Help Us To Fill In The Blanks

Please help us. This is a free site which now contains the details of thousands of people, and thousands of images. Putting aside the number of hours of work involved in producing it, it costs money to pay for the…

Comments Off on Help Us To Fill In The Blanks
Read more about the article Help Us To Fill In The Blanks
Family Tree

People Update – August 2023

Hello all. Hope everyone is still safe and well, wherever you are. Eyes down for another massive people update, which is actually the follow-on from a tree I published back in 2020. That one was a nice little branch of…

Comments Off on People Update – August 2023

Neil Close (1913) – World War 2

Neil Close (1913) was born at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, the son of Ernest Close (1885) and Bessie Ann Jane Lang. He enlisted into the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces in 1940, serving in the 49th Australian Infantry Battalion. He survived the…

Comments Off on Neil Close (1913) – World War 2

Lawrence Close (1915) – World War 2

Lawrence Close (1915) was born at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Ernest Close (1885) and Bessie Ann Jane Lang. He enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force in 1940. He survived the war, and subsequently left as a Flight…

Comments Off on Lawrence Close (1915) – World War 2

William Henry Close (1913) – World War 2

William Henry Close (1913) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Percy William Close (1884) and Nellie Katherine Varnes. He was drafted into the US Armed Forces at Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1940. He subsequently enlisted into the…

Comments Off on William Henry Close (1913) – World War 2

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2022

So, here we are again, at the end of what seems to have been another generally rubbish year for most people around the world, for one reason or another. Still, at least (hopefully) we made it through to try and…

Comments Off on Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2022

Ancestor Appreciation Day – 27 September 2022

Today is Ancestor Appreciation Day It is celebrated on the 27th September every year. Do you know who the people were you descended from? Where did they live? Did they immigrate to the country you live in during the past…

Comments Off on Ancestor Appreciation Day – 27 September 2022

Site Rebuild – April 2022

So, every 10 years or so, after ignoring all the warning signs ... something breaks. For technical reasons, which I won't bore you with, the previous incarnation of the Close Ancestry website finally and suddenly expired in a heap of…

Comments Off on Site Rebuild – April 2022

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2021

So, here we are again, at the end of what seems to have been another generally rubbish year for most people around the world. Still, at least (hopefully) we made it through to try and assume some semblance of normality…

Comments Off on Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2021

Ancestor Appreciation Day – 27 September 2021

Today is Ancestor Appreciation Day It is celebrated on the 27th September every year. Do you know who the people were you descended from? Where did they live? Did they immigrate to the country you live in during the past…

Comments Off on Ancestor Appreciation Day – 27 September 2021

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2020

So, here we are again, at the end of what has been a pretty crap year for most people around the world. Still, at least (hopefully) we made it through to try and assume some semblance of normality in 2021.…

Comments Off on Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2020