Genealogy
This site focuses on one of my interests, genealogy. In particular, it contains family trees for both my wife Debbie and myself. Our most recent ancestors family names include Simmonds, Symondson (from which Simmonds is derived), Lowe, Deakin, Ogden, Curtis, Homer, Howkins, Auckland and Simpson. Although our closest present day relatives are Canadian, the majority of our grandparents emigrated from the United Kingdom.
This site has been in existence since March 2001 and has grown considerably. Most of the following pages were created using the genealogy software Reunion 9.0. The remainder were created using DreamWeaver CS4. These pages contain names, pictures, notes, data, charts and links to other web sites. If you are new to this site please read the explanation below to assist you with navigation. As of December 9, 2011 the site includes over 3140 people and over 5600 pages. It is best viewed using modern browsers which use CSS 3 such as the latest versions of FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Opera or IE 9.
I have a secondary site on http://www.ancestry.co.uk by name of Simmonds/Deakin/Ogden/Curtis July 10. While that site does not contain all of the people listed on this site it does contain links to sources such as census. I believe you need to subscribe to ancestry to view it, however they offer trial subsciptions from time to time.
Conventions
- For privacy reasons no living persons are listed.
- Square brackets [like these] are used indicate any comments inserted for clarification.
- Any census information which does not identify the country refers to the England and Wales censuses. The same convention applies to BMD data.
- Generally persons included are restricted to blood relatives, their spouses and the spouse's immediate family.
- Any relationships listed next to a person's name on the Person Sheets refers to their relationship to me. It is not feasible to do so for my wife's family tree as well.
Use the following links to get you started or click on one of the pictures above.
- Search this site
- Start to Kim's Family Tree (Simmonds/Deakin/Ogden/Curtis) - parents
- Start to Debbie's Family Tree (Auckland/Simpson) – paternal grandparents
- Surnames - included in the entire site
- Index - for the entire site (excluding the charts and other special pages)
- Charts - pedigree charts and descendant charts
- Dedication, Thank You, Wanted Posters, Lest We Forget
- Links to other sites
- Awards
How To Navigate This Web Site
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Family Web Pages - Navigation These pages are the key to navigating the family tree. They contain a husband and wife, their parents (listed above) and their children (listed below). They also contain some of the information about the couple. Some pages also contain picture thumbnails. To view additional information including miscellaneous notes (person sheets) and links to other sites click on the person's name. To view larger or other pictures (media pages) click on the thumbnail pictures or the camera icon. |
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Person Sheets - Information These pages may contain birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial, will, occupation, census information, ship passenger information, spouse(s), parents, children, miscellaneous notes, links to other web sites and picture thumbnails. They may also contain typed versions of wills or reports. |
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Photos, scans, etc. These pages contain full size versions of any pictures. Some pages also contain scanned versions of source documents such as census pages or attestation papers. Click on the camera icon or framed photographs to see the related photos. |
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Index |
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Surnames |
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Charts Each page is either a descendent chart for the oldest known ancestor (tree top) or a pedigree for either Debbie or myself. Larger charts are oriented left to right with the youngest generation on the left moving towards older generations to the right. Smaller charts are the more traditional top to bottom charts with the oldest ancestor shown at the top. |
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Contact My e-mail address. Please contact me if you have corrections, additional information or questions.
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A Note About the Background
If you carefully look at the background on this part of the page you may notice it resembles a church surrounded by trees. This pattern is repeated or tiled. It was produced from a photograph of St. Michaels in Cofton Hackett, England. The photograph was found on wikepedia and may be found here on this site. The bas relief filter in PhotoShop was applied to create the tile.
My great grandfather Reverend Keelinge Deakin was the first vicar of this church. We have fond memories of our visit to the church. The present vicar kindly gave us a tour that was very much appreciated.
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