BROOKS Family History India

Brooks families from India are missing out.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project @ FTDNA is building a database of BROOKS families worldwide, all of whom are hoping to find via Genetics lost family branches and cousins they did not know they had also locating their Ancestral Origins.

For serious Family Historians and Genealogists researching their own families DNA should now be the first port of call.  Saving countless hours and cost of researching the wrong family branch.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project is a study of Male YDNA worldwide and already having the largest database in the world for BROOKS means in the future we will be the only chance anyone has at resolving which BROOKS family and branch they belong to.

Please take part in this newest and most exciting experience that has come to Genealogy.

I look forward to welcoming all new participants to the project.

Nigel Brooks

Administrator BROOKS Surname DNA Project

Join now with a Group discount

BROOKS Family History, England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland. The British Isles

Brooks families in the BRITISH ISLES are missing out.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project @ FTDNA is building a database of BROOKS families worldwide, all of whom are hoping to find via Genetics lost family branches and cousins they did not know they had also locating their Ancestral Origins.

For serious Family Historians and Genealogists researching their own families DNA should now be the first port of call.  Saving countless hours and cost of researching the wrong family branch.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project is a study of Male YDNA worldwide and already having the largest database in the world for BROOKS means in the future we will be the only chance anyone has at resolving which BROOKS family and branch they belong to.

Please take part in this newest and most exciting experience that has come to Genealogy.

I look forward to welcoming all new participants to the project.

Nigel Brooks

Administrator BROOKS Surname DNA Project

Join now with a Group discount

BROOKS Family History South Africa

Brooks families in South Africa are missing out.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project @ FTDNA is building a database of BROOKS families worldwide, all of whom are hoping to find via Genetics lost family branches and cousins they did not know they had also locating their Ancestral Origins.

For serious Family Historians and Genealogists researching their own families DNA should now be the first port of call.  Saving countless hours and cost of researching the wrong family branch.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project is a study of Male YDNA worldwide and already having the largest database in the world for BROOKS means in the future we will be the only chance anyone has at resolving which BROOKS family and branch they belong to.

Please take part in this newest and most exciting experience that has come to Genealogy.

I look forward to welcoming all new participants to the project.

Nigel Brooks

Administrator BROOKS Surname DNA Project

Join now with a Group discount

BROOKS Family History New Zealand

Brooks families in New Zealand are missing out.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project @ FTDNA is building a database of BROOKS families worldwide, all of whom are hoping to find via Genetics lost family branches and cousins they did not know they had also locating their Ancestral Origins.

For serious Family Historians and Genealogists researching their own families DNA should now be the first port of call.  Saving countless hours and cost of researching the wrong family branch.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project is a study of Male YDNA worldwide and already having the largest database in the world for BROOKS means in the future we will be the only chance anyone has at resolving which BROOKS family and branch they belong to.

Please take part in this newest and most exciting experience that has come to Genealogy.

I look forward to welcoming all new participants to the project.

Nigel Brooks
Administrator BROOKS Surname DNA Project

Join now with a Group discount

BROOKS Family History Australia

Brooks families in Australia are missing out.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project @ FTDNA is building a database of BROOKS families worldwide, all of whom are hoping to find via Genetics lost family branches and cousins they did not know they had also locating their Ancestral Origins.

For serious Family Historians and Genealogists researching their own families DNA should now be the first port of call.  Saving countless hours and cost of researching the wrong family branch.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project is a study of Male YDNA worldwide and already having the largest database in the world for BROOKS means in the future we will be the only chance anyone has at resolving which BROOKS family and branch they belong to.

Please take part in this newest and most exciting experience that has come to Genealogy.

I look forward to welcoming all new participants to the project.

Nigel Brooks
Administrator BROOKS Surname DNA Project

Join now with a Group discount

Brooks Family History Canada

Brooks families in Canada are missing out.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project @ FTDNA is building a database of BROOKS families worldwide, all of whom are hoping to find via Genetics lost family branches and cousins they did not know they had also locating their Ancestral Origins.

For serious Family Historians and Genealogists researching their own families DNA should now be the first port of call.  Saving countless hours and cost of researching the wrong family branch.

The BROOKS Surname DNA Project is a study of Male YDNA worldwide and already having the largest database in the world for BROOKS means in the future we will be the only chance anyone has at resolving which BROOKS family and branch they belong to.

Please take part in this newest and most exciting experience that has come to Genealogy.

I look forward to welcoming all new participants to the project.

Nigel Brooks
Administrator BROOKS Surname DNA Project

Join now with a Group discount

BROOKS One Name Study

Please help me to help you....

