Recent Additions to The Shakespeare Family History Site

The Shakespeare Family History Site

What's New

Recent additions to the site:

1 Jan 2004	Moved 'Whats New' entries for 2003 to a separate page
1 Jan 2004	The descendants of Joseph Shakespeare, of Birmingham, born 1806/7, London
1 Jan 2004	Thomas James Shakespeare, born 1834, Birmingham, and his descendants in Australia
1 Jan 2004	John Lindsay Shakespeare, 1817 - 1847, of Ohio, and Michigan
1 Jan 2004	The descendants of Walter Shakespeare, born 1854 in Kingswinford
1 Jan 2004	Added notes to the 'Unusual Names' section regarding the unlikely Jewish origins of the names Mordecai and Manasseh
1 Jan 2004	The descendants of Abraham Shakespeare, of Shrewley, Hatton, Warwickshire
1 Jan 2004	Added the descendants of Ferdinando Shakespeare, of Dudley
1 Jan 2004	Added the descendants of Edward Shakespeare & Mary Emerton, of Dudley
3 Jan 2004	Added confirmation that Ferdinando Shakespeare, the convict transported to Australia *was* born in 1814 in Dudley
3 Jan 2004	Added some 'Historical Notes' to the page concerning Ferdinando Shakespeare, the convict, including a section on the 'Black Country Nail Trade'
4 Jan 2004	Added the descendants of Benjamin Shakespeare & Elizabeth Brettle, of Woodside
4 Jan 2004	Further details added to Keresley section, including more details on Charles Shakespeare of Bulkington, and his descendants in Rotherham and Wales
16 Jan 2004	Added details for George Shakespeare 1811-1843, of Coventry. Probably a descendant of Charles Shakespeare of Bulkington
16 Jan 2004	Added details for William Shakespeare & Jane Stafford, of Walsgrave-on-Sowe
17 Jan 2004	The Descendants of John & Martha Shakespeare, of Wootton Wawen
17 Jan 2004	New Section: The Shakespeares of Derbyshire, including the descendants of Joseph Shakespeare & Hannah Kinston
17 Jan 2004	Added details for Edward Shakespeare 1804-65, of Birmingham
17 Jan 2004	Coventry Apprentices: Transcript of Coventry Apprentice Enrolment Register 1781-1801, 1812-1821, 1832-1841
17 Jan 2004	The Descendants of John Shakespeare, of Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
17 Jan 2004	Major re-organisation of 'Pedigrees' (Family Trees) Section
18 Jan 2004	Added further descendants of Edward Shakespeare 1786-1856, of Bean Hall Row, Feckenham, including George Shakespeare (see 1881 census)
18 Jan 2004	New Section: The Shakespeares of Yorkshire, including the descendants of William Shakespeare, of Sandal Magna, and John Shakespeare, of Helmsley
18 Jan 2004	Map of John Shakespeares Farm at Preston Bagot, dated 1767
18 Jan 2004	Valuation of John Shakespeares Farm at Preston Bagot, 1767
18 Jan 2004	Will of John Shakespeare (1730-1768), of Preston Bagot
18 Jan 2004	The Administration of William Shakespear 1696 - 1767, of Preston Bagot, including: Cover of Admon, Administration Part 1 [Low Resolution] [Higher Resolution] [Transcript], Administration Part 2 [Low Resolution] [Higher Resolution] [Transcript]
18 Jan 2004	Map of Rowington c1550-1650
19 Jan 2004	1861 Census of Dudley, Brierley Hill & Kingswinford
19 Jan 2004	Further details for Edward Shakespeare 1804-65, of Birmingham, showing descendants
20 Jan 2004	Revised analysis of the possible origins of Edward Shakespeare, ancestor of the 'Black Country Shakespeares'
21 Jan 2004	Further revision to analysis of the possible origins of Edward Shakespeare, ancestor of the 'Black Country Shakespeares'
21 Jan 2004	Further children added for Mathew Shakespeare, progenitor of the 'Stepney Shakespeares'
22 Jan 2004	Added notes to 'Robert Shakespeare, Weaver, of Bishops Tachbrook', and added page for Roger Shakespeare, of Bishops Tachbrook
