IT WAS MY FATHER,
 John William, who changed the spelling of the surname when he left school and got his first job, in an attempt to preserve the pronunciation SerVANT. He was only partially successful, but at least it does not look like servant. Others tried the same thing, thus you will find Servents and Servantes here  also. In 2012 I had my DNA tested by Ancestry, and very much to my surprise found that I am 93% Scandinavian! (More recently revised by Ancestry to 34% British, 30% Western Europe, 13%  Scandinavian and 12% Irish); that does give new possibilities for the origin of the name, for SVANTE is a  fairly common Scandinavian name, alongwith Svantesson. My old man was closer than he knew when he  changed the spelling!                  
                                               
 Some years ago, when I started the tree, I went off in any direction that reared its head, and the tree had branches which were only barely related to the mainlines. But with almost eleven thousand individuals, it lost coherence and something had to be done. This tree now has only blood-relatives of my grandchildren (and their spouses, of course). The other tree is still public on Ancestry as Main Tree Auto Backup should you wish to investigate our connections further.
                                                                                                                                                                If you look for well-known people, how about Fidel Castro? King Henry the First, Second, Third and Eighth?  Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, King Alfred - all here. Macbeth (yes, that one), Robert the Bruce - his daughter  married High Steward of Scotland Walter Stewart, and their son became Robert II of Scotland. All here, along with  many other historic personages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        As far as documentation is concerned, it has all been assembled on-line, and while there are many digital copies of documents, I have not attempted to order originals of the various certificates which are available. Most of the support comes from census forms, and of course a deep debt to the Mormons - Ancestry.com is by far the most complete collection of genealogical documents available, and their IGI  Church Records are another major source, though I seldom use the member contributions - they are not always reliable, I feel. However, individual trees that I judge well-compiled are a great source, especially the members of the Genes Reunited site in the United Kingdom. If errors are found I would appreciate notification so that they can be corrected or deleted.My contact  information appears above.             
                                                                                                In the photo section are two albums that are not attached to names. One displays the World War I  records of my father, John W. Sevante born Servant,and the other shows letters written during World  War II by my brother John to our brother David while serving in the Royal Artillery in the Far East.                                                                                                                                     
 One last point for our non-English visitors - London is a conglomeration mostly formed  from parts of the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey and Kent, though there is a  small County and City of London. Thus many people born in these counties may be  regarded as Londoners (though not Cockneys - that's a whole different subject!). In  general I have used the administrative counties in the Births, Marriages and Deaths.                 If you have followed this screed this far, would you please go to the Guest Book and leave word of your identity and  the date of your visit? Thank you!                                                                                                                                                                      Thank you for visiting - I hope you find it interesting, and that it adds to your family  knowledge.