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People connected to Middlesex== Historic County of England See also>===== Middlesex - Main Page >===== People buried in Highgate Cemetery >===== London & Middlesex Genealogical Resources >===== Historic Buildings of Middlesex inc. London
World War I ( WWI ) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based o...
Inmigración británica en Chile=Los británicos han sido muy importantes en la formación de la nación chilena. Actualmente, Chile tiene la mayor población de descendientes de británicos en América Latina. Más de 700.000 chilenos descendientes de británicos (es decir, ingleses, galeses y escoceses) .Este proyecto es sólo para los inmigrantes nacidos en las Islas Británicas e Irlanda y sus Colonias...
Please add known Cambridge alumni to this project. Collaborators, feel free to update the project, add resources ... And more collaborators.==University of Cambridge== University of Cambridge (informally known as "Cambridge University" or simply as "Cambridge") is a collegiate research university located in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.Originally founded in 1209, it is the second-oldest u...
Scope and aims ==Father Patrick Comerford has done a lot of research into the Comerford surname , registering it at the Guild of One Name Studies and posting his findings on his blog. He has cut through a lot of the unsubstantiated older family history and has pinpointed two origins for the name and its variants - Comberford in Staffordshire and Quemerford in Wiltshire near Calne. The Irish Com...
Scope===Scope of this project is to look in to the history of the huguenots in Britain and to indentify those who came and settled in Britain.=The Huguenots=An estimated 50,000 Protestant Walloons and Huguenots fled to England, about 10,000 of whom moved on to Ireland around the 1690s. In relative terms, this could be the largest wave of immigration of a single community into Britain ever. Of t...
Welcome, Fàilte, Croeso, Fáilte !==.Looking for your ancestors in the UK? Or, you're in the UK and searching for relatives elsewhere in the world? In this forum, we encourage everyone with links in England, Scotland and Wales to communicate and explore a common ancestry.==What can you do here?==*Ask questions*Collaborate on your research*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own r...
World War One: United Kingdom & Ireland The Great War =Head Quarters===Please link Geni profiles to this project as well as ONLY ONE of the individual projects listed below=====Object of this exercise# To link existing GENi profiles of WW1 personnel (survivors and casualties) to the relevant projects for men and women born in the Channel Islands, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This inclu...
People Connected to Staffordshire == Historic County of England See also>===== Staffordshire - Main Page >===== Historic Buildings of Staffordshire >===== Staffordshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards >=====Staffordshire Genealogical Resources - to come>>* Staffordshire pedigrees based on the visitation of that county
Scope of Project ===This project identifies the personalities of the Royal Court of King Henry VIII, King of England. Family, friends and foes, are included.=== Overview ===Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of t...
British Radio and Television Personalities Please link the profiles of people who have either presented or hosted programs on British Radio or Television or were born in the United Kingdom and are radio or television personalities in other countries. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listener...
Extracts from: "The Story of Haversham" by Rev. Samuel Hilton, M.A. Rector of Haversham, combined with "A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4." Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1927. This is a project to trace the owners of the manor but also in doing so research the families and the lineage. * c.966 Aelfgifu (or Elgiva), a kinswoman of King Edgar , to whom sh...
To edit the profiles of the first English immigrants who came to Chile and also of the english men who happened for Chile on board of his ships from the XVth to XIXth century Proyecto creado por Jaime Ross(c) 03/03/3013Ingleses en Peru :
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Facebook group . Campbell's of Argyll who's profiles posted here are for research purpose only. Presently I have no proof they are related to the Campbell's who were in Jamaica. I do know that the Campbell families in Jamaica were from Argyll. Before settling in Jamaica, some were in Barbados. After leaving Jamaica some settled in England and the USA The ones posted here will be used for refere...
TAILORA tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats, trousers, and similar garments, usually of wool, linen, or silk.* A tailor-made is a man's suit consisti...
This project was created to trace the Reynolds "family" from its earliest roots to those who came to settle in what is now New England and Virginia. It is important to recognize now that through recent advances in Y-chromosome DNA testing The Reynolds Family Association is currently tracing more than 50 distinct Reynolds lines in America who share no ancient paternal-line ancestor at least goin...
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.The college was founded by Henry VIII, King of England in 1546, from the merger of two existing colleges: Michaelhouse (founded by Hervey de Stanton in 1324), and King's Hall (established by Edward II, king of England in 1317 and refounded by Edward III, king of England in 1337). At the time, Henry had been seizi...
