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Anthony, I,m a Higham,I have been researching my family tree, I concentrated at the start on the male line, I was surprised at the number of Highams in Wigan and close district,post 1700,s and even earlier, I have wondered about the origins of the name and I have noticed Highams in the S East, even a place named HIGHAM, S East I thought maybe Scandanavian
any info would be appreciated.

Great site
Just wanted to say goodnight and god bless
to my friend Brian Yates

message for Shauniebabe...who ever looks after grandad is entitled to a carers assessment. Get intouch with the carers support team on 705983 ask for Amanda, she will help you

good enjoy all thee old stuff

ii love wiganworld

Sorry, only genuine guestbook entries from now on... I've been a bit lenient of late adding comments and the guestbook is turning into a message board! Discussion threads will be deleted.

Ta,
Brian

Helen ,try Communicate section ,much friendlier than the Forum .

I wasn't going to use ' Guestbook' again for a general comment after reading the last few items. I do agree that it isn't the right place to air your views but I've had a look at Forum & don't really like it..looks like its for locals only. So I'll just carry on looking at the great photos people upload of faces & places......unless someone can up with something new for people to want to comment but don't want to get involved with Forum.

Im with Lotty,I wasn't in with the group did try though.

I'm with you Lotty on this one

Now thats how I felt when I first joined the forum Lotti, but I stuck with it and eventually I was excepted.

I actually found the forum to be very cliquey, if you have an opinion that certain folk dont like you get banned from the forum.
Certain folk get free run on the site whilst others are kept quiet......

All you folks who are looking for info would be better off on the Wigan world Forums section, there are loads of us proper Wiganers on there ready to help you with your requests.
This part of Wiganworld is really just a "guestbook" for folks to say how the like the site. So come on and join us 'know it all's' on the Forums section , you would be surprised how many folk have got back in contact with each other through just asking,

It's fun to check out this site to see all the places I have visited in Wigan. Brings back memories.

All you folks who are looking for info would be better off on the communicate boards, there are loads of us on there ready to help you with your requests. This part of Wiganworld is really just a "guestbook" for folks to say how the like the site. So come on and join us 'know it all's' on the communicate boards, you would be surprised how many folk have got back in contact with each other through just asking, we even have people who will look up parts of your ancestry for you if you ask. Plus we are all as daft as they come, and we have a great laugh on the best Wigan site around.

Hi Iain Rutherford yes I remember the golf course at BRYNROAD ASHTON and the wood, an` tips spent many a time down there in summer school holidays the pond as i new it was called the "Valley" all the local lads used to swim there. Pinched many a golf ball and got chased Happy days.

I am looking for christopher marsden,born ca 1789,mother Betty.children in clude mary,jane,alice,peter among others.It seems christopher married a few times but a wife was never around in the 1841 and 1851 censuses. I am also looking for any info on henry Derbyshire who married Margaret moor.He was born ca 1799. Would welcome any info.
Your website is excellent for research and very easy to follow, Brenda

Point taken Anthony but I still have to say the information I have retrieved on the website of the LDS's site has been accurate & very helpful. It's a good place to start looking for a name .... but as you say local records & census data are invaluable for researching.

hi christine
try wigan cemetery records which can be located on wiganworlds home page

Christine, I don't think anyone could object to you locating or visting any grave as they are, for the most part, in public grounds. The excellent work done on this website in providing an index for the Wigan and Westwood cemeteries has been first-rate. There are of course many very small graveyards in the wigan area that are not indexed online, but there will be a record available via the church.

Contacting the churchwarden is probably the best place to start, they are duty-bound for the upkeep of the church grounds and will be able to advise on the location of graves etc.