Introduction
Kingshott is an unusual surname. There aren’t a whole lot of us around, but we are all related and we have spread around the world.
I started researching the Kingshott family in 1991 after meeting someone with the same surname as me when I was working in Australia. I was intrigued as I had never met another Kingshott who was outside of my immediate family. I therefore set out on a quest, which continues to this day, searching for the links between the different branches of the family and wondering if we were all related.
In time, as technology increased and information and contact became quicker and easier, I expanded my search to other branches of my family. Now, it has become an obsession and I actively research all of my direct ancestors as far back as they go, no matter what their surname. I then look at all their siblings, before following their descendants. This quickly grows to become a massive number of people, and it continues to expand on a daily basis. This site, however, is exclusively for the Kingshott side of the family, and their descendants.
I have registered the Kingshott name with the Guild of One Name Studies as I have effectively been running a one-name-study for some time now.
A one-name study is a project that researches and documents all occurrances of a particular surname and is not limited to particular family lines. Luckily, I have found that the one-name study of the Kingshott family, in this case, DOES relate to a particular family. Whether or not I can actually link each branch to my principal tree remains to be seen. That they are all one family, I have no doubt.
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