Publications
John Taylor, the "Water Poet's" Adventures on the Sussex Coast, by Unknown Author(s), published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, article, pp.137-140) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library View Online
Hudson Taylor at Brighton, by Raymond Belton, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 5, article, p.326) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]
John Taylor's Tour of Sussex in 1653, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.19-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library
The Taylor Family (18th Century) of Rotherfield; The Jarvis Family (18/19th century) of Rotherfield; The King Family (19th century) of Frant & Tunbridge Wells, by Trevor Hill, published c.2015 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504135]
Great Grandmother's Secrets Revealed!, by Geoffrey Barber, published March 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 1, article, pp.17-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509161]
Preview:I have realised for some time now that the most personal and therefore most valuable family history material has come not from looking back but from looking forward to find living descendants. It is the information and artefacts that they inherited (and which you didn't!) which can greatly expand your understanding of the family. It may simply be photographs (I had none of my great-grandmother) or it may be some very valuable information.
One of the most useful tools for finding living descendants is the huge number of personal family trees on sites such as www.ancestry.co.uk. For those who participate in DNA genealogy research the database of your DNA matches on sites such as www.familytreeDNA.com is another. I also choose to publicise my family tree on my own website www.nynne.org which serves to draw in previously unknown relatives. It was via my own website that I was contacted in 2013 with a rather unusual request. A person emailed me saying that he was looking to take over the 100 year lease on his great-grandfather Harry FINLEY's grave in Portslade as it had about 20 years left on it and could therefore still be used. The only problem was that my great-grandmother Annie Mary TAYLOR (1872-1953) was the registered owner and he had no idea who she was - she certainly wasn't part of his family! He had tracked me down by searching on her name and finding my web site.
One of the most useful tools for finding living descendants is the huge number of personal family trees on sites such as www.ancestry.co.uk. For those who participate in DNA genealogy research the database of your DNA matches on sites such as www.familytreeDNA.com is another. I also choose to publicise my family tree on my own website www.nynne.org which serves to draw in previously unknown relatives. It was via my own website that I was contacted in 2013 with a rather unusual request. A person emailed me saying that he was looking to take over the 100 year lease on his great-grandfather Harry FINLEY's grave in Portslade as it had about 20 years left on it and could therefore still be used. The only problem was that my great-grandmother Annie Mary TAYLOR (1872-1953) was the registered owner and he had no idea who she was - she certainly wasn't part of his family! He had tracked me down by searching on her name and finding my web site.