Family history

Well I can trace ours back to OldBuckenham, Norfolk, UK 1758 , William Crook.

The 1851 census as well shows his son http://www.reocities.com/PicketFence/1704/MertonHouseholds1851.html, we are near the bottom. After this they moved to Hull where I was born some time between 1851 and 1900

thought you might be interested

nb if link does not try putting it in manually if you feel the need

Ours goes back to the late 1600s... Yorkshire then to the colonies (Carolina).

where in Torkshire

My mothers side is from west Yorks and my dads from east yorks

one of my mothers relatives did go to the US

The Kingmakers ancestors were not too far away from me. Old Buckenham,Norfolk.Twenty miles outside Norwich. In those days farming country.Old Buckenham in very near Attelborough.Situated just off the main A11, road from Norwich to London.There would have been very little around there at those times.Farming, and thats it. Even now Old Buckenham is very small.Attlebororgh has only, in the last decade opened up a betting shop and a supermarket.Sainsburys, i believe.

Yes he was a farm Labourer and moved to Merton also nearby. Then between 1860 and 1900 they popped up in Hull.

Just trying to find out more Williams wifes maiden name was Briggs and there is a lot of them in Old Buckenham...

Strange they went to Hull from Norfolk?Hull, is such a long way from Norfolk. Specially in those times.Was Hull still a major port in those days? presumably yes.Perhaps the farm game was not paying. So went to work on the docks?Good luck with your search.

Yes my family was in the shipping and so was my mothers side who also moved to Hull from west Yorks

If I can find my Uncles stuff he has all the details.....

I will pull the rolls and see... One my relatives took the time to place all this information on a large roll out (much like a map). I believe the information is actually on there.

BTW... Briggs is a very popular name here in this area. I have taught around 7 of the chidlren from that family over the past 10 years or so. Lot's of them!

I have my family tree on the web now if any one is interested they can pm me for an invite to look around

Very intersting

if my research is right and the connectio to another family is true then there maybe a mistress to King Louis in one line of my family...

Also some german on another.....