My parents are from the Preston area of Lancashire, where my paternal male line has been since at least 1827.
My great grandad was a "Cockney" from Kentish Town, three branches of my mums family are Irish in origin, and my mums family seem to be from all over - Wigan, Liverpool, Gloucestershire, Suffolk.
My dads family are mainly Lancashire and London, although i know very little past my great grandparents. My dad family might also have some Welsh and Yorkshire branches.
There have been rumours of foriegn ancestors, and i would be really pleased to be able to confirm some foeirgn ancestry.
The names of my family in no given order are -
Smith, Bracewell, Maynard, Clegg, Callaghan, Clark, Warner, Tyler, Gilbey
McKenna, Gibbons, Godbold, Marshall, Banister, Mather, Mair, Albert, Edwards
Ricketts, Dodd, Pearce, Harling, Ditchfield, Crompton, Willis, Brown, Whittle
Wilkinson, Rogerson, Scott, Lyon