I had mistakenly linked the children of George Glenister (1853-1922) and Ann Payne (1855-1925) in root 1016 to another George Glenister (1833-?)in root 255, and we identified two more children of this marriage. These were Lizzie (1878-?) and Stanley (1896-1917).

We also identified two more children of William Glenister (1866-1954) and Eliza Snoxell (1867-1946). These were Mabel Ellen (1891-?) and Arthur (1893-1917).

Both Stanley and Arthur died in the first world and are listed among the Glenister War Dead.

It became apparent that I had confused the index entries for two people with identical - and very distinctive - names. Roger also gave me a further update to the family tree, adding seven previously unlinked entries with a corresponding reduction in the dataheap.

The key point was the discovery by Kay Cullen of Amersham, Buckinghamshire some two years ago of the baptism of Henry Glenister in 1806 at Wooburn, Buckinghamshire. We have since determined that Henry later moved to London where he raised a family (William, another son Henry, and two daughters, Emma and Hannah), served as a City of London policeman, and died in 1840. William emigrated to South Africa, but kept the links with his family back in England by giving his children with the surnames of their uncles back in Buckinghamshire - Whitehall, Muirhead, and Scotcher.

This combined family tree - which includes the South African branch researched by Dave Glenister of Somerset West, South Africa and the Australian branch researched by Bronwen Thomas of Croydon South, Victoria, Australia - is by far the largest single family tree, with links to the UK, USA, Ausralia, Samoa, and South Africa.