Dunera Boys / Internees===The hired Military Transport Dunera was a British passenger ship built as a troop transport in the late 1930s.As the storm clouds of war gathered in the late 1930s, thousands of German refugees - either Jewish or politically opposed to the Nazis - fled to Britain for sanctuary. Little did many of them know they would soon be deported to Australia in one of the more not...
Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is situated on the River Cam, nested between Clare College and Trinity College. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich. The college is often known informally as 'Tit Hall' by students within the university.The devastation caused by the Black Deat...
ENGLAND, United Kingdom - Place Projects=This is a sub-project of International Places Project Index Every person is born somewhere, marries, lives, works and dies somewhere. Places are a key component to family history research. This project aims to be the starting point in your search for a place in ENGLAND on Geni to discover more about your ancestors. If a place you are looking for in Engla...
Corps of Royal Engineers - WW1 Including Royal Engineers Signal Services (formed in 1908) - The forerunner of the Royal Corps of Signals ===== Image right BMB Courtesy of British Military Badges - Daniel Baker The Royal Engineers (RE's) has been involved in every major conflict the British Army has fought. Their Motto is "Ubique" ("Everywhere") - awarded in 1832 as the unit has been involv...
Dunham Massey Hall, Lancashire, England= Picture right attributed to National Trust Images/ Nick Meers ===Early History===The name Dunham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon dun, meaning hill. The Massey element of the name is a result of its ownership by the Massey family. The manor of Dunham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having belonged to Aelfward, a Saxon thegn, before the Norman ...
The aim of this project is to gather Geni profiles of people who were born, lived, and/or died in Haslemere, Surrey, England.
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England=The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the foundation of prosaic record, but are interesting as representing the traditions as to the early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries...
People Connected to Kent == Historical County of England See also===== Historic Buildings of Kent ===== Kent Burials ===== Kent - Genealogical Resources ===== Kent - Main Page ===== Kent Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards
1966 FIFA World Cup - England Squad=Profiles below in bold are linked to profiles on Geni.===Group One:===1.1 England1.2 France1.3 Mexico1.4 Uruguay===Manager:===Alf Ramsay===No Pos Player Date of Birth (age) Caps Club===# GK Gordon Banks 30 December 1937 (aged 28) 27 England Leicester City# DF George Cohen 22 October 1939 (aged 26) 24 England Fulham# DF Ray Wilson 17 December 1934...
=High Sheriff= No profiles, please; add High Sheriffs to the Shrievality project listed below. If no project exists for the shrievality, it would be much appreciated if you create it, and link to the index list (below), as well as as a "related" project to this "umbrella." ===Description===From Wikipedia retrieved September 2016:A High Sheriff is a ceremonial officer for each shrieval county of...
This project is dedicated to the preservation to the history of the Pounds family, which has fathered a number of extensive branches across the United States. The surname Pound was first found in Hampshire where they were granted lands by Wiliam the Conqueror for their assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. They held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Drayton in that shire. The...
Scope of Project To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree for the Barnes families, from earliest origins to near modern times. How to Participate Send a request to collaborate on this project and I'll add you as a collaborator. If the profile is a public profile you have edit rights to, then navigate to the profile and under "More Actions" choose "Add to project" or...
People Connected to Wiltshire == Historical County of England See also>===== Wiltshire - Main Page >===== Historic Buildings of Wiltshire >===== Wiltshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards >===== Wiltshire Genealogical Resources >>===== The visitation of Wiltshire 1565>>===== The visitation of Wiltshire 1623>>===== Wiltshire Community History website ,
100 Greatest Britons (BBC Poll, 2002)=* 100 Greatest Britons (BBC Poll, 2002) 100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC. The programme was based on a television poll conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considered the greatest British people in history. The series, Great Britons, included individual programmes featuring the individuals who featured in the top ten, w...
[ ] Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I.[2]Since 1998, Emmanuel has been among the top five colleges in the Tompkins Table, which ranks colleges according to end-of-year examination results. Emmanuel has topped the table five times since then (2003–07 and 2010)...
