Our family research first started in 1993 when Nellie Frances JOHNSON passed away.  As we felt this name would be difficult to follow, we decided to trace her husband's family, Arthur Alfred KETCHER.  However, these first tentative steps didn't amount to much, and the whole concept was placed on the back burner.  With the arrival of the 1881 Census Returns on CD, our interest was once again re-ignited, and we continued to obtain information.  Unfortunately, the time we have had spare had been very limited due to other commitments, and even with the best intentions in the world, Family History research once again took a back seat.  As more information has become easily available our interest has been awoken and we are now trying to find out further details.

To date we have obtained all the Births, Marriages and Deaths from the Family Record Centre, along with information from the 1851 - 1901 UK Census.  We have collated this information into a readable format, and the details have been placed on this site.  We are currently in the process of reading and collating the 1841 UK Census and hope to include this information on the site as soon as we can.

As part of our commitment to researching the KETCHER name, we have joined the Guild of One Name Studies (member 4402), to become a centre for Ketcher information currently from the UK.  Membership of the Guild means that we will reply to anyone who contacts us regarding the name.  So if you're connected to the family in any way, or there is something on the site you're not happy with, please use the Contact Us option above to let us know.

We are aware that people like to protect their own privacy as much as possible.  Therefore we have privatized all facts for those people that we haven't got a death date for as yet.  For these people, we will only show their names, and the names of any other people associated with them.  If you find anything on this site, that you do not wish to be on show, please contact us and we will remove it as soon as possible.