My family name is Lownds, however, the more usual spelling is Lownd(e)s.

I haven't done too much research, but it's very popular here around the Stoke-on-Trent/north Staffordshire area, as well as in Cheshire and northern Shropshire, which are the neighbouring counties.

One useful piece of information for anyone wanting to trace their ancestry, is to try and trace back to 1881 - This is an important date as a Census was taken and gives details of everyone in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Isles and the Royal Navy.

I've had numerous e-mails over the years from people asking if we're related, some from the UK, but mostly from America and Canada - A few have signed my Guest Book - click on the Guest Book logo at the bottom of the left- hand frame to view these.

There is a Mick Lownds in America, click here to go to his web site. As far as I'm aware, we are not related.... but you never know!

I've also recently had contact from a Mike Lownds of Sydney, Australia. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, like me, however, he has spent most of his life in Australia.

There's also a Mike Lownds in Michigan, USA, click here to go to his web site (yes, it's supposed to look like a 'dumb terminal' from the early 1980s). He works at Michigan State University, and his dad, Norm Lownds, is a professor there too!

For details of my cousin Ken's business, click here

Over time, I hope to update this page. In the mean time, please feel free to e-mail me or, better still, sign my Guest book.