Website Updated 23 April 2019

7 new narratives have been added, and 26 changed, since the last website update on 24 March. There are now a total of 12,749 detailed narratives available on the website and 20,360 people (134 new) in our database.

These changes relate to the following surnames:

PASK, and
BAKER, CRAGIN, HARRISON, MARLOW, ORME, PRICE, QUANTRILL, ROWLAND, THRESHER, TURNER and WEBER.

These updates relate to the following charts / family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire
• Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
• Chart 04: Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac PASK, (c1705 - ) lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire #3687
• Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk  
• Chart 34: Philip PASK, (1771-1843) lived in Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire #4977
• Chart 35: James PASK, (1807-1889) Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk #891
• Chart 51: Joseph PASK lived in Wisbech Cambridgeshire in 1840-1860 #8861

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the Recent Updates section.

Dorothy Gwendoline Pask (1925-2017)

With the deepest regret, we have to advise that Dorothy Pask, from Beckenham, died on 31 December 2017.

She had been ill for several months, and died in Coloma Court Care Home, Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent. Her funeral service took place on 5 February 2018. 

Dorothy was the 6^th great-granddaughter of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow. She was the daughter of William John Pask, and Nellie May Woods.

Dorothy was a keen family historian and provided a considerable amount of information on the descendants of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow. She was very well known with researchers of this Suffolk family.

We had the pleasure of meeting her several times. She attended the Pask Family Gathering in Whepstead, Suffolk on 26 July, 2008. 

We are in touch with her niece, Laura, who lives in Canada. We are sure you will join us in passing our deepest condolences to Dorothy's family. We are honoured to have known her. 

Website Update 2 September 2018 - Now Available

The website was updated 2 September 2018. However, due to the issues with website, I could not display the update. That has now been resolved - you may need to refresh your browser.

26 new narratives have been added, and 123 changed, since the last website update on 19 August 2018. There are now a total of 12,509 detailed narratives available on the website and 20,071 people (24 new) in our database.

There was a problem with the availability of the website since the last website update. This was due to the domain requiring changes to the site hosting. This has now been completed, and hopefully the website will not experience any further problems.

The focus of this website update was the Lincolnshire family of Henry PASK, and Elizabeth ASMAN, kindly provided by P. Bruce Stephenson. Several of their children immigrated to America in 1872, and settled in Orleans County, New York State. Whilst this family was detailed by the late Shirley Julie Amos née Pask in 2012, it was unbelievable how much new information has become available. For this website update, the focus was on page 7 of Shirley's Family Booklet of Henry and Elizabeth Pask of Lincolnshire. We plan to update other pages in future website updates.

In addition, Michael Neal provided valuable 1939 Register updates on the descendants of Walter and Rosetta PASK née RIXON.

Sincere thanks to all concerned with this latest website update.

These changes relate to the following surnames:

PASK, PASKE, and
ABBOTT, AMOS, ARMSTRONG, ASMAN, BAME, BARNES, BECKETT, BELL, BELLAMY, BETTONEY, CAPES, CAREY, CHESTER, COTTAM, CUTHBERTSON, DECKER, DUFF, GLADDING, GRAY, HACKLEY, HARRIS, HARTWIG, HEY, HEYE, HODGES, JONES, KENWOOD, LEEK, LEVY, MANCHESTER, MARSHALL, MAXWELL, MIELKE, OXBY, PETERS, PLATT, PLATTS, QUANTRILL, RAY, REEK, RIORDEN, RIXON, SCOTT, STEPHENSON, STUBBS, TINKHAM, TWELL

These updates relate to the following charts / family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire
• Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow #5329
• Chart 04: Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac PASK, (c1705 - ) lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire #3687
• Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk 
• Chart 14: William PASK, (1791-1874) from Caythorpe & Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire #745 
• Chart 34: Philip PASK, (1771-1843) lived in Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire #4977 
• Chart 35: James PASK, (1807-1889) Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk #891 
• Chart 47: Robert PASK, formerly PASS born in 1884 in Freiston, Lincolnshire #7521

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the Recent Updates section.

Website Update 19 August 2018

The website was updated 19 August 2018. 

131 new narratives have been added, and 50 changed, since the last website update on 14 March 2018. There are now a total of 12,483 detailed narratives available on the website and 20,047 people (176 new) in our database.

Unfortunately, this has been a long time coming. In April, and May, we experienced significant problems as our website host (for over 10 years) was taken over, and the new host took a long time to transfer the files across. 

