24th July 2007

 Changes

I have been working on the transfer of information from Master Genealogist to Family Historian since the last edition of this website in April. This has proved to be fairly straightforward, though time-consuming. You will probably notice some small changes in the format of some files: please tell me if there are any new omissions or confusions, or if the new format is a problem. The other particular area of change is the addition of the Cornish line of Scaddans, Scaddons and Scaddens to the website. Rodger Scadden should get the credit for this, since he asked for it and supplied a file of information, which I just transcribed. Please tell me of mistakes and omissions, especially as I don't think that this information has been available on the internet in its entirety before.

 The Downloads Page

As a result of the above, the Downloads page has been reorganised to include the new family. This now gives us six main groups of Scad*s: the Cornish, Devon, Somerset 'Convict' Australian Scaddens, the Scadengs and the Connecticut Scadden branches. I wonder whether the three 'county' branches will ever be connected? The problem seems to be that we run out of records in the 16th Century, but if anyone has a brainwave... More work needs to be done on John Scaddan, approx. 1812 to 1885, who originates the 'Convict' Australians but who must surely connect to the Cornish Scaddans. I should also like to see more work done on Mary Warren, who connects the Scadeng branch with the Devon/Dorset Scaddings/Scaddens. All the Scadeng details are also in the Devon/Dorset file and are only separated out for convenience.

 Ongoing Research

Apart from the important areas above, there is a huge field of research to be done. Important details are constantly added by contributors to the Scadden-L@rootsweb.com  discussion group, which Rodger hosts so energetically. My own immediate task is to work on the Somerset Scadding file, to bring that up-to-date, while updating the format of the website to become more friendly. Do keep the information flowing!

Alan Scadding