People Update

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Finally! The last flush of Durham! At least 393 new people sprawling mainly over Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. This doesn't mean the full set is there since there are probably dozens of children who died between census records, for instance.…

Yet another monster update, this time originating in Durham, with at least 873 new people split across half-a-dozen trees. The main ones are: Ralph Close (c 1715) Thomas Close (< 1762) Ralph Close (< 1764) William Close (c 1780) The…

Following a trip to Easby, just outside Richmond in Yorkshire, I did a random search to see if anything showed up since it was an unfamiliar area to me. Unbelievably it appears that a John Close owned Easby Hall, which…

Another monster update, this time originating in Ireland, with at least 754 new people split across 3 trees. The main tree, starting with Richard Close in the early 1600's actually originates in Yorkshire, but all his descendents are in Ireland…

Dozens of new photographs and scans which have been sent to us, or which we've uncovered in our travels. These are all attached to the appropriate person in the trees, but most them also appear in our Galleries. Many thanks…

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…

From the references in: Mannex's History of Westmorland 1849 A HUGE volume containing the entire history of Westmorland (and other bits) as of 1849. Everything from the ancient history of the area, through the geology, villages and inhabitants. This is…

A huge GEDCOM file of information from Wendy Thompson that has been languishing in the "To Do" list for a couple of years. Charting the progress of a branch of Irish Closes from Belfast, Ireland to Ontario, Canada. Many thanks…