22 Jan 2004	Added further descendants of Humphrey Shakespeare of Feckenham, Worcestershire, and Ipsley, Warwickshire
22 Jan 2004	Further revision to summary of analysis of the possible origins of Edward Shakespeare, ancestor of the 'Black Country Shakespeares'
23 Jan 2004	Added some documents from Rowington Manorial Court
23 Jan 2004	Extract from Shakespeare's Dark Secrets - Revealed by Arthur Marlowe. Includes references to a number of documents, and interesting research relating to Ann Whateley
26 Jan 2004	Further information and descendants added to the Lapworth section, including Humphrey Shakespeare (including details on Elizabeth Shakespeare, Spinster (died 1665), and John Shakespeare, Yeoman
26 Jan 2004	Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations (1694 - 1850)
26 Jan 2004	Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations (1701-1850)
26 Jan 2004	Bank of England Will Extracts
26 Jan 2004	Boyd's Marriage Index (1538-1840)
26 Jan 2004	London City Apprenticeships Abstracts (1442-1850)
26 Jan 2004	Added: Paintings by Percy Shakespeare, of Dudley 1908-1944
26 Jan 2004	The Will of John Shakespeare, Yeoman, of Lapworth
28 Jan 2004	A look at several contemporary Benjamin Shakespeares in the Dudley area - Identifying Benjamin Shakespeare
28 Jan 2004	Benjamin Shakespeare & Sarah Wassell, of Brierley Hill
28 Jan 2004	Revised Lapworth section, including Humphrey Shakespeare and John Shakespeare, Yeoman
28 Jan 2004	Revised summary of analysis of the possible origins of Edward Shakespeare, ancestor of the 'Black Country Shakespeares'
4 Feb 2004	Added useful research resource - Download UK Telephone Dialling (STD) Codes, as a CSV file (will open in Microsoft Excel)
4 Feb 2004	Will of Thomas Shakespeare, Fuller of Lapworth, Warwickshire
4 Feb 2004	Further descendants added to 'Stepney Shakespeares'
4 Feb 2004	Will of John Shakespeare, Yeoman of Knowle, Warwickshire
4 Feb 2004	Added 'Download Section'
6 Feb 2004	Added Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes to 'Download Section', also a list of Shakespeare Soldiers
6 Feb 2004	Shakespeare entries from the London Gazette
8 Feb 2004	Added large number of Trades Directories
8 Feb 2004	Some Yorkshire Shakespeare criminals
8 Feb 2004	From the 'Birmingham Chronicle' 7 Feb 1880, marriage - Thomas Walter Shinstone & Annie Shakespeare
8 Feb 2004	New section: Index to Australian Immigration
8 Feb 2004	Further details on the Convict Robert Shakespeare
8 Feb 2004	Further details on the Convict John Shakespeare
8 Feb 2004	Further details on the Convict Benjamin Shakespeare
8 Feb 2004	Further details from Burkes Peerage
8 Feb 2004	Shakespeare on board the US Battleship Rhode Island, 1907
8 Feb 2004	Monumental Inscriptions: Old Bewick Holy Trinity, Northumberland
8 Feb 2004	Opening by Lt Col Shakespear of the Heworth Colliery War Memorial
8 Feb 2004	Monumental Inscription: Rev S H Shakespeare, Christchurch, Mountsorrel
8 Feb 2004	The Indian Mutiny Medal Roll
8 Feb 2004	Notes added to Thomas Shakespeare, of Warwick
8 Feb 2004	Monumental Inscription: St John's, Marchington, Staffordshire
8 Feb 2004	The American Immigrant Wall of Honour, at Ellis Island
8 Feb 2004	A 'Shakespeare' Football Team
8 Feb 2004	New Section: Shakespeare 'People', includes Karen Shakespeare, Mark Shakespeare, Dwight Shakespear
8 Feb 2004	'Officers Died': includes India and Boer War
8 Feb 2004	Further information added to the 'Stepney Shakespeares'
8 Feb 2004	The Poet Ezra Pound and his Shakespeare Connections, including his wife Dorothy Shakespear and her mother Olivia
8 Feb 2004	Captain William Henry Shakespear, by H V F Winstone
