FrenchFamily Main Family Lines

Key ancestry in East Anglia in England[ENG] (Cambridgeshire[CAM], Essex[ESX], Suffolk[SFK] & Norfolk[NFK]) and Meath[MEA], Longford[LOG], Wicklow[WIC] & Dublin[DUB] in Ireland[IRL], but also elsewhere in England. NB Question marks (?) indicate dodgy entries involving more than the usual amount of guesswork. Abbreviations - click here. Surname interests include French & Teeling and Kemp, Milward, Norman, Scott, Softly/Softley & Wagg. Genealogical Exchange: for further information, corrections and connections: Email Chris at FrenchFamily.info I may have further information not recorded on the web site. Thankyou to the many people who have helped, apologies to those I have not credited. Click on HOME to restore the frame and left index.

MAIN FAMILY LINES

Beginning in the centre with Chris & Sally's, the above diagram shows the 16 surnames of our ancestors over four generations and provides an index to this page. Click on the FRENCH & TEELING coloured areas to reveal outline descendant trees of our most distant ancestors (further details available on other pages, see top menu), or click other 14 surnames' coloured areas to jump to discussion of these including links to the descendant trees including our respective great great grandparents. The years in red (if included) indicate the approximate dates that we have been able to trace these surnames back to in early 2010. CLICK HERE to reveal PDF with the people behind the above, an ancestor fan chart over 6 generations, with full names and brief dates. Go to "Direct Ancestor Roots" on the top menu, far left, to find the roots of all these lines and others for our family tree or just CLICK HERE

In Britain in 2007 it was said that 210,000 people are reported missing each year, a figure that had risen to maybe 275,000 by 2009 (says Missing People, the charity). According to The Independent on Sunday of 11-Oct-2009 "The vast majority are swiftly found, or return of their own volition, but many don't. Some disappear for decades, and sources, including some inside the police, say the number of people in Britain who have been missing from family, friends and usual haunts for more than a year is at least 16,000 and could be as many as 20,000. ... At any one time, there are an estimated 1,000 unidentified bodies lying in the country's mortuaries and hospitals. Many have been there for years – unknown, unclaimed citizens. ... Children make up the bulk of the missing persons reports in Britain. But, as teenagers who stay out a night or two from their care or foster home, or who sleep on a friend's sofa to cool down after a row with a parent, they are also likely to be the cases that are resolved within a few days." With a population of 60 million, this means that amost one in 200 disappear annually, although longer term this is perhaps one in 3,000. Perhaps then it is not so surprising when we come up against brick walls in our genealogical research, even in recent times. Some of these difficulties are highlighted in 4 lines listed at the very top (two female mtDNA, FRENCH, and TEELING) and 14 below here. See Direct Ancestor Roots page for the ancestors of these cousins.

CHRIS'S NORMAN LINE

Descendant Tree of Christopher NORMAN (mid 16th century)

- outline descendant tree of Christopher Norman in Roborough by Torrington, Devon. Is Christopher the most distant Norman in the ancestral male line of Chris's mother? A coincidence, him having the same names as Chris!

NORMAN Surname DNA Project

- Y-DNA Project for male NORMANs with origins in the US and British Isles (of course, Chris doesn't qualify)

NORMAN Niggles

- What happened to Chris's great aunt?

MAIN FAMILY LINES

CHRIS'S SCOTT LINE

CHRIS'S MILWARD LINE

SALLY'S SOFTLEY LINE

SALLY'S WAGG LINE

SALLY'S KEMP LINE

SALLY'S McLOUGHLIN/McLAUGHLIN LINE

SALLY'S CADEMY LINE

SALLY'S RANSOME LINE

SALLY'S MANN LINE

CHRIS'S DADSON LINE

CHRIS'S SPALL LINE

CHRIS'S RALPH LINE

CHRIS'S DUNMORE LINE

GRAHAM'S ANCESTRY