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Welcome
& Overview, Background, Myths Exploded, Quotable Quotes,
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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 will become
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.
SHELVOCK
One Name Study:Family Trees (1581-present day)
SHILVOCK
One Name Study:Family Trees (1639-present day)
"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
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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.
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, telephone catalogues,
etc., as well as personal communications. 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 both my love of 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 and look forward to a dialogue
on any relevant topic.
© Mark A S Grace, September
2008 update - Geneva, Switzerland
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