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13 December 2024
– Amended the information about Gordon Charles Yeo and Lois Eleanora Bishop
– Added details of Henry Yeo in West Africa

11 December 2024
– Amended the information about The origin of the surname
– Added details of Sidney Traves and Dolores Yeo

7 December 2024
– Amended the information about Robert Yeo and Jane Paddon
– Added information to A Yeo who was not a Yeo

4 December 2024
– Added details of William Yeo of HMS Pembroke and John Yeo and Mary Ann Knapman
– Further births, marriages and deaths in Canada added

1 December 2024
– Updated the information about Scotland

26 November 2024
– Added details of William Yeo and Jane Risdon and James George Yeo and Maud Louisa Line

23 November 2024
– Added details of Ivy Aveling née Yeo
– Added details of Jane A. Yeo – hospital patient
– Updated information about Marriage licences

20 November 2024
– Further births, marriages and deaths in New York added

17 November 2024
– Further burials in Devon and Lancashire added
– Further deaths in the West Indies added

15 November 2024
– Added details of Samuel John Yeo and Alice Maud Dymond, William Thomas Reuben Atyeo and Beatrice Alice Cook and Richard Fletcher Yeo and Matilda Churchward
– Updated details of Robert James Yeo, lighthouse keeper in Jamaica

12 November 2024
– Added details of Ernest Joseph William Yeo and Caroline Elizabeth Amelia Pateman
– Further births, marriages and deaths in Australia added
– Further death registrations in England and Wales added

10 November 2024
– Added information to A Yeo who was not a Yeo

8 November 2024
– Added details of Russell Frederick Hambley and Mildred Aileen Yeo and Richard Louis Yeo and Henrietta Gertrude Lubbock

3 November 2024
– Added details of William Joseph Yea and Edith Plaw

2 November 2024
– Further baptisms and burials in Hampshire added

30 October 2024
– Added details of Abraham George Yeo and Emma Elizabeth Scourfield

29 October 2024
– Expanded and updated history of the Descendants of Thomas Yea of Yea, Wiveliscombe
– Further births, marriages and deaths in Canada added
– List of Wills and administrations updated

19 October 2024
– Further birth registrations in England and Wales added
– Added details of Archibald Yeo and Maude Evelyn Janaway and Horace Montague Yeo and Ethel Best

13 October 2024
– Added details of Albert Yeo and Ada Wakeham, Andrew Jordan Yeo and Carrie Hutchings, Christopher Charles Andrew and Kathleen Jane Yeo and William Yeo and Mary Freeman

6 October 2024
– Added details of Mrs Yeo and family in New Zealand
– Further deaths in Other countries added

30 September 2024
– Added details of William Henry Yeo of St Winnow

29 September 2024
– Added details of David Morrick and Norah May Yeo, Nathaniel James Simpson and Hilda Yeo and Douglas Yeo and Joan Elisabeth Chell

21 September 2024
– Added details of Marian Evelina Yeo née Ridout

18 September 2024
– Further death registrations in England and Wales added
– Added details of Jack Yeo and Ruby Clift
– Updated details of Richard Yeo and Loveday Turner, Robert Yeo and Susanna Webber and Samuel Yeo and Mary Jane Hutchings

14 September 2024
– Further deaths in the United States added from Iowa burial records
– Added details of Charles Yeo and Jessie Tubb and Charles Yeo and Lucy Ann Wyatt

10 September 2024
– Further marriages in England and Wales added
– Updated details of Robert Yeo and Joan Norris and Thomas Yeo and Elizabeth Mason

8 September 2024
– Added details of William John Yeo and Sarah Clemence

29 August 2024
– Added details of William Lionel Yeo and Violet Maud Sparks
– Improvements made to the pedigrees for Bartholomew Yeo and Margaret Ackland, William Yeo and Sarah Heathman and John Yeo and Elizabeth Fortescue following correspondence with Anne Withall

27 August 2024
– Further births, marriages and deaths in Canada added
– Scope of Index expanded
– Added details of William Yeo and Lena Martha Heinrich
– Added details of Edward Yeo and May Priscilla Tattam

23 August 2024
– Added details of Samuel Thomas Percy Yeo and Georgina McDonald
– Added details of William Tucker and Nancy Yeo
– Added details of John Yeo and Elizabeth Ann Marshall
– Added details of John Yeo and Priscilla Lewis

