Publications
Coombes family saga, by Avril Boss, published March 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 1, article, pp.43-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508968] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:When I got interested in our family history, I started asking questions of my mother. My mother was born in Lewes on 1 June 1922. The general response to my questions was "our family didn't talk a lot about the past, there was some sort of scandal, I'm not sure but I think it was on my mother's side of the family."
My mother talked about 'Auntie This' and 'Uncle That' but because them was no last name we had no idea what branch of the family they belonged to. But, what excitement when something comes along and you find some long lost relative or connection to the line you are researching. I kept looking and information began to come together. I was looking initially at the RICHARDSON and WATERMAN lines and received wonderful help from Valerie Mellor, Tim Richardson and Rosemary Bridgemen; with their help and the help of many others these lines are almost completed. However the line giving me the most difficulty was/is the COOMBES family.
My mother talked about 'Auntie This' and 'Uncle That' but because them was no last name we had no idea what branch of the family they belonged to. But, what excitement when something comes along and you find some long lost relative or connection to the line you are researching. I kept looking and information began to come together. I was looking initially at the RICHARDSON and WATERMAN lines and received wonderful help from Valerie Mellor, Tim Richardson and Rosemary Bridgemen; with their help and the help of many others these lines are almost completed. However the line giving me the most difficulty was/is the COOMBES family.