Latest updates

10 Dec 2009 - website went live12 Dec 2009 - London Appleby/bee parish records updated17 Dec 2009 - Family tree of Joseph Appleby, tinplate worker of Bethnal Green added19 Dec 2009 - Family tree of Samuel Appleby, wheelwright of St Pancras added22 Dec 2009 - Family tree of Joseph Applebee, born Warwickshire, emigrated to Australia, added. Also family tree of William Appleby, born in Somerset, whose family emigrated to Tasmania23 Dec 2009 - updated information added to family tree of Joseph Appleby, tinplate worker of Bethnal Green, plus addition of yDNA results table and migration maps showing the different routes taken by our tester's ancestors out of Africa31 Dec 2009 - family tree added for Matthew Appelbee, sawyer of Berkshire and London6 Jan 2010 - family trees added for Richard Appleby, carpenter of St Pancras and Henry Appleby, engraver of Islington14 Jan 2010 - family tree added for John James Appleby, cutler of Clerkenwell and Islington, and spreadsheets added showing census entries for London families who appear in the London family trees. The Census spreadsheets and the Birth and Marriage spreadsheets have now been colour coded to identify individuals assigned to Family Trees.16 Jan 2010 - Details of five Appleby family lines from Northern counties of England added to the site - with many thanks to Colin (further details of the families can be found on Colin's own website).  Also a descendancy chart was added for the family of William Appleby who emigrated from Ireland in about 1770 to Pennsylvania (with grateful thanks to Bob)18 Jan 2010 - Name indexes added to most of the Family Tree pages, also a Master Name index included.27 Jan 2010 - family tree added for Thomas Appleby of Whitby and Chile added, also Name index completed for all trees to date25 Feb 2010 - family tree added for John Appleby, trimming maker of Bethnal Green8 Mar 2010 - London census entries updated to include families from latest family trees10 Mar 2010 - corrections made to family tree of Thomas Appleby of Whitby and Chile, also London Baptisms and Marriages spreadsheets updated23 Mar 2010 - after receiving contributions from no less than FIVE descendants of John Appleby, trimming maker, I have now incorporated all the additional information and added a greatly enlarged set of trees for this major line. We now know that the line originated not in London but in Coventry, and also has connections with Cambridgeshire - furthermore, one branch emigrated to Wisconsin in around 1850. You can also read more details of one branch of this line, including Walter Appleby who owned the Tassel Factory.31 Mar 2010 - family tree added for the Applebys of Morpeth in Northumberland, ENG and East Peoria, Illinois, USA uploaded3 Apr 2010 - photos added to various pages, and London Appleby families in censuses and also baptism and marriage spreadsheets updated7 Apr 2010 - two new lines added - Thomas of Leeds and William of Framwellgate, plus world maps added showing where the most distant known ancestor in each of the trees originated29 Apr 2010 - six new lines added - all from the Northern counties of England: Barnabas Appleby of South Shields, George and Margaret Appleby of Sunderland, John Appleby of Corbridge, Northumberland, John Appleby of Kelloe, Co Durham, William and Ellen Apleby of Bishopwearmouth and William and Margarite Apleby of Bishopwearmouth30 May 2010 - additional information about Thomas Appleby of Whitby and Chile; also the first two Essex Appleby families are now available - more to follow!31 May 2010 - the Applebys of Morpeth line has now been greatly expanded to include a large contingent of Northumberland Applebys who all originate in Acklington6 Jun 2010 - further additions made to Acklington Appleby charts and Name Index added8 Jun 2010 - Additional descendants added to the line of Thomas of Whitby - who it now appears spent most of his time in Argentina rather than Chile! Thank you to Jose for all this information.10 Jun 2010 - reworked charts added for several Northern families14 Jun 2010 - new information added to the family tree of James Appleby of Hurworth on Tees13 Jul 2010 - yDNA results chart updated with our latest set of results from a descendant of an Essex line of Applebys16 Jul 2010 - Family trees added for William and Hannah of Layer de la Haye and Nathaniel Appleby of Langenhoe17 Jul 2010 - corrections made to family tree of John Appleby of Kelloe and additional details added to the family tree for James Appleby of Hurworth on Tees plus more baptism and marriage records from South America for the family of Thomas Appleby of Argentina and Chile, which have been contributed by Jose and translated by Joe 19 Jul 2010 - Family tree for James Apelbi of Boxted added to the website22 Jul 2010 - Family tree for Edward and Amelia Appleby of Layer de la Haye added to the website27 Jul 2010 - Family tree for William and Ann Appleby of Great Braxted added to the website5 Aug 2010 - more information added to the family tree of Joseph Appleby and Sarah Gentry of Layer de la Haye6 Aug 2010 - Family tree for Robert Appleby of Eryholme, Yorkshire and descendants in Thornaby-on-Tees added to the website13 Aug 2010 - Family tree added for Henry Appleby of Barningham, County Durham, whose