I am contacted many times via the BROOKS One Name Study for help in tracing other peoples families, usually because they have hit a Brick Wall and do not know where to turn.

As a Member of the Guild of One Name Studies i have agreed to give my time freely [normal rates at records offices are now around £30 per hour] and to make the information from all of my databases and collection of documents freely to anyone who asks. [today worth around £20,000].

This with my 30 years experience means i have a wealth of knowledge concerning the BROOKS surname and if i do not know i am happy to try and look and purchase at my own expense new records that will help prove or disprove a link.

The Surname of BROOKS is very common and when incorporating the name of  BROOKES also makes it even harder to know everything.

I collect on my own many many documents and keep adding to my collection each year, helping many people who have contacted me over the years or have viewed information via one of my websites.

So please think about what you are asking me to do - and consider what information i need to help you.

In January i was contacted by someone wanting information for a Mary Ann BROOKS or BROOKES born around 1852 or 1853 somewhere in England mother was Mary Brooks no fathers name.

They told me they had this info via a death certificate in New Zealand and did not know where or when she was married.

I spent about an hour of my time finding 35 References to Mary Ann Brooks & 10 for Mary Ann Brookes born between 1852 and 1853 and located the marriage for her in New Zealand 1876.

My advice was to purchase the Marriage Certificate in New Zealand just in case it obtained further information and would they please in the meantime send me a copy of her death certificate 1. to add to my database, 2. just to get a feel for the family so i could try and locate her in the UK.

The results of my requests and time i spent on this are very common in the world we live in, is that i have had no reply even to thank me for taking the time to respond, and received no further information i had asked for.

So any further research i could and would have done is left waiting and the person who asked for my help will never know if i actually do have information in any of my databases that may be her lost relation.

A very sad conclusion.  So please do spare a thought to all the work that goes into a One Name Study and if you are requesting my help, then why is it so bad that i do sometimes ask for yours.

David Brooks 1933 - 2012

My Father, David Brooks born 26th March 1933 at 3 Burgess Cottages, Pannal Ash, Harrogate died this year on the 1st January 2012.  My father was a real Gentleman and everyone who knew him, speaks of him fondly and of his gentle charming manner and his particular sayings.

He was married to my Mother Bernice Henderson born 6th Oct 1936 for 40 years until her untimely death in 1996.  He had worked as a Solicitors Clerk for 32 years and then a Taxi Proprietor until he retired.

My father was never really a well man, and could be very stubborn but even though he would not help himself as much as he could, we all loved him and he will be greatly missed i feel already a huge part of my life has now gone.  My regrets were not being able to help him as much as i wanted to and spend as much time with him as i wanted but non the less we did see other once a week and spoke on the phone daily.

My father had to retire at the age of 59 because of an operation that had gone wrong leaving him in pain.

In 2001 he had a small heart attack followed by 2 Deep Veined Thrombosis going into his Lungs, he had other small operations since that time a drawback of getting old and as each year went on he became frailer and older.

May 2010 he had 2 small strokes and he was never to be the same again, in 2011 we could see him getting worse and worse and slowly going down hill, he was having lots of mini strokes and i believe each one was damaging more and more of his brain.  By November 2011 suffering with vascular dementia he was admitted to Harrogate District Hospital, Jervaulx Ward and would remain there for 7 weeks.  On Friday the 23rd December he had contracted Pneumonia, he was able to have his last Christmas Day Dinner with us at his side, although he did think at one time i was his Dad [at least he thought i was someone important].  On Boxing day he had another stroke.  I was going into the hospital to feed him and make sure he had enough to drink at dinner time and tea time but by Wednesday 28th December his health deteriorated, i stayed the night holding his hand and hoping he would get some comfort.

The next day Thursday 29th December we had to decide to stop all his treatment and just let him drift off, i was told by the Doctor he would not live the night, my sister arrived at the Hospital and we in a quiet private room stayed with him so he would not be alone.

The Doctors did not realise how strong willed or stubborn my father actually was he held on for another 2 nights finally taking his last few breaths at 6:55 am on the 1st January 2012 i was at his side the whole time.

I can not thank the staff on Jervaulx ward enough for the care they gave to my father those last few days, and to the support and kindness they showed to me, enabling me to stay at my fathers side for his last 4 days.  I was comforted by everyone keeping me stocked up with food and drink, and just that hand on my shoulder and small hug, meant so much to me i also found it comforting when the staff at the end of their shifts made that extra effort to come and say goodbye.

Nigel Brooks
31st Jan 2012