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This website is primarily aimed at those of you researching your BELBIN ancestors but also at those researching the many variant names, especially that of BELBEN, which until the early 18th Century was interchangeable rather than the separate name it has become.
Development of the site is an ongoing project and if you wish to make any contribution such as providing some ideas as to the origin of the name, passing on some BELBIN family gossip or photographs, repeating family lore or submitting details of your BELBIN ancestry, then please get in touch with me, Terry BELBIN as I will be pleased to hear from anyone if they can help improve and expand on knowledge of our BELBIN ancestry.
I have more data offline than I have yet found time to put online. My interest in the name is such that I am happy to discuss and share research about any BELBIN family whether it is from the UK or overseas. My accumulated research which lies partially sorted in my office at home in England may contain information you are looking for. You, on the other hand may have information, documents, old photographs, etc that I would be very keen to see and perhaps publish here. Please get in touch and let's see if we can help each other.
Thank you for visiting BelbinMania |
FOR MY UNCLE JIM (1927-2005)
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Did you know...............?
In 2010 there are BELBIN families living in England, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Germany, Zimbabwe, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
BELBIN is a rare name. Only some 1600 births have been registered in England & Wales between 1837 and 2010
BALBINUS was a Roman Emperor
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I have registered my research with the Guild of One-Name Studies in London, England under membership No. 2417 and consequently am listed as someone who has agreed to exchange information with anyone who contacts me via the Guild in respect of the BELBIN name or four of the known variant names. In practice, I am in fact prepared to exchange information with anyone who is researching any of the below listed variants of the name - within reason - but please be aware that there may be a delay in replying owing to other commitments.
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BALBAN
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BALBYN
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BAYLBYN
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BELB
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BELBBEN
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BELBEIN
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BELBEN
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BELBIN
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BELBINE
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BELBMAN
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BELBON
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BELBONE
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BELBYN
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BELEWINE
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BELGIN
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BELLBEN
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BELLBEIN
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BELLBIN
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BELLBYN
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BELLMAN
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BELVIN
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BELVYN
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BILBIN
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BILBON
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BILBORNE
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Did you know...............?
Captain Bligh of The Bounty and James BELBIN were known to each other
BELBIN is the name of a cave system in Asturias in North West Spain
James BELBIN was a particularly bloodthirsty pirate in the 1720s
Tanith BELBIN is a world famous ice-skating champion
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FAMILY TREES
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BELBINMANIA PHOTO GALLERY
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This section of the website uses the powerful The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© ("TNG") software to manage and display genealogy data without generating a single page of HTML. Instead the information is stored in MySql database tables and dynamically displayed with PHP. In other words all the fancy charts and reports are generated only when the user creates them when clicking on a link. If you register as a user and depending on priviledges granted you may see more data than unregistered viewers. You will also have more access rights such as being able to submit changes to data via the "suggest" option. Therefore, if you would like to use the Family Trees section to its full potential, then please register for an account.
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This part of BelbinMania uses Gallery 2 software and is designed for a two-fold purpose. Firstly, it is to be used for displaying old BELBIN photographs and clicking the link on the menu will take you to the BELBIN Family History section of the Gallery. This section will include photos from my own family collection as well as others from BELBIN families around the world. You will be able to register for an account if you have a BELBIN connection. For example you may be a BELBIN living in another part of the world and might like to show the rest of us BELBINS what you look like and what the place you live in looks like too. You may also have some old documents or photographs of your BELBIN ancestors which you may wish to display. The second purpose has absolutely nothing to do with family history. Photography is an important hobby of both my wife Gill and myself and the Photo Gallery is where we'll be showing off some of our photos for our families to see. There will be no need to register if all you want to do is browse this section.
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Why did Queen Victoria's Granddaughter know the BELBINS?
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What does a Knight of The Crusades have to do with the BELBINS?
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BITS & PIECES
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UK TREE 1
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This page, which will become a series of pages, is basically a collection of random newsy snippets which refer to BELBINS alive or dead. Anyone with a BELBIN connection who catches my attention for whatever reason may well end up in this Hall of Infamy. Similarily, any thing or place having a BELBIN connection will also get a mention for the same reason. There are many of these mini stories to tell and as I sort through them they will be appearing on the Bits & Pieces pages from time to time so please be sure to keep visiting and please don't hesitate to let me have your BELBIN stories, gossip and photographs for inclusion.
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For want of a better short description, I have labelled the Family Trees as UK Tree 1, UK Tree 2, etc. The family tree which is of most interest to me is UK Tree 1 because that is my family tree and so whilst I am building up the database with information, documents and photographs, that family tree will be where I will be concentrating my initial efforts owing to time constraints. The other family trees will be uploaded as I find time to deal with them. Please do understand that my research and my website is just a hobby and therefore everything I do in connection with it all is dependent on how much free time I have. If you have any ancestors in UK Tree 1 then I will be particularly pleased to hear from you.
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Why on God's Earth is there a city in Iran by the name of BELBIN?
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Why did the natives of the New Hebrides murder Captain Robert James BELBIN?
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NOTICE BOARD
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Notice Board pages are intended to be where anyone with an interest in researching their BELBIN ancestors can advertise their particular interest. For example you may be looking for the birth date of Great Uncle Bulgaria BELBIN who lived somewhere on Wimbledon Common and have come up against the proverbial brick wall. E-mail Terry with a brief precis of the problem but with full facts as possible and he'll post the Notice for you. If, instead you just want your name on the site with contact details and a brief note of your BELBIN ancestors then that is also no problem, so if you want your interests advertised for free whilst BelbinMania is on the web then you know what to do. Check out the Notice Board pages and see the type of acceptable postings.
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SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING WHO UNWITTINGLY INSPIRED THE CREATION OF
BELBINMANIA
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PAT BAINES who did most of the legwork for the LISTS pages
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REG WRIGHT who provided chapters from THE YOUNGS OF ROKEBY
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ANGELA BELBIN-WOOD who delved into the life and times of QUEEN MARIE of ROMANIA
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The Estate of the late HOWARD BELBEN who researched the BELBINS of STURMINSTER NEWTON
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ED BELBIN who provided the name of the site when he declared that he suffered from BelbinMania
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Why not join BELBIN WORLD and THE BELBEN GROUP on Facebook? All BELBINS and BELBENS (and any other variants, of course) welcome to share family gossip and to discuss their ancestry!
Canadian and American BELBINS may be interested in BRENDA BELBIN's terrific website which shows the descendants of William BELLMAN (Belbin) who was born c.1750 in Newfoundland
The BELBINS and the MATTHEWS
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