Furthermore, simultaneously, we had major problems with the Windows 10 update, and lost all the data. Fortunately, we have a lot of backups and managed to overcome the initial issues. Then in June, another Windows 10 update to rectify the problems with the previous update, completely destroyed the computer. We then had to purchase a new computer and again reinstate all the files. Fortunately, everything is finally back to normal. 

Sincere thanks to all concerned with this latest website update.

These changes relate to the following surnames:

PASK, PASKE, and
BAME, ASMAN, BAERWOLF, BASKERVILLE, BRENEMAN, BRIAN, BROWNLOW, BRYAN, BURLINGAME, CLARK, CURZON, CUTHBERTSON, DAWSON, DUFF, FARR, FISHER, HODGES, KARG, KIRBY, LERISUS, LEVY, LEWIS, MARSHALL, MAYS, McCALL, MIELKE, NODEN, PARISH, PARNHAM, QUANTRILL, RANDALL, SHEEHAN, SHIELDS, STUBBS,
TAYLOR, TWELL, TWELL, VINCE, WALKER, WEBB, WOODCOCK, and WRIGHT

These updates relate to the following charts / family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire. 
• Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow #5329
• Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk 
• Chart 23: Edward PASK, (1771-1836) lived in Barholm, Lincolnshire #3043
• Chart 34: Philip PASK, (1771-1843) lived in Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire #4977 
• Chart 35: James PASK, (1807-1889) Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk #891
• Chart 44: William PASK lived in Timberland, Lincolnshire #1983 
• Chart 49: Unknown PASK (c1695-) who lived in Dingestow, and Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire #17418 
• Chart 82: Unknown PASKE was born in Germany - his sons Edward & Frederick immigrated to Wisconsin #20046 

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the Recent Updates section.

Website Update 28 January 2018

The website was updated Sunday 28 January 2018. 

19 new narratives have been added, and 44 changes made since the last update on 14 January 2018. There are now a total of 12,332 detailed narratives available on the website and 19,776 people (26 new) people in our database.

The focus of the update was two-fold: 
 
Alex Attewell advised us in November 2017 about a correction required for Anne Wawnnikiewicz BAILLIE née HASTINGS. Unfortunately, the January 14 update did not include the correction, so Alex wrote to us again. How fortunate! Subsequently, we established that Anne was married in 1918, and shortly afterwards widowed. She then married Albert Holford PASKE, son of Amos PASKE and Jane PRICE, in 1924 in New Zealand. Their only daughter Gertrude, known as "Trudy" is still alive, and living in New Zealand. She is a 1st cousin, of Michael R.A. PASKE, who has helped us considerably with the research of Chart 49 - the PASKEs of Monmoutshire. Alex also put us in contact with Malcolm Zander, who in turn put us in contact with Gertrude's daughter Ruth Condor née Mawdsley. Sincere thanks to Alex, Malcolm, Ruth, and Michael in helping us put the pieces of the jigsaw together. 

The other main family researched in this update, was the PASK(E)s of Risbridge, Suffolk. Terry Farrant, has been in contact since 2013, relating to Chart 6, and Chart 6a. Terry has provided a wealth of information on this Suffolk family.

Sincere thanks to all concerned with this latest website update.
 
These changes relate to the following surnames:

PASK, PASKE, and
BAILLIE, BEAVIS, CALLOW, COOPER, CUTHBERT, HASTINGS, HICKFORD, LAVENDAR, MAWDSLEY, MEERS, POPPY, PRESTON, and ROGERS

These updates relate to the following charts / family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire.
• Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
• Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk 
• Chart 06a: John PASK, (1798-1861) wife Sarah MEERS, lived in Stoke by Clare, Suffolk #5490 
• Chart 49: Unknown PASK (c1695-) who lived in Dingestow, and Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire #17418

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the Recent Updates section.

Website Update 14 January 2018

The website was updated Sunday 14 January 2018. 

