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Family Trees

Here you can see digital images of a selection of hand-crafted historical Family Trees which have been scanned, indexed and then uploaded to our new Family Tree explorer application called TreeSearch™ – made possible with Art Fund support.

We are making a small selection of these Family Trees available to our members and the public at this stage. Over the next six to twelve months, we will be loading the whole collection of over 20,000 images with indexes, containing over a million names, and those will all be available to our members.

Please note that this initial launch of TreeSearch™ is being made available to test it within a live environment. It is fully functional, but is also still being developed. We welcome feedback on any aspect of it, especially the look and feel, functionality and also accessibility across different devices.

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

1185-1972

London, Gloucestershire, Wales

A group of pedigrees relating to Charles Darwin and his relationship to the Wedgwoods, William Wilberforce, Vaughan Williams, Virginia Woolf, Julia Margaret Cameron and other… A group of pedigrees relating to Charles Darwin and his relationship to the Wedgwoods, William Wilberforce, Vaughan Williams, Virginia Woolf, Julia Margaret Cameron and other prominent people. This tree also traces his ancestry back to Henry III of England and Louis VIII of France.

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Genealogy of the very ancient family of EYRE

Genealogy of the very ancient family of EYRE

1270 to 1920

Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire

This large tree - well over 4m long and 1m wide documents the history of the Eyre family from the start of the reign of… This large tree - well over 4m long and 1m wide documents the history of the Eyre family from the start of the reign of Edward 1st up to the early 20th century. It is one of a number of very large trees in our collection in terms of physical size and was until recently in very poor condition. Restoration of this tree and creation of this image of it has been made possible by generous funding from the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, the Radcliffe Trust and the Leche Trust.

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Abbott of Constantinople and London

Abbott of Constantinople and London

1598 - 1952

Greece, Turkey, London;Middlesex

This set of tree images all relate to Abbott of Constantinople and were extracted from the Abbott Small Collection at the Society This set of tree images all relate to Abbott of Constantinople and were extracted from the Abbott Small Collection at the Society

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Pedigree of the family of Ade

Pedigree of the family of Ade

1470-1839

Sussex, Essex, Kent

This pedigree of a Sussex family records 11 generations starting with William Ade born around 1470. It was drawn up in 1839 by a 14… This pedigree of a Sussex family records 11 generations starting with William Ade born around 1470. It was drawn up in 1839 by a 14 year old boy, from “the original compiled by his father”. The father, Charles, was born in 1790, so this pedigree is probably based on a great deal of first hand knowledge. It is beautifully written and illustrated including detailed drawings of two houses and a church relevant to family members. Notes on the edge of the tree describe land holdings and other details about some of the families who married in.

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Pedigree of the Abdy family

Pedigree of the Abdy family

1450-1811

Yorkshire

This very old pedigree was begun by Anthony Abdy at the time of his daughter’s death in 1623 with additional details added later. The latest… This very old pedigree was begun by Anthony Abdy at the time of his daughter’s death in 1623 with additional details added later. The latest date shown on the tree appears to be 1811. At the top of the tree is a beautiful and rather poignant description of his daughter as he saw her at the time of her death. Another curious feature of this tree is that the original date for the description was altered at some stage from 1623 (which was correct) to 1723 (which is not). We do not know who did this or why.

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