On 16 November 2020 we put out an appeal for any medieval Anstey enthusiasts who had access to the Bodleian Library in Oxford University to obtain for us ‘Dodsworth Manuscripts’ Volume Four page 21, on which was drawn a pedigree of the sub-branch of the medieval Ansteys descendent from Richard de Anstey. Well, our call wasContinue reading “Bodleian Library Appeal Success”
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Table of Contents for Fourth Edition
We are beginning to put together the fourth edition of ‘ANSTEY: Our True Surname Origin and Shared Medieval Ancestry‘, which should be available for purchase on Amazon later this year. We have decided on chapter structure, which is much more comprehensive than for the first three editions of this book. Gary
Our ‘1600 Parish Register Dataset’
On page 46 of the third edition of ‘ANSTEY: Our True Surname Origin and Shared Medieval Ancestry‘ we introduce our ‘1600 Parish Register Dataset‘, which is a comprehensive listing of all Ansteys who appeared in parish registers in the UK from the inception of registers in 1538 through to c1650. This dataset forms a vitalContinue reading “Our ‘1600 Parish Register Dataset’”
Tom’s 1913 ‘The Anstey Family’ Article Uploaded
T. J. Anstey (Tom) wrote an article entitled ‘The Anstey Family’, which was published in the ‘South Gloucestershire Chronicle’ on either 3 or 4 January 1913. We have now uploaded Tom’s exquisitely researched article in full, ‘as is’, for posterity. Gary
One Name Guild Update
I have added links to the Anstey Story project to the official Anstey surname profile page at the Guild of One Name studies, where I am the official representative for the ‘Anstey’ surname. Hopefully this will bring more eyeballs and input to our project! Gary
Tom’s Early 20th Century Anstey Research
We have begun to work on filling Tom’s Research page. Over the weeks and months ahead, we hope to upload a few of his early 20th century genealogical letters (which will appear on Tom’s Correspondence page) and other research of his, including his 1913 ‘The Anstey Family‘ article. Of course we would also like toContinue reading “Tom’s Early 20th Century Anstey Research”
We’re Up And Running
Hello and welcome to the ‘Anstey Story‘ project…we are now up and running! Of course it will take a week or three to get the skeletal structure of the website uploaded and functioning. Let me know if you see any glaring errors by contacting me at gary@theansteystory.com Gary