70 new narratives have been added, and 200 changes made since the last update on 6 November 2017. There is now a total of 12,313 detailed narratives available on the website and 19,750 people (76 new) people in our database.
These changes relate to the following surnames:

PASK, PASKE, PASKE, PASK-HUGHES, PASQUE, and

ÅKERFELDT, ANSTEINSON, ARMITT, ATWELL, BAGLEY, BAILEY, BANHAM, BLACK,BOOTHER, BOWYER, BRADLEY, BUCKLE, BULLEN, BURNS, BURRELL, CHAPMAN, CHILTON, CLARK, CLARKE, COBB, COCKSEDGE, COLLINS, COLSON, COOKSON, COOMBES, CRACK, DAWSON, EATON, ELMER, FARMER, FARR, FLETCHER, FORD, GILBERT, GLANVILLE, GUNSON, HADDEN, HALLS, HANLEY, HARLEY, HARRISON, HAWN, HAYLOCK, HEDLEY, HICKS, HIRONS, HOLMES, HUDDLESTONE, HUGHES, HUMPHREYS, HURRELL, JENKINS, JONES, KANE, KINSELLA, LANG, LAW, LEA, LEE, LEEKS, LEVENS, LUSCOMBE, MARKELL, MERRETT, MESSENGER, MISON, MOORE, MORRIS, MOULDS, MUNTON, NORTHFIELD, NORTON, NOTMAN, ORRISS, OWEN, PADDISON, PADMORE, PARKER,  PAYNE, PEARL, PEPPER, PICKEN, POWELL, PRITCHARD, PYCH, RANGER, REEVES, ROBINSON, SAMPSON, SATCHELL, SAXELBY, SCOFFINS, SCRIMSHAW, SHAW, SHEARMAN, SMITH, STEVENS, TAYLOR, VOSS, WORDLEY, WRIGHT, YOUELLS.

These updates relate to the following charts / family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire.
• Chart 02-1: John PASK, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow 
• Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
• Chart 04: Indented Chart - Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac PASK, (c1705 - ) lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire #3687 
• Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk
• Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John PASK, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex
• Chart 30: James PASK, (1835- ) Southrow, or Southrey, near Bardney, Lincolnshire #1071 
• Chart 34 (49): Philip PASK, (1771-1843) lived in Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire #4977   
• Chart 35: James PASK, (1807-1889) Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk #891
• Chart 41: James PASK, lived in Finsbury, London c1758 #8324
• Chart 44: William PASK lived in Timberland, Lincolnshire #1983 
• Chart 49: Unknown PASK (c1695-) who lived in Dingestow, and Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire #17418
• Chart 52: William PASK (1814- ) was born in Llanover, and lived in Llangattock, Monmouthshire. He married Jane HOPKIN in 1877 #2919
• Chart 84: Rudolph Harald PAASKE lived in Copenhagen, Denmark in the 1850s

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the Recent Updates section.

Website Updated 6 November 2017

The website was updated Monday 6 November 2017. 

33 new narratives have been added, and 204 updated, since the last update on 26 September. There is now a total of 12,210 detailed narratives available on the website and 19,643 people (33 new) people in our database.

These changes relate to the following surnames:

PAASKE, PASK, PASKE, PASQUE, and
ABBOTT, AINSWORTH, ÅKERFELDT, ALLEN, ALLIBONE, ARGENT, ARMSTRONG, ARNOLD, ASTLE, BAKER, BARKS, BEEBY, BEECHAM, BERRY, BIGMORE, BROUGHTON, BROWN, BROWNLOW, BURNS, CAMPBELL, CARLEY, CAUSER, CLARK, COMMON, CORNELL, CORNES, CRASKE, CROFTS, CROSS, DAY, EASTON, EDMUNDS, ELLIS, EVANS, FENNELL, FLINT, GROCOCK, HALL, HARRIS, HAWN, HEDLEY, HILL, HUBBARD, HUGHES, JEFFREYS, JENKINS, JOHNSON, KANES, KINSELLA, LANGLEY, MARGAS, MERRETT, NEWTON, NORTON, PAY, PHILLIPS, POOLS, READ, ROCKLEY, SALMON, SAXTON, SHEPHERD, SHEPPARDS, SMITH, STANLEY, SUTTON, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THORNTON, TOMLINSON, TOMPKINS, TURNER, VINCE, WAGNER, WEBB, WEED, WHISLER, WHITE, WILDMORE, WILKINSON, WOODS, WRIGHT, YOUNG.

These updates relate to the following charts / family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire.
• Chart 02-1: John PASK, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow 
• Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
• Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk
• Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John PASK, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex
• Chart 16: John PASK, (c1755- ) lived in Hackthorn, Lincolnshire #6511
• Chart 28: John PASK, (1811-1890) Nocton & Glentworth, Lincolnshire #1130  
• Chart 34 (49): Philip PASK, (1771-1843) lived in Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire #4977  
• Chart 84: Rudolph Harald PAASKE lived in Copenhagen, Denmark in the 1850s

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the Recent Updates section.

