Tracing Your Ancestors : Recent Projects

December 2008. Client based Reading, UK. Gift Voucher for Research, Report & Family Tree
Gift Voucher for Christmas present for client's mother. Gift to provide a report and family tree of mother's paternal and maternal ancestors back to late 1700s. Research conducted February/March, 2009.

In the course of the research, it was discovered that one ancestor born in the 1700s had links back to the 1100s whose ancestors included Sheriffs, Lords and Earls. The client opted to extend the research to include this family line.

January 2009. Client based Republic of Ireland. Production of Family History Book & Family Tree
Research of the client's maternal line back to the 1700s covering the counties of Essex, Middlesex (London), Sussex, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire.

February 2009. Client based Cambridgeshire, UK.   Research, Report & Family Tree
Paternal ancestors traced back to the 1700s in Cambridgeshire. Report included information about other family members.

March 2009. Client based Scotland, UK.   Family History Book & Family Tree
Family history book and family tree researched and commissioned by three clients as a 60th birthday present for their father.
Large family tree of Lancashire based ancestors back to the late 1500s produced in scroll format.

March 2009. Client based London, UK.    Research & Report
Client looking to establish whether there was a relationship between himself and supposed family relative who won the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny in 1858. Client was unconvinced that a relationship existed as family members were unable to provide any further information about this man.

Research was carried out which traced back through the generations. The supposed relative was found to have been the great great uncle of the client. Report included information about the client's ancestors back to the late 1700s.

April 2009. Client based Halifax, Yorkshire, UK.   Research, Report & Family Tree
Family history report and family tree commissioned by the client as a 70th birthday present for her mother.
Ancestors traced back to the 1600s. Family tree produced in scroll format.

June 2009. Client based Buckinghamshire, UK.   Research & Report
Client looking to establish where his grandfather was born - believed it was possibly Battersea, London. Any further information about ancestors/realtives located was also requested.

The relevant ancestor was found to have been born in a small hamlet in the county of Mayo in Ireland. The research also confirmed that the ancestor's father was a farmer. Information provided to the client included the nature of the farm buildings, acreage size of the farm, rateable value and name of the landlord. Names of people with the same surname living within a 10 miles radius were also supplied in the report and suggestions/contact details were provided enabling the client to seek out living Irish relatives.

July/August 2009. Client based Hampshire, UK.   Research & Report
Client looking to locate the birthplace of his great grandfather. The research trail led to Germany showing the relevant ancestor was born in East Prussia, now in Lithuania. The client was provided with the exact address where his ancestor was living aged three, the name and occupation of his father, the name of the family's landlord, names and occupations of other people living in the same street providing a 'flavour' of what life was like in the town in the 1850s. Report included street directory entry for the relevant family, street map of the town, map of East Prussia, information about the town.

September 2009. Client based Derbyshire, UK.   Research & Report
Follow up to work carried out for the client in 2008 who had been unable to locate the birth record of her great grandmother. The client had been provided with the relevant information and, on receiving the birth certificate, had been able to discover the names of her great great grandparents. The client now wished to discover the births/information about the birthplaces and ancestors of these great great grandparents. Ancestors in Derbyshire traced back to the mid 1700s.

September 2009. Clients based Hampshire, UK.   Research & Report
Clients looking to trace background and origins of local family in relation to a local planning application.
Project included searches of and information provided on birth, marriage and death records, census records, electoral rolls, trade directories, telephone directories, company/director listings and other relevant records.

October 2009. Client based Surrey, UK.   Research, Report & Family Tree
Client looking to obtain information about her parents and their ancestors. Ancestors traced back to mid 1700s in Marlow, Buckinghamshire and London. Report included birth, marriage and death records, census information - names, ages and occupations of family members including the wider family.

October 2009. Client based Somerset, UK.   Research, Report & Family Tree
Client had managed to trace London born ancestors back to the late 1800s but was unable to locate ancestors further back. Research to date has taken the family tree back to the early 1700s and has included the discovery that family name ancestors were Watermen (providers of passenger ferry services) on the River Thames in London. Research included the location of relevant apprentice records. Naval records of the client's father also obtained providing a complete record of service and names of ships on which his father served.

October 2009. Client based Australia. Research & Report
Client seeking ancestral and trial information about his ancestor, a convict, who was transported to Tasmania in the 1820s. The original trial record was located which included offence and sentence as well as providing his place of residence in Norfolk, England. Research of parish records provided names of his ancestor's parents, siblings and grandparents.

October 2009. Client based New York, USA. Research & Report
Client requesting information about an English ancestor born in the Lancashire area circa the early 1800s. The relevant ancestor, his parents and grandparents were located as well as the parents of his wife. Baptism, marriage and census records were provided showing family members, locations and occupations.

November 2009. Client based Gloucestershire, UK. Research & Report   Tovey
Client looking to trace several generations of his maternal line. The relevant familes were identified in London and Norfolk. Report included baptism, marriage and census records.

November 2009. Client based Australia. Research & Report
Client looking to trace her English ancestors from the Essex area in England. Several generations were traced and records/information about occupations provided.

November 2009. Client based in Illinois, USA. Research & Report
Client requesting birth record look up and birth certificate plus any census information about her great grandmother who was born in London, England. Birth certificate was obtained as well as the marriage certificate of her parents. Census information was provided showing her great grandmother's parents, siblings and grandparents, their locations and their occupations where relevant.

November 2009. Client based Surrey, UK. Research & Report
A Christmas gift for a friend of the client who had little knowledge about his family history. Ancestors traced back to the mid 1700s.

December 2009. Client based London, UK. Research & Report
Client looking to trace his paternal ancestors. Ancestors traced back to the 1600s.

December/January 2009. Client based Kent, UK. Research, Report & Family Tree
Client looking for help in tracing both paternal and maternal ancestors. He had experienced particular difficulty with the paternal line and it was discovered that the spelling of the surname had been changed in the mid 1850s. Once this had been established, several generations further back were located.

February 2010. Client based Cannes, France. Research, Report & Family Tree
Client looking to learn about her maternal ancestors. Research showed that her grandfather had entered the army as a rating and worked his way up to a Major. Regiment/medal records were located and provided as well as regiment information on involvement in World War 1 Battles of the Western Front in France/Belgium in 1914. After leaving the army in the early 1920s, her grandfather had emigrated with his family to New Zealand. The address + picture of the house they moved to in New Zealand were located and provided in the report. Other ancestral discoveries included mariners and coastguards based in Kent and on the Isle of Wight.

March 2010. Client based Berkshire, UK. Research, Family History Books & Family Trees
Client requiring separate family history books and family trees for paternal and maternal ancestral lines. Maternal line traced back to 1700s. Paternal line (Italy) ongoing. Photos of ancestors, nformation on birthplaces and occupations included.

May 2010. Client based Hampshire, UK. Research & Report
Extension of research carried out for client in September 2009.

May 2010. Clients based Staffordshire, UK. Research & Family History Books
A Staffordshire based couple commissioned a family history book each. Books included ancestral lines traced back as far as records were available - in one case, back to the 1500s. Information on birthplaces and occupations included.

June 2010. Client based Hampshire. UK. Research & Family History Book
Client requiring research and production of a family history book. Research showed that a number of ancestors had been farmers of large farms. Maps, photos and information about the locations were included as well as information on birthplaces and occupations of other ancestors.

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