Macklin; Mansel Lacy HER (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, February 24, 2013, 18:07 (4285 days ago) @ carol allen

Hi Carol,
Perhaps these general Herefordshire FH sites may be of some help in your search (apologies if you already have tried them).

The Herefordshire Surnames site does have contact details for a Macklin searcher, it may be outofdate but well worth a try ?. (I stumbled across this site a few years back and it has helped me a lot).
http://www.herefordsurnames.homecall.co.uk/m.htm

The Herefordshire FHS site may be worth an email altho no obvious Mackin researcher listed.
http://www.herefordshirefhs.org.uk/surnames?cat_id=17&field=+

I'm beginning to find the old newspapers site more & more usefull & informative when tracing family names, have you tried it ?. See this thread for info & advice.
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=34864

Re House names in general in past Census' etc, I don't think it at all unusual that houses did not have names or numbers particularly in the less-heavily populated rural areas & villages, everyone knew each other by name including the postman of course, and a house would often stay in the same family for generations. I suppose those who were "in business" including Farms would be more likely to have names as the C19th progressed but not necessarily smaller houses.

Good luck !