We have had much fun (and frustration!) in putting
together this site. It has been, and is still, very much a steep
learning curve. But the time has come to take the plunge and to
publish and be damned. In the nature of any work on family history, it
is very much a personal site, but we hope that there will be something
of interest to others.
We have set ourselves quite an ambitious project in
trying to make some sense of the material inherited and garnered from
many other sources. If you will excuse the pun, it is still very
"skeletal". Many sections and pages are yet to be started or
are "work in progress" and have yet to be added to the site.
We have traced Mike's roots
back to the West Yorkshire region, whence the family dispersed far and wide.
Through intermarriage, he now has international connections, the main links
being in Germany and America. Leonie is the other half. My family
connections came from the Oxford region and parts of what was previously
Berkshire.
Mike's father and grandfather
were very much into family history and so, with the material they had
gathered, we gained a head start on his side. My side of the family presents
something more of a challenge due to regular 'clear outs' with each
successive relocation! But we hope the web site will grow as the Fretwell
material is put into some sort of order, and also from the ongoing
genealogical research on both sides of our family.
A Table of Contents is
included with links to the main sections of the site. A link back to the
Contents is included on all pages.
The Index of Non Fretwells
is a listing of all those people who, mainly through marriage, were
connected to the Fretwells.
We have appreciated the assistance freely and generously given by a
number of people. These have been included in our
Useful Links page.
Other links are to email addresses or Sites or that have been of
particular interest or which we found useful in compiling our Web
Site. This list is still in its 'infancy' and will grow as more links
are added.
We welcome any comments on the
site, and, in particular advice on any failed links. Of course, any
contributions to the topics would be appreciated, and if anyone can help find
those 'orphan' ancestors....! We look forward to
hearing from you .
