this is your nephew Craig and I would Like to say what a great site you have created. I fould it just by looking up the name out of intrest and I was quite amazed it was part of my close family. Sorry I can't leave an E-mail as its on the computer at work. Keep up the good work and see you in the near future. P.S. say hello to the family.

June in From Norway at 16:33:19 Monday May 25 98
Nice homepage

Dan-O in Rome NY at 1:48:0 Sunday May 24 98
Great site, very professional.

Glyn in at 10:59:1 Thursday April 30 98
Philip Winskill please contact me again as your e-mail did not work

Glyn in Sheffield UK at 10:8:24 Saturday March 14 98
Michael Williams....your e-mail address does'nt work...visit my "What's in a name" page and fill in the form found on one of the pages there. Great to hear from someone in Australia. Get in touch again for more info.

michael williams in australia at 9:20:56 Friday March 13 98
My wife is a winskill, she would be interested in anything about the family. This is the first time I have tried the net, so I am not sure if my email is correct or complete.

David Winskill in Crouch End London at 18:22:40 Sunday March 1 98
Still keen to talk to you Glynn. Please try and give me a call ( tele no below ). Working on getting an e-mail address. Regards DW

David Winskill in London, UK at 17:1:51 Saturday February 21 98
Sorry Glynn, I'm a novice at this technology and I don't have an e-maill address. You'd be welcome to phone

Glyn in Sheffield at 15:55:58 Saturday February 21 98
David Winskill...URGENT......Please get in touch again as I would like more info.. you did not leave an e-mail address so I cannot return the message.

Pastor Wayne Wilcox in Depew, New York at 13:56:21 Saturday February 21 98
Saw your page in a guestbook and your being from UK interest me. We invite you to visit us at http://www.onlinebuffalo.com/~treelife Jesus loves you.

David Winskill in Crouch End, London at 12:12:27 Saturday February 21 98
I've had a quick look thru' the site and can see the potential. I'd like to think that more Winskill's will log on. The name? It means 'shelter against the wind' The word is the same as Windscale - the site of the notorious Cumbrian nucler power station. Any more info?

Stephen Calvert in Benton, Wisconsin at 18:9:22 Wednesday January 28 98
Glyn, This is my third message. I note that on your page on Winskills around the world, one is not able to click on U.S.A. to obtain information re American Winskills.

Ray in St Briavels, Glos. at 21:3:52 Thursday January 1 98
Hi. Just sent you an email and thought I'd visit your guestbook. Guess what? I found someone there who I know or at least, I know his father. Anyway, thought I'd send him an email but on clicking on his name, my screen (Eudora Light) comes up blank without the recipient's address in the address line. Does this happen for you, I wonder, with this entry? Boots are made for rambling .............. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/scarpa/

Nancy in Hampton, Virginia at 17:26:46 Tuesday November 4 97
Hi there! Found ya from the Family Connection. I liked your site! Enjoyed my visit here very much. Stop by my site sometime http://www.angelfire.com/va/nancyx

Barby in USA at 3:20:56 Thursday October 16 97
Hi! I came in on the Family Connection Ring. It is such a delight to visit a page by someone in the UK--my daughter visited the UK last year, and we plan to return in '99. You have a wonderful family, and I enjoyed "meeting" them! Drop by our "house" in Arkansas, USA, for a visit if you get a chance.

Donna Thompson Minke in Argyle, Texas at 5:13:43 Friday October 10 97
Dear Winskill Family, I have a great-great-great grandmother whose name was Ann Winskill b. 1795 m. John Hudson abt. 1820 and emigrated with him and three children abt. 1832 to Virginia, USA, I have always believed this couple was from Yorkshire because of a Dent Family (listing their birthplace as Yorkshire, England) buried near them in a Hudson cemetery in Ft. Chiswell, VA. Winskill is such a rare name, I was thrilled to find a match on Yahoo. Eagerly awaiting your reply. An American cousin? Donna

G.Lowe in Kettering, UK at 15:53:47 Monday October 6 97
Nicely done.. You obviously get a lot more time to surf and build your site than I do.

S. Garwood in SouthW. Ont, Canada at 21:57:20 Thursday September 25 97
I found your website very interesting- as it is my mother's maiden name. I had no idea that there were such a number of Winskills around the world. I will leave my email address upon returning as I should check with my mother.

beth in Alabama at 5:4:25 Wednesday September 24 97
very nice page, but i'm not a winskill. if ya like return the favor by signing our guestbook at http://home1.gte.net/stebet/index.htm Thanks.

Mary Smith in North Carolina, USA at 14:12:27 Monday September 1 97
You have done a very nice job. Thank you for visiting my site. I'm still trying to figure all this techno stuff out. Pictures have been the hardest part. You have been added to my ICQ users list.

David Turner in Wales at 13:45:32 Sunday August 31 97
The lay out of your page is very nice. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/42/

Markus Hollenstein in AUSTRIA at 13:20:37 Wednesday August 20 97
Hi! I enjoyed your pages.Really nice! Stop by mine sometime http://members.vol.at/hollenstein/index.html

Card1987 (Kim) in Oklahoma at 0:33:25 Wednesday August 20 97
You're pages are very nice! Please come visit mine at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/1794 I chat all the time in Yahoo! chat that's where I get the name Card1987. Come chat with us sometime! Card1987 (Kim)

Pindos in zurich, switzerland. at 0:18:28 Friday August 15 97
hi, thanks for the chat!!!

Jim Brooker in Norwalk Ohio USA at 23:30:39 Wednesday August 13 97
Very nice page. I really enjoyed looking around. Stop by our place sometime when you get the chance.

Ralf Schmoll in ME at 13:45:48 Friday August 8 97
Congratulations !!! A very nice und well designed site !!! Greetings from Cologne, Germany !!!

Hamad AL SALEH in kuwait at 9:26:8 Thursday August 7 97
i woul like to know more a bout the family

Lisa Lisa in South Bend Indiana at 6:13:13 Thursday August 7 97
Nice site...I am looking for ideas for my own site....

Erik in at 18:5:33 Monday August 4 97
Thanks for joining the Family Connection Ring

Hoss in West Virginia, USA at 5:30:35 Monday August 4 97
I was doing my usual surfing when I kind of stumbled across your page. It really looks great. Good job. Stop by mine sometime. Happy Surfing!! ~Hoss~ http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/3538

Longrider in Was wondering the s at 5:16:20 Monday August 4 97
Great page and an interesting name. Good luck in your studies.

Heidi in Houma, Louisiana at 21:21:52 Sunday August 3 97
Nice page for your first attempt *smiles*. My homepage

Stephen Catton in Glastonbury at 22:14:22 Saturday August 2 97
Just passing through. Nice site though. My wife is the same.

Andrea in Toronto, Canada at 23:7:5 Friday August 1 97
Adorable.

DamnListy in 7th circle of hell at 1:41:7 Monday June 23 97
late night surfer steps in for a look, looking good...

P Tarn in at 23:0:46 Tuesday June 17 97
Nice one Hannah, give my regards to James and the family.