I have been attempting to conduct research into my family for many years, but  due to family and work commitments had not even managed to make a start (apart  from buying the software around 5 years ago, which is of course grossly out of  date now!).

Anyway I decided to take 9 months off work to spend with the family and  achieve a few personal ambitions, one of which was of course to do this  research. I started in ernest around the beginning of March 2004 and pretty  much spent 10 hours a day for the next 6 weeks researching, mainly on the  Internet, but also at Kew Public Records Office and my local archive in  Winchester.

I have to say that it has been a fantastic journey so far, which I have  enjoyed immensely, but I have only really started. The Prince Family Tree now  has over 1000 `people`, I emphasise the word people as this is what they are,  not names on lists, but real people that are a part of our family, many are  our ancestors who have passed on values and characteristics that have helped  shape us into the people we are today (I love my red hair by the way!!).

I must at this point acknowledge and Thank my newly found cousins in  Australia, Sandra Wilmot and Stephen Prince for their significant  contribution. Were it not for the years of research they have conducted I  would not know half of what I know about our family today. Thanks also to  Laurence Newton who has provided just about all of the information on the  Tarrant line.

Please feel free to view our family and please let me know if you see any  incorrect details or entries, particularly for those relatives alive today as  I have not finished collating this information yet. I would also be very happy  to include any photographs that you would like included, simply email them to  me as a JPEG and I will publish them.

Finally, even though personal details are limited I do realise that some of  you may not want your details included. If this is the case I will of course  respect this and remove them, just let me know.

I hope you enjoy seeing the history of our family.