I STARTED TO BUILD THIS THIS TREE ABOUT 2004 AND HAVE MANAGED TO FLESH UP MANY OLD  BONES,I OWE ALOT OF THESE FINDINGS TO SO MANY KIND PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED SO  MUCH.ALSO TO THE EXCELLENT GENEOLOGY SITES AVAILABLE.
 I HAVE MET PEOPLE THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE MET BEFORE STARTING THE TREE, AND  EVERYONE THAT I HAVE MET HAVE ADDED THEIR OWN LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. I  MUST THANK THEM ALL FOR THEIR HELP AND FRIENDSHIP WHILST DOING THIS. I BELIEVE THAT EVERY FAMILY IS A STORY IN ITSELF.IN FACT I FIRST STARTED TO THINK  ABOUT THE TALES I REMEMBER LISTENING TO WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,I LOVED RELATIVES  VISITING AND THEIR REMINISCINGS ABOUT FAMILY LONG GONE.
 OVER THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SAD EVENTS ,NONE MORE SO THAN OUR ANCESTORS WHO  GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WARS, I HOPE THAT I HAVE DONE THEM JUSTICE IN MY RECORDS.MY  COUSIN ROB MARCHMENT SUPPLIED ME WITH SOME MARVELLOUS RECORDINGS OF HIS UNCLE ROBERT  WHO WAS KILLED TOWARDS THE END OF WW1.
 THE FAMILIES ARE DIVERSE IN EVERY WAY FROM WHERE THEY HAVE LIVED TO JOBS THEY HAVE  DONE ,EVEN TO CHANGING THE SPELLING OF A  SURNAME.

NEVERTHELESS THIS IS AN ONGOING TASK THAT WILL NEVER BE FINISHED.. AFTER BROWSING THROUGH THE SITE,COULD YOU PLEASE SIGN THE GUEST BOOK SO THAT I  CAN SEE WHO HAS VISITED,AND WOULD WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS.

I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN ME INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS, ALSO  THEIR TIME AND PATIENCE THAT I WOULD NEED A PAGE TO LIST THEM ALL,BUT MY  THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE.

LAST OF ALL, COULD I PLEASE ASK EVERYBODIES FORGIVENESS THAT I MIGHT HAVE  OFFENDED BY STANDARDISING THE SPELLINGS OF FAMILY NAMES .I
  FOUND SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS IN THE SPELLING OF THE MARCHMENT NAME AND  THE BAINES NAME THAT I USED THE VARIATION THAT WAS THE MOST COMMONLY USED  TODAY.
 MARSHMAN,MAISHMAN AND MASHMAN WERE THE ONES USED FROM 1480'S THEN CAME THE  MARSHMENT AND MARCHMONT AND MARCHMENT.
 THE BAINES FAMILY SEEM TO START WITH BAYNES FOLLOWED BY BANES AND BAINES.THE  SCOTTISH BEING BAINS.MUCH IMFORMATION ON THE RHEUBOTTOM FAMILY WAS SUPPLIED BY ANN  AND JOHN RUTTER ALSO PAT CRAWFORD.THIS NAME IS RECORDED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS  MAINLY RHEUBOTTOM /ROWBOTTOM .I HAVE RECORDED MY INTERESTS RHEUBOTTOM ,MAINLY BECAUSE  THE ONES CLOSELY ATTACHED TO MY PARTICULAR LINE SPELT IT THIS WAY.