20 August 2024
– Further deaths in the United States added
– Added details of William Yeo and Charity Smyth, linking their line to Edward Yeo and Rosina Elizabeth Coles, William Yeo and Ann Dawes and William Yeo and Frances Cliffe
– Updated details of John Yeo and Emma Selwood

17 August 2024
– Further births in the United States and Other countries added

14 August 2024
– Added details of Isaac Yeo and Edith Gertrude Hollands née Maisey
– Added details of Frederick Yeo and Helen Rose Pelling
– Added details of John Channons Yeo and Sarah Ann Stibbs

12 August 2024
– Added details of Frank Ash Yeo MP

11 August 2024
– Revisions to George Yeo and Hannah Pierce
– Added details of Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Gillott
– Added details of Samuel Yeo and Charlotte Paice

7 August 2024
– Revisions to Edward Yeo and Rosina Elizabeth Coles
– Added details of Daniel Edward Yeo and Elsie Beatrice Proudman
– Added details of John Channons Yeo and Sarah Ann Stibbs

6 August 2024
– Added details of Edwin Harley Yeo and Ruth May Houston
– Added details of John Philip Yeo and Mary Jane Gillard
– Added details of John Richard Yeo and Meiriona Bowen
– Added details of Sydney Martin Yeo and Hilda Dingle

5 August 2024
– Improvements made to the layout of the Site plan

4 August 2024
– Further death registrations in England and Wales added
– Further 20th-century deaths in New Zealand added

2 August 2024
– Added details of Edgar Leslie Yeo and Dora Hoffman
– Added details of Leslie Alfred Graham-Johnson and Lilian Elizabeth Yeo

31 July 2024
– Amended James Yeo and Eliza Ann Nichols

28 July 2024
– Added details of Elsie May Yeo – artist
– Added details of Sidney William Yeo
– Added details of William Yeo – Navy pensioner

27 July 2024
– Added details of George McKay and Elizabeth Yeo

22 July 2024
– Added references to soldiers in The Second Boer War
– Added details of Edward Yeo and Rosina Elizabeth Coles
– Added details of Sidney William Yeo

15 July 2024
– Further 19th-century deaths in Canada added
– Further death registrations in England and Wales added

13 July 2024
– Added details of James Yeo and Florence Annie Burrows
– Added details of John Tanton and Sarah Ann Yeo
– Added details of Thomas Trays and Sarah Yeo

9 July 2024
– Further marriages in England and Wales added

5 July 2024
– Photograph added to The Yeo coat-of-arms

23 June 2024
– Further baptisms in London parishes added
– Further marriages in Fiji, India and Peru added
– Added details of Robert James Orme Crucefix and Susan Ann Yeo
– Added details of Philip Yeo and Grace Bray
– Added details of Isaac Yeo and Eliza Jemhenson

21 June 2024
– Added details of Noel Austin Yeo, based on information from Derek Jones
– Added details of John Henry Arthur Yeo and Florence Edith Ada Ward
– Added details of Joseph Yeaw and Martha Thornton

19 June 2024
– Additions and corrections to William Yeo and Ann Dawes, based on information from Jennifer Kevern
– Additions and corrections to Daniel Yeo and Barbara Easton, based on information from Kathy Thompson

17 June 2024
– Further marriages in England and Wales added
– Further death registrations in England and Wales added

3 June 2024
– Further baptisms in Lancashire and Norfolk added
– Further marriages in London parishes added
– Further burials in Liverpool added

1 June 2024
– Further 20th-century deaths in Australia added
– Further 19th-century births in the United States added

5 May 2024
– Minor corrections to Lewis Holman and Joan Yeo
– Amended details of several baptisms and marriages in Somerset parishes following transcriptions received from Mike Darch

4 May 2024
– Entries under ‘Families’ menu rearranged in alphabetical order following feedback from site users

2 May 2024
– Additions and corrections to War deaths data following documents received from David Yaw

30 April 2024
– Added information to Further surname variants
– Scope of Index expanded

29 April 2024
– Further marriages at Aisholt and Templeton added
– Further burials at Buxton, Freystrop, Highgate Cemetery, Holsworthy Cemetery and Monksilver added

25 April 2024
– Several Australian wills added to Wills and administrations
– Added details of the family of Robert Yaw and Elizabeth Burge

24 April 2024
– Additions to Court records and land transfers data
– Several 19th-century births in Canada added
– Added details of the family of Albert Frederick Yeo and Dorothy May Lloyd


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