Stonestreet-Heaven    Est 1999.

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14/03/2010

 

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Welcome to Stonestreet Heaven

Do you have a Facebook account? Did you know there is a Stonestreet Family Group with around 250 Stonestreets from around the World as members.

 

Since 1999 Stonestreet Heaven has brought together Stonestreet researchers, family members and those that might have a distant link with the Stonestreet family together. We all have a common goal, to find our roots in history so please if you have something that may help contact me .

The information contained on this site has been supplied by a large number of people, please if you are going to use this information first can I ask you to ask and secondly to make your own checks to confirm what is contained here is correct. 

If you would like to have an entry on the researchers page please send a short paragraph and maybe a photo and I'll add it as soon as I can. If you would like your site added to my links page again please email me

A bit about me: I was born in East Sussex England in 1964 I now live in West Sussex. My branch of the family has always lived in Sussex slowly moving over the centuries from the very East of the County towards the West, so I guess I'm continuing that trend. My line has a long history of working the land and again maybe I'm continuing that trend by enjoying my garden whenever possible. I have always been interested in my family history, until about 10 years ago I hadn't done much about it but with the help of others and this web site that is now being put right. I hope you find this site useful and enjoyable as well as inspiring. Take a few minutes to write down what you know about your family and make sure its not lost for future generations. 

A little bit about the Stonestreet family. To start with although this site is called Stonestreet heaven it could just as well be called Stonstret, Stonestreete, Stonystret or any of other variations of the Stonestreet name. Over time the way that the name has been spelt has changed, today there are just a few variants with Stonestreet probably being the most common. So where did the name originate? The English counties of Sussex and Kent are among the very few original homes of the Stonestreet family. There are some references to the name Stonestreet in other parts of England as we move back in time but the South East of England seems to have been the main birth place of the name. The earliest record that I have found so far dates back to 1220. The early Stonestreets were mostly agricultural labourers but there were a few who took up other professions and they seem to have been the ones that have travelled from their native home in the South East of England. To date, I'm aware of Stonestreets around the World in Australia, New Zealand, France, America, Panama, South Africa, Nambia, Canada and Spain. I'm sure there other places where Stonestreets can be found but I just haven't looked hard enough. Email me and let me know if you live somewhere that isn't listed.

On pages within this site you find out about other Stonestreet researchers around the World and how they connect to the Stonestreet family. If you have information to share or a question about a possible link to the Stonestreet family please email me and I will forward on your information or question to the 50 or more Stonestreet researchers I am currently in contact with.

Thank-you for taking the time to visit my site.

Andrew Stonestreet