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# indicates that the surname is registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies
   
  CADDLE # variants: Caddle, Caddel, Caddell, Cadell, Cadel and Cadle
     
  CADE #  the CADE family has been traced back to the late 1600s - family connections have been established in Australia, Canada and the United States of America.
     
  CADWELL this site includes short articles on famous Cadwells
     
  CALDWELL variants include Cadwell, Cauldwell. Caldwell ,Coaldwell, Coalwell, Caudwell, Coldwell, Couldwell and Culwell - this site contains over 4000 individuals with the Caldwell surname - it also includes family stories and links intended to help with your research efforts
     
  CALLINGHAM names on this site are put into family groups with the intention of linking as many families together as possible
     
  CALKIN site includes a list of the names and addresses of 367 Calkin families with 84 in England, 216 in the U.S.A., 48 in New Zealand and 19 in Canada
     
  CANTON #  Canton appears first in medieval Pembrokeshire when the (de) Cantington/Cantetons (who became Canton) arrived as part of the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Cemais
     
  CAPERTON

this site aims to draw together the known information on the Caperton family name including what is known or believed about the early origins of the Capertons

     
 

CARBIS #

this site was created to draw together the known information on the surname of Carbis and its many variants such as Carbes, Carbines and Carbons, both as a family and place name -its aim is to include what is or believed to be known about its history and early origins of Carbis
     
  CAREY  

the Carey Genealogy Hub is an interactive source for free Carey genealogy information - here you can post and edit your genealogy request or browse through a database of Carey ancestors

     
  CARMAN this site contains the work of genealogists, past and present, who have researched the Carman family
     
  CARMAN this site focuses on the spread across the United States and Canada of descendants of John and Florence Carman who arrived in New England in 1631
     
  CARPENTER

this site contains numerous photographs, papers and links to Carpenter related sites - the author published a CD in 2001 that focused on Carpenters of English descent and plans an update in the near future

     
  CARPENTER this site focuses on the Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project - this project has identified many genetically distinct Carpenter lines, both English and German, and all of the German lines have proven to be different from all of the English lines and from each other.
     
  CARTWRIGHT variants of Cartwright include Cartright, Cortright, Courtright, Curtright, Cutright, Kortreght, Kortright, Kortryk and Kortrik
     
  CASWELL this site caters for the researching of Caswell and its variants Carswell, Casswell, Caswill, Caswall, Karswell, Coswell, Cassill and Cresswell
     
  CATOR this large site contains a wealth of information on the various branches of the Cator family name
     
  CAWOOD this site focuses on the descendents of the 1820 Settler family of David Cawood and Mary Smith
     
  CHALDECOTT this site provides a brief history of the Chaldecotts of Dorset between 1348 and 1888
     
  CHAMBERLAINE this is the site for the World Chamberlain Genealogical Society which was formed in 1996 to foster genealogical research on the Chamberlain surname including its variants Chamberlin, Chamberlayne, Chamberline and Chamberlaine
     
  CHAMBERS this site includes photographs of members of the Chambers family, links to articles on famous Chambers and results of research into the origins of the Chambers surname
     
  CHAPMAN # this is the site of the Texas based Chapman Family Association which runs annual conventions for members of the Chapman family - although registered in Texas the association is interested in all Chapmans of all periods and places
     
  CHENOWETH this site contains the world's most extensive knowledge base of Chenoweths in America - the Chenoweths of John and his traditionally named wife Mary Calvert are a colonial family of Cornish roots that started in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey area about 1703 and moved to Baltimore County, Maryland in the 1730s - in the 1740s the father and 3 of the sons moved to Frederick County, Virginia - Virginia became a springboard for the westward movement of the Chenoweths - at every stop they settled, parts of the family remained, while others moved on - today 9 out of 10 Chenoweths (and variants) spread across America are descended from this one colonial family - later Chenoweth immigrations are also tracked in databases maintained by the website
     
  CHICHESTER this site focuses on the descendants of Samuel Chichester, a carpenter and furniture maker who lived in New York in the 1800s
     
  CHICKEN #  variants of this surname include Chicking, Chickinge, Chickin, Chickins, Checkin and Chickering
     
  CHILD this site deals primarily with the Child roots in North America following the lineage of Paul Lorin Child through Benjamin Child - however it also explores the family origins in England where the surname was spelt Childe
     
  CHITTICK this site contains over 2700 names in the Chittick family tree
     
  CHRISTIAN this site contains a searchable database of over 1800 individuals connected with the Christian family - it also contains a series of interesting documents related to the family (apprenticeship indentures, house deeds, military records, etc.)
     
