Flinders Genealogy

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Click on the portrait to open"Matthew's page" Updated 5 November 2023

Capt. Matthew Flinders 1774 - 1814 and Trim

A new book released containing letters between Capt. Matthew Flinders and Thomi Pitot of Mauritius HERE The film FLINDERS - Uncharted Waters featuring the story of Capt. Matthew Flinders is in preparation and should be released in time for his reburial events in Lincolnshire in July 2024. The film is being produced by Tim Purcell of the UK and his team. A brief description of part of what is to being included is described HERE . Further details are included on Matthew's page. The film idea was raised in 2023 when the Flinders families gathered on Mauritius, in 2003, to mark 200 years since Capt. Matthew landed there to held prisoner by the French until his release and return home in 1810. As it transpired Tim had already completed the draft of his film script in 2003. Tim's Facebook HERE

The Flinders Family project

This project was initiated in 1993 by Keith Flinders to record, index and compile a database for those born with the Flinders surname, the people they married, is "work in progress" over 30 years later. Copies of certificates and other records held can be supplied.

Click on flags to open links to database files. (Ctrl and F keys together to open a Search dialogue box in the pdf files)

		Flinders master births, deaths, and marriages, index, worldwide.
		Index to over 1,000 Flinders certificates & parish records, worldwide.
		England, Wales, Scotland census indexes. Family groups by year/county from 1841 to 1931, & 1939. Alpha list HERE
		Read the census notes HERE especially re the 1931 census. The 1939 Register for Scotland not released as at June 2023
		Canada 1891, 1911, 1921, 1926 & 1931 census data arranged in family groups. Updated July 2023
		USA 1860 - 1950 census data arranged in family groups year/state/county. Alpha list HERE
		Census notes HERE

	Database county/state codes:								Click letter icon to contact webmaster
	Click flag to open links		UK	Ireland	Canada	USA	Australia	Webmaster

Flinders family trees online (Click on any of the four database names to link to the external sites) The first three are being progressively added to in August - September 2023 with the death details of Flinders females after they married, and fuller details for their husbands.

Kentucky and Ohio based families will need to organise their own additional research having lost the password to their website setup after hundreds of hours of input.

Nottinghamshire	Derbyshire	Cambridgeshire	*Kentucky*
Nottinghamshire from late 1400s	Derbyshire from late 1600s	Bedfordshire from early 1700s	Pennsylvania
Ontario from 1920s	Ontario from 1940s	Utah from 1880s	Ohio
Utah from 1866	NSW from 1930s	Victoria from 1970s	Kentucky
NZ from 1874
West Australia from 1880s
Transvaal from early 1900s			Tree document HERE
Additional notes HERE	Additional notes HERE	Additional notes HERE	Additional notes HERE

		War indexes and associated information (Click on any poppy to open file)
		Commonwealth Flinders servicemen killed WW1 & WW2
		All known Flinders servicemen WW2, WW1, Boer War and earlier
		World War 1 information
		British War Medals WW1

		Flinders University Library, Adelaide (Click here)

Acknowledgements

John Flinders and Wendy Flinders of Nottingham researched many of the early records from parish registers, purchasing copies of many government and county held items of information . William Highley for his Flinders research data. Sisters Donna (1936 - 2019) & Melba (nee JONES) of Utah, USA have provided a wealth of information, and have sponsored the purchase of many marriage certificates. Stephen Flinders of Sandiacre for his extensive Derbyshire research, Bob Pearson of Melbourne, Australia for his wide ranging research contributions and being a "sounding board". In addition John Flinders (1940 - 2020) of Sutton Coldfield, England, Terry Flinders (1936 - 2023) of Swindon, Colin Notman, England. Ian Flinders of Queensland, & Richard Flinders of Melbourne, Australia, who have purchased certificates as well as the providing their family information. Jan Hughes, England, for a wealth of documentation for the Flinders families of Utah, and the many others have supported this project with their own research.

Remembering also the late Witgar Hitchcock who made available his many years of research work and assisted the project up until his death in April 2007. Also the late Phyllis Kelsey nee Flinders who donated her years of work for the Flinders families originally from Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, but now also located in the USA, and Australia.

Updated 31 March 2024

Susan Flinders has been given access to flinders.nz and will continue as caretaker of Keith's legacy.

Details for Flinders females after marriage are being progressively added.

The 1931 substitute census for England and Wales added.

USA census data update to include 1950. England and Wales 1921 census data updated. FindMyPast who released the only indexed version of this census have 490 Flinders/Flinder entries, whereas there were 610 (+/- 2) people of these two surnames in England and Wales 1921.

1921 mis-transcriptions include Baker 7, Finder 3, Finders 19, Flenders 10, Flendix 1, Flercher 7, Fletcher 2, Flindres 1, Flinlass 2, Flinkins 1, Flinters 1, Flinolers 3, Fluders 4, Fluiders 2, Henders 1, Hinders 27 (a common transcription error), Hindle 4, Hindes 4, Kinders 5, Lenders 1, Linders 1, Soar (Harry Flinders) 1, leaving a small number yet to find. The 1921 index here has the correct surname spelling, with the FMP version shown in the Notes column.

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