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The family page has a tree showing descendants of the oldest person of that surname.
That oldest person is level one and each generation after that will be the next highest number. If your name appears after a 7 that means you are the 7th generation from the person at the top of the tree.

The names with a + in front mean husband or wife of the person above.

EXAMPLE

Descendants of John Holmes "The oldest of the tree"

1 John Holmes 1662 - 1729

.. +Rachel Appleby 1674 - 1726 Remember the + denotes a spouse.

........ 2 Richard Holmes 1700 - Child who is the second generation.

........ 2 John Holmes 1701 - Child who is the second generation.

........ 2 Elizabeth Holmes 1703 - Child who is the second generation.

If a year has a - after it, that signifies a birth year. e.g. 1662 -

If a year has a - before it, that means a death year. e.g. -1729

If a family tree has numbers in brackets it means duplicate individuals in the tree, for example, cousins marrying back into the family or multiple marriages for one individual. The duplicated individuals will have a bracketed number next to their name to help identify them as a repeated individual.

If there are several individuals duplicated the first one will be assigned [1], the second one will be assigned [2] and so on.

The surnames listed are all within the tree but only the different coloured surnames on the contents pages will take you to a further page of information specifically for that surname. i.e. these are clickable links. Occasionally different spellings of a surname will take you to the same page as the alternative spelling.

In the albums click the picture to enlarge in its own page and use your browser's back button to return to the album.