  CHRISTMAS #  to date this site has concentrated on research into Johnathan Christmas of Craven County, South Carolina (circa 1700s), Thomas Christmas (born in 1689 in Hanover County, Virginia), William Christmas (Cambridgeshire in the 1600s) and Henry Christmas (Surrey in the 1500s)
     
  CHURCHMAN the scope of research covered on this site for the Churchman family spans over 300 years, beginning with John Churchman, who came to Pennsylvania from England in 1682
     
  CHUTE this site contains a wide variety of information on the Chute family originating in Somersetshire, England
     
  CLAMPETT #  variants include Clampet, Clampette, Clampitt, Clampit and Clampitte
     
  CLARK this site focuses on the descendants of Hugh Clark and Myron Adlebert Sherman for the period 1693 to 1947
     
  CLARKE this site focuses on the Thurnham, Garstang and Preston branch of the Clarke family from 1686 onwards
     
  CLASPER # 

variants include Claspar, Classper and Glasper

     
  CLAY this site provides an overview of the Clay family
     
  CLAYBURN # 

the surname Clayburn appears to have originated in Yorkshire, particularly in the Howden area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, from which many family groups around Britain and the world emanate - variants include Claybourn, Claybourbe, Claybon, Claybone and Calybyn

     
  CLEVELAND this is the site for the Cleveland Family Chronicles Research Society which runs a forum on the site for researchers of the Cleveland and Cleaveland surnames
     
  CLIFTON this site includes a contact list for researchers of the Clifton surname
     
  CLOPTON this is the site for the Clopton Family Genealogical Society - the site includes a "Self-Guided Tour of Dead Cloptons" in England!
     
  CLOVER this is the site for the Clover Family Exchange - this site concentrates on United States records but also has Canadian and British records of all Clover families.
     
  CLUETT

the origins of the Cluett / Clewett family are not entirely clear and various ideas have been suggested - around the 1600s the name can be found mainly in the West Country, although another branch was in Shropshire and yet another in London - it is possible that the family originated in Northern Belgium or France

     
  COATH #  ancestors traced with the Coath family name include many mariners and a disproportionate number of income tax inspectors!
     
  COBB the aim of this site is to provide a well-documented database on each of the Cobb / Cobbs family lines that have migrated to North America
     
  COBLEY this site originally focused on the Cobleys of Cheshire and Leicestershire but has now extended its remit to cover Cobleys worldwide
     
  COCHRAN this site provides a genealogy mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Cochran surname and variations (e.g. Cochrane)
     
  COCKITT this site focuses on the history of the Cockitt family of Cheshire - variants of the surname include Cockett
     
  COFFIN variants of this surname include Coffan, Coffen, Coffon, Coffyn, Coffins, Coffens, Cofin, Cofen, Cofon, Coffeen, Cofeen, Coffing, Cofing, Coffine, Cofine, Coffene and Cofene - this site includes helpful links to downloadable Coffin family gedcoms
     
  COGSWELL

this is the site of the Cogswell Family Association - it focuses on descendants of John Cogswell who came to American in 1635 on the Angel Gabriel

     
  COLE the Cole family first appears in the records of Cornwall where they were recorded as an ancient Cornwall family before the year 1100
     
  COLLINS #  this site focuses on the Collins family genealogy from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia
     
  COLLVER variants include Colver, Culver and Colliver - many with those in North America with these surnames descended from common ancestors, Edward Culver and Anne Ellis, who sailed on the Winthrop fleet in the mid to late 1630's from England to Massachusetts - most of the Colver family in England can be traced back to Leicestershire or Sheffield
     
  COMPTON this site contains a helpful list of Compton family historians with notes on who they are researching
     
  CONANT this site contains a variety of links to resources for those researching the Conant family
     
  COPINGER #  variants include Coppinger, Copenger and Coppenger - this site includes a pedigree covering the Suffolk and Kent branch of the family
     
  COPPIN this site includes a family tree (with over 4,800 names) which spans eleven generations descending from John Coppin and Abigail of Cardinham, Cornwall who were married circa 1705
     
  COPSON two hundred years ago most people named Copson were living near the village Copson in the heart of England - since then they have spread worldwide - this site aims at bringing Copsons together to exchange information
     
  CORBETT #  this site focuses on the family tree descending from John Corbett born in1524 in Wigmore, Herefordshire
     
  CORNELL variants include Cornwell and Cornwall - this site focuses on ten families who moved to Ontario, Canada between 1790 and 1825 (five of which are connected to Thomas Cornell of Essex., England)
     
  CORNFORTH #  variants include Cornforthe, Cornfurth, Cornfurthe, Cornefoorth, Corneforth, Comforth, Cornford, Cornfirth and Cornsforth - this site includes the indexed family tree of the Cornforth families of Hawnby and Danby in North Yorkshire
     
