Genealogy and family history is my main hobby (obsession!).
This started out as the usual pursuit of my own family trees. However, I became
particuarly interested in the new field of DNA
studies. What I find particilarly inspiring is the evidence that we are all
related. All human beings have been shown to have a common female ancestor
some 50,000 years ago and a common male ancestor some 100,000 years ago. We
are all cousins and the differences between us are very small. And further
to this we apparently share half our DNA with bananas!
In my family trees I follow the 100 year principle. That is, no details on
"living" people. I am happy to share information with bona fide
family members. I have many hundreds of names in my databases and so if you
contact me please include enough details for me to locate the person you are
interested in, and to justify your interest..
Prescotts of Prescot Lancashire The Prescotts
of Lancashire are believed to be descendants of Richard
de Prestcote. My own paternal line of is here.
The Prescotts have for several centuries been
associated with Prescot, Lancashire,
England. My
father was from Widnes, near Prescot: Prescot includes: Widnes,
Farnworth, Prescot, St. Helen's etc..
Peeps and Pepys: My maternal line. The Peeps/Peapes/Peaps
of Kings Lynn and Burnham, Norfolk, England
are said to be descended from the same family as the Pepys of Impington,
Cambridgeshire.
Dorfler: The family name of my wife. A
family of Baltimore, Maryland.
Freedy: My wife's maternal line. Of Baltimore, Maryland.
Mellor: My wife's paternal grandmother. Of
Dutchess co., and then New York co., New
York.
Stein: My wife's paternal g-grandmother. Of Maryland.
Tagg: My wife's paternal gg-grandmother.
Wolf, Wolfe and Woolf: I researched my
brother-in-law's family of Frederick and
Washington co., Maryland.
Hillsborough Forest, Orange co., North Carolina
one of my interests has been to explore the families who lived in the area that
we have now settled.