I set up this site to trace and document my ancestors.

I have so far traced my family line back to 742 AD. As you can see from this site, I have documentation clearly showing my ancestry back to Charlemagne.

Latest research

The last few people I researched are:

• Generosa Watts August 23, 2026 - Keeping things in the family must have been important for Generosa; she was the daughter of the consul of England and married another consul. She… Continue Reading
• Emanuele Imbrogl August 23, 2026 - Emanuele's surname morphed from Imbrogl to Imbroll, possibly because of phoenetic spelling. He is one of my maternal 4 x great-grandparents. Continue Reading
• Aloisia Young August 2, 2026 - Aloisia, or Aloisea, daughter of an Englishman, married another Englishman suggesting that society in Malta may have been more close-knit than you would expect. She… Continue Reading
• Guglielma Dodsworth July 17, 2026 - Twice-married, Guglielma lived in Valletta during the reign of the Knights, the French occupation, and the beginning of the British Empire's influence over the islands.… Continue Reading
• Giovanni Borg June 26, 2026 - Giovanni Borg is a common Maltese name which makes researching this ancestor hard. In electoral registers, there are 20-odd such names listed and there's no… Continue Reading

The family tree

You can navigate the tree to some extent. In each page, there are links to that person’s children and/or parents. Take a look by starting with our earliest known ancestor Charlemagne.

Future plans

What you will see here is a direct line from the present day to antiquity. In 2018 I researched the patriarchal line figuring this would be the best way to perform a depth-first search. I have since started to flesh out my female ancestors, where possible, and their ancestry too.

I also plan to research key historical events that involve my family, places they lived in and buildings they owned. In some cases, historical buildings still exist and it should be possible to visit them.

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If you’re enjoying this website and want to support my research, the easiest way would be to donate something.

There are plenty of history books I want to read to supplement the information here, and plenty of national archives and records to trawl through. If you have some information of your own and would like to share that, you can do that too.

Your help is greatly appreciated.