Website Updated 26 September 2017

The website was updated Tuesday evening, 26 September 2017. Unfortunately, my recent change to a new laptop impacted on the update, and this was not finalised until 28 September.

32 new narratives have been added, and 132 updated, since the last update on 13 August. There is now a total of 12,210 detailed narratives available on the website and 19,643 people (46 new) people in our database. 

The majority of the changes have come via the Pask Family History (closed) Facebook group. We received a lot of documents, and photographs, from members of the group. Our sincere thanks to those who contributed. 
 
These changes relate to the following surnames:

PAASK, PASK, PASKE, and 

ÅKERFELDT, ARMSTON, ARMSTRONG, BEMROSE, BISHOP, BOOR, BOWNESS, BOYALL, BRACEWELL, BRAGG, BROOKS, CLARK, CODLING, DEAN, DURANCE, ELLIS, EVANS, FULLER, GREGORY, HAYDEN-FERGUSON,HINKLEY, HOBBS, HOLCOMBE, HOLTER, HUMPHREYS, JACKSON, JENKIN, JENKINS, KENDALL, KENNEDY, KETTLE, KEY, LANDMAN, LAUNDRY, LONGLAND, McCULLY, MOSS, MOULAND, MOULDS, MUSSON, NEWBORN, OWEN, PLACKETT, PRICE, REINICHE, ROWE, SCOTT, SHEPHERD, SHIELDS, STARR, SWEET, TAYLOR, TREWHELLA, TUBMAN, WALTHAM, WARD, WHIFFIN, WILDEN, YOUNG.

These updates relate to the following charts / family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire.
• Chart 02-1: John PASK, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow 
• Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow
• Chart 04: Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac PASK, (c1705 - ) lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire
• Chart 06: Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk
• Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John PASK, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex
• Chart 23: Edward PASK, (1771-1836) lived in Barholm, Lincolnshire  
• Chart 84: Rudolph Harald PAASKE lived in Copenhagen, Denmark in the 1850s

A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.

Website Update 25 February 2017

The website was updated today, Saturday 25 February 2017.

213 new narratives have been added, and 545 existing narratives updated since the last update on 16 October 2016. These changes relate to the following surnames:

PASK, PASKE, PASKEY, PASK-HUGHES, PASQUE and
AIREY, ALLUM, ARMITT, ARMSTRONG, ASMAN, ATWELL, AUSTIN, AYLWIN, BAKER, BAME, BAVIN, BECKETT, BEDDO, BELL, BERTRAM, BLACKALLER, BLACKSHIRE, BONES, BOOTH, BOREHAM, BRIGMAN, BRILEY, BROOKE, BROWN, BRYANT, BUTTON, CHAMPION, CLARK, CLIFFE, COE, COOLING, CORNELL, CORNWELL, COULSON, COY, CRAWLEY, CROZIER, CZECHOWICZ, DAINES, DARGITZ, DAVIES, DAVIS, DAWSON, DAY, DEAN, DENNEY, DeSAUTEL, DIRSCHELL, DODD, DONIHUE, DONLEY, DOWNE, DULY, DUTTON, EDWARDS, ELLINGWORTH, ELMY, EVANS, FILUTA, FISHPOOL, FITZJOHN, FLACK, FLOOD, FOSTER, FRANKLING, FREEMAN, FROST, FULLER, FURSSE, GALEA, GERMAN, GOTT, GRANT, GRASBY, GRICE, GROSS, GULLIVER, GUY, HALL, HAMMOND, HANOVER, HARDY, HARRISON, HAYTHORN, HECKER, HENNIGAN, HEYWOOD, HILLS, HOBBS, HOBINS, HOLECOMBE, HOLLAND, HOLLIS, HOPKIN, HOVORAK, HUGHES, HUMPHREY, IGGULDEN, JACKLIN, JACKSON, JAMES, JENKINS, JERVOIS, JOHNSON, KAUCHER, KEENE, KEMP, KEW, KILLINGBACK, KINTNER, KNIGHT, LACKEY, LANE, LANGLOIS, LAWSON, LAYNE, LEIGH, LIDDLE, LIGHT, LISSAMER, LOCKE, LONGMATE, LOWRY, MABBOTT, MAGEE, MALLENDER, MANCHEE, MARRIOTT, MARTIN, MASON, MAW, McLEAN, MERRETT, MICHAEL, MIDDLETON, MILLS, MORGAN, MORRIES, MORRIS, MORTIMER, NICHOLSON, NITSCH, PARISH, PARKER, PARRICK, PASZKIET, PAULL, PEARSON, PEPPER, PETERS, PHELPS, PHILLIPS, PLATTS, POOLE, POPKIN, POTTER, POWELL, PRESTON, PRICE, PROBYN, PRYKE, PYCH, PYKE, PYKETT, REED, REES, REINICHE, RENDALL, REX, REYNOLDS, RICHARDS, RIXON, ROBINSON, ROBSON, ROGERS, ROSECRANTS, RUDDOCK, RUSSELL, SAVAGE, SCOFFINS, SELBY, SEMPER, SETON, SHADBOLT, SHEPHERD, SMITH, SPARROW, STEVENS, STEVENSON, STONES, STRAND, SUNDERLAND, SUTTLE, SWEET, SWIFT, SYKES, THOMAS, THURSTON, TINDALL, TRENOWTH, TURNBULL, TWELL, ULYAT, WAKELING, WALLAKER, WALTERS, WATSON, WATTS, WHARTON, WHEELER, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WOODS, WOOLHOUSE, WRIGHT, YEATMAN-BIGGS.

