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Dear Member,
Thank you for joining the organisation, which, as you can see above, has had a name change almost at birth. I have been listening to your comments and the name of the organisation reflects those comments.
When I decided to ask fellow Greatorexes to join a family forum one of the problems I had was what to call it. I decided that by leading with the name rather than ‘The’ would be found by search engines much easier. Then I decided to use the most common spelling of the name, Greatorex, hence….Greatorex Family History Organisation.
I then decided to provisionally set-up a web site and bought the domain name www.greatorexfh.org I then started building the site and contacting Greatorexes in my email address book. All in a few days!
Well, the response has been great and we have an organisation. Thank you.
One of the problems is the variation of spelling from Greatorex, Greatrex, Gratrix or many of the other variations, though these three are the most popular. I want the organisation to be the focal point however the name is spelt and one of our members, Sam Gratrix, suggested the medieval name Gretraches which would encompass all variations of spelling. Eureka.
So…subject to your approval it is my intention to re-name the group
Gretraches Family History Organisation
If you have no objections to this I will purchase the domain www.gretrachesfh.org but I will still retain the previous name and combine the sites. This should mean that surfers should still be able to find the site by entering Greatorex.
The best news is that Jack Greatorex of Canada has joined the organisation and agreed to be the groups Technical Advisor. Jack has an extensive ‘Greatorex’ database and, over many years, has helped many of us in our research. When requests for information arrive they will be directed to Jack. I must confirm that no members personal information will be disclosed to anybody nor will it be put on the website. The only information posted on the website will be what you personally submit for members/surfers.
Most of the organisations activities will be web based so keep checking the site for news/views/information etc. Please submit articles or requests to me and I will put on the website i.e.; “ has anyone found a Thomas Greatrex born Birmingham around 1820 in their records?” Any other news or interesting articles will also be published.
This is your website so please use it!
David T. Greatorex
(Gretraches Family History Organisation co-ordinator)
Family reunion of the descendants of John & Mary Jane Greatorex 1846-1905
Members of the Greatorex family of Nantwich recently met at the Civic Hall, Nantwich for a family reunion.
David Greatorex of Nantwich told the Chronicle “ My family have lived in Nantwich since the 1870s when my Great-Grandfather, John Greatorex, came to live here. He bought his first house in Nantwich, which was situated in Beam Street at the junction with Dog Lane. He died 100 years ago and I thought it would be nice to commemorate John and his wife Sarah Jane by inviting his descendants to a reunion in the town he made his home.
Five of the children of John and Mary Jane died without issue including Leonard who was killed in action in Ypres during WW1 and whose name is inscribed on the Nantwich Cenotaph.
Over 80 descendants of their other four children attended the reunion”.
David T. Greatorex