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The website is regularly updated with newly discovered information and also with corrections and amendments contributed by members of our Adamthwaite mailing list.

The updates for the past 12 months are shown below29 jan 2012 - yDNA results updated with results for our VIOLET line descendant7 dec 2011 - Links to useful websites added - I will update this page regularly and would welcome your suggestions about more websites to be included5 dec 2011 - birth, marriage and death spreadsheets for England and Wales updated3 dec 2011 - History of the Adamthwaites section reorganised and a new section added about early occupants of Adamthwaite farm3 dec 2011 - Historical Directory entries updated30 nov 2011 - Wills added for John Adamthwaite, schoolmaster of Bowes and Frances Adamthwaite, widow of Cripplegate, London16 jul 2011 - Will added for Edward Adamthwaite of Uckerby, Yorks, weaver - proved in 16024 jul 2011 - NEW article in Miscellany section about John Smith (a genealogist's nightmare?) which includes the recollections of a past pupil who actually attended the Academy in Cotherstone which was run by Rev Joseph Adamthwaite, later taken over by Mr Smith24 jun 2011 - updates to BMD data with newly available online parish records for West Yorkshire. Also new map added to Migration section showing who emigrated where and when21 apr 2011 - more photos from Paula taken around Ravenstonedale20 mar 2011 - Tragedy, bigamy and Intrigue - more information about Mark Adamthwaite has been added18 mar 2011 - photos taken by Paula on her walk around Adamthwaite Farm and the surrounding fells20 Jan 2011 - Birth, Marriage and Death spreadsheets for England and Wales updated. The increasing availability of parish records online has resulted in a number of entries being expanded with new information.12 December 2010 - Will of Rev John Adamthwaite of Winton added