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PAGE LAST UPDATED : 12 MAY 2021

This page shows the genie data pages that have been uploaded into the database so far this year. Pages uploaded in earlier years are shown, in date order, here (2002-2011) and here (2012-2020). The subtotals in bold below, and on the prior-years pages, show the numbers of the pages at various midpoint dates (in order Section I-Section II-Section III = Ancient-Continental-British) which have been used to provide the following graph. This shows the growth of the database from September 2002 to April 2021 (excluding the many draft & temporary pages).

You may wonder what makes us decide to include some families before others. The answer is that there is often little logic or specific purpose to it. We started off with certain core families related to Stirnet's founder's family (as reported on Sources and acknowledgments) and then gradually expanded the database, trying to cover all parts of the British Isles. We recognised that it would be sensible for us to develop a base of some 'major' familes (such as the Stewarts, Tudors, Howards & FitzGeralds) but at the same time we were keen to include many 'small landowners' and 'townfolk' to evidence that we intend for the database to set a broad target for people who want to find connections to historical figures and not just make it easier for people who already have a clear connection to a well-documented family. From time to time we may focus on a particular area of the British Isles or on a 'theme' (past themes have included the British Prime Ministers shown on the Selected Individuals page). If we are presently working on any theme or series of reviews, there will probably be reference to that in the "PCBG notes" given below.

We welcome suggestions for families to work on PROVIDED THAT you give clear direction as to where the data may be (or has been) sourced (remember that Sources and acknowledgments identifies many of the sources we already have copies of) AND you allow properly for the fact that we operate to the following constraints:
(1) with few exceptions, 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 British & Irish families so, unless a family comes back into the British Isles by 1800, it is very rare for us to follow a line which has emigrated from the British Isles; and
(3) we shall 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.
Several people have been very helpful with this, not least with suggesting useful sources we had not used previously, and so have obtained Free Membership. For more information on this, see Membership Scheme.

New pages uploaded so far in 2021: 102
01.01 Wales81       06.01 Davenant1, Davenant2       09.01 Davies04      11.01 Dallaway1, Maghull1       12.01 Birch2, Birch3, Frere4, Moore15       13.01 GZmisc13       14.01 Fetherston03, Maitland04       16.01 Bodrugan1       17.01 Arcedekne1      18.01 [old Brodrick1 renamed Brodrick2] Brodrick1      19.01 Brown20, Brown21      20.01 Villiers03, Watson03      21.01 Webb06       23.01 Lake03, Woodrove03      25.01 Stamford1      28.01 Bentley1      29.01 Wiggett2      30.01 Bedford1       At 31.01.21: 64+95+6519=6678      01.02 CZmisc21, Godde1      02.02 Barton04, Houlton1      03.02 Debonnaire1, Dupuis1      05.02 Gwynne1, Holford02      06.02 Withy1      07.02 Harington4      08.02 [old Wordsworth1 renamed Wordsworth3] Wordsworth1       09.02 Peverel2      10.02 Jackson05       12.02 Gibbs02, Sibthorp1      13.02 Waldo1       14.02 Crispe2, Harrison4      18.02 Aldworth2, Amyand1, Cole04      20.02 Wilson09, Wilson10      21.02 Bragg1       24.02 Braithwaite1, Hall09, Knight03      25.02 Fergusson03, Ligonier1       26.02 Pickering03       At 28.02.21: 64+95+6549=6708       04.03 Harington5, Lauder04, Lowth1       05.03 Hord01       06.03 Garvey1       07.03 Eaton1       08.03 Hinton1, Madocks02      10.03 Vawdrey1, Wyatt3      11.03 Heysham1       12.03 Dowse1       15.03 Thorner1       17.03 Lane04      20.03 Shank1      21.03 Rivett1, Rivett2      22.03 Bolney1      23.03 Blosse1      25.03 StAndrew1      27.03 Clench1      31.03 Bisse1, Bisse2       At 31.03.21: 64+95+6572=6731       02.04 Courten1       05.04 [old Langley1 & Langley2 renamed Langley04 & Langley05 respectively] Langley01, Langley02, Langley03, Langley06       10.04 Haynes1      11.04 Hopkins02, Probyn1       13.04 Shuckburgh3       15.04 Boddington1       22.04 Seede1      24.04 Brown22, McCausland1      26.04 Heard1      27.04 LZmisc13       29.04 Clinton03, Higgins1, Higgins2       At 30.04.21: 64+95+6590=6749      07.05 Evelyn2, Evelyn3       09.05 Colston1       12.05 Alder1.