What's New

At last!! A new version of the Brinsmead family tree with information we have up to Feb. 2008. Pictures are yet to be loaded, but will follow over the next month.	Feb 26th, 2008
Feb 19th, 2008	New guest book entries from 2005-2008 plus a new page of achieved guest book entries
A variety of new links and formatting changes which are hopefully the start of an improved look and feel to the site	Feb 19th, 2008
February 18th, 2008	A new "Editor's Page"
Details about John Brinsmead, of Exeter, who was convicted and sent to Van Dieman's Land	November 25th, 2007
November 25th, 2004.	Details of Victor Brinsmead's Tasmanian Brinsmead line, with thanks to Joan Brown.
Selling the Product - Advertising and promotion by John Brinsmead and Sons.	September 15th, 2004
September 15th, 2004	Our new extended menu system on the opening page. This is the start of an effort to make this ever expanding site easier to navigate
Updated family tree Many Brinsmeads have sent updates additions and corrections since we posted the preliminary version. We have added a few of the many pictures we have collected. More will come with the next version.	May 5, 2004
February 27th, 2004	Details of the lives and descendants of William Brinsmead and his wife Agnes (nee Ross). William, a grandson of the Wear Gifford family of Brinsmeads (Henry and Elizabeth), left for Australia, we suspect in the mid-1850's, for the goldfields.
We have revised the Australian Brinsmead page, correcting some mistakes and adding details of the parentage of the early immigrant families.	February 27th, 2004
November 24th, 2003	We have started a new section called Brinsmead Biographies. As we receive or compile information on interesting individuals or families, living or dead, we will add a page devoted to their story.
We have added a preliminary copy of our entire Brinsmead family tree. You can search a list of names to see details of each individual, or see their relationships in traditional family tree format. Soon we hope to add photographs to the tree pages wherever they are available. The tree is privatized to protect the personal information of the living. Additions and corrections would be very welcome.	November 22nd, 2003
November 20th, 2003	More information on the various migrations to Australia including family trees for the main Australian branches of the family. corrections and additions welcome!
Details on the 1906 whereabouts of John Charles Brinsmead, the brother of William Brinsmead, the founding father of the Brinsmead's in the USA.	August 20, 2003
August 20, 2003	Details of John Brinsmead's location in the 1891 census
John Brinsmead and Sons Ltd. Piano Catalogue circa. 1915 (In .pdf format)	July 24th, 2003
July 24th, 2003	The Heath Robinson connection Heath Robinson the cartoonist had several connections to the Brinsmead family.
The Webbwood Years ( The first of a series on the Brinsmeads as they moved across the country)	July 24th, 2003
May 13th, 2003	Details of the early lives in the USA of William and Henry Brinsmead, the sons of William Brinsmead and grandsons of Henry Brinsmead, the piano maker. Provided by Brian Hauseland from correspondance with the Childrens' Aid Society.
Three new decades in the "Devon Brinsmead decade by decade series: 1770-1780 1780-1790 1790-1800	November 20, 2002
November 6th, 2002	A photo tour of Bishop's Hull
Pictures of the Brinsmead farm at Allspill, Weare Giffard	October 28th, 2002
October 28th, 2002	Picture of John and Susan Brinsmead's house at 16 Albert Road, London.
The advertisement from the Investor advertising shares in Thomas Brinsmead and Sons, Ltd. which became the subject of years of litigation.	October 28th, 2002
October 6th, 2002	Picture of John and Susan Brinsmead on their 70th Wedding Anniversary
Transcription of the Brinsmead entries in the 1901 Census	October 5th, 2002
September 15, 2002	A photo tour of St. Giles in the Woods
Additional information on the US Brinsmeads, including a photo of William Brinsmead, circa 1886 kindly supplied by Brian Huseland	September 14, 2002
April 24, 2002	Transcription of the Will of Thomas Brynssemede of Feniton, Devon dated 5 Feb. 1546
Karon Higgs wrote today to say: It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of my beloved grandfather, Harold Brinsmead at the wonderful age of 93. He was a very proud Brinsmead, and information gleaned from you and other Brinsmead researchers gave him an immense amount of pleasure over the last few years. Harold was the grandson of Thomas Edward Brinsmead and Mary Ann Stanley and the son of Alfred Ernest Brinsmead and Florence Elizabeth Smith. Our sympathy to Karon and her family	April 23, 2002
April 23, 2002	A 1690-1700 page in the Devon Brinsmeads decade by decade series
The six Brinsmeads listed in the 1642 Protestation returns for Devon - with thanks to Ian Stoyles	April 12, 2002
April 8th, 2002	Information about Reginald Brinsmead's activities in Riverside, California
William Brinsmead's descendant tree - the USA Brinsmeads	April 7th,2002
April 7th,2002	New Information about the birthplace of Richard Brimsmead
Devon Brinsmeads decade by decade	April 6th, 2002
April 6th, 2002	Brinsmeads on the World Wide Web.
