Introduction.

Introduction.

The original intention of this blog was to establish access to data compiled over the years relative to my line of the family of Pettard, i.e. The Pettards of Bermondsey.

With the wealth of information ever increasing it became clear that any demand for copies could not be met.  Having first considered establishing a Web Site I finally choose to blog the information, finding this media easy to work with.

So at last all the information is out there for the world to read, and the last time I checked it had been reviewed by people in some 30 different countries scattered from Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, and Africa.

The blog is arranged in a series of 10 chaptures that conveniently break-down time and content, more significant are the 46 pages each detailing in aspects of the families’ history, descendents and places of interest relative to the families of Bermondsey.

With reference to the index page and its table of contents, chapture 1 page 1 is our starting points, the blog is not in strict story form, so that you can select any page to review its content without too much concern of what went before.  However, I do advise all visitors to read chapture 1 and its pages 1 to 13 published April 2010, these pages are the foundation for all that follows.

The month of publication for each page is the key to selection, on the right hand side of the blog you will see a list of months and in brackets the number of pages published that month.  Click on the month, say April, and a list of page numbers and their titles will appear, then click on any page, say Page 1 ‘The Pettards of Bermondsey – Early Days’, from here you can start reading the history or our family.

Whilst the blog is now completed it could be considered the first issue, with no doubt many errors for me and others to find and correct, also the search for early descendents and their history will continue, adding such information to the blog when available.

This history of the Pettards of Bermondsey and their descendents has been in the main the work of just a few people, to further advance our knowledge of the family both past and present I need your input.  So, if you are reading this and would like to contribute your knowledge and history, I would love to hear your story.  Please use the comment facility on the blog or contact me direct at melvynpettardusa@aol.com.

Mel Pettard – August 2011.