The updates mainly relate to the following charts / family groups:

• Chart 01: Lincolnshire Main Progenitor - John PASK, (c1520 - 1591) he lived in Washingborough, Lincolnshire
• Chart 02-1 John PASK, eldest son of Suffolk Main Progenitor - John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow 
• Chart 02-2: Daniel Pask, second son of John & Mirabel Pask née Sparrow #5329
• Chart 04: Indented Chart - Monmouthshire Main Progenitor: Isaac PASK, (c1705 - ) lived in Llanvihangel-ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire #3687
• Chart 06: Indented Chart - Unknown PASK lived in Suffolk
• Chart 06a: John PASK, (1798-1861) wife Sarah MEERS, lived in Stoke by Clare, Suffolk #5490
• Chart 09: John PASKE, was a Yeoman of Stradishall, Suffolk (d1577)
• Chart 10: Essex Main Progenitor - John PASK, (1771-1847) Thundersley, Essex #2493
• Chart 11: John PASK, (c1745-1793) married Elizabeth FOUNTAIN and they lived in Gautby, Lincolnshire #7697 
• Chart 14: William PASK, (1791-1874) from Caythorpe & Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire #745
• Chart 23: Edward PASK, (1771-1836) lived in Barholm, Lincolnshire #3043 
• Chart 26: Thomas PASK, (1772-1803) Brockley, Suffolk #3874
• Chart 34: Philip PASK, (1771-1843) lived in Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire #4977 
• Chart 35: James PASK, (1807-1889) Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk #891  
• Chart 40: Hezekiah PASQUE, lived in Cripplegate, London #7469 
• Chart 41: James PASK, lived in Finsbury, London c1758 #8324
• Chart 43: John PASK (1769-1835), lived in Northamptonshire & Cambridgeshire #1964 
• Chart 44: William PASK lived in Timberland, Lincolnshire #1983
• Chart 47: Robert PASK, formerly PASS born in 1884 in Freiston, Lincolnshire #7521
• Chart 48: George PASK (1818-1904), lived in Northamptonshire #2912
• Chart 49 Indented Chart: Unknown PASK (c1695-) who lived in Dingestow, and Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire
• Chart 52: William PASK (1814- ) was born in Llanover, and lived in Llangattock, Monmouthshire. He married Jane HOPKIN in 1877 #2919
• Chart 54: William PASK, (1662- ) lived in Stambourne, Essex #8545
• Chart 83: Michael PASZKIET was born in Poland c1835 #19737

There is a total of 19,373 (409 new) people in our database.
A full list of the recent changes to the narratives is available in the New or Changed Narratives section.

Website Update 3 June 2016

During May, there has been a significant flurry of activity, which involved following up on a close match in Stuart's Autosomal (Family Finder) DNA Kit. This resulted in a wealth of new information, a trip to Lincolnshire Archives, and visits to the churches of Great Ponton, and Hough-on-the-Hill in Lincolnshire.

