Spencer/Kogge Family History Introduction

In this album you will find the current state of research into our families. From the slums of Birmingham and East London to the high houses of Central Europe to the caves of the Scottish Isles—it’s all here in these pages. Please select a branch of the family from the list on the left.

50 generation ancestral chart [516 Kb] in PDF format containing amongst others: Robert the Bruce, Ethelred the Unready, Saint Margaret, Alfred the Great, Cerdic the 1st King of Wessex, King David of Israel—and that's just Annette's direct line! One step beyond we have MacBeth, Lady Godiva, Mary Queen of Scots and Immanuel Kant. What, name dropper? Me?
Actually, while I'm at it, I also have Florence Nightingale, Stephen King, Thomas Hardy, Paul Simon and James Bond ;)

New on the Becker-Paetsch family of Wriezen, Brandenburg (Excel format).

Even newer! our search for Williamhope in the Scottish Borders July 2006 (large file of 1 MB in PDF format).

The Birmingham pages are regularly updated. Latest addition is a look at the Irish and Jews of Birmingham.
Take the tour of Birmingham's industrial past, or read what writers have had to say about the town through the ages.
Most popular section is the churches page at around 300 hits weekly.

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Our books on the Kogge-Baudouin-Paetsch-Diesendorf and Mathis-Dolle-MacLean-Katzenellenbogen families have been published. They include histories and transcriptions of diaries covering hundreds of years.

The books are also illustrated with many historical photos and paintings. They are both in German and are available at Libri.de. Details can be found on the relevant family pages.

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