10 Feb 2004	Amazing FREE software ©1999 - 2003 Michael Horey. Creates fully searchable 'Family Trees' which can be used on a website, or save to CD-Rom and distribute this to your relatives who may not have the necessary genealogy software. EXPECT some major revision to the 'Family Trees' on the site, using this software, SOON. Available from the 'Download Section'
10 Feb 2004	Added 'Dynamic Family Tree' of the 'Stepney Shakespeares' as an example of how the above software works
11 Feb 2004	What's the meaning of it all? - Various dictionaries' definitions/ origins of the name
11 Feb 2004	City of Birmingham War Memorial, Hall of Memory, 1914 - 1918 War
11 Feb 2004	Extracts from The Nimrod Marriage Index, Wiltshire
11 Feb 2004	Enid Miles, wife of John Campbell Shakespear Miles, a descendant of the 'Stepney Shakespeares'
11 Feb 2004	Notes added to Captain William Henry Shakespear, detailing his descent from the 'Stepney Shakespeares'
12 Feb 2004	Identified probable marriage of George Shakespeare (d 1658) of Little Packington
17 Feb 2004	The National Roll of the Great War 1914 -1918, Section VI - Birmingham
17 Feb 2004	The Medical Directory 1986
17 Feb 2004	Extract From: The Baptismal Register of St Pauls Anglican Church, London, Canada West (Now St Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario)
18 Feb 2004	William Shakespeare, Woollen Weaver, sentenced at Warwick Assizes, 27 March 1838
18 Feb 2004	Shrewsbury Burgess Roll
18 Feb 2004	Monumental Inscriptions: Coventry - London Road Cemetery
18 Feb 2004	Samuel Shakespeare & Elizabeth Lock of Portsea, Hampshire, and Their Descendants in Liverpool
18 Feb 2004	G.R.O. Regimental Register 1761 -1924, Births & Baptisms
18 Feb 2004	New Section: G.R.O. Indexes - Births, Marriages & Deaths
18 Feb 2004	Added to Bibliography
18 Feb 2004	Northamptonshire Miscellany-Shakespeare Names collected during searches in Northants. [Originally Published in 'The Shakespeare Family News' Vol 1 No 4-Autumn 1987]
18 Feb 2004	Extract From: Who Was Who 1961 - 1970 - Brig. Arthur Talbot Shakespeare DSO, MC.
18 Feb 2004	The Oxford Dictionary of The Christian Church: John Howard Shakespeare
18 Feb 2004	Staffordshire Marriage Index (1987)
18 Feb 2004	The Psychology of Handicap, Rosemary Shakespeare, 1975
18 Feb 2004	The 'Extended Family' of the Poet, William Shakespeare
20 Feb 2004	The Portraits of Shakespeare
20 Feb 2004	The 'Sanders Portrait' of William Shakespeare
23 Feb 2004	Will of John Shakespeare,'De La Hill', Rowington, Died 1653
23 Feb 2004	Will of Mary Shakespeare, of St Clement Danes, Middlesex died 1654
23 Feb 2004	Further details and descendants added for Roger Shakespeare, of Bishops Tachbrook
24 Feb 2004	Will of Nicholas Shakespeare of Budbrook, died 1655
24 Feb 2004	The Descendants of Joseph Shakespeare, of Woodside, Dudley
25 Feb 2004	Major revision to the above page: The Descendants of Joseph Shakespeare, of Woodside, Dudley
3 March 2004	Will of William Shakespeare, of Birmingham, died 1830
28 March 2004	Added section detailing the 'Shakespeare Family Reunion' held yesterday, including a Photo Gallery - still to be completed
13 April 2004	Jason Shakespeare's Family Bible
13 April 2004	Began 'Newsletter' Section
13 April 2004	Began archive of the 'Shakespeare Family History News', originally produced by Roy W Shakespeare
13 April 2004	Added 'Help' page
13 April 2004	Added Vol 2 No 2 of the 'Shakespeare Family History News'
13 April 2004	Updated 'Researchers' Page
14 April 2004	Added Vol 1 No 1, and Vol 2 No 1 of the 'Shakespeare Family History News'
15 April 2004	Added Vol 1 No 2, Vol 1 No 3, and Vol 1 No 4 of the 'Shakespeare Family History News'
15 April 2004	Shannon Shakespeare, Olympic Swimmer
16 April 2004	Added more Trade Directories, including Pigot Notts 1835, Pigot Wotton-Under-Edge 1830, and Pigot Wilts 1830
16 April 2004	British Home Children
