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This website is primarily aimed at those of you researching your BELBIN ancestry but also at those of you 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. 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 or perhaps just sending a request for assistance in breaking down those inevitable brick walls in your BELBIN research, then please click on one of the various links throughout the site and send an e-mail. I hope that you will find something in these pages to interest you and that you will leave a message in the Guestbook letting me know what you think of the site.
Just in case you were wondering, my name is Terry BELBIN and I am currently living in a village near England's oldest recorded town of Colchester. I have been researching BELBIN ancestry in earnest since 1988 and have amassed a huge amount of information. In 1997, I experimented with a BELBIN website and eventually launched BelbinMania on 17 September 1998. Since then, I have discovered that there are an extraordinary number of people around the world researching the name and because of BelbinMania, most now seem to be known to me which is why I am notoriously slow at replying to e-mail. However, please don't be put off by that last remark as I would really be very pleased to hear from you, whatever your interest in the BELBIN name happens to be.
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Did you know...............?
In 2008 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 2008
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 partner 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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PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO FAMILY TREES ON THE SITE FOR AMERICAN OR AUSTRALIAN BELBINS. THESE TREES ARE IN THE COURSE OF EDITING AND UNFORTUNATELY ARE TAKING MORE TIME TO PREPARE THAN ANTICIPATED. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL APPEAR ON THIS PAGE WHEN THESE FAMILY TREES ARE AVAILABLE.
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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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MEMBERS OF TERRY BELBIN'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY HAVE THESE WEBSITES - PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINKS
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BelbinMania has been redesigned - well, partly, because it's not quite finished yet
Now in its 10th year it was high time some of the cobwebs were blown off, tired old pages re-vitalised, broken links repaired and new features added. That was ok in theory, but building this site is very time consuming because most of the time that I am awake, I am earning a crust to pay my mortgage!
To avoid this site being permanently under development, I deployed the new pages before everything was completely ready in September 2007 and therefore some pages, including the Feature Pages are still in the process of being edited, one by one, and as at 15th January 2008 there are still a couple of pages to finish off which I aim to complete soon. The unfinished pages are easy to spot as they are in serious need of tidying up. In addition, the Notice Board pages and Bits & Pieces pages are being edited on the fly, so will appear as partially edited for several months yet. The clue that the page is ready will be when you find me having a rest against the Belbin Way roadsign at the foot of the page. I am certain errors will be found and will appreciate being corrected by the eagle eyed if you spot anything.
The site retains some original content such as the extensive lists of UK Births, Marriages and Deaths and you'll find three new features as well, namely dynamic Family Trees, an interactive Photo Gallery and a Guestbook. These parts of the site allow user contribution. To have full access to the data in Family Trees and to be able to upload your own BELBIN photos in Photo Gallery, you are advised to register for a user account. The primary reason for this editorial control is to prevent spammers and hackers. This site was severely hacked before the update went online, so you can understand why I am sensitive about such issues.
Anyway, I hope that the new look is being well received by all you BELBINS and family historians and look forward to receiving any comments, preferably positive ones!
TERRY BELBIN, 15 January 2008.
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