The customary “Harmer” good weather was in evidence again on Saturday 4th September 2010 when around 65 people shared the day and their family histories at the HFA reunion at Herstmonceux Village Hall, East Sussex.
The 2010 display focused on census records with the display panels featuring three brothers from the “Randwick” family tree and their family history as seen through the census.
Also on display was the family of another “Randwick” tree member Anthony Dorkin Harmer who eventually lived in Eastbourne, East Sussex amongst the Sussex Harmers!
On the tables were indexes to the Harmers in the 1841 – 1911 censuses, with for the 1851 – 1901 censuses an additional index grouped by family rather than straight alphabetical order.
Files containing five of our hundreds of trees were also available for members to leaf through, “Salehurst”, Randwick”, “Waldron” and the newly created “Norfolk” tree complete with indexes, and our largest tree, “Heathfield,” at the time un-indexed. The Heathfield tree has now been indexed linking together 7,179 individuals into one family.
The day saw a long awaited first meeting between twin brothers Nick and Tim and their second cousin Jacki. Swapping of notes and discussion with other members of the HFA has led to further research of their tree with additional information already being discovered.
The 2010 display focused on census records with the display panels featuring three brothers from the “Randwick” family tree and their family history as seen through the census.
Also on display was the family of another “Randwick” tree member Anthony Dorkin Harmer who eventually lived in Eastbourne, East Sussex amongst the Sussex Harmers!
On the tables were indexes to the Harmers in the 1841 – 1911 censuses, with for the 1851 – 1901 censuses an additional index grouped by family rather than straight alphabetical order.
Files containing five of our hundreds of trees were also available for members to leaf through, “Salehurst”, Randwick”, “Waldron” and the newly created “Norfolk” tree complete with indexes, and our largest tree, “Heathfield,” at the time un-indexed. The Heathfield tree has now been indexed linking together 7,179 individuals into one family.
The day saw a long awaited first meeting between twin brothers Nick and Tim and their second cousin Jacki. Swapping of notes and discussion with other members of the HFA has led to further research of their tree with additional information already being discovered.
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