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KINGDOM Introduction
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The United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain,[7]
is a sovereign island
country located off the northwestern coast of mainland
Europe comprising of the four constituent countries; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland.[8][9]
It comprises the island of Great
Britain, the northeast part of the island of Ireland and
many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land
border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland.[10]
Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic
Ocean, the North Sea, the English
Channel and the Irish Sea. England and Scotland had existed as separate sovereign
and independent states with their own monarchs and
political structures since the 9th century. The once independent Principality of Wales fell under the
control of English monarchs from the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284. Under the Acts of Union 1707, England (including Wales)
and Scotland, which had been in personal
union since the Union of the Crowns in 1603, agreed to a
political union in the form of a unified Kingdom of Great Britain.[15]
The Act of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great
Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland, which had been gradually
brought under English control between 1541 and 1691, to form the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland in 1801.[16]
Independence for the Irish Free State in 1922 followed the partition of the island of Ireland
two years previously, with six of the nine counties of the province of Ulster remaining
within the UK, which then changed to the current
name in 1927 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.[17] The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, as head of state; the monarch of the UK serves as head
of state of fifteen other Commonwealth countries, putting
the UK in a personal union with those other states. The Crown
has sovereignty over the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks
of Jersey and Guernsey.
Collectively, these three territories are known as the |
Crown dependencies, lands owned by the British
monarch but not part of the United Kingdom. They are not part of the European
Union. However, the Parliament of the United Kingdom has the authority to
legislate for the dependencies, and the British government manages their
foreign affairs and defence. The UK has fourteen overseas territories around the world,
the last remaining territories of the British
Empire. The overseas territories are not considered part of the UK, but
in most cases, the local populations have British citizenship and the right
to abode in the UK. This has been the case since 2002. The UK has a parliamentary government based on strong
democratic traditions: the Westminster system has been emulated around
the world — a legacy of the British
Empire. The United Kingdom has three
distinct systems of law. English
law, which applies in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland law, which applies in
Northern Ireland, are based on common-law
principles. Scots
law, which applies in Scotland, is a hybrid system based on both
common-law and civil-law principles. The Treaty
of Union guaranteed the continued existence of Scotland's separate legal
system. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is in Western Europe. It comprises the island of Great Britain (most of England, Scotland and Wales) and the northeastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland), together with smaller islands. The mainland lies between latitudes 49° and 59° N (the Shetland Islands reach to nearly 61° N), and longitudes 8° W to 2° E. The Royal Greenwich Observatory, near London, is the defining point of the Prime Meridian. The United Kingdom has a total area of approximately 245,000 square kilometres (94,600 sq mi). The UK lies between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, and comes within 35 kilometres (22 mi) of the northwest coast of France, from which it is separated by the English Channel. Northern Ireland shares a 360-kilometre (224 mi) land boundary with Ireland. |
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THE UNITED KINGDOM Surnames
The following are surnames
of our persons in our databases identified as having been born, married, or
died in this location. |
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Avenel; Backhouse; Bacon; Bardolf; Barlee; Bayhall; Baynard; Beard; Beauchamp; Beaufo;
Beaumont; Bennett; Bleasdale; Bleasdell; Bodrugan; Bonde;
Booker; Bourne; Bracken; Brienne; Browne; Brumwell; Cailly; Campbell; Carminow; Carter; Caton; Chamberlain; Cocke; Colepeper; Comyn;
Conches; Couchman; Culpepper; Cummings; d'Aguillon; d'Everingham; Dickson; Dill; Douglass; Dowdle; Downing; Dugale;
Edney; Ferrers; FitzHenry; FitzRalph; Freville; Gainsford; Gilligan; Grandison; Green;
Greene; Hampden; Hardreshull; Howson; Jordan; Kerr;
la Beche; Lawson; Lovaine; Mauduit; Mills; Moffat;
Mohun; Moleyns; Monte;
Morrison; Neely; Pannell; Parker; Pasque;
Patten; Pickens; Plantagenet; Poynings; Prow; Raleigh; Robertson; Rokesley; Roper;
Royston; Smith; Soule;
Sterne; Storye; Strathbogie; Streven; Tewksbury; Todd;
Tomson; Tregoz; Ubanck;
Vautort; Vere; Wade; Waller;
Ware; Warnock; Whalesborough; Whalesburgh; William; Williams; Wright; Yarborough |
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Burgholtzhaus; Hayes |
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To find out more about each surname listed
above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information regarding these
surnames may also be found at: |
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THE UNITED KINGDOM Ancestral Countries
The following named countries
are associated with the history of our DIRECT ancestors. At our Ancestral Locations home page you
will find additional links to country pages where you can obtain information
about the surnames of persons, in our database, who have lived in the
selected country. |
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England; Northern Ireland (Ulster); Scotland |
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To find out more about
each county listed here use the following LINK |
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THE UNITED KINGDOM Research Links
The links below may assist
you with your research within the various counties of this state. |
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Genealogical Research Links |
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Source: The BritishIslesGenWeb Project |
Source: GENUKI: United Kingdom and Ireland |
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Caribbean Islands; Channel Islands; England; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Ireland; Isle of Man; Northern
Ireland; Scotland Archives; Location Finder; Mailing List; Queries; |
England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales; Channel Islands; Archives and Libraries; Bibliography; Biography; Cemeteries; Census; Chronology; Church History; Church Records; Civil
Registration; Colonization; Correctional
Institutions; Court Records; Description and
Travel; Directories; Dwellings; Emigration and
Immigration; Gazetteers; Genealogy; Handwriting; Heraldry; Historical
Geography; History; Jewish
Records; Land and Property; Language and Languages; Manors; Maps; Medical Records; Merchant Marine; Military History; Military Records; Names,
Geographical; Names, Personal; Newspapers; Nobility; Occupations; Periodicals; Politics and
Government; Poorhouses, Poor
Law, etc. Population; Postal and Shipping Guides; Probate Records; Religion and Religious
Life; Schools; Social Life and Customs; Societies; Taxation |
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General
Research
Links Source: Wikipedia |
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Constituent Country: England Subdivisions (9): Regions;
Metropolitan
and non-metropolitan counties; Constituent Country: Scotland Subdivisions (32): Council areas; Lieutenancy areas Constituent Country: Wales Subdivisions (22): Principal areas; Preserved counties Constituent
Country: Northern
Ireland Subdivisions (26): Districts; Lieutenancy |
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THE UNITED KINGDOM |
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The following are links to websites that will provide
you with specific genealogical
information to assist with your research of this location. |
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Use the
following LINKS to find more information that may pertain to this location. |
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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Contact
Information
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Pony
Express: Tom |
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Snail
mail: Fred USA |
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