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The main reason for this collection was to record as many people as possible and providing them with as many links as possible.  Only later on were biographical notes added and portraits, again, much later. If it is difficult to collect genealogical data, in most cases biographical information is even harder to find.

Being restricted to secondary sources, the aim has been to use the most reliable ones, as well as sources covering people from as many countries as possible.  Living in Australia makes it almost impossible to rely on public libraries but, for me, this was an advantage as it forced me to build up my own library.

The intention is to display people in disregard for their station in life and as a result recorded are Roman Emperors as well as Australian Aborigines and anyone in between. However, Royal and Aristocratic families can be traced easier as well as much further back in time than most ordinary families.

The question arises, "What is an ordinary family?" All people are related to each other and, according to Dr. E. M. Best of McGill University, Montreal, who stated about 1929 "Every one of us is descended from William the Conqueror, and Anglo-Saxons are, all of us, at least thirtieth cousins to each other." Extending this to Charlemagne, probably all today's Caucasians and many others are his descendants. It is easy to make such a theoretical statement; the hard part is to provide the information to establish these links. For most these records do not exist but this collection may be able to provide assistance to many others.

The wide range of people displayed makes it as good as impossible to be consistent. Inconsistencies appear in regards to titles because, when starting this collection, most were in the English language. After considerable time it seemed preferable to have as many titles as possible recorded in the language of their country of origin. However, because of the size of this collection, many titles have yet to be amended.

To find people in this collection can be as simple as just entering their first and last names in the search boxes.  However, as the Last Name includes all relevant name prefixes like d', de, van, von, etc, these prefixes should be included when searching from start of name. The search facilities are extremely powerful, and may require a bit of creative experimentation by the user to get the best results.

In cases involving royalty it may not be as straightforward. In principle royal personages are regarded as not to have a surname, because they are referred to by the name of the country they rule over. Also their first names may not always coincide with the name they are known by. As an example, Queen Elizabeth II her names are Elizabeth Alexandra Mary and the numeral only appears in the "Known As" entry. To find these kinds of people further options in the search entry may have to be used.

This site uses a web server database to provide specific information on user request. The details displayed through this facility generally follow normal genealogical conventions in terms of presentation and content with the following items providing special features:

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