WHAT'S NEW

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14 Jun 2025 Items 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were added to the page of Lovelocks by and in Adoption .
11 Jun 2025 A short paragraph referring to the 1915 Register of England and Wales was added to the page on UK Censuses and National Registers. Only one Lovelock appears in the Register Returns that have survived and a link to the page that provides details of the entry is provided.
2 Jun 2025 A page providing details of Lovelocks and Lovelucks who were Freemasons was added. It may be accessed through a link in the second paragraph of the page that addresses Occupations taken up by Lovelocks and Lovelucks as recorded in various Census Returns.
20 May 2025 A page providing details of Lovelocks and Lovelucks who were engaged at one time or another in the Boot and Shoe Trade was added. It may be accessed through a link on the page that addresses Occupations taken up by Lovelocks and Lovelucks as recorded in various Census Returns.
18 May 2025 A page providing details of Lovelocks who were appointed to established posts in the British Postal Service was added. It may be accessed through a link on the page that addresses Occupations taken up by Lovelocks and Lovelucks as recorded in various Census Returns.
14 May 2025: The Descendant Tree for the Tangley Tree has been updated to make it consistent with the gedcom file for the Lieflock Line, Wootton Rivers and Tangley Trees on the Webtrees site. The tree now includes 782 descendants of the progenitor (of whom 342 are Lovelocks), compared to 780 and 340 respectively in the previous version. The tables on the Lovelock Family Trees (Overview) and Wiltshire Family Trees pages have been updated accordingly. The tree is included in the wilts-trees1 gedcom file, and the updated version of this file, which corresponds to that on the Webtrees site, can be downloaded from the gedcom files page.
24 Apr 2025 A page providing the earliest documented Lovelock dates in each Lovelock Family Tree was added. It can be accessed from a link at the bottom of the page providing details of the earliest Lovelock records from each English County, which in turn can be accessed from the link at the top of the page providing Historical Data on the Distribution of Lovelocks in England and Wales through the 'Miscellaneous' drop-down menu.
19 Apr 2025 The Descendant Tree for the Tonbridge, Kent Tree has been updated, to make it consistent with the gedcom file on the Webtrees site. The tree now includes 431 individuals (of whom 156 are Lovelocks) compared to 428 and 154 respectively in the previous version. The table on the Kent Lovelock Family Trees page has been updated accordingly. The updated version of the gedcom file, which corresponds to that on the Webtrees site, can be downloaded from the gedcom files page.
7 Apr 2025 Further to the message of 20 March below it is believed that all of the links from this Web Site to any of the gedcoms in Webtrees have now been restored, with the exception of links in the Log Files which have not been maintained for some considerable time. The Webtrees suite of gedcoms is now complete, including both the Tonbridge and the Glamorgan Lovelucks files. If you do find any links which still do not work please send a message to the Discussion Group.
23 Mar 2025 A page providing details of Lovelocks and Lovelucks who were registered as Midwives was added. The details can be accessed through a link on the page that addresses Occupations taken up by Lovelocks and Lovelucks as recorded in various Census Returns.
20 Mar 2025 The Webtrees file of Lovelock Family Trees has been restored. All of the gedcoms have been reinstalled, with the exception of that for the Tonbridge Tree which presently is for some reason incompatible with the Webtrees software. The Tonbridge Descendant Tree on this Web Site is unaffected. The format for identifying individuals and families is different in this version of Webtrees compared to the format we were using up to 8 March. In consequence NONE of the links from this Web Site to any of the gedcoms in Webtrees will work until amendments have been made.
9 Mar 2025 It is suspected that our Webtrees file of Lovelock Family Trees has become the victim of a cyber attack, and has in consequence been taken off-line. All of the gedcoms have been copied, as at 8 March 2025, so all of the data is safe, although obviously not easily accessible. As and when a recovery of the situation is achieved notification will be sent to the Discussion Group and a further message posted here.
