Custodian 4 for Family Historians

I have built a dataset in Excel for the Baptism, Marriage, and Burial in the Parish of Broadwindsor, Dorset. I can use that dataset to look up people and create statistics, or data analytics. It is very powerful to have the data in a mass dataset which can be sliced in all sorts of fashion.

 As I write this, there are the following 

It is all well and good having over 15,000 records, but what to do with them?

Part of it is to do with The Bignells and the Pomeroys of Broadwindsor, the initial tree that set me on this journey. Follow the link to read about that,

Having all of the parish data in one place is a significant aid to be able to sort out one family from another, especially as there are known to be at least two separate Family groups with the surname Pomeroy, according to Chris Pomery's DNA research. It helps build the relationships form the records more easily than with say Ancestry, which has more of an individual focus.

However, as beneficial as an excel or database dataset is, it is not very mobile in terms of Family History Software.

The Bignells and the Pomeroys of Broadwindsor

This is not my research, but it is my family. More importantly, it is how I became hooked on Family Tree research.

This tree was created by the hard work and research of Robin Pomeroy and "Bobby" Barbara Ann Pomeroy nee Hood, over many years, the old fashioned way, without the benefits of the Genealogy websites we have today and their associated records

I have merely put their data on line for them, with their knowledge and permission, firstly on Ancestry, and now here. Transcribing one of the hard copies they circulated to the family, my Mum's copy, into database record format and sharing with the world.

Additional contributions to the original work came from Pamela Shaftoe in respect of the descendants of Mary Brown. From Audrey Johnson, a lot of contributions on the Newport Pomeroys. From Colin Pomeroy, much about the descendants of Charles Cleal Pomeroy, and from Estella Nobles those of Thomas Pomeroy. Original information about the descendants of Charles Edward Pomeroy came from Geraldine Nottley-Jones and was amplified by Peggy Hurst, nee Pomeroy. There were also contributions throughout from Chris Pomery.