English-language writers are people who produces non-fiction writing or literary art such as novels, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, or essays in the English language.Below is a list of English-language writers of non-fiction according to century. ===XVI century======XVII century======XVIII century======XIX century======XX century======XXI century===* Cometan is a British author resp...
(This is the one in which Wm the Conqueror captures England)=The Battle of Hastings took place on 14 October 1066. It was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England, fought between the Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army of King Harold II.[1] The battle took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 6 miles northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day...
Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England= Bletchley Park, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England , was the central site of the United Kingdom's Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), which during the Second World War regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers.The official historian of World War II British Int...
People Connected to Lancashire ==England===== Map Right - The historical boundary of Lancashire, in red, and the modern-day boundary of the ceremonial county, in green - By Nilfanion - CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons See also>===== Lancashire - Main Page >===== Lancashire Genealogical Resources >===== Historical Lancashire incl. Manchester Merseyside >===== Historic Buildings of Lancashire
Include profiles from any Wildman Yorkshire/Lancashire tree even if they do not seem to be related as yet. These are individuals in the Lancashire Yorkshire border region in the 16th and 17th centuries Pictured is a chapel that stood on the site of its replacement, the Church of the Good Shepherd of Tatham Fells. The new church has more elaborate architectural features. Note that in the parish...
Crewe Hall, Cheshire, England= Crewe Hall is a Jacobean mansion located near Crewe Green, east of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire,[1] it is listed at grade I. Built in 1615–36 for Sir Randolph Crewe , it was one of the county's largest houses in the 17th century, and was said to have "brought London into Cheshire".[...
List of counties of England - United Kingdom England is a nation within the United Kingdom Image right licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported; Click on the image and select "full view" for detailed image of the map right This is the hub project for the counties of England. The history of local government in the United Kingdom differs between England, North...
Historic Kent The purpose of this project is to give a historic background to Kent, to provide information about those individuals of Historic importance linked to the county and to add links to any profiles of significant people linked to Kent who have profiles on GENi. See also Kent Main Page Battles Castles Historic Houses History - over view Timeline Pre-history 12th Centu...
Historic Surrey The Object of this project is to gather together information on historic or political people of Surrey and link them to profiles and trees on Geni. The exact format of the project is not written in stone and will evolve as research progresses. Famous people with Surrey connections and individual Surrey families are listed on a sister project - People Connected to Surrey Ref...
Historic Cumberland History of the County of Cumberland - England Image right - the official County Flag of Cumbria, a heraldic banner of the arms of Cumbria County Council; licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Historic Buildings of Bedfordshire England Image right - Turvey Abbey © Copyright Stephen Craven and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. Geograph The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Bedfordshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with t...
This project will keep track of the kings of ancient Britain, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland beginning with the Roman invasion of Britain in 55 AD to 1066 AD at the coronation of Harold II and beginning of the Middle Ages.=Naming Conventions=We will use titles in the native language. Cadeyrn Fendigaid ap Gwrtheyrn did not speak English, so he was never once called "King of Powys." His title would...
Historic Buildings of Leicestershire ==EnglandThe object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Leicestershire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this project and/or to individual projects where they have been set up. Image right - Belvoir Ca...
Scope of project ==This project identifies people interred in Westminster Abbey, as well as individuals memorialized there.===See also Poets' Corner - Westminster Abbey === References ===* Wikipedia contributors. " Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey ." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.* " Famous People & The Abbey ", Westminster Abbey* The Church Monuments Society
Hampton Court Palace, London, England= Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, in the historic county of Middlesex, and within the postal town East Molesey, Surrey. It has not been inhabited by the British Royal Family since the 18th century. The palace is 11.7 miles (18.8 kilometres) south west of Charing Cross and upstream of centr...
Overview and Scope of Project ===The goal of this project is to bring all the Lord Mayors of London at one meeting place.* wikipedia: : : the position of Lord Mayor of London is NOT the same as Mayor of London incumbent Lord Mayor of London is Michael Bear incumbent Mayor of London is Boris Johnson - Wikipedia Boris Johnson is a Mayor of London and NOT a Lord Mayor ===14th Century=== Elected N...
Ashdown House, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England= Ashdown House underwent few changes through its existence until the second World War when it was requisitioned. This had a dire consequence for the house leaving it in an exceedingly poor, near derelict, condition. In 1956 it was donated to the National Trust by Cornelia, Countess of Craven . The National Trust have leased the house and recen...
