Welcome To Our Site - Which is the working upgrade to the site of
Brookfieldpublishing Co. (click for link). This site has more capactity,
especially with video. Please use the tabs above and below to find
information.
Our efforts involve Education and History Especially
Involving Our Ancestors. The Magna Charta Barons, the leaders
especially those identified as Kings or Queens, those with
accomplishments during the life of George Washington; these are worthy
of recognition. Their achievements benefit all!
Remember To Respect the Accomplishments of Our Ancestors as our
Descendants May Respect Ours
There are several initial questions:
Why Join A Lineage Society?
How to Join a Lineage Society?
What the Lineage Societies Are Doing?
The taps provide ways to find the pages for the Barons, the Immigrant
Ancestors we are familiar with (including some of their distinguished
ancestors); ways to order sypplies and especially media, including video
and transcribed text.
We hope you enjoy our Site.
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About
Genealogical Databases Perspective
Brookfield Databases - There are two ancestral databases which are used
privately for ancestral review. The Top DB includes some immigrant ancestors
and their ancestors. The Members DB includes the immigrant ancestors and
some member descendants of the Old World Hereditary Societies.
Immigrant Ancestor Index
The Barons Index
The Knights
of the Garter Index
To provide a brief overview, when I became involved in the review process
in 1989, there had been a number of publications starting with the
publications of Charles Browning in the 1800s. In the 1940s and 1950s John
S. Wurts Sr. published the 8 Volume Magna Charta Series which encouraged
interest in old world ancestral research. Also Adams and Weiss produced two
books which were edited and revised many times over the years as additional
research and study provided additional information. The process continues as
additional publications have been produced, some with subsequent editions
with the revised information.
It was apparent that it would be necessary to develop a database to
provide up to date information. The result, with many hours of data entry,
was the Top DB mostly outside the U.S. Also the early Roots programs had
limits on the number of people. Also a Members database was started to
eventually include the relationships with the members and their immigrant
ancestors.
The Top DB currently includes over 30,000 entries. This database is used
to identify the Baron ancestors of approximately 200 Immigrants listed in
the Immigrants Page of the web site. As the number of Immigrants is
increased the Baron Ancestors can be identified for those as well. There is
a plan to include on the Immigrant pages whether the Immigrants are
descended from the Plantagenets as well as descent from one or more of the
Knights of the Garter.
Since the 1990s I made requests for descendants to provide biographical
information concerning their Immigrant ancestors which would be shared.
While this information has not been provided, there has been activity on the
Wiki pages for many of the Knights of the Garter, including relationships.
Also in 1999 an excellent book was prepared on the history of the Order of
the Garter including a listing of the Knights. As part of the authentication
process, I had previously identified most of the Knights of the Garter in
the Top DB with the perspective that they were sufficiently prominent that
their relationship information would likely be accurate. I have now included
an Index of Knights of the Garter from the Wiki Pages (with credit provided)
and color coded those Knights who are in the Top DB and who have been
identified with Plantagenet descent.
The Members database has approximately 10,000 people and continues to be
in process.
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