Retha Mancil from Alabama is asking for any information on her ancestors in the Barentine (Barentyne, Barrington) and Huddleston families. If you want to contact Retha and share information please contact the website editor. See the history section for some of her snippets of the past.

Joyce Collier (nee Parslow) is asking for any information on the Parsler family. She is descended from John Parsler who is recorded as being a Husbandry Man in Great Haseley in 1755. She can be contacted via the website editor paul.lee@fsmailnet
 
An old photo of The Rectory, Great Haseley has turned up, found by Peter Hill. The date is uncertain but thought to be 19th century.



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Julia Crane has sent a fascinating document, part of the written recollections of Georgiana Long who visited the Haseleys during the 19th century:
'My ancestor (Walter Long) inherited Haseley Court from the Blackall Family and we have some documents relating to this time. The most significant is an account of Georgiana Long's memories of the time (Georgiana was one of Walter's daughters), which records several visits to Haseley Court, including the wedding in Gt Haseley Church of my Great-Great-Great Grandparents, Lucy Long (another of Walter's daughters) and William Barnes'.
You can see the full document here with images of William and Lady Mary Long -
http://thehaseleys.co.uk/images/active/
Georgiana_Longs_recollections.pdf
The full text also appears in the 'history' section of the website

Daily info
Have a look at this site for listings of events and venues in the Oxford area
http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk

The website has received the following request from Lesley Mowery in the US:

"At the moment I am  compiling a book on my genealogy and my family comes from Great Haseley. The family name is Bishop and I have traced it back to Edward Bishop born in 1755 in Great Haseley to Francis and Mary Bishop. Robert Bishop is the last Bishop  I have who lived in Great Haseley.  He had a cottage there in 1953.  The Lovells are also connected with my family.

On the extended family there is mention of Little Haseley and Little  Milton. Looking at the map they appear to be close.
I was born in the UK but moved to New Zealand when only 5. I am married to an American and live in the USA.
It would be great if you could put out a request for information about Bishops in Great Haseley.
I will continue to check the web site for future updates.
The Haseleys look very picturesque.
I read a book  on the internet about sanitation conditions in Oxfordshire in 1874 when Great Haseley had some typhoid cases and it describes some of the living conditions in the cottages. They were not so picturesque at that time.
It mentions Paynes and Lovells. I have  Lovells in the extended family tree. I also know through an Aunt that the Paynes come into the picture at a later date around the 1950's but have not found the connection.

I have attached a photo and wondered if you might recognize this cottage in Great Haseley. It belonged to Robert Bishop who was born in 1874. The photo was taken in 1953. Robert  is the brother of my great grandfather."