The Mowbray one-name study

The study comprises persons born into the name Mowbray/Moubray/Mowberry or one of the many other spelling variants that have been used over the years. There is no limitation on timescale or geographic territory and to date there are some 8,000 persons recorded in the database. Many people, not just members of my own Lincolnshire branch of the family, have given help. Special mention must be made of the work by Stephen Goslin in the 1970s which provide a substantial underpinning, both from the Mowbray Journal and from his own research notes.

The following list gives some idea of the data sources already covered by the study. The main omissions are the Scottish registration records and those of USA, AUS and NZ.

 International Genealogical Index (IGI), produced by The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints.

 Civil Registration Indexes Births/Marriages/ Deaths for England & Wales 1837-1984.

 1881 census records for England & Wales.

 1841 to 1891 census records for Lincolnshire (LIN) and Nottinghamshire (NTT).

 Ad hoc census records for other English counties 1841 to 1871 and 1891

 Parish register extracts for LIN.,NTT., Leicestershire and Durham.

 Partial extract of England & Wales wills index 1855 onwards

 US Social Security Death Index

 Fishtoft, LIN manorial records.

Please e-mail (address on Home Page) if you can make contributions to extend this list or have any other data to assist the study.