ABOUT FAMILY DEEDS

 

The Family Deeds project was started when so many old deeds and documents were coming onto the open market and being sold to many different locations. This meant that the valuable information contained in them became very hard to find. I wanted to provide somewhere where information contained in as many documents as possible could be made readily available. We now have information on thousands of documents available with new documents being uploaded each week.

These documents can contain a wealth of information for family historians and so the Family Deeds project, using this website was created with the aim of trying to preserve some of that information and make it easily available to all.

Unfortunately, the deeds are very expensive to buy and, although I would dearly love to be able to donate each and every one of them to the appropriate Records Office, the project is personally funded and has so far cost thousands of pounds. Therefore the documents have to be sold in order to fund the purchase of new ones and in turn provide more information for you on this website.

Whilst in the possession of Family Deeds, wherever possible, the documents are transcribed in full and I hope that at least by passing through our hands, the information in them is preserved and as much of that as possible is provided on this free to view website.

If you are researching your family history, rather than local history, I would recommend you try the Names Index first as many people are mentioned in documents for parishes and counties other than that of their abode.

I hope you find something to help you with your quest, but this is a long-term project so if there is nothing this week then please try again soon............

Pat Johnson
Family Deeds