Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2014

We would like to wish all our family, relatives, friends, visitors and especially our Contributors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year. Please also raise a glass to our ancestors, without whom none of us would…

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People Update – December 2013

What started off as a random scouting trip into darkest Lincolnshire when something caught my eye has turned into another significant Close branch. It may a bit fragmented, but having pushed back ... and back ... and back ... has…

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Francis (Frank) Edwin Close (1945)

Francis (Frank) Edwin Close (1945) was born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire. He was a pupil at King's School, Peterborough (then a grammar school), where he was taught Latin by John Dexter, brother of author Colin Dexter. He took a BSc in…

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Margaret Greer – October 2013

Many thanks to Margaret Greer for sending more clarifications on: Jarvis Close (1853) Mary Ann Close (1856) and family Photographs of: Gravestone of Anthony Close (1846), Annie Hardacre Lord (1860) and Rosalie Bertha Close (1883) Photograph of Catherine Close (1841)…

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Paul Close – September 2013

Another one from the depths of my To Do List ... updates to George Close (1795), family and descendants in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Many thanks to Paul Close for sending us these ... and for the patient wait until I…

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People Update – The Peacocks – September 2013

A couple of weeks ago I found a dangling thread for a Peacock who disappeared from Yorkshire ... which turned into yet another Canadian dynasty. So, apologies to the Closes ... George Peacock (1799) at Gunnerside, Yorkshire into London and…

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Margaret Greer – September 2013

Many thanks to Margaret Greer for sending clarifications and photographs of: Anthony John Close (1876) Sarah Agnes Close (1878) and husband Alexis Lucas (1875) William Joseph Close (1890) and wife Hattie Mae Lawrence (1892) The photographs are attached to the…

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Site Rebuild – 16 August 2013

It's a couple of years since we gave the site a bit of a make-over, so here it is! For technical reasons, which I won't bore you with, the previous incarnation was groaning under the weight. It's a bit like…

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Hello and Welcome to Close Ancestry

Welcome to www.CloseAncestry.com Tracing the history, ancestry and descendants of the Close surname from Grinton in Swaledale, Yorkshire into Durham, Lancashire and Westmorland. From there, families spread to America, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Thousands of census, map and Close…

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People Update – John Goodman Close (1) – August 2013

Phase 1 of my trawl through Greenwich, Connecticut and the descendants of John "Goodman" Close (1600). This just fills out the tree a bit to give a basic unvalidated skeleton. Some interesting stuff has already surfaced from some of the…

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People Update – The Craddocks – August 2013

A chunky little update for the Craddock line starting with Christopher Craddock (1610) at Barnard Castle, County Durham. From there they spread into Grinton, Swaledale and then into Wensleydale and beyond. It looks as though they were originally weavers, but…

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Craven’s Part in the Great War – June 2013

A website respectfully and humbly dedicated to the memories of the men and women from the Craven district who gave their lives for king and country in the First World War, 1914-1919. The aim of the project, briefly, is to…

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