WHILST researching my family tree, I discovered that my great grandmother’s maiden name was Pratley – a surname that I soon came to realise was, and is still, a very common name in Oxfordshire, especially in the west of the county around Chipping Norton, Leafield and Finstock as well as other west Oxfordshire towns and villages.
I suspect that many people who are descended from Pratley families are curious to know who their ancestors were, and many people don’t know how to research their family trees.
If anyone who uses the internet would like to research their Pratley line, I can inform them of a free website that doesn’t need subscribing to, where all the Pratley families are listed.
You can either email me on stuartcooper89@gmail.com or call me on 07555 073619 and I will be glad to assist you.
STUART COOPER
Watermill Way, Oxford
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