thornborough.net

Welcome to thornborough.net

This website is the personal website of Chris Thornborough. On this site, I maintain a small personal blog as well as maintain a detailed family history website. I may have other stuff on this site as it catches my fancy.

The genealogical database maintained on this site contains the records of over two thousand people. Because this information is private and personal, access to these records is strictly limited to family members and legitimate researchers. If you want access to the family records then contact me directly.

Chris Thornborough

Kiwi lad and amateur genealogist

DNA – Northern Europe and English

June 23, 2024

I had my DNA tested a while back and the results were boringly predictable. Turns out I am very English with splashes of Irish, Scots, German and Swedish for a touch of je ne sais quoi. As deep genetic history goes, it’s not the most exciting result. I wouldn’t have minded finding out a surprise…

>1000 people

June 23, 2024

Over the past few months, I have added more than a thousand individuals to the family tree. Mostly, these additional folk are indirectly related to us. For example, these are parents or siblings of people who married relatives. As such, a lot of these additional folks add richness to our family stories but don’t actually…

New fan diagrams

May 14, 2024

The software we use to power our family tree, The Next Generation in Genealogical Software (or TNG for short), now allows users to produce ‘fan charts’ to show their direct ancestors through multiple generations. Here’s an example of the fan chart. As shown in this example, you choose the subject for the fan chart. It…