Publications
Missing!, by Linda Hall, published June 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 2, article, pp.82-85) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508843] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Family history research began with a six-foot long roll of paper on which a cousin had produced a DAVIS family tree some 30 years ago, long before internet access made the process easier. At the very top of the paper are the names Richard OSWIN and Ann BONGARD, whose daughter Louisa Ann OSWIN married Thomas Henry DAVIS - my mother's granny and grandpa DAVIS.
More on the Angmering Bongards, by Linda Hall, published December 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 4, article, pp.161-163) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508845] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:In June's SFH, I wrote about my missing George BONGARD and other members of the BONGARD and OSWIN families. Although I have still not found any record of the death of George BONGARD, a bricklayer and builder born in Heene in 1806, I have found more information on other aspects of the story. George was one of nine children of James BONGARD/BUNGUARD and Lucy TALMEDGE. The first five were born in Angmering: Ann c1793, Margaret 1794, John 1796, James c1799, and Daniel 1801. The other four were born in Heene: Frances who was born and died in 1804 and was buried in Angmering with her grandparents John and Deborah BONGARD, George 1806, Thomas 1809 and Jane 1812. Most of the family are proving as elusive as George but I have tracked down Daniel and Thomas as well as Daniel's son George Henry BONGARD. Their stories are in marked contrast, the one being a story of success, the other of tragedy.