Without the help and assistance of those family researchers before me, I wouldn't have had any information or data to start with. I am eternally grateful to many people but in particular my lovely cousin Cathreen, our Gear & Kidd family history matriach.

Many people have generously shared with me their 'twigs', anecdotes and copies of their photos and certificates. Even a simple little newspaper snippet can make a big difference, bringing an ancestor to life. Thank you Darcy for keeping in touch.

Through genealogy message boards and because of this site, I've found many new cousins. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the following people, whose contributions have helped me in discovering new names, branches and twigs (I'm bound to have forgotten someone so please accept my apologies for any inadvertent omissions):

J Adams (NZ), L Adams (NZ), A Arrowsmith (GER), N Arrowsmith, S Avery, F Batson (ENG), B Billington (NZ),

P Carson (SCO), B Chown (ENG), K Cowley (NZ), J Edwards (NZ), C Fischer (CAN), T Frost (NZ),

S J Golden (ENG), J Griffin (NZ), M Griffiths (ENG), S Hague (USA), F Holt (ENG), C Hoolihan (ENG),

J Jensen (USA), P Johnston (ENG), N Jones-Bowker (NZ), H Kilpatrick (USA), W King (NZ), J & B Kirkham (ENG),

M Lawler (CAN), P Lamont (USA), Lintern family (NZ), T Mackaway (USA), K MacLea (USA), S Mcleod (NZ),

G Martin (CAN), M Mason (ENG), R & F Moore (NZ), P Mudgway (NZ), B Newland (NZ), C Nutten (ENG),

W Peen (ENG), C Perry (NZ), R Purvis (NZ), G Sims (NZ), R Vogel (NZ), C Wilkinson (ENG)

Thanks also to those wonderful people that generously gave permission for the following to be used on this site:

M Sutherland-Fisher for his article about the Roman influence on Scotland

Free World Maps (world map) -- Maps on this site no longer appear to be free

Backpack New Zealand (New Zealand maps) -- Site no longer valid

Pictures of England (Britain & England maps)

Multimedia Palace (great flags)