KIRKMAN DATABASE
I started by investigating my own ancestors. When I had found all that was likely to be available I extended my studies to all the Kirkman families that lived in Lancashire, England.
The attached database lists all the Kirkmans and associated people on which I have so far obtained information. After extracting data from the IGI, parts of various censuses, Monumental Inscriptions, Old Parish Registers etc I have tried to link individual events (births, marriages and deaths) where they are obvious. This has been helped considerably by dozens of Kirkmans throughout the world asking for, or providing, information. However, there is still a long way to go. I have tried to create links only where these were reasonably obvious, and if you have any established data it would help considerably in cross checking and creating new links and information. Please contact me by email.
The attached database is designed to give name, date of Birth and Death of all the people I have in my database, except those likely to be still alive.
I may have lots more information on some of these people, so please contact me.
Many thanks to all the people who have so far contributed and to those who will in the future.
Enjoy looking at the Database (I have tried my best but cannot give guarantees that it is correct) and good luck in your researches.
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Notes on how to use the database:
From here click on "Go to the database"
There is no "search" facility.
Use the surname index to find people whose surname starts with the letter you
want and then scroll down to the person you are searching for.
If there is a green tree diagram you can click on that to see the person's tree
and work up or down from that. You can also click on the individual's name
to look at him/her in a family group. If there is a letter N next to them
this allows access to extra information such as baptisms etc.
Note 1 Some of the data may appear truncated in the tree
diagrams. If so, please look at the family data (click on the person
involved) and the full data will be available
Note 2 There are over 12000 people
in the database and the system I use for
converting the data
from Gedcom to web friendly creates over 1900 files. Errors may
occur both during this and the file upload process. If you find that
your part of the database does not work properly please let me know.
In that way I hope to improve it. If you have any questions pleas contact me
by clicking the below.
Notes on Information in the Database
I have attempted to record every event I could find about the
Kirkman families who were born, lived in, or were associated with Lancashire.
The database is therefore event driven. I may have found the marriage of a
"John Kirkman" and the birth of a "John Kirkman" and several
census entries for a "John Kirkman".. Unless I can prove
they are the same person, they will appear as separate people in the database.
Most of the information is from my own research into church
records, censuses, statutory records and other sources. Other comes from the
research of people throughout the World who have been prepared to send
information. Unless I can dispute their information I have accepted it as
correct. Although the database is as good as I can reasonably make it, I
give no guarantees about its accuracy or completeness.
This version (on the web) is a much reduced copy of my own
database. My own may
have places of residence, baptisms, burials and many other bits of relevant
data. If you find someone you are interested in, please contact me by
email and I will attempt to help.