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Elkin Family History - introduction to my research into the origins of my surname.
- Elkin Name Distribution - geographical distribution of the Elkin and Elkins surnames in the United Kingdom.
- Elkin Population Trend - estimate of the change in the number of people with the surname Elkin over time.
- Descendants of Thomas Elkyn of Trentham - Part 1 - Generations 1 to 4
  - Last Will and Testament of Thomas Elkyn of Trentham, 1568
  - Last Will and Testament of Roger Elkin of Trentham, 1596
  - Last Will and Testament of Thomas Elkyn of Trentham, 1640
- Descendants of Thomas Elkyn of Trentham - Part 2 - Generations 5 to 8
  - Last Will and Testament of Richard Elkin of Cocknage, 1721
- Descendants of Thomas Elkyn of Trentham - Part 3 - Generations 9 to 13
  - HMS Royalist a brief service history of the ship my father served on during the second world war
- Trentham, Staffordshire - a brief history

Other Research Interests - the other surnames I'm actively researching.
- Grace Darling - the lighthouse keepers daughter, not an ancestor of mine although my great-great-grandfather, James Darling, came from Northumberland.
  - Darling Family Tree - showing Grace's ancestry.
- George Billinge Dutton - a description of my research into one of my great-grandfathers
- Leveson-Gower Family Tree - the Dukes of Sutherland, who lived at Trentham Hall, Staffordshire - Part 1 - Generations 1 to 7. Not related, but the Lords of the Manor where my ancestors originated.
- Leveson-Gower Family Tree - Part 2 - Generations 8 to 9
- Leveson-Gower Family Tree - Part 3 - Generation 10
- Leveson-Gower Family Tree - Part 4 - Generation 11
- Leveson-Gower Family Tree - Part 5 - Generation 12
- Leveson-Gower Family Tree - Part 6 - Generation 13
- Alfred Farrell Stanway - details of my grandfather's service with Royal Field Artillery in the First World War

Berkshire Links - links to other sites concerning the county of Berkshire, England.

Where are they now? - names of some old friends I've lost touch with.

Acumen - I am proud to have been involved in the development of this computer software (also known as Acumate) in the 1980's.

What's New

10 December 2003	Completed technical changes to ensure site conforms to HTML 4.01.
24 November 2003	The Elkin family tree has been completely updated.
7 February 2003	The update of the Leveson-Gower family tree has now been completed.
20 November 2002	Added transcript of the will of Richard Elkin, 1721.
8 August 2002	Added transcripts of the wills of Roger Elkin, 1596, and Thomas Elkyn, 1640.
24 June 2002	The 11th generation of the Leveson-Gower family tree has now been completed. Some gaps remain to be filled in the later generations so there are still some links which do not work.
30 May 2002	Added PicoSearch search engine to the site. Work is in progress on adding much new data to the Leveson-Gower family tree. So far this has progressed to the 10th generation. As a result there is a discontinuity of sequence numbers and links at this point.

Last updated: 10th Dec 2003

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