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'F'
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| FAIL # | variants include Faill - this surname can be traced to Northumberland, Durham, London, South East England and The Isle of Man.- this site includes several family trees together with a substantial number of photographs and document images | |||
| FANTHORPE # | the name Fanthorpe originates from a hamlet called Fanthorpe in Lincolnshire - this site includes notes on members of the Fanthorpe family who migrated to Australia | |||
| FARNDALE | this impressive site contains a wealth of information about the Farndale family - it includes a detailed history on the origins of the Farndale name, a substantial directory of Farndales since 1154 which aims to be as comprehensive as possible, notes of Farndales who have migrated to Australia, Canada and the United States and a lot of other useful genealogical information about the family | |||
| FARR | variants include Faar, Fahr, Fahrr, Fair, Faire, Fairr, Far, Fare, Farr, Farre, Fayre, Fayrey, Fayrye, Fer and Ferr - this site contains a large directory of the ancestors of Winslow Farr and Olive Hovey Freeman who settled in Utah in 1847 - it also contains information on the Farr DNA Project | |||
| FAY | variants include Fey, Foy, Faye and Foye - this site includes several family trees, notes on the origin of the name, various biographies and extracts from census and marriage records | |||
| FEATHERSTONE # | variants include Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh and Fetherstonhaugh - this large site (it runs to over 3,000 pages) is run by the Featherstone Society - it contains a comprehensive collection of birth, marriage, death, census, parish and other records relating to the Featherstone name - the research carried out is worldwide and it is possible to join the society online | |||
| FERGUSON | although typically associated with Scotland, this family name also has strong connections with north west England - this site focuses on the Fergusons from Westmoreland, Cumberland and Lancashire - it contains a fast growing database of individuals connected with the Fergusons from north west England | |||
| FENNING | variants include Fennings, Fening, Fennyng, Fenyng Feninge, Fennynge, Fenings, Fenninges, Fennynges, Fanning and Finning - the site contains the family tree of the descendants of Thomas Fenning (1716 - 1798) of Gosbeck, Suffolk, England - it also contains a list of contactable Fenning family researchers | |||
| FIFIELD # | variants include Fyfield, Fiefield and Phifield - the site includes a database of the descendants of William Fifield who migrated from England to the United States in 1634 - it also contains a database of the descendants of John Fifield (1544-1610) of Littleton, Hampshire, England plus databases of Canadian and Australian family lines | |||
| FIGGITT | variants include Figgit, Figgett, Figget and Figgott - this site contains several branches of the family tree | |||
| FISHER # | Fisher is an occupational surname that derives from the Old English word ‘fiscere' meaning fisherman - this site contains useful information on the worldwide distribution of Fishers originating from the British Isles together with information on the DNA project and heraldry related to the Fisher name - please note that Fishers originating from continental Europe are outside the scope of this site | |||
| FLEET | variants include Ffleet, Ffleete, Fleete, Flete, Flett, Flet, de Feletes, de la Flottes - this site contains genealogical data for over 900 different surnames, over 2000 Fleets, 70 Fleetes, 21 de Fletes and 10 de la Flottes | |||
| FLEMING # | variants include Flaming, Fleeman, Fleeming, Flemans, Flemen, Flemings, Flemming, Flemmings, Flemington, Flemmington, Flemingham, Flemmen and Flemyng - this site contains an extensive bibliography of printed material with Fleming historical or genealogical content | |||
| FOLKER # | this site contains lists of all references to the name Folker found in the Birth, Marriage and Death GRO Indexes for England and Wales - it also contains a list of Folker wills and list of all references to the name Folker found in USA telephone directories | |||
| FONES | variant Fownes - the earliest record of the name is that of a Sir William Fones, a Norman Knight who came over to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and settled in Saxby, where his descendants lived for many centuries - this site includes historical notes on the American and Canadian branches of the family as well those originally living in England | |||
| FOOTE # | this site is run by the Foote Family Association of America - the site contains an overview of the family history together with generation charts of the three known generations in England and the first three generations in America | |||
| FOREMAN | this site focuses on the descendants of William Foreman (1641-1702) of Virginia and Hester Brown | |||
| FOTHERGILL | this site focuses on the descendants of Thomas Fothergill and Mary Rudham who migrated with their family to the United States from Westmoreland, England in 1851 | |||
| FREEMAN | this site focuses on the descendants of Gabriel and Lucy Freeman who married in Wilkes County, Georgia in 1794 - it contains a family database of over 6900 individuals and a wealth of information related to this family name | |||
| FREER | variants include Fryer, Frier and Frere - Freer was originally the nickname for a pious person or for someone employed at a monastery - amongst the first migrants to the United States were George Fryer who settled in Virginia in 1623 and John Fryer who settled in New England in 1669 - the site contains historical notes on the Freers living in England between the 13th and 17th centuries - it also contains a very useful list of Freer names gathered from parish registers in the British Isles between 1500s and 1800s - in all this excellent site contains a wealth of information on the Freer family | |||
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