"To forget one's ancestors
is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root."
Chinese proverb
For many years we have been researching our family
trees. We have traced Ken's RIPPER direct paternal line back to 15th
century Cornwall
and Teresa's OLDRIDGE direct paternal line back to 18th century
mid-Devon. Along the way we have filled in many parts of our pedigrees.
Click on this link to see the family names which make up our pedigrees and
then explore the history of these families.
We have been so fortunate to have found so many friends
who now spread across the world. Many have contributed to our knowledge of
our families and we are most grateful to them all. Look at the
collaboration page and you may see one of our contacts who is known to you,
or one you may wish to get to know. We also have details of some families
who are not related but of similar surnames.
Our database has over 20,000 people, many of whom have
biographical notes not shown on the website. If you wish to learn more
about your family and would like to see an extract from our database please
send us an e-mail. We look forward to expanding and updating our families
as widely as possible and any help you can give is most welcome.