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WGM and Family Initially, this site was written for my family, who are spread throughout the world, as a simple means for them to see what I have discovered about our mutual ancestors. Although I do hope that other researchers and genealogists are also finding it a useful tool in their research.

As an amateur family historian I have been studying my paternal Miller and my maternal Law families as well as their associated families for well over 20 years now. So far I have found over 920 individuals and 274 families that are related to me in some way or another. I have also, for the sake of tidiness, and wherever possible included the parents of males and females that married into the blood line and are therefore not related to me in a genealogical sense. Many of the individuals are, as yet, not much more than names and dates whilst others a have a story to tell. Some individuals have their own pages that are linked on the left. They are ones like my late father who left a story or, like Elizabeth Miller; I have been able to solve a mystery about them. My first aim was always to try and identify my 16 great, great grandparents and so far I am missing only one. Pinpointing the correct father of Thomas Smith is proving quite difficult. However, in many cases I have travelled beyond the great, great grandparents, before the time when civil registration became a legal requirement in England.

What type of people were my ancestors and what did they do? Well like the majority of people involved in genealogy I have not found any royalty in the family, or at least I haven’t found them yet. In the main the majority of my early ancestors are “working class” people who either worked on farms or as tradesmen. In time and as families moved around the country their professions changed. The various censuses have shown everything from ancestors in work houses to land owners to policemen.

As my research has gone on I have done my best to make sure all the facts are correct; however mistakes may have been made and anyone using this site to enhance their own research would be well advised to verify my data – just in case. If you spot any mistakes please get in touch via the contact page. I would also like invite all family members who may have something to add either as additional data or would like to send me a short biography and to get in touch also using the contact page.

Finally, I would like to thank all those who have helped me so far in my research, not only my immediate family, but also all those others that have been in contact with me including some new, though distant, cousins. Many of my contacts have been kind enough to send me many photographs and certificates and to that end I would also like to thank them. There are too many to mention here but suffice to say that your help has been invaluable. I do hope that you all enjoy using this site as much as I enjoy doing the research.

Thank You

Barry Miller