What Was New - 2000

Home Page

• Updates to the Family History database - total entries now 11,383; with 1,752 linked to my family tree
• Updates to My CV, Townsley Links to Canada, Sheeky Links, Townsley Families in Burnley, Townsley Links and George Townsley pages
• New Pages for Townsley Coat of Arms and Thomas Townsley - How Many Were There?
• New Site being developed - Silver Links - providing information for senior IT professionals
• Old negatives scanned and added to the Memories of Steam section *
• Old prints scanned and added  in the Family Photos section *
• New pictures added to the Family Photos and General Photos sections *

November 2000

• Family History database updates - including details from a family tree originally produced in Canada in 1927,  kindly copied and sent to me by a Townsley family historian / descendent in Northumberland. Also the Burnley Townsley lines have been updated using data kindly provided by a Townsley family historian / descendent in Kent. And the Townsleys in South Wales page has been updated.
• Page added for Townsley Links from England to Canada - now that there are two separate Townsley family lines linking Yorkshire with Canada
• Updates to My CV page - with information about building your own web site
• Updates to Home Page to add extra links and remove some graphics
• Page 3 added to the Memories of Steam section *
• Video clips page added  in the Family Photos section *

October 2000

• Family History database - Townsley births for 1892-95 England & Wales added. Now 10,877 total entries (400+ updates) and 1,700+ in personal family tree. Updates to Townsley Families in South Wales page and new Townsley Families in Burnley, Strangeway Family Relatives in Leeds pages
• 1999 Whats New entries moved to What Was New page
• Page added for Family News
• Part 11  added in the Family Photos section *
• More photos added to the Cycling Photos section *

September 2000

• Family History missing 1891 Census entry for George & Ann Townsley found in Shipley, Yorkshire !!! - updated on Townsleys in Bradford. Also updates to the Boatmen and Mariners Found pages. Database has grown to over 10,500 entries - despite some combining of duplicated entries.
• New web site - a totally separate web site is keeping me "employed" while I am looking for a job that provides some income! (I thought that there was a shortage of IT staff?). The Northern Heritage site on the freebeeb.net server, is a new venture aimed at linking together various sub-sites with a common heritage theme. The first of these is for the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society - a reasonable starting point given my family's connections with this historic waterway. The Internet URL links are - Northern Heritage Home Page and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society Home Page.
• New pages created for Dawson Family Connections and Tattersfield Family Connections as well as various updates and improvements to other family history pages.
• Pro Cycling's Internet Hall of Fame loaded onto the freebeeb.net server - link changes for the new site will take some time to be completed - redirector pages are being set-up.
• Part 6 added in the General Photos section *
• More scanned images of family documents and family photos *

August 2000

• New page created for Boatmen and Mariners Found while researching 19th century ancestors.
• Family History database has grown to over 10,300 entries - with two other missing family members being traced to a canal boat in Lancashire.
• Updated pages for York Churches , Townsleys in Bradford , Townsleys in Brotherton , Townsley Links and Strangeway Links.
• Updated reports on my Family Tree Maker Home Page in the USA

July 2000

• Family History database has grown to over 10,000 entries and research in County Durham has provided the information needed to link my family line back to earlier generations. Townsley births for the first three quarters of 1880 added (1892-95 still oustanding).
• New pages created for BMD certificates available for exchange or look-up; Strangeways in 1851 York Census and Voters Lists and Townsleys in South Wales.
• Updated pages for Townsleys who died in World War I and II ; Townsleys in Brotherton and Strangeway Links / References.

June 2000

• Family History database has grown to over 9,600 entries. The searches at the Family Records Centre in London have now covered all the Townsley births from 1837 to 1920 - except for 1880 and 1892-1895.
• Details of the Saltmer families of Market Weighton have been improved and expanded with the kind help of a family member in Western Australia.
• The Pro Cycling Hall of Fame site re-development is almost complete but the old problem with web space means that it is still only available on the CD-ROM version. [I must find a web host with more free space!]
• More scanned images of family documents and family photos *

May 2000

• More work on the links to the Knighton families of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire and few more years of Birth registrations added - the Family History database now has about 8,900 entries
• The Pro Cycling Hall of Fame site re-development is progressing well but it remains off-line from the Internet - there are about 450 web pages to update!
• As part of the changes to the cycling pages there is now a section just for my cycling photos - but again these take up too much space to load on to the web so they are just on the CD-ROM version.

April 2000

• More research into Townsley and Strangeway lines in Yorkshire and Lancashire - the Family History database now has about 8,550 entries
• The Pro Cycling Hall of Fame has been taken off-line from the Internet for a complete re-development. It is planned to be available in its new format later in the year.

March 2000

• Updates to the Family History database with the help of relatives in Australia researching the Strangeway lines - now about 8,200 names
• More scanned images of family documents *

February 2000

• More updates to the Family History database - now over 7,500 names despite efforts to merge duplicates and link family members. Information about the linked Tattersfield families added with the help of other internet genealogists. Also the Townsley war deaths extended to include World War II and more data about the linked Dawson families of Otley.
• Web Links URL page - various links collected from the net *
• Part 10  added in the Family Photos section *

January 2000

• Entries in the Family History database now increased to over 6,500 - can anybody give me some family links to create more actual family trees? There are now lots of unconnected entries. Also a few more maps added for places with family connections.
• More data and new reports loaded to my pages at the Family Tree Maker site (USA). This provides more information without adding to the volume on the UK site.
• Part 5 added in the General Photos section *
• Part 9  added in the Family Photos section *

* Only available to family members via CD

What Was New - 1999