August 2005-My interest in my family tree came about after my mum found a 
golden wedding anniversary card belonging to her grandparents in a beautiful 
old bureau that her mother gave to her, some 25 years ago now. I began to ask 
my grandparents about their families which appeared to be rather small then. 
Two and a half years ago I decided to look at a couple of online pages and 
became obsessed in no time at all. I have found out an amazing amount about my 
family and got back to 1810 in many branches. It is really a large family 
except that contact wasn't maintained and I'm trying to find anyone that could 
be a relative. I've found a few people although none are blood relatives, 
including Jenny, the lovely lady who introduced me to this site.
My family is basically from four areas. The Drury side from Rochdale, 
Lancashire. The Coleman side from Trowbridge, Wiltshire. The Britton and Phipp
side from Leeds, Yorkshire and the Wardle side from Bradford, Yorkshire.
I would love to hear from anyone who might be related to me however distant it
may be.
March 2006- I now have a few "real relations" who have found me through
different web pages. Some of these photos have been provided by them, eg.
Jacquee Say, my fourth cousin and David Britton, my third cousin once removed. 
August 2007- I have recently been found by Nancy, my half cousin and at the 
same time I found Patricia, whose son is also a cousin, both are on the 
Coleman side of the family, my living grandmother's. Needless to say, my tree 
is growing in such a way that I am really finding it hard to keep up to it, 
but wouldn't have it any other way.
October 2007- This week has been very active in the Cawthra area of the 
family. There was an article published in the Leeds Weekly News and the Pudsey 
Free Paper about my 4th great grandfather Joshua Cawthra. Richard Wilcocks was 
looking for information about him, which I find very exciting- a famous 
ancestor! (It turns out his son was pretty well known, too)
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2007/10/23/music_leeds_festival_ch
orus_handel_feature.shtml)
Several people have been kind enough to email me and tell me. A lot of the 
information I have has been confirmed and added to by Sue Longbottom, Lance 
Matthews and David Cawthra, Sue's daughter is a cousin of some degree. Thank 
you Sue, Lance and David.
November 2007- I've got a new cousin! Nicky Curtis is my 5th cousin 2x 
removed. Our common ancestor is Joseph Curtis born c1760. This is also my 
living grandmother's side of the family, so I shall have a lot to tell her at 
Xmas when I see her.
December 2007- Looking quickly through my tree just a few hours before we 
leave for the UK, I discovered there are a few cousins who have helped me that 
I haven't mentioned. Pauline Drury- her husband is my 2nd cousin once 
removed,  Stephen Waugh- my 3rd cousin, Phil Aveyard- my 3rd cousin 3 times 
removed. I don't know how I came to miss putting them on here, sorry! MERRY 
CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
January 2008- What we've been waiting for has finally happened!!!! I've been "found" 
by the descendants of one the long-lost Wardles!! We're all so excited. Mandy 
is one of Leslie Wardle's grandchildren and we will hopefully soon be exchanging all 
family information and maybe even get to meet them- who knows? Mum's really thrilled 
as she never met her cousins.
February 2008- Yet another cousin, a 5th cousin twice removed, Richard Reynolds is 
related to me through Joseph Curtis and is Nicky Curtis's 3rd cousin.
My second cousin Mandy, from the long-lost Wardles has also been in touch, and has 
told me quite a lot about them all, although there is still much to know!!! She has 
also sent me a lovely, recent photo of her mum and herself (and the dog Sophie) and 
also a few more of Leslie's family, which are now on here, brilliant!!
April 2008- Thanks to Darren Martin I have now been able to confirm another 
generation of Wardles; my 4th great grandparents. It seems my 2nd great grandfather 
and his brother were born out of wedlock and my 3rd great grandmother married William 
Beverley, which is where Darren descends from.
July 2008- In May I was contacted by my second cousin once removed, Leslie Bentley, 
who has sent me some family photos, including one of my 2nd great grandparents, 
Michael Thomas Drury and Eliza Hannah Bentley, admittedly it's not a good photo, but 
it is a photo of them both which I greatly appreciate, thank you Leslie.
August 2008- This month the active family name has been Gration. I have had a few 
contacts and one has turned out to be my 5th cousin, Brian. Our common ancestor is 
Thomas Mann, my 5th great grandfather. This was through Genes Reunited and then again 
through Lost Cousins!!!
September 2008 - A new cousin!! Perry Vincent contacted me through Genes. Our common 
relative is Nathaniel Fraley b 1757 (my 5th great grandfather). I'm not sure of the 
exact relationship but he is definitely a cousin! I think he may be my 5th cousin!?
December 2008 - Stephen John Wardle has now been in touch (he's Eric Wardle's son) 
which means I have a lot more info on the Wardles, plus a lovely photo of his family. 
It has taken me since October to get everything on my tree as we moved house and that 
is a very time-consuming activity!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
January 2009 - I have been on the 1911 census page and have downloaded some images 
which I've attached to my grandparents and maybe greatgrandparents for the moment. 
Interesting as it's their handwriting, but not discovered anything I didn't already 
know yet, the most interesting is probably that Ernest Phipps worked away from home 
at times, as did his father before him.
March 2009 - I've got yet another cousin, Martyn Gore, George King is our 4th great 
grandfather. I descend from Fanny and he from Eliza.
April 2009 - Just doing a bit of updating and trying to organize things and whoops! I 
found a cousin whose name I haven't put on here. He's Peter Loftus and he's my 3rd 
cousin once removed and he contacted me back at the end of 2007. I'm really sorry 
Peter.
More good news! I have found 2 more cousins today, Heather Buttle and Jan William 
Bentley and his wife Nicola who both descend from Thomas Bentley.
September 2009 - Sadly my 96-year-old grandmother passed away in August, but no-one 
can deny she hadn't had a good innings! So since I've been back in Valencia, after a 
pretty miserable summer holiday in the UK, weatherwise that is, and have had a few 
contacts in my absence. Diane Sweeney gave me some info about Evelyn Clapham, who 
married into the Cutlers, including a photo of her 100th birthday, thanks Diane. Judy 
from the US about the Avons also related to the Cutlers. And Jean Wardle about my 2nd 
great grandfather's family. Brilliant! I have also uploaded some scanned photos from 
Westbury in Old Photos by Michael Randall (which I know about thanks to Judy 
Langton,) of Mr Cutler, Arthur Cutler, I have one of my own and the likeness is very 
strong, so I'm reasonably sure it is him.