Families Database - Lead Index Page
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SECTION I - ANCIENT & MYTHICAL
SECTION II - CONTINENTAL FAMILIES - MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE
SECTION III - BRITISH FAMILIES - MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE & MODERN
Total number of pages (excluding Draft & temporary pages): 7,493
Notes
(a) Section III is the main focus of the database. We are trying to make it as reliable as possible but please remember that databases such as ours often have to choose between reporting data that may not be reliable (drawing attention to their reliability where practicable) and ignoring that data altogether. For more comment on this and other relevant issues, please read through the various support pages in the site (see 'Any questions?' above).
(b) Sections I & II are included for interest & fun only. In particular, Section I should NOT be taken too seriously. With the exception of figures of historical importance who are known to have been well researched, we suggest you view ALL generations before (say) the 13th century with some caution. This applies to ALL genealogical databases, not just ours!
(c) "British" above means the British Isles = Great Britain (England + Wales + Scotland) + Ireland + Channel Islands + Isle of Man.
(d) With very few exceptions, we operate to the following constraints:
(1) We do not come more forward in time than generations with at least one person born by 1800 (which at least means that, for many families, there is some overlap with the early censuses which can be found online elsewhere); and
(2) We focus only on families that are British (as defined above) so, unless a family comes back into the British Isles by 1800, it is rare for us to follow a line which has emigrated from the British Isles; and
(3) We do not include a family in our database until we have found a connection between that family and another family which is already in the database.
(e) For comments on the reliability of the data, please see Stirnet Genealogy, Sources and Acknowledgements and Families Database FAQ.
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