descendants migrated from the Tees Valley to Tyneside, Northumberland (Name Index to follow)28 Aug 2010 - Family tree added for Miles Appleby of Dedham, Essex, a bricklayer, most of whose family migrated across the Thames Estuary to Kent31 Aug 2010 - Family tree added for George Walton Appleby, Durham, ENG with descendants in British Columbia, Iowa and Bermuda. Also amendments made to family tree of Robert Appleby of Barnard Castle, which may be linked to George Walton Appleby's line.24 Sep 2010 - updates to the family tree for William Appleby of Kingsdon, Somerset and Tasmania; DNA results table updated with additional results15 Oct 2010 - yDNA results uploaded for a descendant of one of the Appleby lines originating in Yorkshire17 Nov 2010 - corrections and additions to the family tree for Nathaniel Appleby of Langenhoe (as a result of information discovered in Nathaniel's Will)22 Nov 2010 - Family tree added for William Barker Appleby, coachmaker from Boston, Lincolnshire - whose family moved first to London where they continued as coachmakers, and subsequently two generations emigrated to New Zealand.16 Dec 2010 - yDNA results have started to arrive from our second volunteer descended from a line of Yorkshire Applebys - remaining results should arrive in the next couple of weeks!23 Dec 2010 - DNA results updated with full results from our second Yorkshire line tester - and they match! So now we need to hunt for that common ancestor. Read the details here.12 Jan 2011 - Census and BMD details for Essex and Northern families added in Members only Resources section  also a new Wills section has been added to the Members Resources18 Jan 2011 - two more trees added - for George Appleby and Elizabeth Nice/Nurse of Ardleigh, Essex and Thomas and Frances Appleby of Embleton, Northumberland31 jan 2011 - many more Wills from Northern counties (mainly Durham but also quite a few from Northumberland and a handful from Yorkshire) added to the Master Wills Index in the Members Resource section. There are now 338 Appleby wills listed.6 Feb 2011 - I have now merged the Wills Index and the Probate Index, giving a total of over 1,500 Appleby Wills covering the period between 1323 and 1941 - see the Members Resources Section6 Feb 2011 - more baptisms, marriages and burials for Northumberland added to the Northern Counties BMD spreadsheets in the Members Resources Section11 Mar 2011 - Another set of yDNA results has arrived which deliver the remarkable information that Thomas Appleby of Embleton in Northumberland shares a common ancestor with our two descendants of William Appleby who emigrated from Northern Ireland in about 1770 to Philadelphia! 30 Mar 2011 - Many more parish records added to the Northern Counties spreadsheets in the Members Resources Section17 Apr 2011 - More exciting news on the DNA front! We have learned today that a third representative from a Yorkshire line of Applebys matches so we now know that three lines are all descended from Henry Appleby of Kirkby Malzeard - now we need to extend our paper research to discover where the connections lie.18 Apr 2011 - Tree added for William Appleby, pianoforte maker of Stepney, London22 Apr 2011 - Tree added for the Applebys of Kirkcaldy Scotland5 May 2011 - Tree added for the Applebys of Haswell, Co Durham7 May 2011 - Scottish Applebys in censuses and Scottish BMD entries added to Members' Resources section11 May 2011 - May Newsletter circulated to all Members of website16 Jul 2011 - Latest DNA results show a connection between the Applebys of Haswell in Durham, the Applebys of Embleton in Northumberland AND the descendants of William Appleby who migrated to Pennsylvania in the 1770s.23 Aug 2011 - Resource section started for Applebys from South West region of England24 Aug 2011 - New Section added for Applebys in Military Records26 Aug 2011 - August 2011 Newsletter released28 Aug 2011 - Craig added Thomas Appleby of Tynemouth28 Aug 2011 - New contact form Contact.Cr@ig02 Sep 2011 - Craig added John Appleby of Brompton02-Sep 2011 - Northern lines arranged according to DNA grouping05-Sep 2011 - Craig added Applebys of Alnwick05-Sep 2011 - Craig added Thomas Appleby of Neasham07-Sep 2011 - Craig added Robert Appleby, coalminer of County Durham08-Sep 2011 - Henry Appleby of Kirkby Malzeard charts split11 Sep 2011 - Name index added for Applebys in Military Records17 sep 2011 - Sue added George Appleby, musician of St Pancras21 sep 2011 - Updates to Applebys of Kingsdon - new branch added to descendants of Emanuel Appleby and Love Ludwell22 sep 2011 - New tree added for Luke Appleby and Ann Norris of Kingsdon, Somerset26 sep 2011 - New trees added for Sansom Appleby of Mudford, Somerset and Amos Appleby of Babcary, Somerset26 sep 2011 - Census and BMD data for Applebys in the county of Somerset added to the Members Resource section30 nov 2011 - new tree added for Alexander Appelbe of Cork, Ireland30 nov 2011 - Irish Census and other data added to the Members Resource section6 dec 2011 - DNA results updated13 dec 2011 - Hearth Tax records added and many more records added to the East Anglia BMDs in the Members Resource Section29 jan 2012 - New family tree added for John and Tamar Appleby of Staffordshire

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