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1. There has been a major rewrite of the way in which much of the site now operates which should give a lot more flexibility for future development.
2. The additions to the Hill, Davies, Pee families have continued.
3. Expansion of the Eccles Parish Registers (marriages) for the Pearson, Lowe and Robinson families.
4. Through the above research my 4th Great grand-parents, Joseph Pearson and Rachael Markland were found.
5. The Registers are now to be found under the Ancestry tab.
6. The genealogical work is now compiled using Legacy7.0.
7. 32 new individuals and 2 surnames.

1. Large additions to the Foulkes and Crooks families
2. Significant additions also to the Hill, Davies, Pee families
3. Some late 18c Additions to Lowe and Robinson Christenings at Eccles Parish Church Registers
4. 107 new individuals and 10 surnames

1. Eccles Parish Registers are now searchable by, year, name and, optionally, spouse or parents
2. Major additions to the Brownbill family, with acknowledgements to Sue Brooks
3. 48 new individuals and 6 surnames

1. Launch of FamGenContacts, an Open Office based Database for genealogy contacts. See the Blogs Section, Blog 16
2. Found and resolved a problem when using the Safari browser
3. The site has had a "spring clean"
4. More Eccles Parish Register records, including Robinson, Lowe, and Ferguson families
5. Additions to the Fielding family of Eccles
6. 32 new individuals and 1 surname

1. More Eccles Parish Register records, including Robinson, Lowe, Pearson and Ferguson families
2. Additions to the ancestors of Frederick Bolton born 1854
3. A number of additions to the Hay/Hayes families of Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire
4. 48 new individuals and 7 surnames

1. New Photo Album for Wales and additions to the England Album
2. New Blog: Open Legacy family Files with Open Office
3. Large expansion of the Robinson and associated families
4. Additions to the Farnworth family
5. 120 new individuals and 19 surnames

1. Continued extension of the Mather Family with 42 additions plus related families
2. Large expansion of the Grimshaw Tree with an additional 96 individuals (net)
3. New Families include Dingdale, Prescott, Babb and Bishop
4. Additions to the Grundy, Newton and Hayes (of the UK Midlands) families
5. 220 new individuals (net) and 22 surnames
6. Additions to the Eccles Parish Christening Registers

1. New Blog: "Protect your PC"
2. Major extension of the Mather Family, in particular Henry b. 1803 in England with descendants in Australia
3. Large expansion of the Houghton Family in the Grimshaw Tree
4. New Families include Winstanley and McGauty
5. Additions to the Anders Family
6. 145 new individuals and 13 surnames
7. More additions to the Eccles Parish Marriage Registers

1. Many detailed changes to both the Grimshaw and Ferguson Trees
2. Descendants of Elizabeth Lowe (b. 1794) added
3. Also the descendants of John Tyrer (b. 1815)
4. More additions to the Eccles Parish Marriage Registers
5. Net addition of 146 individuals and 15 surnames
6. Portugal, Luxembourg and Czechoslovakia added to the Europe Photo Album
7. Additional photos added to Germany

1. Additions to the family of Thomas Lowe (b. 1834)
2. Expansion of the family of Charles Tyrer (b. 1829)
3. More additions to the Eccles Parish Registers
4. Major changes to the Oakley and related families
5. Oakley Family Tree updated
6. Net addition of 104 individuals and 16 surnames

1. Major additions to the Lynn and Henderson families in Canada and U.S.A.
2. Additions to the Lowe and related families
3. Some additions to the Eccles Parish Registers
4. Net addition of 122 individuals and 32 surnames

1. Many new details added to a range of files, in particular the Hartshorn families
2. Numerous additions to the Hartshorn and related families
3. Development of the Cunliffe/Mather family
4. Expansion of the Grimshaw family
5. Some additions to the Eccles Parish Registers
6. Net addition of 47 individuals and 1 surname

