Many thanks to Karen Eileen Close Goodman for allowing us to use her research into "The Descendants of Goodman John Close of Fairfield, Connecticut"; a huge piece of research by Karen spanning over 30 years. This is a wonderful achievement. You…
A set of updates to the family of Robert Close (1837), son of Jobling Close (1798) and Rachael Hodge who emigrated to New Zealand in 1856. Many thanks to Elaine for providing the information. See all their contributions
Updates to the Minchinhampton Closes from Malcolm Jones in the form of a large GEDCOM. Many thanks to Malcolm for sending us this. It's been sat in my To Do heap for quite a while, but finally got around to…
Updates to the line of John Close (< 1727) and Mary Smith (< 1722) into the Middlesbrough area.
I've been clearing up my To Do list which always contains a number of things people have sent me. It seems as though that whenever I'm doing these I also stumble across branches I haven't seen in the past. So,…
A bunch of certificates starting from Richard Close (1834) down through her family. Many thanks to Lesley for giving us these. See all their contributions
Clarification on the family of Norman Close (c 1879) in Canada. Many thanks to Roberta for giving us these. See all their contributions
Many thanks to Allan Close for sending us his DNA results, and his kind permission to show an extract. This shows the route from Africa into Europe, and from there into the UK. Allan is a descendant of the Durham…
Clarification on the family of Agnes Close (c 1892) in Canada, resulting in 13 new people. Many thanks to John for providing these. See all their contributions
We're now providing an automated news feed to let you know when anything has changed. Basically, when we update the details of a person, or group of people, we issue a news bulletin. Times between updates vary, depending on the…
Margaret Southgate (nee Close), one of our contributors, has taken up the mantle of a "One-Namer" of the Close surname. Given that we're a prolific bunch of breeders she's set herself a mammoth task! She would like anybody who is…
The final piece in the puzzle ... a complete rework of the site Message Boards ... which hadn't been updated for years. We now have a version which is at least being developed and updated at regular intervals, although still…
A complete rework of the site Trees ... which hadn't been updated for years. We now have a version which is at least being developed and updated at regular intervals, although still a separate bolt-on. Hopefully we haven't lost anything…
A complete rework of the site Shop ... which hadn't aged well and was hanging by a thread. We now have a version which is integrated into the site itself rather than being an add-on bolted onto the side. Still…
A complete rework of the site Galleries ... which were pretty awful. Not much more to be said really. We accumulate the images from all over the place, but if you have any that you think would be of interest…
Another mega-update which unfortunately will be of no interest to most of you! Over 1400 new people and literally hundreds of new images. Having got slightly bored at the end of last year, I decided to take a look at…
Dennis Brian Close (1931) was unflinchingly courageous, whether standing (never crouching) at square leg or taking the fastest deliveries of the world's quickest bowlers on the body. He was unapologetically obstinate and a daring gambler, both as player and captain,…
A smallish tree (depending on how you look at it) originating in Bradford, Yorkshire with 149 new people and 250 new images. These all stem from a certain John Close (sigh) (1791) who seems to have been responsible for the…
It's quite a while since we gave the site a make-over, so here it is! Gone is all the dust, spiders, and miscellaneous junk that accumulates in the dark corners ... the equivalent of the attic. You know the type…
Courtesy of my sister, we now have an acre of land on the Moon! Even though the Close strain are renowned for opening up new frontiers, as far as we know we are the only Closes so far to have…
Dedication to John Close (1796) A dedication on the east window of The Church of St Andrew at Grinton, Yorkshire. It was dedicated to John Close (1796), Barbara Close (1820) and their son John Close (1849) by Susanna their daughter.…
Metcalfe Close (1893) was born at Gunnerside, Richmond, the son of Ralph Metcalfe and Elizabeth Hannah Close (1870). He joined the 12th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the first World War as a gunner. Service number: 162445 Enlisted at…
As a young man John helped his father Jarvis with his butchers business but he mistakenly thought he had a talent to be a poet. At the age of 16 he started printing fly-sheets of his verses to sell at…
Gilbert Fairchild Close (1881) was born on 7th January, 1881 in Pittsford, New York, the son of John Edward Close (1848) and Mary Ellen Hooper. He entered Princeton University in 1899 and graduated with the Class of 1903. Subsequently he…
Although Frederic Close (1889) was born in Missouri, America, he made his home in the Long Preston and Settle areas of Yorkshire when his mother came back from America with the family. During the First World War between 1914 and…
The actress Ivy Close was famous not as an actress in the first place, but as Miss Britain. When the Daily Mirror launched the competition for The Most Beautiful Woman in the World in 1908, her father sent in photographs…
Photographs of Ribba Hall in January 2011. A series of photographs of carvings on barn doors done by the children of John Close, plus others which appear to be other occupants of Ribba over the years. Many thanks to Emma…
We've had an unvalidated Irish / Canadian tree sat here for some time, and this update fills in the detail. Not a huge release in terms of new people (around 50), but around 100 new images, mainly census records in…
All the family we've traced so far seem to have originated in Grinton, Swaledale, Yorkshire. The earliest consistent records are from the registers of the Church of St Andrew. However, these only start in 1640 and are patchy at best…
Clarification on the birth date of Elizabeth Musgrave (1803). See all their contributions