DNA Test Results

We were contacted by John Leadbeater - his father had a match with Stuart's DNA results, indicating he was a 2nd-3rd cousin. John believes it is through the Grococks, from Nottinghamshire, and Leicestershire. Stuart's 3rd great-grandmother was Ann Grocock. Very little was known about her - we had last updated her information on 31 December 2006. With today's wealth of internet resources, we were able to find her three children, and trace her back a further two generations to Samuel & Dorothy Grocock née Barns who married on 11 April 1731 in St. Giles' Church, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

LCC Wills

Along the way, we discovered there were several GROCOCK wills in the Lincolnshire Archives, so we made a visit there to photograph the wills. We have created a photograph album in Google, if you would like to see the images of three wills of her mother Alice Grocock née Dant; her father Philip Grocock, and her brother Samuel Grocock.

Google Web Albums

Ann Grocock married William Moulds on 29 December 1800 in All Saints' Church, Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire. As we were in Lincolnshire, we visited this beautiful church, and Stuart took several photographs. These are included in the photograph album All Saints Church, Hough-on-the-Hill.

William and Ann lived in Great Ponton. In early April, Stuart visited Great Ponton church, and photographed the church - see the photograph album Church of The Holy Cross, Great Ponton Church, and Churchyard. In Great Ponton's churchyard Stuart found a couple of graves which we were unable to identify.

Descendants of Joseph and Sarah Moulds Family Tree

Subsequently, in our endeavours to find who they were (we have still not found them), we searched Ancestry Public Family Trees and found the tree of Descendants of Joseph and Sarah Moulds compiled by Andrew Buchanan-Smith. Wow! What a wealth of information. Joseph & Sarah Moulds née Smith, were Stuart's 4th great-grandparents. Their grand-daughter, Sarah Moulds married Thomas Pask.

Based on the information kindly provided by Andrew, it has enabled us to build a significant tree of the descendants of William Moulds, (c1710-1774), Stuart's 5th great-grandfather. Wherever possible, we have tried to collaborate Andrew's research. Fortunately, the website Find my Past, now has a lot of the original images of Lincolnshire Parish Registers 1538-1911, and we have included the baptisms, marriages, and burials images.

Also, earlier this year, we took out membership for the British Newspaper Archive. We therefore have included the Death Notices, wherever possible, and in some instances inquest reports.   

Suffolk Marriages

Finally, in this website update, there are several Suffolk marriages included, as detailed in the previous blog, Suffolk Marriages More Updates. 

Suffolk Marriages Update

Following on from the blogs Happy Valentine's Day and Suffolk Baptisms and Marriages, we confirm that the Suffolk marriages have now all been included into the  
PA(R)S(K)(E)(QUE) database.

Suffolk Marriage Index

As mentioned in the previous blog, the transcription consists of tens of thousands of entries, between 1536 and 1902, and covering over 433 out of approximately 500 parishes of the County of Suffolk. We found 100 marriages, that were distributed amongst the family groups:

02-1 Suffolk    11
02-2 Suffolk    24
06 Suffolk         5
06a Suffolk       1
08 Suffolk         1
09 Suffolk         6
26 Suffolk         7
35 Suffolk         1
55 Suffolk         1
56 Suffolk         1
Not Known      42

Boyd's Marriage Index (Suffolk)

Of the 396 marriages found in the Boyd's Marriage Index, 230 were in Suffolk. These included 31, kindly provided by Sam Hammond. Also several of them were duplicates of the Suffolk Marriage Index. These were distributed amongst the family groups: 

02-Suffolk        2
02-1 Suffolk     3
02-2 Suffolk    22
06 Suffolk         8
06a Suffolk       1
08 Suffolk         1
26 Suffolk         5
29 Suffolk         1
35 Suffolk         1
55 Suffolk         1
56 Suffolk         1
Not Known    184

The 'Not Known' in the Suffolk Marriage Index, and the Boyd's Marriage Index have been included into the database, and now have an icon indicating that the record was in Suffolk, but not yet assigned to a family chart. Similarily, there are now 'Not Known' icons for other counties.

All these new records have been included in a website update today, making it the largest update we have done. 295 new narratives have been added. There are now a total of 11,573 detailed narratives available on the website and 18,633 (297 new) people in our database.

Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated on February 14, all over the world. The day is an occasion in which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, and sending greeting cards. 

Yesterday, we received a list of people who undoubtedly expressed their love for each other. Sam Hammond provided us with a list of 31 Suffolk marriages from Boyd's Marriage Index, ranging from 1653 to 1750. 

Today, we will be including these in our database, together with the 100 Suffolk marriages mentioned in the previous blog Suffolk Baptisms and Marriages.

Many thanks Sam for your efforts - it is very much appreciated.