1. British Prime Misters Time-Line Updated
2. Over 100 Lowes and their relations added (with acknowledgements to Bea Latham)
3. Expansion of the Gorton family
4. Some additions to the Eccles Parish Registers
5. Net addition of 178 individuals and 18 surnames

1. Transferred to this new server
2. A new site The North West England Fergusons opened at my old URL
3. 64 new Fergusons added to this site, plus their families
4. Further major additions to the Keating family
5. Additions to the Eccles Parish Registers
6. Blogs - The "Using Legacy to create Web Pages" trilogy now completed
7. Create 3D headers for free and change Legacy pedigree window colours - see Create Web Pages
8. Net addition of 121 individuals and 11 surnames

1. New brighter colours and improved navigation aids (I hope!)
2. Two new Blogs - Web Safe Colours and Legacy Web Sites
3. Major additions to the Keating family
4. Additions to, and more details on, the Henthorn family
5. Parish Registers now includes records from Kendal, Westmorland
6. Net addition of 50 individuals and 10 surnames

1. *New Blog* - Parish Registers
2. *New* Ancestral Charts of Ron Ferguson and Alan Grimshaw (see Family Tree Charts)
3. Expansion of the Irish and English branches of the Henthorn(e) family with acknowledgements to Carol Hopkins
4. Increase to the Houghton family with thanks to Jean Matthews
5. Significant revision of the Smith and Humphreys families in the Grimshaw Tree
6. Updating of the Edleston/Eddleston Family
7. More revisions of, and additions to, the family of Richard Lowe b. abt 1813
8. Net addition of 92 individuals and 10 surnames

1. Inclusion of the Andrews Tree in the Grimshaw Family Trees Section
2. Major additions to the Lynn/Streeter families in the USA and Canada (with thanks to Diane McAlister)
3. Large expansion of the Edleston/Eddleston Family (with acknowledgements to Richard Klos)
4. Revision of, and additions to, the family of Richard Lowe b. abt 1813
5. Addition of 86 new names and 16 surnames

1. *New Blog* Improve the colour of photographs using The GIMP
2. The Blog - Edit Ancestry Books using Open Office has been revised
3. *New* software links for images and all links updated
4. Revision of the family of Richard Lowe b. abt 1813
5. Expansion of the Pugh/Robinson Families (with acknowledgements to James Hurst)
6. Substantial additions to the Talbot family (with acknowledgements to Chris Talbot (for the UK entries and Alice Talbot for the U.S.A.)
7. Extension of the family of John Tyrer b. abt 1832 (Thanks due to Yvonne Harrison for ferreting around the Formby Cemetery)
8. Addition of 82 new people and 21 new surnames in England and Wales

1. Development of the family of John Hayes b. 1826; now includes the Champion family
2. Inclusion of the family of Fanny Dickens (wife of James Craig)
3. Addition of 51 new people and 6 new surnames in England and Wales

1. Large increase in the Tudor family of Flintshire including the Hibbert and Jones families
2. Expansion of the Much/Tyrer family to include the Whittington family of Liverpool
3. Addition of 100 new people and 15 new surnames in England and Wales
4. In the Grimshaw Tree the Ormrod family has been extended by the Gorton family

1. A new Blog - UK Civil Registration Timeline. Includes Parish, Civil and Franchise registration changes from 1538
2. Large expansion of the Bolton family in the U.S.A. with acknowledgements to Tamara Quesenberry
3. Additions of burial information for St Helens deaths completed (? vbg)
4. A net increase of new 100 people and 31 new surnames

1. A new Blog - The Murder of Adam Mather (with thanks to St Helens Local History and Archives Library)
2. Significant changes to the Grimshaw family
3. Substantial additions of burial information for St Helens deaths (with thanks to St Helens Council)
4. Expansion of the family of George Tyrer (b 1818)
5. Acknowledgement to Anne Clarke for the photos of the Griffiths family
6. A net increase of new 72 people and 16 new surnames