A move to our new home at www.Brinsmead.net	April 6th, 2002
March 6th, 2002	A Letter home from Australia - Henry Brinsmead writes to his brother back in St. Giles in the Woods
Updates to the GRO death register to 1997, with thank to Chris Willis for his transcription	February 15th, 2002
February 15th, 2002	An updated Canadian Family History Report
A new version of the Canadian Family Tree in printable Adobe Acrobat book format	February 15th, 2002
January 1st, 2002	Article "The Creation of the Pianoforte" from the Illustrated London News of July 25, 1896.
Pleadings in the lawsuit between John Brinsmead and Thomas Brinsmead over the use of the Brinsmead name. Petition and schedule of investors in the lawsuit to wind up Thomas Brinsmead and Sons, Limited	December 31st, 2001
December 30th, 2001	Tribute to John Brinsmead published in the Illustrated London News
Program from a John Brinsmead sponsored recital at the Sydney International Exhibition, 1880	December 30th, 2001
December 30th, 2001	The various Brinsmead piano firms
The will of William Brinsmead of Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, died October 10th, 1887	August 28th, 2001
May 31st, 2001	The Odds and Ends Page; a repository for as yet unclassified snippits of Brinsmead history.
Transcription of a brief history of the Brinsmeads prepared by Maurice and Sir John Latey Q.C.	May 19th, 2001
May 15th, 2001	Expanded and faster Brinsmead Graves
Information on Lieutenant-Commander A.C. Brinsmead	May 10th, 2001 expanded May 15th
April 28th, 2001	A few more details on the life of Thomas H. Brinsmead
Brinsmeads through Ellis Island, New York, USA	April 22nd, 2001
April 16th, 2001	St Giles in the Woods Tax Rolls 1780 - 1832
The North Devon Journal, Second Edition	April 13th, 2001
April 4th, 2001	Notes on Devon Ships in the Spanish Armada
The obituary for Susan Brinsmead (John Brinsmead's wife) from the St. Pancras Gazette, Jan 3rd, 1908.	April 3rd, 2001
March 19th, 2001	More details on the life of Hugh Brinsmead
The letter sent to Alfred Ernest Brinsmead's mother, Florence Elizabeth Brinsmead, advising her of the circumstances of his death in WWI. Provided by Karon Higgs, her great-granddaughter	March 3rd, 2001
Feb 25th, 2001	Picture of Florence Brinsmead
A newspaper article in the family paper - a letter home from WWI by Horace A. Brinsmead, a few months before he was killed in action Horace's death notice	Feb 25th, 2001
Feb 24th, 2001	The start of a year-by-year listing of all the Birth, Marriage, and Death entries for Brinsmeads in the English General Records Office Registry
Three typical John Brinsmead piano advertisements from the Illustrated London News in 1895.	Feb 5th, 2001
Feb 3nd, 2001	Information about the war medals and the war graves for Brinsmead relatives who died in World Wars one and two
Biographical information on Alfred Ernest Brinsmead, born 1877, his wife Florence Elizabeth (nee Smith) born 1878 and their son Alfred Charles Brinsmead, born 1902	Feb 2nd, 2001
Jan 31, 2001	Additional information about Richard and Hellen (Ellen) Brimsmead of Medonte Township, Ontario
Obituary article for William Brinsmead - son of Hugh Brinsmead		Jan. 29, 2001
Jan 29, 2001	Obituary of the Rev. Keith Brinsmead