FONTI  ET  FIDELI  NIHIL  DIFFICILE -
  For the brave and faithful,nothing is difficult.

Pour le courageux et fidele, rien n'est difficile.

I first started research into the family tree in November 2006,with information  gained from relations and family bibles. One piece of information was a press cutting  from the local evening newspaper the 'Evening Sentinel' c 1959 ( North Staffordshire  and Stoke-On-Trent) asking for members of the Deane Family of Norton to contact Graham  Cope-Cartledge ( a North Staffordshire genealogist who had been commisioned to trace  the Family Tree by my Great Uncle Geoffrey Arthur Deane) with a list of names that the  family were related to. Apparently no one in the family purchased a copy of the 'Deane  Tree'                                                                                 My initial research was through the genes reunited site; where I was united with long  lost relations on the Deane side of the family -John Repton Deane B.E.M. and his  brother Peter Deane who surprisingly only lived about 4 miles away. John and Peter  directed me to view their copies of the Repton tree, which also contained part of the  Deane tree; compiled for the family in 1965 by Cope-Cartledge.In 2006 I have also been  in contact with Mike Adams who via his family tree site advised me to obtain a copy of  the book 'The Adams Family of North Staffordshire' by Percy Adams giving a history of  the Adams Family.                                                                      In 2007 I contacted Ann Bowers,nee Deane the daughter of Geoffrey Arthur Deane who  surprisingly only lives half a mile away in Biddulph.

Late 2009 via the genes site had a contact from Stephen and Bridie Alexander. Bridie  being a descendent of Frank Allen who married Betsy Gertrude Berry.

Jan 2010 another contact via genes site from Clive Babb who married Sally Cooper, the  daughter of Frank Cooper and Christine Holdcroft. Christine was the daughter of  Leonard Holdroft and Annie Elizabeth Berry.

This tree contains nearly all of the Adams Family Tree of North Staffordshire and the  complete Repton Family Tree (including Humphry Repton the Landscape gardener)

A great deal of work has yet to be done
 and as and when time permits and records are confirmed then this site will  develop.

I am also grateful to my French friends Serge and Jeanette Rouet who researched the De la Mare connections

Pour mes amis francais, je suis en cours de traduire des sections du texte. Veuillez  excuser mon francais?

If you are a visitor to this site and spot any mistakes, please don't hesitate to  contact me, and please sign the visitors book.

Si vous etes un visiteur a cet emplacement et trouvez n'importe quelle erreurs, svp  contactez moi. veuillez egalement signent le livre des visiteurs?