Portsmouth, Hampshire, England: Dockyard Main Gates, c.1910

Absolutely; but certainly not uniquely! Although these pages started out as my family tree project, it soon became very clear that the term 'Family Tree' was never going to just be the story of one family name! My inquisitive nature has caused me to wander into areas of only very distant connections but nevertheless, I hope you find that exploring this site is as interesting as I find researching it's content.

Posted: 20 February 2012

Database bulk update completed today at 17H40 GMT. Site should now be back to normal speed

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 Notes & General Help 

• If you come across a surname within square brackets [..], this usually signifies that this surname is the women's married name and that her maiden, or birth name, is unknown.

• Where a place name includes 'RD' (for example "South East Surrey RD"), this refers to a 'Registration District'. However, unless a specific address is given for a birth, marriage or death, the place name may refer to a Registration District rather than to the actual location. This is more significant in later years as smaller districts and parishes have amalgamated into substantial Registration Districts.

• On a Census record, where no address is noted, the schedule number as enterd by the census enumerator is used. For example, the address line "Sch 23, The Village" refers ony to the schedule number allocated at the time of the enumerators entry. It does not in any way suggest a house number or street address. Ocassionaly, a steet name will be quoted. For example "Sch 123, High Street". Again, this does NOT signify the house number and may vary between censuses for the same property or building.