Families are persons that all belong on the same branch ie the same ancestors.
Within a family you will find several "sub parts" eg. in FAM 1 there are FAM 1A to FAM 1K, and these are linked to each other within the text. In many family's, eg Fam 2, any stray information is noted at the start, and the trees start at FAM 2A to FAM 2J.
However FAM 10 is an exception as it was a major project and you will find stray information at FAM 10, and a listing of unlinked Birth/Marriage/Death at FAM 10F.You will find many references from one family to another as people moved around - in fact,the people and/or their relatives for whom you are looking may well appear in another area.
As time has gone on, and more information has been collated, I have had to expand and renumber the Families...for example Chelsea moved from FAM 4E (part of London FAM 4) to becoming a separate FAM 107 in it's own right. I have changed the "Locations" page so that Chelsea is now noted in FAM 107, but I am concerned that there may be many unchanged references in the text to Chelsea FAM 4E, and indeed it is quite possible that this also applies to many FAM which have developed over time. I suggest that if you have difficulty finding something/somewhere from a text reference, you go to "Locations"; to check that the text reference is correct.
have complete Birth /Marriage / Death lists from the third quarter of 1837(1837-3Q) when records started being kept at a central location, up to end of 2001. The lists on this site are sorted alphabetically, by First name, and also contain many other B/M/D prior to 1837-3Q which I have collected over the years - though I am sure there are many hundreds more to add!
MALE Cunningtons who lived to an age at which they could have sired children are given a number in brackets after their name eg WILLIAM (1234).
Those who died too young to sire children appear as: WILLIAM (===) or WILLIAM (***).
FEMALE Cunningtons are not numbered.
The FAM were initially constructed using the SCH b/m/d lists and you will find text entries such as :
87-3b JOHN (1234) which means 1887 3rd quarter, birth of JOHN
1917-3b JOHN (2345) as above but 1917
88-4m Mary which means Mary married at that place in 1888 4th quarter ie October November or December
95-1d WILLIAM (3254) William's death recorded here, 1895 1st quarter. ie January February or March
In the FAMs, between the SCH lists of birth and marriage you may find entries such as : Mother Smith : 1924-1Q Ann...which means at that location Ann Cunnington was born 1924-1Q, her mothers maiden name was Smith. SCH records show the mothers maiden name on birth records post 1911/12, which is very useful in putting families together. Finally, on the subject of the SCH lists, in many places you will find little families - where for instance I have been able to tie a marriage to a maiden name, and also some children as well - but so far I have been unable to identify the parents of the married couple, and so build a more extended family.