  CORNISH #  variants include Cornysshe, Cornyshe, Cornysh, Cornishe, Cornisshe and Cornis - this site includes a wide variety of articles on the Cornish family and an extract of registered births with the surname Cornish (18,000 entries between 1837 and 1992) and deaths (12,000 entries between 1837 and 1983)
     
  CORSER #  variants onclude Causer, Causier, Cawser, Corsar and Corsair - this site is involved in collecting worldwide information on the Corser family
     
  CORSON this is the site for the Corson / Colson Family History Association - the site includes notes on known lines of the Corson/Colson family that are being researched
     
  COSSITT this site (operated by the Cossitt Family Association) includes a Cossitt family database of over 11,000 individuals
     
  COTGROVE #  today the world population of people with the surname Cotgrove is about 350 and everyone can be said to be a descendant of Benjamin Cotgrove from Leigh on Sea in Essex - this site provides a comprehensive history of the family
     
  COUCH this site includes a list of service records relating to Couch's in the War of 1812
     
  COULSON this site focuses on the family tree of the ancestors and descendants of Joseph Coulson and Margaret Mary Evans who emigrated from Derbyshire England to Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1703
     
  COUSINS this site contains a host of information on Cousins in England (marriage, census, probate records, etc) and the United States (passenger lists, census records, marriage records, etc.)
     
  COVINGTON variants include Coventon and Covernton - this comprehensive site includes a searchable database of over 14,000 fortunate individuals to have carried the famous Covington name
     
  COX this site includes a worldwide listing of Cox deaths and burials organized by country
     
  COX this site focuses on the descendants of Fred and Olive Cox who migrated from England to Nebraska in the 1800s
     
  COXON Coxon is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon surnames on record - the owner of this site maintains a database of over 5,000 names encountered in his researches
     
  CRABTREE #  this site focuses on Crabtree marriages - it contains marriage entries recorded in the Index of the General Register Office from the start of civil registration in July 1837 to December 1903 plus marriage entries transcribed from parish registers
     
  CRANDALL variants include Crandal, Crandel, Crandell, Crandle, Crandol, Grandall, Grandell, Grandol and Krandall - this is the site for the Crandall Family Association which focuses on descendents of Elder John1 Crandall of Rhode Island
     
  CRANE this site focuses on the Crane and Lewin families of Leicestershire
     
  CREER # 

although Creer is a family name that originates from the Isle of Man, many families from the island were to be found living in and around Liverpool and other parts of north west England from the 18th century - the owner of this site maintains a database of over 20,000 records of birth, marriage and deaths covering the period from 1600 to 2006 - a Y-DNA study has been carried out and shows that all Creers are genetically related to a single male ancestor who lived around the 14th century

     
  CRESAP variants include Crissopp, Crysopp and Crissup - this site focusses on the descendants of Thomas Cresap of Maryland who came from Skipton in Yorkshire
     
  CRIPPEN #  variants include Crippin, Grippen and Grippin - this site maintains a bulletin board for those interested in researching the Crippen family name
     
  CROSBY this site includes a searchable database containing over 12,000 individuals related to the Crosby family
     
  CROSBY this site focuses on Crosby on UK family lines - it contains several family tree and many photographs
     
  CRUTCHLEY this site contains a host of information on the Crutchley family from Bloxwich and Walsall in the English Midlands
     
  CRUTTENDEN #  variants include Crettenden, Crittenden, Crittendon and Crittenton - this site includes registered birth entries in England and Australia for the family name
     
  CUFFLIN this site includes an informative history of the Cufflins between 1565 and 2003
     
  CULLINGWORTH #  variants include Cullingsworth, Collingworth and Collingsworth - this site includes details of various birth, Canadian census and Yorkshire cemetery records
     
  CULPEPPER variants include Colepeper and Culpeper - the first known Colepeper was Sir Thomas, born about 1170 A.D. - nearly every caucasian Culpepper in the family tree is believed to be his descendant - this excellent site contains a very comprehensive and well indexed family tree
     
  CULPIN #  this site contains several family trees, photographs, family wills, memorial inscriptions and maps related to the Culpin family
     
  CUMBERBATCH #  this site contains detailed notes on the origins of the Cumberbatch name and its many variants - it also contains several family trees
     
  CURLIN this site focuses on the Curlings of Norfolk County, Virginia
     
  CURSLEY #  variants include Cersley, Cersly, Cirsley, Coorsley, Cureley, Curseley, Cursellie, Cursely, Cursey, Cursly, Cusley, Cussley, Kearsley, Kersley and Kursley
     
  CURTIS variants include Curtiss and Curtice - this site, run by the Curtis/s Family Society, includes searchable databases, of births, marriages, deaths, land records, directories and census records along with several family histories
     
  CUSHING this site contains a wealth of information on different branches of the Cushing family
     
   
   
 
   
 
This page last updated: 21 May 2008