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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="f52b8e80.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Chris Drakes in 2011</div> <div> Bus pass and all, but no beard!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="426b8cb0.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My little pal; he was a bit of a mongrel like me. I hope he is waiting for me wherever we go next.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="144eb8440.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The cuddle queue. His Mum, who has now joined him, and his brother waiting behind.</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=145 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Drax, Dracas, Dracass & Drakes</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drax, Dracas, Dracass Drakes"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research"><U>Research</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Race origins"><U>Race & origins</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="UK photos"><U>UK photos</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DNA"><U>DNA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My DNA"><U>My DNA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="YDNA"><U>Y-DNA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Basques"><U>Basques</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="When where"><U>When & where</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maps placenames"><U>Maps & placenames</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GRO B/M/D refs"><U>GRO B/M/D refs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In Loving Memory"><U>In Loving Memory</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Relationships"><U>Relationships</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trees"><U>Trees</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drax village"><U>Drax village</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Darfield"><U>Darfield</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ellerton, Charborough Olantigh"><U>Ellerton, Charborough & Olantigh</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dissolution of Monasteries"><U>Dissolution of Monasteries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woolbridge"><U>Woolbridge</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dracas(s)"><U>Dracas(s)</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Burton to Barrow"><U>Burton to Barrow</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="South Kelsey"><U>South Kelsey</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tealby"><U>Tealby</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bayons Manor"><U>Bayons Manor</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postcard"><U>Postcard</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Halfway House"><U>Halfway House</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Morton Grange"><U>Morton Grange</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thurlby Hall"><U>Thurlby Hall</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ludford"><U>Ludford</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stainton Hall"><U>Stainton Hall</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gunthorpe Hall"><U>Gunthorpe Hall</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My family"><U>My family</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mum"><U>Mum</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rick"><U>Rick</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jeremy"><U>Jeremy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ian"><U>Ian</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mark"><U>Mark</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Martyr"><U>Martyr</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Waterman"><U>Waterman</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sailors life"><U>Sailor's life</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Worth Matravers"><U>Worth Matravers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="W. 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I am always pleased to receive comments, including criticism, and try my best to keep an up-to-date and balanced view of the available data. Any help you can give me will be gratefully received and faithfully applied.</div> <bR> <div> Please contact me via email if you are interested in these surnames, even if you cannot help at present. Hopefully I will be able to help you with your tree, and I’d be pleased to hear from you anyway.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="129d7c580.jpg" border=0 width="380" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Please email me at: <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>chris ‘at’ drakesfamily.org</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><U>Please amend</U></B><B> 'at' with '@' with no spaces and no quotes (' '), when pasting it into your email address bar.</B></div> <div> <B>If your email is undeliverable, you may not have done this correctly.</B></div> <div> <I>Sorry this is a nuisance, but it prevents computers from automatically identiying my email address and sending me loads of spam.</I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >The website name, ' </FONT><A HREF="http://www.drakesfamily.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.drakesfamily.org/"><U><B>drakesfamily.org</B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >', will remain unchanged, even if I change my server at some future time. So, if you intend to save the address of this website, for possible future use, please save it as ' </FONT><A HREF="http://www.drakesfamily.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.drakesfamily.org/"><U><B>http://www.drakesfamily.org/</B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >'.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> How do you trust someone you don't really know? You trust what you really know about them.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Privacy Policy</U></B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I am building a record 'for posterity' and to help family members trace their ancestors.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I only keep information that is relevant to this family history research, and it will not be used for any other purpose.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I do not intend to publish data about living persons on the Internet.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I do not pass on anyone's contact details without their prior consent.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I do not have any plans to publish the family trees on the Internet, as this allows me some control over what the information is used for and who accesses it.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">These precautions are for the protection of all.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">However, I am willing to help family members trace their roots and provide them with their direct ancestors and siblings, where I can. No costs are involved.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>This website</U></B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">This website is for the free use of fellow family & local history researchers, and to attract contact from people around the world who are interested in the surnames that I am researching.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I have no commercial interest in any of the websites that I have hyperlinked on this website.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">This website is totally free and obtains no outside funding from any source whatsoever.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">All research has been undertaken at my own expense. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">My basic rule is that I am here to try and help you with your research. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701400000cc00.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">If you wish to publish anything from this website, please contact me first. There should be no objection, providing such use is acceptable and that I own the copyright, where applicable. NB. some items are the Copyright of third parties.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>General information</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Times New Roman" >UK Copyright Law is fairly complex. The following website provides an excellent summary, plus links for further information, which may be useful if you are considering using someone else's work, especially if you are going to publish it on the Internet:</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF3300" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT><A HREF="https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/uk_law_summary" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyr"><U><B>UK Copyright Law summary</B></U></A><B> & </B><A HREF="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/contents" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988"><U><B>Full Version</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Copyright for this website</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Should you wish to make use of any text or photos that are included in this website, please ask first and have the courtesy to show this website as your source. It has taken me nearly 50 years of steady research to build my database, and over 15 years to build this website. It is nice for all this hard work to be acknowledged by those freely making use of it.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>