16 April 2004	History of Ratcliff, home of the 'Stepney Shakespeares'
16 April 2004	'A Brief Biography of Captain William Henry Shakespear'
16 April 2004	Captain William Henry Shakespear's Memorial
16 April 2004	History of Shadwell, home of the 'Stepney Shakespeares'
16 April 2004	The Shakespeare Sewing Machine
17 April 2004	The Battle of Waterloo (Captain Arthur Shakespeare)
17 April 2004	The Royal Humane Society - Bronze Medal: Lt. L W Shakespear
17 April 2004	Miscellaneous Notes on The Shakespeares of Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire
17 April 2004	Added some Parish Register entries for Gloucestershire, including Hawkesbury Burials 1786-1884
17 April 2004	Notes on some South American Shakespeares
17 April 2004	Added link to Thomas Shakespeare's Diary to sitemap
17 April 2004	J D Shakespear's Letters to 'The Times' - experiences as an Officer during the Crimean War
17 April 2004	Miscellaneous Coventry Archives (Borough Archive Documents)
17 April 2004	Transportation of Warwickshire Convicts
17 April 2004	Some Coventry Criminals
17 April 2004	Indian Shakespeare Records
17 April 2004	Index to Yorkshire Births, Marriages & Deaths
17 April 2004	Wilma Shakespear
17 April 2004	The Shakespeares of Tingewick, Bucks., and formerly of Northampton
17 April 2004	Added alphabetical list of Warwickshire Parishes
17 April 2004	New Section: Telephone Directories, includes ALL of U.S.A.
18 April 2004	Added Telephone Directory for ALL of Canada
18 April 2004	Added Telephone Directory for ALL of Australia
18 April 2004	James D. Shakespeare: Artist in Watercolours
18 April 2004	Francis Shakespear, of Plumbers Row, Spitalfields, Witnesses a Will
19 April 2004	Arthur Shakespear's Journal - an account of the Battle of Waterloo
19 April 2004	Captain Harry Shakespear Phillips, C.B., Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
21 April 2004	The Ancestry of Captain Harry Shakespear Phillips
21 April 2004	Revised: The Shakespeares of Tingewick, Bucks., and formerly of Northampton
21 April 2004	New Section: The Shakespeares of Northamptonshire
21 April 2004	'The Blackheath Connection' -section from an online book which mentions the 'Stepney Shakespeares'
3 May 2004	The Ancestry of Dorothy Shakespear, wife of Ezra Pound
3 May 2004	Updated 'Researchers' Page
3 May 2004	Added to 'Download Section': Blank 'Parish Registers' - a Microsoft Excel File used for recording and producing the Parish Register entries on the site: useful if you have Parish Register entries to submit for inclusion on the site.
8 May 2004	Revised Section: The Shakespeares of Northamptonshire, and also: The Shakespeares of Tingewick, Bucks.
9 May 2004	The Descendants of John Yates Shakespeare, of Northamptonshire
9 May 2004	Parish Registers: Whitfield, Northamptonshire, Baptisms, Marriages
9 May 2004	Further Revised Section: The Shakespeares of Northamptonshire
16 May 2004	Revised 'Family Tree' for The Shakespeares of Northamptonshire
16 May 2004	The Shakespeares of Badby, Northamptonshire
16 May 2004	A Brief History of The Shakespeare Fishing Tackle Company, USA and England
23 June 2004	Monumental Inscriptions: St Marks, Pensnett, Staffordshire
23 June 2004	Further Details on the Shakespeares of Northamptonshire, and Their Descendants
25 June 2004	Northamptonshire Marriage Index
25 June 2004	Daniel Shakespeare, born 1842
26 June 2004	San Francisco Call (Newspaper) - Vital Records for the Years 1869-1891
26 June 2004	Miscellaneous Parish Register Entries: Staffs & Worcs
26 June 2004	Burials in the Parish of Christ Church, Quinton, 1840 to 1868
26 June 2004	William Shakespeare - A thief becomes a South African Railwayman
26 June 2004	Edward Oram Shakespeare (1846 - 1900)
