This site is a culmination of many hours of research that I have done since my introduction to genealogy in September 1999.  I am always adding new information on a regular basis so please stop by often.

Our main database now contains over 7847 individuals covering the areas of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset and many other places in the U.K. and the rest of the World.

Please send me email if you have any comments or enquires regarding information on this site, or if you are looking for further information on your family connection.

Have fun browsing for your ancestors.

Adrian Sheppard

Main SHEPPARD Family Pages

16 Generations of SHEPPARD Family Ancestors, with lines dating back to the early 1500s.
2194 Descendants of William CORDY (????-1688), of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England.
428 Descendants of James MILSOM (1754-1834), of Sopworth, Wiltshire, England.
117 Descendants of Thomas BATTEN (1753-1833), of Bream, Gloucestershire, England.


CORDY One Name Study

Since 2001 I have been working on a one name study of the CORDY surname.  Most of the information I have gathered is concentrated around the areas of Bristol, Gloucestershire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Somerset, Herefordshire and Wales, although I do have details on CORDY's in other locations in the UK and the rest of the World.

Variations on the spelling of this surname are: CORDEY, CORDIE, CORDEE, CORDAY, CARDY, COARDY, CORDRY.

Here are a few of my CORDY links:

2194 Descendants of William CORDY, (????-1688), in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England.
408 Descendants of Cornelius CORDY (????-1777), in Westfield, Norfolk, England.
317 Descendants of John CORDY (1650-????), of Norfolk, England.
94 Descendants of George CORDY (1753-1827), of Bardney, Lincolnshire, England.
9 Other CORDY family lines.

A selection of CORDY related document transcriptions and indexes:

Bastardy Bonds (2).Directory Entries (31).Settlement Orders (1).
Criminal Records (14).Marriage Licences (6).Wills (12).
PCC Wills Index (69).WW1 Medal Records (47).

Send me email if you have a CORDY in your line but don't find any connecting information on these pages.  I have a great deal of additional information that is not contained in these web pages, including the completed index of CORDY birth, marriage and deaths from the civil registration of England and Wales, covering the period 1837-1974.


Web Sites of connected family names

BABER - BABER Families Worldwide, by Joe BABER.
CHAPPELL - CHAPPELL Ancestry, by John C. CHAPPELL.
GARLAND - The GARLAND Family of Mangotsfield, Bristol, by Mark GRACE.
ROSSITER - The Rossiter Research Registry, by Merv ROSSITER.


Other useful genealogy related links

Access to Archives - Database of catalogues describing archives held throughout England.
Bristol & Avon Family History Society - Offical web site.
Coal Mining History Resource Center - Includes a database of mining deaths in Great Britain.
DocumentsOnline - Online access to The National Archives collection of digitised public records.
Family Search - Search the online genealogical records of the Latter-day Saints.
Fishponds Local History Society - Collection of materials on the history of Bristol and surrounding area.
Forest of Dean Photos - A collection of old photographs of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
FreeBMD - Civil registration index information for England and Wales.
Gazetteer of British Place Names - Contains over 50,000 British place names.
GENUKI - An extensive information site on genealogy in the UK & Ireland.
Gloucestershire Record Office - Official web site.
Gloucestershire Family History Society - Offical web site.
Guild of One Name Studies - One of the first places I check for a newly discovered surname.
Historic Maps - 1:10,560 scale maps, covering England, Scotland and Wales, 1846-1899.
Historical Directories - Searchable digital library of historical directories from England and Wales.
National Archives - National archive of England, Wales and the United Kingdom.
Nicknames - Do you have someone who goes by two names. Perhaps one is a nickname.
WorldConnect Project - Share your family history with other researchers.
Your Maps Online - Scans of original maps and etchings.
Updated on 5 September 2008. Copyright © 2000-2008, Adrian Sheppard.