A bit about Heather.

I have been following my hobby of genealogy for more years than I care to remember, collecting information on both my side of the family and Geoff’s. When time has allowed I have been known to give the odd talk on family history subjects mainly linked to computers. Previous projects have included articles for family history magazines, archiving local history pictures and picture postcards in and around North West Hampshire, England onto CD disc.

During this time I have collected lots of information from various sources. With my interests specialising in the following areas, North Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Lancashire, parts of Devon and Somerset and New South Wales, Australia.

In the meantime my paternal families originate and have stayed within a fifteen-mile radius of our home for over 300 years. My grandfather Harold Victor Stevens co owned Stevens Bros. garage in Fleet High Street, Hampshire until it was sold and pulled down at the end of the 1960’s. He was married to Margery Gwendolen Neé Harden being one of five daughters of Percy Harden who owned the Butchers shop also in Fleet High Street.

Geoff’s families are mainly from Lancashire, unlike my own family they travelled around Manchester and the surrounding areas, with larger groups in Salford, Bolton and Turton.

Other surnames of interest
Devon - Boyce, Dunsford
Hampshire - Grinham, Crumplin, Stevens
Lancashire - Boyce, Hicks, Mayoh, Wolstencroft
Surrey - Williams
Sussex - Harden, Mitten, Ballard, Sheather
Warwickshire - Hemming
Australia - New South Wales -Sheather