Pakes: One Name Study
Diary of Notable Events
1995
June - Spurred on by Graham Howard (BP secondee working for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) a decision was made to start a 'family research' project. First objective to trace back my own line of Pakes ancestors. First steps were to read "The Family History Book", written by Stella Colwell.
1 July - Visited Leighton Buzzard Library, to consult International Genealogical Index microfiche.
6 July - Visited Luton Library, to consult International Genealogical Index.
11 July - Visited Dunstable Library, to consult International Genealogical Index.
2 August - Visited Aylesbury Library to consult Birth & Marriage Register indexes.
14 August - Visited Bedfordshire Records Office in Bedford.
23 - 28 August - Gathered a miscellany of 'collective memory' information from Michael Pakes (Uncle) and Louise Pakes (Mother).
21 December - Stuart Pakes (Father) died.
1996
25 March - Luton Public Library to consult Luton Directory/Almanac 1903/4, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926/7, 1931, 1933/4, 1936, 1939, 1950 and Luton burials.
2 April - Luton Public Library to consult various Parish Registers, Baptismal Register.
9 April - Aylesbury Public Library to consult 1851 Census of Buckinghamshire.
17 April - Aylesbury Public Library to consult Birth Registration Index.
25 April - Bedfordshire Records Office to consult Census Index of Bedfordshire.
26 April - Leighton Buzzard Library to consult 1851 Census Index.
1997
1998
June - Returned to UK from Abu Dhabi.
June to September - Research documentation not accessible or available.
August - Moved to Pakistan (Pro-active research suspended).
1999
2000
2001
December - Returned to UK from Pakistan.
2002
February - Pro-active research recommences.
March - First contact with Australian Pakes'.
29 September - Start of "AZZ Cardfile Pakes ONS Master Genealogy Index". First records entered.
October - Upgraded to Family Tree Maker for Windows V.10.
2003
July - Thanks to Matt in Australia, Murray took possession of copies of a very comprehensive study of the Aussie Pakes'. Murray's task, now,is to try and add some value to this research, particularly at the UK (Filgrave) end. He is not sure how long this will take - over recent months he has received quite a lot of uncollated data and is currently running about 6 months behind. It's a bit like London buses - you go a long time without seeing one, then four come together. It's been the same with this research!
5 September - Established Filgrave to be birth place of the Australian Pakes'.
9 September - Contact made with 2nd line of UK Pakes', and 'Open Letter' to all Pakes', updated and re-issued.
12 September - Short visit to Tyringham Church and Filgrave, Buckinghamshire. A visit to the picturesque village of Filgrave took place on 12 September. Armed with digital camera Murray spent an hour in Filgrave village and Tyringham Church. A further visit will be necessary after more research. However Murray found two grave stones, both in a very weathered state and in need of some cleaning. Go to link.
15 September - Pictorial record of Murray's visit to Filgrave on 12 September uploaded to website.
19 September 03 - Murray's 'Tribal Pages' updated, more names and photos added.
5 October - Registered with 1837.com.
2004
21 February - First contact with South African Pakes'. In February, and out of the blue, Murray received an email from South Africa introducing another line of Pakes'. More information is promised in due course. Murray waits in anticipation.
8 March - Official birth of two related 'Associated' One Name Studies. Those of Rawlings and Southey.
11 March - Visit to Murray's Uncle Michael. New information about the Luton Pakes'. A very productive family visit to Murray's Uncle Michael took place on 11 March. Michael, not in the best of health, and his wife Thelma, added significantly to the large amount of information he has already supplied concerning his own ancestors and other Pakes' from the Luton, Bedfordshire area. Of greatest interest to Murray was the fact that his Grandfather, Arthur Frederick Pakes, was not as was previously thought, wounded at Gallipoli, but later in the Great War when in Palestine.
14 March - Finished data-cleansing exercise. Current situation report is that my AZZ Cardfile dbase (my primary Index) now holds 1074 records of 'Pakes' and associated names linked to my research. The recently introduced 'Custodian' Genealogy Research dbase has currently 584 'active' records and is growing on a daily basis. However the bulk of my current work is collating my 'unindexed' research - currently estimated at over 3000 entries and also growing.
27 March - Contact made with a 3rd line of UK Pakes'. Descendants of William Frederick Pakes.
2 July - Second, unrelated, contact with South African Pakes'.
20 August - Letter received from Leominster (UID 854).
24 August - Communication received from a Pakes' family in Birmingham - possible descendants of the King's Norton Pakes.
2005
10 August - Updated to Family Tree Maker 2005
16 August - Changed web service provider, i.e. moved from Easyspace to PPSoftNet, and re-launched www.murrlyn.co.uk and 'Open Letter' to all Pakes' updated.
19 August - First member joins the Genealogy Forum.
30 August - Contact made with fellow researcher and possible descendant of the Chipping Barnet Pakes'.
31 August - The following message sent to Forum members:
1 - 3 September: Annual exercise to contact all 'Pakes' contributors on www.genesconnected..co.uk
2006
27 February - Research and other related work on the study temporarily suspended due to other commitments. Approximate duration of suspension is expected to be 1 year, i.e. until March 2007.