« Reply #9 on: Friday 14 November 25 14:21 GMT (UK) »
I tried the new feature and it does not appeal to me much either. Of course the more densely populated a place is, the less likely you are to have distant relations living near you. In my Suffolk villages in the 1800s I reckon most of the villages families were intermarried, distantly related over time.
I like to research family history much more than researching the social/general history of a place.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain
