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PAGE LAST UPDATED : 31 JANUARY 2023

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), here (2012-2021) and here (2022). 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 January 2023 (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 late in 2022
06.11 Bent2       08.11 Herrick1, Heyrick1       09.11 Stanley08       12.11 [old Salkeld2 renamed Salkeld3] Salkeld1, Salkeld2       22.11 Turpin1      At 30.11.22: 64+95+6918 = 7078       01.12 Elkington1, Holled1       04.12 Cleiveland1, Price10       06.12 Green08, Iliffe1       12.12 Cradock03, Harcourt04, Parr02       13.12 Brokesby2, Foster04, Trimnel1l      14.12 Mallory02      17.12 Meade03, Noel04, Noel05      18.12 Mounteney2      23.12 Parkins4      24.12 Langham3      27.12 Croft6, Wightman1        At 31.12.22: 64+96+6939 = 7099.

New pages uploaded so far in 2023: 22
01.01 Burdett4, Estwick1       02.01 Holden04       03.01 Maitland05       05.01 [old Fermor3 renamed Farmer01] Farmer02       07.01 Levinge2       16.01 Banaster04       17.01 Cooper06, Palmer08       20.01 Charnell1, Charnell2, Charnell3, MZmisc15       21.01 Wilmot03, Wilmot04       22.01 Kendall3       23.01 Ludford1, Rowe04       24.01 HZmisc21      27.01 Mann02       29.01 Oneby1       31.01 Mason06       At 31.01.23: 64+96+6961 = 7121.