Something to get our teeth into? Yes I know it's sport, but still an interesting genealogical exercise??
The search is on for descendants of football's eight Founding Fathers
The FA today kicks-off a nationwide search to find any living descendants of football’s ‘Founding Fathers’.
Hailing from across the country, surprisingly little is known about the eight trail-blazers who gathered on 26 October 1863 in the Freemasons’ Tavern in London to draft the 13 original laws of association football.
Read more at http://www.thefa.com/News/2013/apr/f...2eVHkLwbTqz.99
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The search is on for descendants of football's eight Founding Fathers
The FA today kicks-off a nationwide search to find any living descendants of football’s ‘Founding Fathers’.
Hailing from across the country, surprisingly little is known about the eight trail-blazers who gathered on 26 October 1863 in the Freemasons’ Tavern in London to draft the 13 original laws of association football.
Read more at http://www.thefa.com/News/2013/apr/f...2eVHkLwbTqz.99
and
and
http://www.thefa.com/News/2013/apr/~...42A7C844C.ashx