Foresters' Courts in Newent, Parkend, Lydbrook & Longhope. (General)

by Gill , Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 07:50 (3903 days ago) @ Gill

I have been in contact with the Forester Heritage Trust and this is the reply.

"There were, as you note, a number of AOF Courts (branches) in the area of the Forest of Dean. Regrettably we do not have much by way of deposited material from them. Membership of the Foresters was in a particular Court, so that to dig deeper into any individual’s membership we really need to be able to locate them in a membership register, or Minute book. These were compiled and held locally and it is only a very small percentage that have been deposited with the Trust. Regrettably the majority have, over the years, disappeared.

As far as I can tell from the annual Foresters’ Directory over the period 1900 to 1950 there never was a Court based in Yorkley Slade, so the ancestor you believe to be a member must have belonged to a Court in one of the larger settlements. "

Has anyone got any of these minute / members books tucked away ? The Trust would sure like to hear from you and so would I if a Green was a member.

No harm in hoping!

Cheers Gill