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Each family has name has its history and story behind it.  Some of my ancestral lines have strong links to their home region and lived in close proximity to their families.  Other family lines tell stories of travel that tied them to the major events of their time.

Below are links to the pages for each surname from which I am descended.  Some are active and some yet to come.

 BAILEY
BAKER
BARD
BARKER
BELL
BENNETT
BLOCK
BLOXHAM/BLOXAM
BRAND
BRANSDEN
BRIAN/BRYAN/BRYANT
BRISKER
BUDD
CASBOLT
CHAMBERS
CHEETHAM
COLLIN
COOK
CUNDET/CUNDETT
CURTIS
DEVILLE
FORDHAM
FREND
GOLDBY
HALLUMS
HEMANS
HINES
HOLE
HOOPER
HOWELL
JOLL
JUPP
KEAL/KEEL/KIEL
KNIGHT
LARGE
LOVESAY
LUCKIS
MADDICK
MARSH
MILLER
MITCHELL
MORLEY
MOSES
NEW
NOWELL
NYE
PECK
PETERS
POTTER
PROWSE
PURKISS
RENSHAW
RIDGEWAY
ROUSE
RUSSELL
SEELEY
SHEPHERD
STOLERY
TAYLOR
TEW
TURNER
WELLER
WHITE
WOOD

 Below are links to the pages for each of my wife's ancestral lines.  Some pages are active and some yet to come.

 ARTHUR
BINKS
BROOKS
CARTNER
COWLIN
CROCKER
CRUWYS/CREWYS
DAWE
DYER
ELLERY
EVANS
FURSE
GILBERT
GILES
GILL
HARRIS
HAWKINS
HAYWARD
HELLIER/HELLYAR
HINCHSON
HOSKINS
LAMBESHED/LAMBSEDE/LAMBSHEAD
LANYON
LAW
LAWER
MARSHALL
MARTYN
MICHELL/MITCHELL
PAIN
PEARCE
PENALIGGAN/PENHALIGAN/PENHALIGON/PENYLIGON
SHINGLETON
SKEWES/SKEWIS
SMITH
SNELL
SOFTLY
TAMBLYN/TAMLYN
WELLINGTON
WELLSBURY
WILLIAMS
WILLS
WOOD
WOODLEY

 Natural curiosity for most genealogists leads them not only into researching their direct ancestors but also of their broader family and loved ones.  Below are some surnames I have researched relating to relatives from which neither I nor my wife are descended.

 ORMEROD
VESSEY

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