Family History section

- The market town of Bourne, Lincolnshire, England -

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Family History

If you are compiling your family tree and wish to add an entry in your search for ancestors from the Bourne area, click on the envelope below to send your message by
email, using the same style as those listed, and please do not forget to add your name and location.

GENEALOGY is one of the most popular subjects for those who use the Internet and I receive many inquiries from around the world from people anxious to trace ancestors. The first thing new computer owners seem to do is to search for a mention of their name and the place of their birth, an essential activity for anyone compiling a family tree, and those whose family originated in this locality invariably end up at this web site.

Bourne and the surrounding villages provided its fair share of immigrants for the colonies in past centuries and inquiries I have received from countries such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States have prompted me to add this feature in an attempt to trace the origins of those ancestors who left for foreign parts in years past. There is also great interest from Bourne people anxious to find out about their forebears who emigrated, or even lost relatives who disappeared without trace, and I am prepared to print postal addresses or telephone numbers of those who wish to participate but are not on the Internet.

There is no restriction to the length of an entry but it is useful to remember that brevity is the most effective method of evoking a response. The Internet is embracing more and more people and the latest figure of users worldwide has been estimated at 973 million for 2005. Perhaps one of them out there is related to you.

To check the list of names submitted for research go to

A - G

H - M

N - Z

To contact anyone listed in these sections, mouse click on the name in blue and
an email message form addressed to them will appear.

Those researching their ancestors from the Bourne area are advised to check on the names listed in Prominent People in case they are featured in the CD-ROM
A Portrait of Bourne. This archive also contains many more names in other sections dealing with the history of the town that have been added from researches during the past ten years. The CD-ROM also includes details of convicts from the Bourne area transported to the colonies during the 18th and 19th centuries and those who served in the Boer War of 1899-1902 and the Great War of 1914-18.

Bourne names from Lincolnshire directories are also being added and the CD-ROM
currently contains those from the Universal British Directory for 1798, Pigot's Directory for 1835, White's for 1842, 1882 and 1892 and Kelly's for 1876, 1905, 1922, 1933 and 1937.