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4th June 2008 added site stats for May and updated site page figures
3rd June 2008. Threat to Featherstonhaugh memorials added
13th May 2008. Updated various pages put in a few suitable links and added to the page on Surnames. Corrected some links on the electronic application page.
6 April 2008
Changed the way the guest book works
Added renewal page for members wishing to renew subscriptions within the UK, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa and countries within the EU for this coming year
New E mail for founder member Beryl Featherstone now with broadband access.
Added new paypal links for those wishing to join with an option now for EU members and convert payment into British pounds to save money on transfer costs.
25 Mar 2007 New Brick wall item added
29 Apr 2006 Members research; updated pages added in new format
5th July 2005 Added Picture of Hopton Court in Worcestershire and Alston Parish Church Cumberland
14 June add Brickwall from Marie Davison
Added two memorial stones found in North Yorkshire one in the churchyard at Roxby and one in Hinderwell
12 May 2004 Added information of the link between the Heneage given name and the Heneage Surname, kindly supplied by Julie Shepherd.
02 May 2004 Added Tunbridge
Wells Church which stands at the crossroads of three Parishes; Frant,
Tonbridge and Speldhurst. also included images of grave markers of four
Featherstone's.
04 April 2004 First DNA results posted.
02 Apr. 2004 Added a donation button, to help in the costs of running this web
site.
9 Mar 2004 Add a place to record your
Featherstones- these will be used
on our web site.
12 Feb. added to Brick wall page looking for a family in Durham with a Henry Featherston
7 October 2003 Added picture and web link of and for Ardagh House in Eire.
09 September 2003 Added details and pictures of Kirkhaugh Parish Church and it's Fetherstonhaugh gravestones and Memorials
28th August 2003. Added a query on Tennie Featherstone to the Brick wall page.
14 July 2003.
The Featherstone DNA project launched visit this page to read all about it.
12 June 2003- Added link to the Tomkins home page Featherstone's in the USA. on our useful links page. Added Westerdale Parish church to Historical sites/churches and some 17 headstone details photo's are to follow.
Have entered this site into
02 Apr 2003 New entry on our Brick Wall Page
19 March 2003 New entry on our brick wall page
24 Jan 2003, added a link to a flash presentation on the Birth of the USA
25 November 2002
Worked on a new Java link to the Our Records section of the site.
20th November 2002
Developing a Java based navigation bar to aid visitors who have it enabled in
their browsers, now partly enabled. More Work to be done.
18 November 2002
Added new "brickwall" item with Photographs
12th Nov 2002
Added a society service page- from which you can order wills and certificates from the UK. The stipulation being that you allow us to transcribe the details onto this web site.
10th Nov 2002
Introduced a what's new section to each part of our web site.
So we now have as per the "back of the book" content indexes, a what's new section in each of these parts of the site. UK, USA, Ireland, Members and Our Records, This will save me a great deal of time in that I will not have to keep flipping between the different sub-webs to update the what's new pages. I promise to try and update the home page with the relevant date for the site when I change just one section.
6th Nov. 2002 Completed a "back of the book" index for the main section of our site.
24 October 2002 Added a couple of Ancestry.com search boxes, in the hope that if you do sign up this site will get the benefit of affiliate fees
18 October 2002- Removed links to the GenFair web site hopefully only temporarily.
13th October, Added parish churches of Farndale and Lastingham in North Yorkshire, together with some gravestones and pictures of houses related to Featherstone's in the area.
4th Oct 2002 added a link to a web site
| Edward Featherstonehaugh | b: abt 1830 Sunderland, County Durham son of Walker H. and Jane Catherine Featherstonehaugh, Bottle maker |
9th Jul 2002
New research project into Featherstone/Fetherston/Feverston in the County of Kent UK
3rd July 2002 New Publication
FEATHERSTONE: Featherstone’s Providence – the extraordinary lives of Londoners Michael Featherstone and his sister, Esther Smithson. Bament; Dunn; Hamley; Hutchinson; Kearne; Kretschmer; Meek; Mumme; Roeger. Click here to get a copy of the full list of books available and order form in PDF format You can send payment by Electronic transfer to:
27 Jun 2002 Added large article with sources on the life of Winfield Scott Featherstone
26 Jun 2002. Added a useful links page
3rd April 2002 Added a facility to allow visitors to add web links to other Featherstone information.
5 Nov 2001 Time line of Winfield S Featherston added.
Full version of the facility below added.
10 Aug 2001 Added a facility, which lets you add an icon to your desktop
which links straight to this site. This is a trial edition, to see if people use
the facility.
July 25 2001 Added pictures of the inhabitants of Uppark;
1751- Sara Lethieullier- Lady Featherstone
1751- Sir Mathew Fetherstonhaugh
1776- Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh
July 22nd 2001 Links to rootsweb FEATHERSTONE mailing lists archives added.
July15th 2001 Details of new data collection project added
June 29th 2001 added map of early Virginia showing owners of land.
May 1st 2001 Page added showing the Grave
of
Featherston, Winfield S. b. August 8, 1820. d. May 28, 1891.
Brigadier General, Confederate States Army.
Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.
April 22/23rd. Corrected navigation links, and added Ellis Island info.
March 2001. This web site moved to new server, additional features added. Chat Rooms for both voice and text.
14 Feb 2001
Updated contact e mail for member 22, Added reunion details and booking form and text brochure.
26 Jan 2001
After several messages on the subject of Parkinson/ Perkinson left on our message I have included a short section from the book "Good morning Mr Featherstone? by Eula Thomas Perkinson "700 years of Perkinson Family History"
12th Dec 2000
First meeting of Reunion planning group, a family gathering is planned for the year 2002, keep coming back for updates.
10 Oct 2000 Added GOONS page and links.
9th Sep. Added Parish Church Navigation and three pictures of parish churches.
8 Sept. New Gedcoms added for member 192 and 200.
6 Sep. Send the web master an instant message go to the meeting room.
5th Sep. 3 links added to UK marriage index of actual marriage details.
2 September New meeting room added, and Firetalk added to site, we now have the capability to hold meetings, give guided tours, and training on the site.
31 Aug 2000. You can now pay on line to join our Society, a link to Genfair gives you a new page on the GENFair site, go to the main hall and click on One Name Societies, then click on the Featherstone link. You can pay in all major currencies.
29 Aug 2000 This site totally redesigned, to make for easier navigation, and allow for addition of more research material- more web space purchased to allow for this growth. We now have 35MB of space and we are using 80% of it at the moment.
18 August 2000. Summer edition of our Newsletter posted out. First steps made in the planning of a Featherstone reunion for 2002.
29 April 2000 Newsletter posted out to members.