3 Mar 2025 The Descendant Tree for the Hungerford-Shalbourne Tree has been updated, to make it consistent with the gedcom file on the Webtrees site. The tree now includes 436 individuals (of whom 168 are Lovelocks) compared to 430 and 167 respectively in the previous version. The table on the Berkshire Lovelock Family Trees and Fragments page has been updated accordingly. The updated version of the gedcom file, which corresponds to that on the Webtrees site, can be downloaded from the gedcom files page.
3 Mar 2025: An addition concerning two children registered at birth with the surname Grace was made to the page recording details of individuals who adopted the name of Lovelock. The page may be accessed from the 'Lovelocks by Adoption' item in the 'Trees and Fragments' drop-down menu.
27 Feb 2025: The Descendant Tree for the Lieflock Line has been updated to make it consistent with the gedcom file for the Lieflock Line, Wootton Rivers and Tangley Trees on the Webtrees site. The tree now includes 4145 individuals (of whom 1547 are Lovelocks), compared to 4141 and 1547 respectively in the previous version. The tables on the Lovelock Family Trees (Overview) and Wiltshire Family Trees pages have been updated accordingly. The tree is included in the wilts-trees1 gedcom file, and the updated version of this file, which corresponds to that on the Webtrees site, can be downloaded from the gedcom files page.
26 Feb 2025: The Descendant Tree for the Bray-USA Tree has been updated, to make it consistent with the gedcom file on the Webtrees site. The number of individuals in the tree has not changed compared to the previous version, but the update includes a number of editorial amendments and additions.
14 Feb 2025: A page to record details of individuals who adopted the name of Lovelock was added. The page may be accessed from the 'Lovelocks by Adoption' item in the 'Trees and Fragments' drop-down menu.
7 Feb 2025: Details of Lovelock Burials in New Zealand between 1926 and 2019 were added. The data may be accessed from the 'Lovelock Records from New Zealand' page.
29 Jan 2025: Details of 4 recent Births, 1 recent Death and 9 recent Marriages of Lovelocks were added to the page of Lovelock and Loveluck Records from Scotland page.
20 Jan 2025: A page presenting data on the earliest Lovelock records from each English County was added. It may be accessed from the 'Historical Data on the Distribution of Lovelocks in England and Wales' page.
17 Jan 2025: A small amount of data transcribed from Census Returns from before 1841 was added. It may be accessed from the 'UK Censuses and the 1939 Register' page.
17 Jan 2025: A small number of Loveluck 1921 Census entries were added to the appropriate Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire pages which may all be accessed from the 'Lovelock and Loveluck Records from English and Welsh Counties' page.
17 Jan 2025: Single 1921 Census entries for Carmarthenshire and Merionethshire were added, and may be accessed from the 'Lovelock and Loveluck Records from English and Welsh Counties' page.
10 Jan 2025: Details of Lovelock and Loveluck births and deaths in 2023 were transcribed from the UK General Record Office data and added to the Web Site. They may be accessed from the 'GRO Records for England and Wales' page.
6 Jan 2025: A page providing information on Lovelocks who at one time or another were less than fortunate in their living arrangements was added. Some are mentioned in the Archive of the London Foundling Hospital and what is known of them has been included. There is also an introduction to the subject of Lovelocks who experienced one aspect of the Victorian system of social care - the Workhouse. The new page may be accessed from the paragraph at the head of the page on Notable and Noteworthy Lovelocks .
4 Jan 2025: The Descendant Tree for the Lieflock Line has been updated to make it consistent with the gedcom file for the Lieflock Line, Wootton Rivers and Tangley Trees on the Webtrees site. The tree now includes 4141 individuals (of whom 1547 are Lovelocks), compared to 4143 and 1547 respectively in the previous version. The tables on the Lovelock Family Trees (Overview) and Wiltshire Family Trees pages have been updated accordingly. The tree is included in the wilts-trees1 gedcom file, and the updated version of this file, which corresponds to that on the Webtrees site, can be downloaded from the gedcom files page.

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