Hi Folks. As you can see Sadleir.org is back online...mostly. I have been able to get just about everything back up save for the family tree database. I hope to have that back up in the near future. If anyone finds error in the site please let me know via the contact form.

Hopefully many of you will be attending the Sadleir Quincentenary this weekend (23rd & 24th of June) at Sutton House in London. Unfortunately I will not be there. I can't express how disappointed I am that I won't be able to attend. This website is the culmination of many years of work for the love of the history of this family and of England. I have had many personal setbacks this year and was not able to make the commitment. My warmest regards to everyone who will be there. I am hoping to travel to London later this year.

10-Oct-2006 - Mail Problems

Just an FYI, email coming in to Sadleir.org has been taking up to a week to get to me and I'm afraid that some of the test messages I've been sending haven't reached the mailbox at all. If you'd like to contact us please send an email message to tom AT shadowshow DOT com, with the subject heading of "Sadleir". I'm working with tech support to fix this problem. Thanks.

8-Aug-2006 - The Sadleir Quincentenary and a new article on the Lordship 

The Sutton House Society has recently posted the dates for the Sadleir Quincentenary celebration. It will be held on the 23rd and 24th of June 2007 at Sutton House. There are some wonderful events planned for the two-day celebration. See you there!

Rob Street, our Standon Lordship expert, has sent a wonderful article entitled "A Man and His House". Read the article on The Lordship page. Many thanks Rob.

9-May-2006 - Puzzle Complete and a Cry For Help 

I have been able to complete the inscription of the plaque at the foot of Sir Ralph's tomb through the text in one of my recently acquired books. Read it on the "Tomb" page. 

Also, Alex from Hertfordshire writes to ask if Sadleir Road in St. Albans is named for Sir Ralph. I have been unable to find any evidence supporting or denying this, so I put the question to any of our readers. If anyone has any information please email us through our contact page.

Happy I was able to acquire 4 new books. The first is a compiled volume of The Gentleman's Magazine from 1835. The March issue contains an article on the Sadler family. 

The three other books are copies of the East Herts Archaeological Society Transactions. They are from 1902, 1906 and 1937 respectively. The 1906 copy contains an article about the Sadleir family written by the notable Thomas Ulick Sadleir. the remaining two contain articles on the village of Standon. The details of these books are listed on the Books page of the Literature section under Resources. Confused? So am I.  

I've started a revamp of the site, but due to illness I have been unable to continue the work. I hope to have it up by summer. Cheers to all!

Happy New Year to all. 

08-April-2005 - NOW OPEN: 
Searchable Sadleir/Sadler Family Tree Database
After a long wait the new Sadleir Family Tree Database is open. It's already propagated with 5 generations of data! More coming soon!

If you have family data that you wish to share please use the contact form or if you wish to send a file you can email me directly at tcharney at sadleir dot org.  

06-April-2005 - 
New Genealogy Search Feature Coming Soon!
Well Folks, I believe I made the last adjustments to my family tree program. Very soon I will be propagating the tree with names and dates. 

For anyone who has sent me family data I will be emailing you to get permission to use your data in the tree. For anyone who has data that they wish to share please use the contact form or if you wish to send a file you can email me directly at tcharney at sadleir dot org.

15-March-2005 - "Beware the Ides of March!"
And beware of the changes at Sadleir.org. We are now on a new server. If anyone notices any problems with any of the pages please use the contact form or email directly at tcharney at sadleir dot org. Thanks!

LOOKING FOR...
I am in search of the Gentleman’s Magazine from May of 1782. If anyone has a copy that they are willing to donate or sell, please contact me.

23-February-2005
Thanks to the students of Sir Ralph Middle School in Puckeridge for emailing. I'm glad that this website has been helpful for your school projects. To visit the school's website click here: Ralph Sadleir School  

Thanks again and if you've found the site to be helpful or you have any suggestions please let me know.

16-February-2005
I've added a scan of a 1944 edition of the St. Mary's Church Magazine. St. Mary's is the Standon, Herts. church where Sir Ralph Sadleir is entombed. 
See it here.

14-February-2005
Thanks to all who have emailed to let me know that you find this site useful and would like it to remain active. I will try to revamp it in the coming months and add a "photos" section for those of you who wish to contribute. I have been accumulating postcards of Standon including one of the Lordship and will post those as well.

If you think that this site should remain open or you've found it to be helpful please let me know through this form.

29-September-2004 - Sadleir Library
A list and pictures of books sold to me by Peter Scott (UK). These books were once owned by the Sadleir family and many contain signatures. Click to see.

28-September-2004 - HandHeld History
Check out this great service in London. Get on the spot information about London's Blue Plaques right on your mobile. The HandHeld team includes Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, Bill McCann and Dan Cruickshank.

17-September-2004 - John Sadleir Tree
Thanks to Richard Sadleir (New Zealand) for providing us with his lineage back to Sir Rafe's briother John. See it on the John Sadleir page.

9-August-2004 - Important Dates
Richard Sadleir of New Zealand has compiled a list of Sadleir/Sadlier baptisms, marriages & burials from Church of Ireland records for Tipperary from 1780 onwards.
Thanks Richard!

1-August-2004 - Happy Lammas
Happy first day of Harvest to everyone.

20-March-2004 - Not Much Activity.
Apologies to all for the recent stagnation. I haven't had much time to devote to the site.

I have, however, been collecting many more books on Sadleir and his geological ties. I will try to list these sources in the near future.

2-January-2004 - Happy New Year
And Happy Holidays. May this new year be filled with peace and great health for everyone.

Due to my inability to devote more time to the site I have discontinued the newsletter. Perhaps this will return in the future. 

12-November-2003 - More Books!
A big thanks to Peter Scott in the UK for some new Sadleir books. 

