Welcome to Roots and Rabbitholes

Welcome to Roots and Rabbitholes, a place where my journey into family history comes to life. What began as a personal curiosity—piecing together names, dates, and stories from scattered records—quickly became a deep and ongoing exploration of the people and places that shaped my family.

With a background as a biochemist and scientist, I bring an analytical eye to genealogy, combining evidence-based research with a passion for uncovering human stories. I created this website as a central repository for my work, bringing together documents, photographs, maps, and narratives so they can be preserved, shared, and built upon. Here, you’ll find the threads of my ancestry woven into a broader tapestry of history, culture, and place—a record not only of where I come from, but of the connections that continue to shape who I am.

Researching…

Ancestral Lines include:

  • Butt

  • Durrant

  • Pluck

  • Grimshaw

  • Jacobs

  • Birchall

  • Hilker

  • Stapleton

  • Burket

  • Hamblin

  • Wells

  • Pendred

  • Henderson

  • Gubbs

  • Whincup

  • Wright

  • Gorey

  • East

  • Worthington

  • Fleming

  • Williams

  • Grant

  • Odam

  • Rands

  • Tripp

  • Holmes

  • Welton

  • Steel

Lives Remembered