NOTE: This is an umbrella project that will contain a number of sub-projects, so at this time there will be no profiles added to this overview project.For a discussion of naming conventions for this period, please refer to this discussion thread: [Naming Conventions: Medieval Europe (esp France and England) ]For a general discussion about the Anglo-Norman genealogical project, please see: [Cura...
Kensington Palace, London, England= Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century, and is the official London residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Ken...
Kingston Lisle House, Oxfordshire, England=Ten hides in Sparsholt, afterwards called KINGSTON LISLE (Kingeston, Kyngeston Gerard, Kyngeston Lisle, xiv cent.), formed part of the royal demesne both in the reign of the Confessor and in 1086. This land, which was worth £20 and included 200 acres of meadow, remained in the possession of the Crown till the middle of the 12th century, when it was gra...
Historic Buildings of Norfolk ==England Image right - Holkham Hall >===== Image by Sean Cooper, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Norfolk, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this project and/or to individual...
Historic Buildings of Somerset ==England Image right - Lytes Cary Manor ===== Image Geograph © Copyright Neil Kennedy and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Somerset, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those esta...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature.=Place project portals= Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. ==Geographical==* Australia * Canada * Europe** Al-Andalus ** Austro-Hungarian-Empire ** Belarus ** Czech Republic-Bohemia ** Croa...
Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England= Warwick Castle (Listeni/ˈwɒrɪk/ worr-ik) is a medieval castle developed from an original built by William the Conqueror in 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a bend of the River Avon. The original wooden motte-and-bailey castle was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century. During the Hundred Years War, the facade opposite th...
Scope of Project ==This project aims to identify people executed on order of the Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain.== Overview ==Under the law of the United Kingdom, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Crown. Offences constituting high treason include plotting the murder of the sovereign; having sexual intercourse with the sovereign's consort, with his eldest unmarried da...
Women in Tudor England - 1485 to 1603=Life for women during the Tudor period, 1485 to 1603, was not easy. In those days, women had no legal rights. Tudor law was not kind to women. The law was used to limit women. They didn’t have rights to inherit property. The law actually considered them the property of either their husband or father. There were even laws that prohibited them from holding jo...
Please add the personalities of the Royal Court of Elizabeth l, Queen of England, including family, friends and foes, to this project. (actions > add profile). Collaborators, feel free to update the project page; add resources, images & documents; and perhaps make spin off / related projects.==Overview== Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 Nov...
(Any of the text is written in Norwegian)The Scottish Project is established for genealogical reason. Specific for this Project is emigrating from Scotland to Norway. Such emigrating do we find written in Norwegian Sources. Some profiles of Scots who settled Down in Norway are linked to the Project.People (Homo Sapiens) have been living in Scotland since ca 10500 years ago. The archaeological s...
Border Reivers === Scope of Project ===To explore the culture and families of the counties known as the Badlands (England) and Scottish Borders (Scotland). Please collaborate and build our family trees for the original "Hatfields and McCoys."==Reivers==from: was a Reiver? Expert Keith Durham (author of "Reivers" and "The Border Reivers") describes him thus:>a professional rustler and guerilla s...
Roberts-IOOF Cemetery Also known as Blackwell Cemetery, IOOF Blackwell Cemetery, Odd Fellows Cemetery LOCATION S Hwy 177 Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma, 74631 USA :Roberts-IOOF Cemetery Also known as Blackwell Cemetery, IOOF Blackwell Cemetery, Odd Fellows CemeteryLOCATION S Hwy 177 Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma, 74631 USA PHONE (580) 363-3826 MEMORIALS 11,991 added (92% photographed)CEMET...
Not to be confused with Clare Hall, Cambridge . ==Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refounded in 1338 as Clare Hall by an endowment from Elizabeth de Clare. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and...
Trying to gather all my royal ancestors in one place. Direct ancestors only.
WORK IN PROGRESS=======Hyperlinks refer to Wikipedia pages where more information can be found=====.==Motives==* Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a Cultural History) From Library Journal This cultural history explains the European settlement of the United States as voluntary migrations from four English cultural centers. Families of zealous, literate Puritan yeomen and ...
Notable Huguenot descendants - Britain=>>> ===Arts, Entertainment and sports===* Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), British illustrator of Charles Dickens*Tony Cottee, West Ham United and England footballer* Piers Courage , English racing driver*Phil de Glanville, England rugby union international (private profile)* William De Morgan , British art potter, tile designer, and author*G.E.M. de Ste. Cr...