26 June 2004	Edward Shakespeare, of Dursley, Gloucestershire
26 June 2004	Latin in Parish Records
28 June 2004	More on Edward Oram Shakespeare (1846 - 1900)
28 June 2004	The Papers of Edward Oram Shakespeare
28 June 2004	Gloucestershire Subsidy Roll, 1327
28 June 2004	R H Shakespeare, of Port Phillip, Australia
28 June 2004	Arthur Shakespear and the London Docks
28 June 2004	Derbyshire Wills, 1525-1928
28 June 2004	More On: The Shakespeare Sewing Machine
28 June 2004	John Shakespeare, of Portsea
28 June 2004	Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal: Commander Shakespeare, HMS Dwarf
28 June 2004	J Shakespeare, Ranter
28 June 2004	War Memorial: West Kirby, Cheshire
28 June 2004	Extracts c1773-1775, from the Burial Register of St Alphege, Solihull
28 June 2004	Updated: John Shakespeare and Jane Whitehead, of Coventry
28 June 2004	Extract from 1841 Census: Netherseal, Leicestershire
28 June 2004	Trade Directories: Swadlincote, Derbyshire
28 June 2004	Parish Registers: Hythe, Kent - Baptisms 1813-1820, and 1823
28 June 2004	Updated: Christopher Shakespeare, of North Shoebury, Essex
28 June 2004	Updated: David Shakespeare and the Utah Shakespeares
29 June 2004	Ann Shakespeare, born 1793, probable descendant of the 'Black Country Shakespeares'
29 June 2004	George Shakespeare, of Grove House
29 June 2004	Drawings by George Shakespeare
29 June 2004	The Descendants of Joseph Shakespeare & Harriett Maybury (Descendants of the 'Black Country Shakespeares')
1 July 2004	Brierley Hill, Staffs., Burials 1812-1893
1 July 2004	Family Bible, detailing The Descendants of Joseph Shakespeare & Harriett Maybury
2 July 2004	Baptisms: St Augustine, Holly Hall, Dudley, Worcs., 1884-1901
2 July 2004	Updated: The Descendants of Benjamin Shakespeare & Elizabeth Brettle
2 July 2004	Updated 'Researchers' Page
6 July 2004	Added 'Hitcounter'
6 July 2004	Completely revised 'Homepage'
7 July 2004	Brierley Hill, Staffs. Added: Baptisms 1823-1864
7 July 2004	Obituary: Emma Margaret Shakespeare, of Central City, Iowa
7 July 2004	More on the 'Sanders Portrait', and a supposed portrait of Judith - the Poets daughter.
7 July 2004	Burials: Old Swinford, Worcs., 1719-1800 (No Shakespeare baptisms for this period, or marriages 1719-1753)
8 July 2004	William Shakespeare and Richard Field: interesting details of the connections between the Shakespeare and Field families of Stratford
10 July 2004	'Black Country Shakespeares' rewritten, and new section added: 'Facts & Speculations Regarding Edward Shakespeare' - a look at Edwards possible origins.
10 July 2004	New Section: John Shakespeare, of Wroxall, Died 1574
10 July 2004	Updated: Nicholas Shakespeare, of Wroxall
12 July 2004	Lettyce Shakespeare (Poet's cousin) and the Drake family of New England
12 July 2004	Updated: 'Facts & Speculations Regarding Edward Shakespeare'
12 July 2004	John Shakespeare, Gamekeeper, of Himley, 1816-1885
12 July 2004	Updated: Analysis of the Records Relating to John Shakespeare, 'Shoemaker', of Straford
15 July 2004	Brierley Hill, Staffs. Added: Baptisms 1766-1799, and 1864-1899, Burials 1766-1800, and Marriages 1837-99 (Register now complete 1766-1890's)
15 July 2004	A letter (1930) from Charles Shakespeare, of Coventry, to the Vicar of Brierley Hill, Staffs. (found in the baptism register)
15 July 2004	Miscellaneous references to Military Personnel serving in the Crimean War and the Boer War
15 July 2004	St Thomas, Dudley, Worcestershire: Baptisms 1541- 1812
15 July 2004	Added the origin (1881 Census Entry), and details of her marriage to Charles Shakespeare, for the wife in: A letter (1930) from Charles Shakespeare, of Coventry, to the Vicar of Brierley Hill, Staffs. (found in the baptism register)
