This site will be in continuous development over the period 2002 - 2010! A short account of how the site has developed, and what is ahead, is given in the section Development of the Site.
This edition is the fourth. Whereas the initial edition was limited to the Bostwick family trees, this edition now includes 14 Bostock family trees, including the one dating right back to the village of Botestock, as recorded in the Domesday Book, 1087. Among the other Bostock trees is the Bostocks of Duffield where Edward and Roland may be found.
The objective is to provide a complete genealogy of the Bostock and Bostwick surnames, and to this end, the site consists of four main types of record: individual records, family trees, indexes to individuals, and narrative. To gain access to individual records you need to start by selecting either a family tree, or one of the Bostock or Bostwick indexes. These are the main points of entry, but see below for other sections.
When the site is complete it will contain details of about 80 family trees, ranging in size from 30 individuals (an arbitrary cut-off) to over 5000 individuals. The number of individuals recorded will be approximately 15,000, and the time span ranges from Osmer, Lord of Bostock in 1066, to the present day. As more material is added, it is hoped that visitors to the site will verify any information that they have access to, and will provide me with feedback on any corrections or new data that should be added. Further details on using the site may be found in How to Use This Site.
Here is direct access to the main sections within the site:
A note concerning the recording of birth dates. By changes made in December 2007, I have removed all actual birth dates of (potentially) living people. This is due to the increasing number of incidents of identity theft, and the general advice not to make your birth date too easily accessible to a would be identity thief. Birth dates are now only shown where the individual is deceased, or they would be > 100 years old.