Project contact: Private User also: Notable Black Britons ==Notable BAME Britons==
Project contact: Private User Black Britons==* Diane Abbott, MP * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje * Zain Asher * Dido Elizabeth Belle * Floella Benjamin * John Boyega * Melanie Brown * Naomi Campbell * Franz Drameh
College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was one of England's first residential colleges for women, established in 1869 by Emily Davies, Barbara Bodichon and Lady Stanley of Alderley. (Whitelands College, now part of the University of Roehampton, was established as a college of higher education for women earlier, in 1841.) The full college status was only...
Westminster & Palace of Westminster, London, England====Ashburnham House=== Ashburnham House is an extended seventeenth-century house on Little Dean's Yard in Westminster, London, United Kingdom, and since 1882 has been part of Westminster School. It is occasionally open to the public, when its staircase and front drawing room in particular can be seen to be superb. There has been a building on...
Castle Garden arrivals 1850-1890==This project is a sub-project of the main Castle Garden Arrivals project ==About Castle Garden==From August 1, 1855 through April 18, 1890, immigrants arriving in the state of New York came through Castle Garden. America's first official immigrant examining and processing center, Castle Garden welcomed approximately 8 million immigrants - most from Germany, ...
Historic Buildings of Shropshire (Salop) ==England Image right - Apley Park , Norton >===== Image Geograph © Copyright Mat Fascione and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Shropshire, with links to sub-projects for specif...
People Connected to Devon == Historic County of England ===== Image right by Nilfanion - CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons See also>===== Devon - Main Page >===== Devon Genealogical Resources >===== Historic Buildings of Devon >===== Devon Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards
Obituary - Colonial news from England published in Australia - A sub project of Obituary Portal The Colonies "held true" to the traditions that they left behind, and sometimes even more so. An excellent example is the scathing Obituary for Harriett Wilson (Du Bochet). The people in the colonies loved to hear in great detail what was happening in London, the reports and their "take" on things is...
This project is to research and find out more about the DeLisser / De Lisser and other related families from Jamaica, West Indies, but originating in western Europe.==What can you do here?==*Ask questions.*Collaborate on your research.*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.*Problem finding an ancestors, open a discussion here and we all try to help*...
Coton Hall, Shropshire=In the United States, the name of General Robert E. Lee is one that commands great respect - especially in the South, where he's fondly remembered as the finest Confederate general of the American Civil War.But was isn't known so widely is that General Lee's family came from Shropshire, and the family home still exists.For 500 years, the Lee family owned a sizeable chunk ...
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Formally named The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies besides the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city.King's was founded in 1441 by Henry VI, soon after he had founded its sister college in Eton. However, the King's plans for th...
Bearwood College, Berkshire, England=In about 1830, John Walter (1776–1847), owner of The Times newspaper, purchased the 5,000-acre (20 km2) estate in which the school is now located. His son, also called John Walter (1818–1894), employed architect Robert Kerr to build a mansion within it as his country seat. Erected 1865–74, it is one of the largest Victorian country houses in England. Nikolau...
St. Michael's is located near the Pensacola Civic Center and is one of the oldest in Florida. Saint Michael's Cemetery is an eight-acre green space in the heart of urban, historic Pensacola, Florida. Probably in use by the mid to late 18th century, the land was officially designated a cemetery by the King of Spain in 1807. Although initially assigned to the Catholic inhabitants of Pensacola, pe...
Trewithen House, Cornwall, England=One of the most elegant examples of 18th century architecture in CornwallTrewithen House is an architectural gem that hasn’t significantly changed its outward appearance since 1715 when Philip Hawkins first bought it. Since then, ten generations of the same family have lived there.First mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086 when it was owned by the Count of...
Thomas Greaves and Joan of Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire, England (Gen. 47)Please add profiles of descendants of Thomas Greaves and Joan of Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire, England (Gen. 47) that have had DNA testing to this project. If you want to collaborate, all welcome, if you want to be added to the list, please Start A Discussion Here Grouping these profiles will assist the admini...
