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Welcome & Overview,
Background, Myths Exploded, Quotable Quotes, Awards, Site Search
Introduction
About these webpages
Shelvock
Location
Geography & Geomorphology
Origins
of the Family Name
Earliest origins of the family
names
Where
& When?
Occurrence of the family names
from the C16th - present day
A
History of Shelvock Manor
The
place and local environs providing the family name as well as some other
associated families
The
SHELVOKEs
The story of engineering
prowess and how a family name variant became extinct in modern times
The
SHELVOCKs
The story
of one couple's destiny to preserve the original family name from
extinction
A
Brief History of Halesowen
The town that
became the centre for the modern family name of SHILVOCK
Demography and Statistics
What the data is telling us
Noted People
An offbeat listing of anyone
with a notable recorded history
Commonwealth
War Graves, Memorials
The names of
those who served in the armed forces, those who sacrificed their lives and
other stories
Researchers
and Family Contacts
Names and
email addresses from around the World
Data
Bank
Birth, Death
& Marriage Indices, census information and other public domain data
from around the World. Includes further links to more detailed analysis
including:
Australia,
New Zealand &
Asia/Pacific area:
Australian Electoral & Internet White Pages
UK
Electoral Roll
UK
Electoral Roll 2007 - SHILVOCK
UK
Electoral Roll 2007 - SHELVOCK
UK
Electoral Roll 2007 - SHELVOKE
(includes section on SHELVOKE companies)
UK
Telephone Listings
US,
Canada & Mexico:
Internet White Pages
US:
SSD Death Benefit List
SHELVOCK
One Name Study:
Family Trees
(1581-present day)
SHILVOCK
One Name Study:
Family Trees
(1639-present day)
UK
1881 Census Index
UK
1901 Census Index
Index
of UK Births
Index
of UK Marriages
Index
of UK Deaths
National
Burial Index;
"Most
Wanted"
Enquiries still seeking an
answer - maybe you can help?
SHELVOCK
- The Music
6 sets of instrumental music
inspired by the place and history.
Composed and played by the Webauthor
Contact
Info
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- INTRODUCTION -
About These Webpages
2007 marks the tenth year of this study on
the Web. Curiosity turned into fascination about a very strange family name. This group of extremely rare surnames lends itself
to an interesting One-Name Study (ONS) to which these webpages
are dedicated. After more than a quarter of century onward I continue to compile all references of the names and
their variants worldwide. Although is not an official one-name study (such as
defined by membership of GOONS) it is currently recognised as the definitive resource for
this group of family names. I am still seeking new information, so if you have info I don't have, please let me know.
During 2007 I will be updating the BMD indices as well as improving the look of
the site.
The creation of the CreativeGraces.net
domain has allowed this ONS to develop and be recognised by the genealogical
community. The website has been
redesigned as part of the greater Genealogical Index
and now appears with one of
the highest rankings in Google should anyone search for the names. Ten years ago
there was very little on the Web concerning these names, but now an enormous
amount of new data is appearing and thousands of links to both people and (often
repeated) references. I am researching and reviewing what the
web has to offer. While I don't particularly like to have external links on my
pages I find that I am having to introduce more and more to expand the current
content. I regret if you find any subsequent external link broken and would ask
you to let me know so I can remove it. I am very selective and check them periodically.
This ONS began as an attempt to link my
C18th SHILVOCK family in Birmingham, Warwickshire (WAR), England, with
those of the nearby greater Black Country area. The Black
Country is part of the industrial West Midlands, west of
Birmingham, and includes parts of southern Staffordshire (Staffs. - STS), northern Worcestershire
(Worcs. - WOR) and originally a
small part of Shropshire (Salop - SAL) that became part of Worcestershire after
the 1850's. Despite the foreign-sounding name, the answers lay much closer
to home and close to where I was born. Much of the evidence was buried in
historic texts and clan memory. The roots were found tucked away in a quiet
corner of Shropshire forgotten by most of the family.
My particular branch of the family remains unconnected
but could be connected to SHILVOCK in nearby Romsley & Halesowen, part of the nearby inlier of Salop, or directly back
to Salopian families of SHELVOCK. Research has travelled back from the modern Black
Country (where the name became SHILVOCK) to Shropshire and the ancient
Domesday manor of Shelvock.
I am committed to maintaining a worldwide
co-ordination function for all data on this group of families. The information supplied by other researchers and related
family members is acknowledged. All occurrences of the name and
families worldwide are of interest, all of whom in varying degrees have contributed to the worldwide knowledge of the greater family tree.
The information contained in these pages is all that can be
researched from worldwide public domain sources, including Internet,
libraries and telephone catalogues, etc. No private, non-public
domain information is included without the permission of the contributing family concerned.
While you are reading, I hope you will
take time to download and listen to the six pieces of music on my Shelvock
CD inspired by this genealogy, and share in my love of both family history and
music. The album cover is a landscape I photographed at Shelvock and has also
been used as this website's "favicon". I welcome all constructive
feedback (including the revised webpage design) and look forward to a dialogue on any relevant topic.
© Mark A S Grace, May 2007 - Geneva,
Switzerland
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