Acknowledgements:
We thank the following for providing invaluable information on several of the families researched in this website: Esther Byrt (www3.telus.net/public/byrt); Michael Greaves; Lorraine Wuth (www.hups.net/~lwuth/lorraines_page); Annie Pentecost; Angela Comer; Ruth Tootill; Renia Simmonds (www.palliser.co.uk); Karen Evans (karen.evans37@btinternet.com), Carol Lee, Colin Dimmock
We are particulary grateful to the following family members for their generous contributions, without which this website would not have been possible - David Horton, Richard & Lynne Horton, Ian Robson, Eric Earnshaw, Desmond Fry, Jenny Davies. Finally we are indebted to our son Robin & his IT skills which have allowed us to produce these pages.
We wish to dedicate these pages to our son Robin & daughter Kate - in case they ever wonder who they are!
Data Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk; Berkshire Record Office; Bishops Trancripts (University of Durham Library); Durham County Record Office; Durham Records Online; FreeBMD*;General Register Office; Genes Reunited; GENUKI; Historical Directories; IGI - Church of Latter Day Saints; Northeast BMD; Rootsweb; The Family Records Centre; The National Archives; The Weald of Kent Surrey & Sussex; UKBMD; FindMyPast.com
* Dates obtained from FreeBMD (e.g. Jan-March 1865, Leeds) refer to quarter in which event was registered & registration district. The actual date of the birth, marriage or death may predate this registration.