Finding Cousins

I'd like to pass on information about a genealogy service which is easy & free. It may help you a great deal if you are researching your own family. Lost Cousins is the name - why not go & have a look?

It works by asking you to enter details of the census pages (e.g. the 1881 census of England & Wales) on which your ancestor appears.  Anyone who matches with you will be brought to your attention, so you can share research.

Currently LostCousins can only help people who had relatives (not necessarily direct ancestors) living in the US, Britain or Canada in 1880-81, or in England & Wales in 1841.
Also, latest additions are the 1911 census of Ireland, and of  England.

View the excellent free newsletter here.
It is free to join Lost Cousins, and seems to be a very good idea.


Another way of matching up with other researchers is Genes Reunited (small fee), and an interesting one which matches up folk looking at the same geographical area is Ancestral Atlas.  Do let me know if you give them a go - what do you think?

Hallworth Beginnings

An Introduction, Index, and Links to Local History Resources.

This post is being completely rejigged, to make it easier to read - talk to me if you can't find anything about which you'd like to know. Sorry if it's a bit confusing at first. Have a look at the Hallworth family tree; just scroll right down to the bottom of the website.

If you are searching for any of your ancestors born in the Cheshire / Lancashire area, you need look no further as I know of no link (yet!) to that large branch of Hallworths.

The very beginning of research into this branch of the family was to hunt out records on Grandad Harry Hallworth, who was born in the year 1900. This means that he should appear as a baby in the National Census returns of the year 1901, which were the latest then available. Family history had it that he was born in the Sockburn area, and sure enough he was found in the entry for that town, in 1901.

The details on that census return showed me that his father was born in Bedfordshire, so next I stepped back in time to the earlier census of the Bedfordshire area.

Cox family history

We know that Violet Cox was born in 1902 and married Harry Hallworth in September 1929, when she was 26 and he was 29. We also know that her parents were Ellen & Richard Cox, who had 3 children - May, Violet & Jack.

Famous Coxes

Here are some famous Cox - with links to a page on Wikipedia if relevant.

Alan Cox: Computer Programmer, co-developer of Linux

Carl Cox: International DJ

Courtney Cox: American Actress, eg. Friends

Jennings Cox: Mining Engineer & Inventor of the daiquiri

Terry Cox: British Drummer for eg. The Pentangle, Elton John, Charles Aznavour.

And Finally: Cox's Orange Pippins!! - named for the brewer & horticulturalist Richard Cox.