I started this Genealogy hobby in January of 2006, as a result of two  coincidences: Firstly, my attendance to a family funeral in December 2005 in  County Durham, England, whereupon the family discussed the fact that nobody  seems to have put together a family tree, and secondly the showing on BBC  television a new series of the increasingly popular "Who do you think you are?"

This is a TV programme which traces the roots of several TV "celebrities", but  as a side issue showed a parallel programme to give tips on how to start  tracing your family tree, which gave me the impetus to start the searches.

In researching the Wall tree, I didn't realise that the family originally  hailed from the Old Swinford, Lye and Stourbridge areas of Worcestershire,  England. Currently I can trace a Wall back to 1680 in Old Swinford. One of my  ancestors,Eli (b1853) left Old Swinford via Glamorgan, South Wales very briefly before  fetching up in the fleshpots of Newcastle upon Tyne, sometime prior to 1871, according  to the census records. He met and married my Great Grandmother, Sarah Jane Connor and  the generations that followed were born in either Newcastle upon Tyne or areas  of County Durham.

I am very interested in finding current Wall descendants, in order to establish the  migration of the family, to see how diverse the family spread during the 1900's. At  present, I haven't found any evidence of a member of this Wall family emigrating to  places such as Australia, Canada, USA or New Zealand.

Whilst this family tree is still in build (as of Aug '09), I welcome any  contact from anyone who can offer additions and/or alterations, photographs and family  stories and BMD certificates.