Publications
Is There Anyone There?, by Tony Holkham, published March 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 5, article, pp.189-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508812] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:George Holkham (c.1798-1883) married Mary Ann Archer in 1822 at Aldwick and they had at least 3 children there.
Simon the bowman: a history mystery, by Tony Holkham, published March 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 5, article, pp.234-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508972] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:I have a mystery. It concerns the Battle of Hastings, perhaps. But let me start at the beginning.
When I started out trying to trace my ancestors in 1980, way back in the dark ages before the internet and even before personal computers, I soon realised I had, for my family name at least, a problem. My father Richard had the name HOLKHAM, as did his father Ernest, grandfather Frederick and great-grandfather, also Frederick. When the elder Frederick's father George died. he was HOLKHAM. too. Going back further. it starts to go awry.
When I started out trying to trace my ancestors in 1980, way back in the dark ages before the internet and even before personal computers, I soon realised I had, for my family name at least, a problem. My father Richard had the name HOLKHAM, as did his father Ernest, grandfather Frederick and great-grandfather, also Frederick. When the elder Frederick's father George died. he was HOLKHAM. too. Going back further. it starts to go awry.
Sidetracked!, by Tony Holkham, published September 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 3, article, pp.138-139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508844] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Becoming side-tracked when researching ancestors is inevitable, and sometime, can be very interesting.
Investigating my HOLKHAM, HOLCOMBE, HALCOMBE, HOCKHAM or HAWKHAM ancestors in West Sussex during the 19th century, I was interested in the origin of shepherd Richard HALCOMBE who appears in the 1841 census of Eartham. He is 60, and lives with his wife Hannah, also 60, and 25-year-old Charles HORN.
Investigating my HOLKHAM, HOLCOMBE, HALCOMBE, HOCKHAM or HAWKHAM ancestors in West Sussex during the 19th century, I was interested in the origin of shepherd Richard HALCOMBE who appears in the 1841 census of Eartham. He is 60, and lives with his wife Hannah, also 60, and 25-year-old Charles HORN.
The Holcombes of Sussex, by Tony Holkham, published March 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 5, article, pp.232-236) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]