One day I thought I would like to find out more about my ancestors as my parents  never really talked about them.  This has led me to find cousins and relations from  all over the world.

I would like to thank all those that have allowed me to use information from their  own researches to expand my tree, as it is how families  come together that now  interests me. Unfortunately you occasionally find someone who doesn't want to let you  use their info. Oh well you can't win them all!!!!!!!

The tree is nowhere near complete so please return to see what may help you with your  researches in the future.

Latest info shows that Alma White who married Noah Homewood, my 8th cousin 3 x  removed, was cousin to Australia's second Prime minister Alfred Deakin.

A Word about Dates before 1752. Before January 1752, a new year would begin on March 25th. As a result,  January of 1750 followed December of 1750 and 1751 didn't start until March 25th. To avoid confusion in  genealogical records, both the old and new style dates should be given for years before 1752, e.g. February  1750/1. And March 24, 1750/1 but March 25th, 1751. So 1751 had only approximately nine months, starting on  March 25th and ending on December 31st.

The same Act of the British Parliament that established January 1 as the first day of a new year, also replaced the  Julian Calendar with the Gregorian Calendar, first introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. The Gregorian  calendar is more accurate than the Julian Calendar, but by 1582, was eleven days ahead of it. To bring Britain  into line, it was necessary for Parliament to decree that the next day after September 3rd, 1752 would be  September 14th, 1752, thereby moving the calendar ahead 11 days. Therefore, 1752 was actually eleven days  short, since there were no days of September 4 through September 13. Days of celebration were left unchanged,  however. So not only was Christmas Day left on December 25, but Guy Fawkes Day, for example, was left on  November 5th, even though it was no longer a true anniversary of November 5, 1605. The bankers, conservative as  ever, refused either to change their date or to have a year eleven days short. So the financial year went on until  April 5, eleven days after March 25, and has done ever since. From Discovering your Family History by Don Steel.