Greetings relatives distant and close. 

This site is in the early stages of construction. Please excuse our dust but 
we wanted to make information conveniently available to people as soon as 
possible so we are releasing the password on the basis that it is in a very 
rough state. 

Firstly let me dispel any misconception that this site is concentrated on the 
County of Wiltshire. Wiltshire is our family name. However we have not 
concentrated on that name but are following up as far as possible all 
ancestors and their descendents of Oliver John Marsh our grandchild. The main 
ancestral 
names are Gibbins, Jukes, Marsh, Mumford, Prosser, 
Webber and Wiltshire although other names have of course married into the 
tree. Geographically we have found that our researches have been concentrated 
in and around Bristol, Wolverhampton, various Dorset villages and 
London.   

We have taken the decision not to show the names of living people. We know 
that this distracts from the initial look of the site and can cause 
navigational difficulties but want people to feel safe in providing us with 
information. However this has proved to be one of the construction 
difficulties as while the site automatically assumes anyone over 100 to be 
open it appears to be treating those between 200 and 300 to be living by  
default. We are rectifying this as we identify a problem. If you have a query 
about a relative in this time range please email us and we will ensure that 
the information is made open.

Where information has been obtained from other people's trees we are in the 
process of seeing that this is acknowledged in the notes space of the relevant 
person. If you spot information that needs an acknowledgement please let us 
know. On the other hand if you would prefer not to be named also please alert 
us accordingly. Please note that the acknowledgements bypass the automatic 
living person over-ride. 

Where we have BMD certificates these will be acknowledged in the notes space. 
Some but not necessarily all will be posted to the site. If you wish to see a 
certificate that is identified but not shown email us and we will feature it 
on the site at least temporarily. We would be grateful for any certificates 
shared with us.   

For those within the relevant age range the censuses for 1851 to 1901 have 
been checked and we are currently looking at the 1841 census. Censuses will 
not be posted to the site but we are undertaking a rolling programme of 
cutting/pasting transcripts of the censuses into the notes spaces. 
Unfortunately on pasting corruptions occur - spacings are removed and ?s 
appear instead of other symbols. These and any grammatical errors will be 
corrected as soon as possible. If it appears we have misidentified a census 
or you have traced a census of which we do not appear to be aware please let 
us know as soon as possible.     

There are several photograph albums but I would particularly draw attention to 
the celebrations album. The intention here is in part to show groups of people 
where we are seeking identification of some of the attendees. Any help in such 
identifications would be gratefully accepted. This of course also applies to 
the large groups in the wedding albums. I am sure everyone has gone through 
old photograph albums and not had a clue as to the identity of some of the 
faces that peer out. We will be featuring some of our mystery relatives in the 
identity parade album. No prizes for correct answers merely the satisfaction 
of a puzzle solved. We would be delighted to received scans of any relatives 
to add to the tree.