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Bytheway Genealogy

A Unique Surname ~ A Shared Heritage ~ Worldwide  

 

   

Bytheway Reverse Index

                                        Bytheway

  Source Descriptions

Bytheway Marriage Index  

'Single Mothers' 

Bydawell Marriage Index  

 

Welcome to the Bytheway Genealogy website.

I don't want to detract from the genealogical nature of my website with a lot of newsy chatter, but I do want to thank my regular visitors for their support and encouragement while I have been recovering from a serious fall. The good news is that I am about 90% recovered, and back to my research. The only change is that I am doing it a bit less aggressively. I am, of necessity, learning to pace myself - a new concept for me, to be sure. Not easy. Nevertheless, I am reducing my research hours and spending a bit more time relaxing at other activities. I have been asked why I am doing research if I am retired. Good question. The simple answer is that, being retired, I no longer take clients - I only do research for pure enjoyment. Now, let's move on.

The Marriage Index currently contains:

  • 635 Bytheway marriages

  • 51 Bydawell marriages

  • 51 Bytheway & Bydawell 'single mother' family groups (including some later marriages)

  • A reverse index to the names of people who knowingly married a Bytheway

  •   'Source Descriptions' (so you'll know where to locate the information)

A great deal of time and effort has gone into content and development of the Bytheway website. Nevertheless, I still prefer to offer information free of charge, odd as that may sound. If you find a good use for any of these records, please remember to give proper credit, and mention this website as your source. With that said, please respect the fact that the pages on this website are copyrighted - if you didn't develop/write/research it, don't capture it. 

I appreciate the ongoing interest and encouragement I have received from Bytheway researchers around the world, many of whom are now precious friends. I have also enjoyed corresponding with curious visitors, who apparently surf the web looking for 'weird names'. ("You mean it really is a name?! That gives me goose-bumps!"). I love this job - lots of perks, a good laugh now and then. 

Laurie Huffman ~ Retired Genealogist ~ May 2010

Footnote: A surprising number of people, including teenaged visitors, have asked whether I am related to John Bytheway, the inspirational LDS [Mormon] youth speaker who lives in Utah.  I am pleased to confirm that, Yes, John and I are 3rd cousins. My great grandmother, Alice [Bytheway] McDonald, and John's great grandfather, Benjamin Bytheway, were brother and sister. Benjamin and Alice arrived together in the United States, having sailed from England on 4 Nov 1882, aboard the SS Abyssinia. If you will click again on the family photo at the top of this page, you will find John's great grandfather, Benjamin, standing on the back row - the one with the stylish moustache! My Alice is there as well, looking lovely.  ~

 Laurie.Huffman@gmail.com      

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. Ralph Waldo Emerson


A website dedicated to the ancestry and descendants of Percy Cotterell Bytheway, born 1871, Walsall, Staffordshire. Fascinating stories and wonderful photographs. Original research, design and development by Roy Bytheway(click on hyper-linked banner)

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This website has been, as still is, the direct result of a family collaboration, but special appreciation goes to my husband, Dr. Kenneth L. Huffman for his knowledge, patience and never-ending support. 

Copyright © 2007 Laurianne Huffman

Web Page Last Updated: 19 May 2010

The information on this web site is gleaned from public records and occasionally from evidence provided by third parties. I am placing it in the public domain in good faith and to the best of my belief all statements made are truthful. However, no guarantee as to accuracy is either given or implied and interested parties are encouraged to perform their own validations. LH