[WED]WARD follow up

[Debra Emmett]

Hi again,

Thank you to Mary for so quickly replying with information about the 
religious aspect of the Iowa migration. It was a bit of a long shot that it 
was the British Israelites that helped send Isaac to NZ, but I thought I'd 
try anyway. I know that my Ward family certainly migrated to New Zealand in 
search of a better life than the hardships they faced in Wedmore at the 
time. The few letters that survive from Sarah to her sons paint a very 
gloomy picture of life for them in Wedmore in the 1840s.

And in reply to John, according to the 1851 census, my Sarah Welch was 
probably born in Evercreech, also in Somerset, so I appreciate you taking 
the time to look for the name for me, but it seems that I'll have to try and 
find the Evercreech records to track her down. Ancestry.com looks like it 
has what I'm after, but I'm hoping to find a cheaper source of the 
information (the old kiwi dollar doesn't stretch too far in US dollars).

Thanks again for everyone's help.

Debra





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