Three books aren't about the family but once belonged to some of the descendents in the Irish branch. The end pages are inscribed with many names. Scans of these will be available soon. 

Thanks Pete! 

17-October-2003 - Recent Updates
- New Images section. Take a look at an article written by Mike Gray of the National Trust pertaining to paintings of notable Sadleirs. 
- Photos added to the Sutton House page under resources.
- 5 generations of Sadleirs on the Family Tree page.

15-October-2003 - Family Tree
The Family Tree page now contains 5 generations of data. I'm gathering this data from various sources so if you see a mistake or wish to dispute a record please email me.

7-October-2003 - New Navigation!
I've changed the navigation in hopes of making it easier to move through the site. I hope this works.

The old domain www.sirralphsadleir.com is still active but now forwards to the new name: www.sadleir.org.

15-September-2003 
SirRalphSadleir.com is now Sadleir.org 
Much easier to type!

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8-September-2003 HELP
I'm looking for help translating some phrases into Latin. If you can help please email me here. Thanks.

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5-September-2003 . . . . . NEWS - NEWS - NEWS!

The Sir Ralph Sadleir website is changing to the Sadleir Web!

www.sirralphsadleir.com is now www.sadleir.org! You can now access the site through the new URL.

Visit the NEW Sadleir Web Store for Sadleir merchandise.

I will soon be entering all of the genealogical data that I've received from so many of you into my Family Tree Maker Program. This is the first step in piecing together the global Sadleir family tree. It will make searching for a family member much easier and will organize the data for upload to the website when I get to the next level.

22-August-2003
Hi History Fans! Yesterday I received an upgrade to Family Tree Maker v.11. 
If anyone is looking for software to help them track their family tree, this is the program for them. 

This is the final weekend of our local Renaissance Faire. I have only been able to participate as Sir Ralph for three days this year. However, tomorrow my niece will be accompanying me as Anne Sadleir (Sir Ralph's oldest daughter). 

Keep those emails coming in with your branches of the family tree. Also let me know if I may make them available to others. I'm going to be entering  them to the family tree program and hopefully making them viewable online.

13-August-2003
I've added an "About Us" section to tell you a bit about myself. Most people are surprised to learn I'm an American and not related to Sir Ralph Sadleir in any way. Take a look to learn more.

12-August-2003
Things have been rather busy as of late which has made regular updates, well rather irregular. I have been learning some computer skills which may prove effective in building a database. However, I won't be able to implement anything until autumn.

Thanks to everyone who has been letting me know that they find this site to be a useful tool. If anyone would like to contribute anything from family records to written articles please don't hesitate to email me here.

23-June-2003- Library Complete
A big thank you to Richard Sadleir of Lower Hutt, New Zealand (a fourteenth generation descendant of John, Sir Ralph's brother) for sending a photo copy of the Thomas Ulick Sadleir article "A Brief Memoir of the Right Hon. Sir Ralph Sadleir".

This now completes the library of books written specifically about Sadleir (that I know of). The 10 books (by publish year) are:

There are several books that mention Sadleir or contain historical information relating to the Sadleir family. I will be adding these as I find them. 

27-May-2003 - It's Here!!!

This has been my Holy Grail of Sadleir books. It's not that this book contains particularly rare data relating to the Sadleir family, but rather the fact that this is the first book devoted entirely to Sadleir that makes it important to me. Also, when I started this project I never thought I would be able to obtain half of the books that I now own much less this rarity. It's exciting and amazing to hold a book that's nearly 300 years old.

My Sadleir library is almost complete save for a copy of A Brief Memoir of the Right Hon. Sir Ralph Sadleir written by Thomas Ulick Sadleir and published by Stephen Austin & Sons, Hertford 1907. Any help in obtaining a copy of this book would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted here.

20-May-2003 - Help
I'm looking for a copy of the book entitled: A Brief Memoir of the Right Hon. Sir Ralph Sadleir written by Thomas Ulick Sadleir and published by Stephen Austin & Sons, Hertford 1907. Any help in locating this book would be great appreciated.

21-Apr-2003 - New Book
Today I received a new book: "A History of the Parish of Standon" by Christopher Perowne (1967). I have only had time to briefly leaf through it. It contains several good black and white photographs of places in and about Standon including a good photo of the Lordship. 

31-Mar-2003 - Introducing: The Sadleir Discussion Web!
I have created a message board for those of you who are interested in sharing information about the Sadleir family. You can get there by clicking the link on the navigation bar that reads: "Message Board"

27-Mar-2003 - Many have emailed me regarding John Sadler, Sir Ralph's brother. Unfortunately I do not have much information about John. I would be grateful if anyone could send me details of Johns life. I'm specifically looking for his date of birth and birthplace, date of death and burial location as well as any pertinent information about his life. Also, any information on their father Henry would be most helpful.

I am also looking for information regarding the relationship between Sir Ralph Sadler and Hamnet Sadler who was supposedly a kinsman of Ralph's and also a close friend of William Shakespeare.

On a final note, this Sunday marks the 416th anniversary of the death of Sir Ralph. Long life to your memory Sir Ralph!  

6-Jan-2003 - This morning I received a copy of the two volume set "Great Trees From Little Saplings Grow". This is very significant not only in that it completes my collection of published books about Sir Ralph, but also because of the important genealogical content. These books were written by Cora Smith Gould and published in 1931. I have yet to scan the contents of these volumes, but they appear to contain a great amount of information. More to come...

2-Jan-2003 - I've added some scans of the books that I own about Sadleir. I've also found some more links to Letters and Property.

26-Dec-2002 - A new look! I've changed the navigation of this site in hopes of making it easier to find information. Many of the old pages are under new headings. All of the information is still here, and more is on the way!