Ancestors from the Black Country?

Curious about your Family History?

Brick Wall in your Genealogy?

Then take a look at our Black Country and area one stop Family Tree!
From Dudley to Netherton, Oldbury to Rowley Regis, Halesowen to Cradley Heath and 
many many more villages and towns in and surrounding the Black Country!
An area famous for its hard working, friendly people and world famous products.

The same names crop up time and time again.
All have their own story rich, poor, famous and infamous. 

YOU are the Black Country Connection. 
Leaves, Branches or Shoots they all need Roots,So Plant your names here! 
Share Family history details and stories, find a cousin you never knew you 
had - and possibly never wanted!

Our aim is to have a Huge Tree! which shows how these names all 
eventually link together. (we hope!). 

We hope you enjoy our site and wish you lots of luck in your research
If we have helped you a little then it will have been worthwhile! :) 
Kate and Jan
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ps Joining in
If you feel that you would like to help our site to grow 
please send a message via this site or we can be found on an excellent website called
Genealogyforum.co.uk on this link below or click on the useful links top one left 
hand side :-)
Genealogyforum.co.uk 

pps Colour coding ancestors
Shows blood links with others! 
Interesting to see who else you relate to. Contact us and we can set it up for you 
for a couple of weeks then change to another members ancestors. 8 lines available.
Nb Colours for Top 10 surnames will remain as these...:-
TROMANS=Black/WILLETTS=Yellow/ROSE=Red/JOHNSON=Grey/
WOODHOUSE=Blue/HACKETT=Green/
DINGLEY=Pink/ROUND=Purple/
SIDAWAY=aqua/TIBBETTS=White/
other surnames any colour


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DO'S & DON'TS- very important you must read!

We all need to input information the same or it won't work!
So please read the Do's and Don'ts below:-

*Check to see that the ancestor is not already on otherwise they will be on 
twice and the link won't work.

*Ensure you click the "alive" or "dead" button when putting in  detail. 

*Do Put a dob in  even if you only estimate it! 
Makes it easier to check if name is on the site already - especially if a few with 
the same name.

*Do check a name out that you are entering for similar dates of 
birth. 
eg a John Smith b 1852 may be one already entered but down as maybe Est or Bef b1850.

*Do put your name on in the notes section  so we know to whom the ancestor 
links!ie "Connects to ..."
And do add your name on an existing ancestor that you connect to. 
Also if you add info and it is not your family no worries the more the merrier just 
add a note will you eg "added by" then your name. 

*If adding Living info- ensure that they are ok with it 

*Please Do Not amend any post without checking with the person who has posted 
it or asking Jan or Kate. 
However you may add to the post any checked 
information cos that is the whole idea to get more info and see how we all link!

*When a surname has variations eg Tibbetts/Tibbitts and Tromans/Tromans just
use just the main variant even if yours is down as say Troman but the 
majority are Tromans as this will make linking and searching easier. You can put a 
note in notes section as to actual spelling of name

*Do NOT move or join anything up ie one ancestor to another part of the tree 
UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING contact Jan for help here!!

*Don't put the surnames or forenames in all capitals. Please use Initial Caps 
then lower case. Easier on the eye when scrolling.

*If you don't know the surname put Unknown and not ?.

*Do not click on the private box  as this hides the notes detail of any future 
other users and their names/connections! 
Should this box be ticked we will untick it. 


It is all a bit of an experiment so please bear with us. 

Don't blame us if it all vanishes one day due to outside influences, so 
please do not regard this as your main storage place for family details.

And do please check the information given on here yourself for verification. 
As we cannot vouch for the accuracy and rely soley on our contributors.

No living people will be shown in order to respect their privacy. Unless you have 
permission to enter a living person - please leave their details off the tree!

The information to be found on here is usually in the public domain i.e. indexes, 
census bmd certifs etc. Please bear in mind that once information has been 
added to the website it forms part of our data and only withdrawn at the discretion 
of its site owners, Kate and Jan.

Please note basic information in this tree has been added to our Ancestry  tree,
(only names and dates no photos or notes). Living names on ancestry are shown 
as "Living then the surname". I will update the Ances one every few months. 
It is a private tree and they will need to contact Kate and Jan for more info.
We can then let them know about our Tribal Pages project.
The tree name is Black Country Connections. 

We hope to inform as many people as possible about our Tribal pages thus helping 
other researchers with their family history research.

By joining in our site you accept all of the above. 

Any queries here please contact Jan.


All census information (England/Wales) is Crown Copyright, from 
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk 

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Whilst here.........
do have a look at the Stories and Photos section. 

We would love Stories about you or your ancestors- happy, sad, romantic, 
funny, ordinary or extraordinary. 
We have called one of the stories " I remember when.."
You can have that thread as your very "trip down memory lane" and add  
them  as and when you wish. Real stories about real people. 
And why not attach a photo to the story too! 
To add a photo contact Jan or have a go yourself!- don't worry about the border and 
graphics on the Stories I will add those!

If you have any Photos of your ancestors do open up an album of your own with 
your username on.
For any of the other Albums then please send them to, 
Snapshot San, who will add them to the relevant Album ie Weddings, Churches, 
Schools, Pubs, Villages, BC People remembered or Fashions down the decades.
Please ensure re any photos, that they are 100% your own and not from a book or 
website due to any copyright restrictions.NB- Any photo that looks suspicious I am 
afraid will be deleted.
Any queries in the Stories or Photos section pm San or Jan. 

NB- as a matter of courtesy please do not  just copy any of our photos send a 
message via this site with a request and any access/copy required.)

This site was first started on the 19 July 2007 under a 
different name of Rowley Regis Connections but with the same tribal pages 
format as above of Photos, Names and a Stories section for its members. 

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NB- Music on here only plays on the homepage to turn it off please click on 
the 2 vertical lines on the player. Please note when you return to the homepage you 
will need to do the same again. So if the music is not to your taste may I suggest 
you turn the sound off. Individual choice whether you listen to or indeed look at 
this site :-)