15 July 2004	Some Preston Bagot Marriages
16 July 2004	A Staffordshire Calender of Prisoners
16 July 2004	Added: St Thomas, Dudley, Worcestershire: Marriages 1541 - 1754, and 1796 - 1814, Burials 1541 - 1770
16 July 2004	The original wording of the marriage entry for Edward Shakespeare & Sibilla Burrows, of Dudley
16 July 2004	A Brierley Hill Diary
17 July 2004	'Family and Descendants of Henry Shakespeare in Australia', by Malcolm Ward.
17 July 2004	Poster: S H Shakespeare & Co, Birmingham (1939)
17 July 2004	The Shakespeares, of Manchester
18 July 2004	Anthony Shakespeare, Convicted of Cursing!!
18 July 2004	George Shakespeare, born Warks, in 1851 Census of Sedgley, Staffs, and his family
18 July 2004	Updated: John Shakespeare, Gamekeeper, of Himley, 1816-1885
18 July 2004	William Shakespeare's connection with Dursley, Gloucestershire
18 July 2004	Joseph Shakespeare, of 'Crewe Farm', Kenilworth (died 1887)
18 July 2004	Shakespeare Questions (part of the Shakespeare 'Authorship' Debate)
18 July 2004	Updated: Rev S H Shakespeare, of Mountsorrel
18 July 2004	Original 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' entry for William Shakespeare
18 July 2004	The Origins of 'The Shakespeare Authorship Question'
18 July 2004	The 'Old Player' Portrait of William Shakespeare
18 July 2004	Will of William Shakespeare, Gentleman of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire (1616)
18 July 2004	Revised 'Homepage'
19 July 2004	Shakespeare and the Smith & Walker families of Stratford
19 July 2004	Weston Super Mare: Baptisms 1861-1902
19 July 2004	California Pioneers
19 July 2004	Freedmen: Former Slaves of Morgan County, Georgia - 1878
19 July 2004	Gloucestershire & Southern Warwickshire: Partial Index to Census
19 July 2004	Arthur Shakespeare, M.P.
19 July 2004	Gloucestershire Names: from the 17th & 18th Centuries
19 July 2004	Rupert Shakespeare, Mechanic with the Manor Motorsport F3 Team
19 July 2004	Richard Shakespeare, the Poets' Grandfather
19 July 2004	Martha Shakespeare, of Shadwell: The Four Shillings In The Pound Act 1693-1694
21 July 2004	Updated: The Shakespeares of Wootton Wawen (Henley In Arden)
21 July 2004	Henry Shakespeare Phillips, of the Fifty-Seventh Regiment
21 July 2004	Shustoke, Warwickshire: Almspersons
30 July 2004	The will of Eleanor Tompson, of Wroxall, dated 1637, mentions Mordecai Shakespeare, later of Aston.
30 July 2004	The Shakespeares of Wroxall
30 July 2004	'Records of Wroxall', by J W Ryland
30 July 2004	The Parish Registers of Wroxall
30 July 2004	The Will of Robert Shakespeare, of Wroxall, died 1565
30 July 2004	St Phillips, Birmingham, Marriages 1715 - 1800
30 July 2004	Rowley Regis, Staffs., Baptisms, Marriages & Burials (No Shakespeare Burials) 1539 - 1812
4 Aug 2004	E K Chambers: 'William Shakespeare- a Study of the Facts and Problems', Appendix E
4 Aug 2004	Revised: The Shakespeares of Wroxall
4 Aug 2004	Revised: The Shakespeares of Rowington
4 Aug 2004	Revised: John Shakespeare, of Wroxall, Died 1574
4 Aug 2004	Revised: Adam, 'of Oldeditche'
6 Aug 2004	E K Chambers: 'William Shakespeare- a Study of the Facts and Problems', Appendix A, Section I. Christenings, Marriages, and Burials
7 Aug 2004	E K Chambers: 'William Shakespeare- a Study of the Facts and Problems', Appendix A, Section II. The Grants of Arms
