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A question of probabilities, by Barry W. Farrant, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.212-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William Farrant married Ellen Colburn in Brighton in 1906. The search for Ellen Colburn's parents proves problematic

Problems of a probationer, by Barry Farrant, published September 2005 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 7, article, pp.338-339) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508840] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Perseverance when searching

A Tale Of Two Divorces, by Barry W. Farrant, published September 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 3, article, pp.136-140) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508853]

I am sure that everyone reaches a stage in their family history research when they can no longer progress in their main family lines, the proverbial brick wall. When one of those situations arises I start spreading my research sideways. That is how, with the help of a premium subscription to a family history web-site and other resources to be found on the internet, this tale has developed. The case of William Anthony Burlton Bennett and the case of Joseph Ephraim Bannister

A Case of Mental Instability in Victorian Times, by Barry Farrant, published September 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 7, article, pp.318-322) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508953]

This is a rather complicated story! It has a number of well researched facts and also much conjecture. Thomas Frederick SRATT was born at 1 Byron Street, Hove on 15th March 1887, the son of Thomas Saunders SPRATT and Eleanor Bertha SPRATT (née RIDGE). He was subsequently baptised at All Saints Church, Brighton on 21st August 1889 along with his sister Emily Grace SPRATT born at the same address in November 1888. Thomas Saunders SPRATT was a writing clerk.