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THE FAMILY WHO'S WHO

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The Family Who's Who project began in the Summer of 1995 when I drove up to Scotland with the aim of finding out what there was to know about my mother's grand-parents and where they came from. I came back having discovered that there was no such address as that handed down and that their occupations were not as given in various family notes. I did, however, find a copy of my great-great-grandfather's signature - he was one of four enumerators in his village for the 1841 census - and various other leads which had to be looked into. The next year I identified another great-great-grandfather, a doctor, but in a different line to the one he was thought to belong to.

A challenge ... A problem to solve ... That's me - and it's not done yet. Far from it! As all who have done a little family research well know, once you start .....

This site is an attempt, on the one hand, to make easily available to members of our own family an outline of what is (more or less) definitely known about our direct ancestors and, on the other, to put together in one place all the names that might be picked up by other researchers as they trawl the web.

April 10 1698 Nicolas Weems The which day was baptised Nicolas Weems daughter lawfull to Alexander Weems and Margaret Brown witness William Brown baylie and James Brown. Unfortunately, I have now (2003) come to the conclusion that it was a false trail that led to Nicolas Weems. But this piece of handwriting is too good to lose!

Over the past eight years, I have tracked back several of our lines to around 1700. I have found first, second, third, fourth and fifth cousins in England, Scotland, South Africa, Canada, Australia and the USA, often through Surname Lists published on the Web. Some have found me through these pages.

I have a lot more information than is given here. I will share with any genuine researcher the information I have on those born before 1901, the date of the last census on public access. From the start, I have had a general rule - not to publish, or give permission to publish (on the Web or anywhere else) anything on those born after that date. However, as time passes, there may be some call for flexibility. Should another generation be included? Comments from family members would be appreciated.

The trail begins with introductory pages for the families of my own father and mother, followed by those of my wife. Follow the links on the right. Complete indexes will be found on these pages.

In an attempt to take the 'next step' back in one of our lines, I have done extensive research on the name ATTERTON, and now have what is probably a 90% complete list of all ATTERTONs living during the latter part of the eighteenth and all the nineteenth centuries. For details, please follow the Archive link.

This page edited to 16 Dec 2003
Re-formatted 4 Sep 2006

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