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Broad project to list European immigrants from any European country. From any European country and any date (Century). Everyone is welcome to collaborate and add more profiles.
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...
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...
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...
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 ,
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...
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament.The Speaker presides over the House's debates, determining which members may speak. The Speaker is also responsible for maintaining order during debate, and may punish members who break the rules of the House. Unlike presiding officers of legislatures in many ot...
Only Englishmen in Russia - living here, on service, marriages of Russian and English, etc May be Welsh also to be included here. Scots and Irish - in separate projects.
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...
[ ] 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)...
Merchant Taylors' School (MTS) is a British independent day school for boys, originally located in the City of London. Since 1933 it has been located on 250 acres (1 km2) of grounds at Sandy Lodge in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire (but within the HA postcode area).The school was founded in 1551 by members of the Merchant Taylors' Company - Sir Thomas White , Sir Richard Hilles, Eman...
Bruce Castle (The Lordship House), Tottenham, London, England= Bruce Castle (formerly the Lordship House) is a Grade I listed 16th-century[1] manor house in Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London. It is named after the House of Bruce who formerly owned the land on which it is built. Believed to stand on the site of an earlier building, about which little is known, the current house is one of the olde...
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...
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,canadienses, galeses, escoceses e irlandeses) .Este proyecto es sólo para los inmigrantes nacidos en las Islas Británicas ...
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
Overview and Scope of Project The goal of this project is to bring all the Lord Mayors of London at one meeting place. wikipedia: wikipedia: Note: the position of Lord Mayor of London is NOT the same as Mayor of London The incumbent Lord Mayor of London is Michael Bear The incumbent Mayor of London is Boris Johnson - Wikipedia Boris Johnson is a Mayor of London and NOT a Lord M...
Trying to gather all my royal ancestors in one place. Direct ancestors only. William Henry Whiting was a descendant of King James II, King Charles 1st, 2nd. learnt Urdu from From Abdul Karim (the Munshi) scribe to queen. He grew up at Windsor Castle Victoria. HE was relatedto Prince Francis Teck, princess Mary Adelaide who from evidence they knew personally. He worked on the state Coach His ...
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...
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...
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
=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...
It would be helpful if anyone adding profiles to this project could please also add them to the alphabetical list below: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z References Category:14th-century English politicians Category:14th-century English MPs
[ ]Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third oldest college of the university and has over seven hundred students and fellows. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost evOn Christmas Eve 1347, Edward III granted Marie de St Pol, widow of the Earl of Pembroke, the licence for the founda...
The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial site in England, 30.5 acres in total, was donated by the University of Cambridge. It lies on a slope with the west and south sides framed by woodland. The cemetery contains the remains of 3,811 of our war dead; 5,127 names are recorded on the Walls of the Missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. Most died in the Battl...
College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. Its first premises were acquired in London in 1768, by an informal gathering of Protestant dissenters with origins in the seventeenth century. In 1894 the College moved from Homerton High Street, London, to Cambridge, and received its Royal Charter in 2010, affirming its status as a full college of the university. The C...