What was New - 2001

More updates to the Family History database - mainly thanks to contributions from other researchers. Total entries are now over 13,800 - an increase of around 2,500 during the year. Linked entries in my family tree have now reached 2,387!
Updates to Sheeky family pages - mainly concerning the Bradford families and their links to Roscommon and Aberdeen. Again with thanks to other researchers spending their time (and money) looking for new information.

November 2001

October 2001

only minor updates to a few pages; it's this full-time working on the business that's interrupting my leisure time!

September 2001

* Only available to family members via CD

August 2001

New web site - Boatmen & Mariners created as a pilot site based on information collected for family history research.
New web domain names purchased - www.TownsleyAssociates.com and www.TownsleyAssociates.co.uk for business use. Web site under construction but now available by redirection from www.TownsleyAssociates.com
Changes to various pages to reflect new business domains and relocate information required for new web site.
Automatic redirect functions replace the "old" home pages (default.htm & family1.htm) sending any links to the correct index page.
Some updates to the Family History and Strangways - Towneley databases - entries now around 13,500 and 11,185 respectively

July 2001

Strangways - Towneley database as web pages removed and replaced by zipped Strangways - Towneley GEDCOM file (still available on CD version).
New Salt of Saltaire GEDCOM file added
More updates to the Family History and Strangways - Towneley databases - mainly with more details for the Knighton family links. Total entries now around 13,350 and 10,380 respectively.
Updates to Townsleys in South Wales, Tynemouth and South Shields. Also to Strangeway Links & References, Townsley Coat of Arms & Origins of Name.
Updates to most of the Sheeky / Sheekey pages.
Maps removed from web site to create more space for family entries (still available on CD version).
More scanned images of family documents *

* Only available to family members via CD

June 2001

Updates to Family History and Strangways - Towneley database web pages with information from National Burial Index and personal research. Also the upgrade to Family Tree Maker verion 8 enabled information to be added / corrected on the Sheeky family line.
Townsley Family History web site submitted for inclusion in the "FamilySearch" web links
Updates to the Silver Links site to reflect the latest developments in employment for IT "seniors".
Updates to the Pro Cycling Internet Hall of Fame - with inclusion in the British Cycling webring.
Updates to the Leed & Liverpool Canal Society web site - latest events & photos
Updates to the Northern Heritage web site

May 2001

A major reorganisation of the family history web database. This is to cope with big increases in volume due to data sent to me by other researchers (Thanks to all) and information gleaned from reference works at libraries - Armorial Families, Landed Gentry, Peerage, etc - or from web sources.
The original Family History database web pages now contain the Townsley / Sheeky / Strangeway(s) families and all their linked families - excluding the families below; since they do not link, as yet, to any of my relatives.
The new Strangways - Towneley database web pages contain the combined family trees for the Peerage and Landed Gentry that run through the history of the Strangway(es) and Towneley lines from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. All the entries in this database are linked in some way and at some point in time. Some of the family names are listed under April below.
Also there are 2 zipped Gedcom files available for download - Bramham Families in Pontefract area, Nutbrown Families in Yorkshire / Canada / USA

April 2001

Updates to the Silver Links site
Redesigned Townsley Family History Home page
Updates to the Family History database - total entries now 15,500+. This is mainly due to the Strangwayes line linking - through marriage (and sometimes very briefly) - to many of famous families of Britain. There are direct and indirect links to the Arundell, Bertie, Conyers, Darcy, Douglas-Hamilton, Fitzallen-Howard, Gordon-Lennox, Hamilton, Murray, Neville, Percy, Plantagenet, Spencer, and even Towneley families - who are themselves a major element in extending the total "tree". I have come to the conclusion that, if complete, the tree would extend to cover most of the nobility and peerage of Britain. And I only started down that line to help unravel my Strangeway links!

March 2001

Updates to the Family History database - total entries now 13,350. Includes major updates to the Strangwayes families; thanks to help from other family history researchers and linking to families in Dorset. Also updates to various Australian records with data from the LDS Vital Records Index.
New Pages for Townsleys in Tynemouth and South Shields
Updates to Sheeky / Sheekey - More Birth and Marriage Details
Update to the Most Wanted entry for Henry Sheeky - again thanks to help from other family history researchers.
Updates to the Silver Links site

February 2001

Silver Links site online with basic employment information for senior IT professionals
Updates to the Family History database - total entries now 11,700
Whats New entries for 2000 moved to a new page.
New pictures added to the General, Family and Cycling Photos sections *

January 2001

Updated front page - graphics based upon the LP cover for "2001 a space odyssey"
Updates to the Family History database - total entries now 11,500
New pictures added to the Cycling Photos section *

* Only available to family members via CD