Any persons mentioned in the book "The Manor of Haling, in the parish of Croydon, Surrey, England. - Family Gage".The manor of Haling, comprising a park and mansion, situate at the southern extremity of the town of Croydon, was thought by Ducarel to have found its designation with our Saxon ancestors. Holy, in their language is halix ,, and meadow — and from these two words he deduces Haling—ho...
Scope of project ==This project identifies the royal couples who were married at Westminster Abbey, London, England (UK).== Overview ==The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in Westminster, London, England (UK), located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and b...
Bampton Castle, Oxfordshire, England=>===== Image from From old Books Wood, Anthony: “The Life Of Anthony à Wood” (1772); Status: out of copyright (called public domain in the USA)In 1314-15, during the reign of Edward II, Aylmer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke , obtained a license from the king to “make a castle of his house at Bampton.” This is the origin of ‘Bampton Castle’ – in the days before...
Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England= Woodstock Palace Woodstock's lost royal palace[By Simon Pipe]"' Henry I kept leopards and porcupines here, and the future Elizabeth I was a prisoner in the lodge. Now, only a stone pillar near the Glyme Valley Way marks the site of a building graced by centuries of rulers. Blenheim Palace and its lake provide one of the greatest man-made spectacles in Eng...
Historic Buildings of Buckinghamshire ==England>===== Image right - Halton House in the Chiltern Hills nr. Halton, Buckinghamshire; Public Domain, Wiki The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Buckinghamshire, England, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishme...
This project is focused on identifying official participants and their profiles, adding anecdotal as well as well documented information and stories regarding the arguably unsuccessful Coronation and Procession of Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of England On Thursday 29 May, Lady Anne, marquess of Pembroke, was received as queen of England by all the lords of England. And the mayor and aldermen, wi...
[ ]Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The College's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes from the name of its Chapel, Jesus Chapel.The college was established between 1496 and 1516, on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nun...
Sanderstead Court, Surrey, England====History===The building is located next to the All Saint’s Parish Church (c. 1230) in Sanderstead.The building did not appear on the Tithe map of 1844.[1]Sanderstead Court, SurreyIn 1675, the house was a three story, red brick mansion comprising a central core with two large wings at either end which were adorned with decorated chimneys. The central portion ...
Calling all Parsons! Let's link our family trees together. == Parsons (surname) Parsons as a surname has an occupational meaning, and refers to a parson's servant or a person that worked in the parson's house. Another meaning of the surname is the parson's son .Notable people with the surname of Parsons include:*Alan Parsons (born 1948), British musician and record producer*Albert Parsons (1848...
The Rose in Vale Country House Hotel, Cornwall, England The Rose in Vale Country House Hotel , started as a Cornish Long house that consisted of two cottages. Mr Thomas Nankivell bought the property and in 1761 added the Iconic Georgian frontage. When Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nankivell lived there, John Opie, the renowned local painter, visited them, his sister being in service there.Ada Earland, in...
Cavendish College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge which admits only postgraduates and undergraduates aged 21 or over. It only accepts female students and fellows, making the college one of the only three women-only university colleges in England.The college is named in honour of Lucy Cavendish (1841–1925), who campaigned for the reform of women's education.The college wa...
Cometan, founder of Astronism Ian Mckellen, actor Eric Morecambe, comedian Steve Pemberton, actor Robert W. Service, poet Mystic Meg, astrologer Henry Tate, philanthropist
Freemasons, or simply "Masons," have been present in England since at least the Reformation and today can be found throughout the nation in civic and community roles. Much discussion of their history in the nation can be found in this excellent Wikipedia article .Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and ar...
Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, England=>>===== Image Right Geograph © Copyright Stephen G Taylor and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Bolsover Castle is a castle in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England (grid reference SK471707). It was built in the early 17th century by the Cavendish family, on the site of a medieval castle founded in the 12th century by the Peverel family. The site is now in...
College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1977, Robinson is the newest of the Cambridge colleges and is unique in being the only one to have been intended, from its inception, for both undergraduate and graduate students of either sex.The college was founded after the British philanthropist Sir David Robinson offered the university £17 million to estab...
Colonials who owned land and slaves in countries, not their homeland and traveled frequently. My concentration is in Jamaica and USA.The likely hood that an American Plantation owner had other Plantations and relatives in other countries is always possible. I know most of mine did, and this creates a problem for genealogy searches in Jamaica.If u know of or have ancestors who fit this descripti...