1. The presentation of the Grimshaw Ancestors has been brought into line with the Fergusons
2. Expansion of the Beavan/Hughes families (again, with thanks to Beryl Hutchinson)
3. Addition of the Keating/Streets families
4. Inclusion of the full Family Tree of the Keating family (See Grimshaw Content>Family Trees)
5. Link to Mailwasher antispam added to Links>Protection
6. A net total of 23 new surnames and 99 new people added

The main changes this month are in the look and presentation of the site

1. Additional Blog Pages including a downloadable Timeline of British Prime Ministers and their History, adding Transparency to Photographs and Searching for Locations using women's married surnames
2. New UK Location List including access to maps
3. More photographs of Europe and the Creation of an England Section
4. On the Grimshaw tree, the Jackson and Brandwood families are noted additions
5. Expansion of the Griffiths family with thanks due to Alice Clarke
6. A net total of 6 new surnames and 44 new people added

1. Introduction of Blog Pages on using software
2. Further additions to the Beavan/Wilcock/Huett families with acknowledgement to Beryl Hutchinson
3. Expansion of the Tudor family
4. Thanks to Nigel Prince, the Maddison family has now been taken back to the mid 1700's
5. On the Grimshaw tree, the Hiscox and Taylor families are noted additions
6. A total of 10 new surnames and 85 new people added

1. The addition of data following the publication of the UK 1841 census has continued
2. Significant new families are the Pownalls, Attenboroughs and Keelings
3. Substantial addition to the Upton family (with thanks to Carole West for the Wallace family)
4. Major increase to the Edge family
5. Additions to the Hartshorn and Hayes family (with acknowledgements to Carl Hayes)
6. A total of 21 new surnames and 126 new people added

1. Much data added following the publication of the UK 1841 census
2. New names are across the board including additions to the major family lines (Ferguson, Grimshaw, Newton and Mather)
3. Acknowledgements to Jane Gaudie for the inclusion of the New Zealand Mather families
4. The Samms/Hudson families have been corrected (with thanks to Jonathan Walker)
5. Significant revisions to the Makin family (Grimshaw Branch)
6. A total of 9 new surnames and 140 new people added

1. Full Tree from 1816 for the Johnson family added - see Grimshaw Contents page
2. Full Tree from 1803 for the Hayes family added - see Ferguson Contents page
3. Significant additions to the Tyrer family (Formby/Prescot branch)
4. Addition of the Yates/Norton/Pepper families
5. Expansion of the Willis family
6. Inclusion of the Read/Bevan families of Flintshire, with acknowledgements to Beryl Hutchinson
7. A total of 33 new surnames and 189 new people

1. Full Tree from 1830 for the Round family added - see Grimshaw Contents page
2. Significant additions to the Lowe/Seed families and new Freeman family, with acknowledgements to James Liptrot
3. Expansion of the Hayes/Heyes family
4. Addition of the Wilson family of Chipping, Lancashire
5. A total of 17 new surnames and 140 new people

1. New Link added and changes to Genealogy Links.
2. Google Site-Search included on the contents pages.
3. Completion of the addition of Sources to the Grimshaw Tree.
4. 100 Tyrers added from UK, Canada and USA. It is not known if they are related to the Tyrers already in the tree but it is possible. Other relatives are known. Thanks are due to Yvonne Harrison for giving me the lead on this.
5. 54 new surnames, larger families include the Bromilow, Butter and Patten families.
6. Rogers family taken back to about 1780 with the inclusion of 5 new family members. (Acknowledgements to Flintshire County Archives).
7. Total of 315 new people added.

1. Since the site was launched 1341 people and 177 new surnames added
2. In July 2005 the Grimshaw family tree was added to the site
3. In Sep/Oct 2005 each Individual's page was linked to their family tree
4. During Nov and Dec 2005 selected full family trees were added

Site launched

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