Sharing information about the surname CLOSE and its variants, including CLOSS, CLOWES, CLUSE, CLUES and CLOWSER. Left: Half Moon Inn, Reeth, Yorkshire - home of James CLOSE (1839-1924)
Website: http://www.one-name.org/profiles/close.html
Location: GOONS
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Latest Activity: Mar 12, 2012
Have a look at http://www.one-name.org/archives/close.html - England & Wales 1841-1911 census transcripts, 1837-1950 birth, marriage & death index transcripts. Still far from complete, so please let us know if you can add to it, or if you'd be willing to take on the task of preparing further data for uploading - maybe for one county and/or one surname.
The GOONS archive system can also store details of England & Wales adoptions and civil probate, and Scotland BMDs. Any offers of help would be gratefully received, so that other researchers can benefit from the archive.
LATEST NEWS: To supplement my Guild of One-Name Studies archive pages I now have a personal website at www.close-family.co.uk where I plan to publish stories of individuals of interest and some results of data analysis. Let me know if you think one of your ancestors deserves a mention.
I'm really pleased with the Swaledale Wood-Cuts calendar I had from CloseAncestry.com - thanks, Andy, it was a great idea! It's good to see where my CLOSE ancestors came from, and a nice reminder of…Continue
Started by Margaret Southgate. Last reply by Margaret Southgate Apr 23, 2010.
Researching my granmother Maud Close born Ripon Yorks 1885 died Ripon 1946 .I think she was one of 9 born to John Close and Mary Ann ( nee Tinsley) I lived in Ripon until I married Ibut never met any…Continue
Started by Elizabeth Potter Jan 5, 2010.
If you have any photos of CLOSE ancestors, or of places where they lived, it would be great to see them here.
Started by Margaret Southgate. Last reply by Margaret Southgate Dec 19, 2009.
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Comment by Margaret Southgate on November 20, 2009 at 10:10am
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