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With Halloween approaching it is time to think of something a little more relevant to the time of year.  I recently discovered that our 9th Great Grandmother, Elizabeth Stedman, was likely involved in the accusations of witchcraft against a poor widow woman in Lenham during the 1640s.  Watch this space for the story coming soon!

A Witch, A Witness, and Our Family's Past

Genes Genie

A Family History

[Pic:  Sisters; Shelley, Karen, Jo, Lisa]

Read about the Stedman family history and their ancestral home in Lenham, Kent.  Discover our links to the wagon trains out to Salt Lake City, USA.  Delve into the lives of our ancestors living in the slums of Avon Street, Bath.  Read about our connections to the Rowntree chocolate family of York.  Follow travelling ancestors roaming the towns and villages of south west England and learn of hardship and survival and poverty and the history of our family over several centuries.

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Welcome to Genes Genie!

PLEASE NOTE:  this website is a means of storing my research and notes and might not always be historically correct.  It will be updated as and when new information comes to light, and I have time.  Thank you for reading.

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