Welcome to the Close Ancestry Trees
30 August 2010 - 10:30:13am

Hello, and welcome to the Close Ancestry trees.

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What's New: August 2010
30 August 2010 - 10:29:40am

30/08/2010

What started out as a quick de-fluff of Aycliffe, Durham has turned into an absolute MONSTER.

With at least 1485 ... no, that's not a typo ... ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE new people, complete with hundreds of Census, BMD, photographs, war records and the odd certificate, it's our biggest yet.

The update mainly covers Durham and Northumberland, but there are also a few minor skirmishes into Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, Canada and America, just to add to the confusion. All-in-all there are quite a few unattached trees which don't fit anywhere obvious. No doubt in time these will fit into the Grinton jigsaw, or some other hotbed. It's not as if we're short of these.

We've also got our first foray into Minchinhampton in Gloucestershire. It turns out that one Close seems to be responsible for hundreds of sub-Close in the Stroud area.

Finally, thanks to those of you who continue to contribute to the site costs - it really is much appreciated. We'll keep adding bits and pieces into the shop as we find things that we think will add value. If nothing takes your fancy, or it's too much hassle then a donation would be much appreciated and gratefully received.