7 Aug 2004	E K Chambers: 'William Shakespeare- a Study of the Facts and Problems', Appendix A, Section III. Henley St.
7 Aug 2004	E K Chambers: 'William Shakespeare- a Study of the Facts and Problems', Appendix A, Section VI. The Clayton Suit
8 Aug 2004	E K Chambers: 'William Shakespeare- a Study of the Facts and Problems', Appendix A, Section IV. The Arden Inheritance
9 Aug 2004	E K Chambers: 'William Shakespeare- a Study of the Facts and Problems', Appendix A, Section V. Shakespeare's Marriage
9 Aug 2004	C C Stopes: 'Shakespeare's Family', (Contents), Title Page, Preface, Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four
10 Aug 2004	C C Stopes: 'Shakespeare's Family', Chapter Five
11 Aug 2004	C C Stopes: 'Shakespeare's Family', Chapter Six, Chapter Seven
16 Aug 2004	C C Stopes: 'Shakespeare's Family', Chapter Eight, Chapter Nine
16 Aug 2004	The Seal of John Shakespeare, of Rowington
16 Aug 2004	A few further details on: John Shakespeare, of Wroxall, Died 1574, also Mordecai Shakespeare, later of Aston
16 Aug 2004	Stephen Shakespeare, of Henley In Arden
16 Aug 2004	Updated 'Researchers' Page
16 Aug 2004	Combined Index to Shakespeare Wills
18 Aug 2004	C C Stopes: 'Shakespeare's Family', Chapter Ten, Chapter Eleven
27 Aug 2004	C C Stopes: 'Shakespeare's Family', Chapter Twelve
27 Aug 2004	Preston Bagot, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
28 Aug 2004	C C Stopes: 'Shakespeare's Family', Chapter Thirteen
29 Aug 2004	C C Stopes: 'Shakespeare's Family', Chapter Fourteen
31 Aug 2004	Notes and Family Records for Stephen Shakespeare
1 Sept 2004	Packwood Deed, which mentions William Shakespeare
1 Sept 2004	Minor revision to Rowington Shakespeares
1 Sept 2004	Minor revision to Knowle Shakespeares
1 Sept 2004	Minor revision to Fillongley Shakespeares, and Little Packington Shakespeares
2 Sept 2004	For the definitive argument on the 'Shakespeare Authorship Question' see David Kathman's splendid Shakespeare Authorship Website
2 Sept 2004	Packwood Deed - (1601) mentions Francis Shakespeare
2 Sept 2004	Warwickshire Deeds in the Harvard Law School Collection
4 Sept 2004	Christopher Shakespeare, of Packwood, and proof that he is the father of John Shakespeare, Yeoman, of Lapworth
4 Sept 2004	Major revision to Early Shakespeares
5 Sept 2004	Revised: Humphrey Shakespeare, of Feckenham, Ipsley & Preston Bagot
5 Sept 2004	Ipsley, Worcestershire, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials
5 Sept 2004	Studley, Warwickshire, Baptisms
5 Sept 2004	Richard Shakespeare, Bailiff of Wroxall
8 Sept 2004	Obituary: Arthur Shakespeare, Iowa
10 Sept 2004	Iowa 'Newspaper Clippings'
17 Oct 2004	'Shakespeare's Haunts near Stratford' - E I Fripp
17 Oct 2004	Summary of the Will of Thomas Shakespeare, Shoemaker, of Warwick, 1557
17 Oct 2004	Summary of the Will of Richard Shakespeare, of Rowington, 1560
17 Oct 2004	Summary of the Will of John Shakespeare, of Rowington, 1574
18 Oct 2004	Commenced adding 'Records of Rowington' by J W Ryland. Includes: 'Shakespeareana' and A List of Early Rowington Wills at Worcester
18 Oct 2004	The Wodham Family of Wroxall
18 Oct 2004	Revised: John Shakespeare, Labourer, of Wroxall
18 Oct 2004	Revised: The Shakespeares of Wroxall
8 Dec 2004	Lapworth, Warwickshire, Parish Registers 1590-1680
8 Dec 2004	Malcolm Ward's Visit to the UK
9 Dec 2004	'Wherefore Art Thou Grandfather?' - an analysis of why the Poet's grandfather may not be the traditionally accepted Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield
9 Dec 2004	Revised: The Poet's Grandfather
15 Dec 2004	House Purchase by Joseph Shakespeare (1782-1855), of Netherton Hill, Dudley, Worcs.
17 Dec 2004	New Section: 'Shakespeare Graves'
17 Dec 2004	Revised: John Shakespeare, Labourer, of Wroxall
21 Dec 2004	Major Revision: Nicholas Shakespeare of Wroxall
24 Dec 2004	Revised: Adam, 'of Oldeditche' (The Descendants of Adam Shakespeare, of Baddesley Clinton)

Additions to the site during 2003 can be seen here.