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This work, in five volumes, takes the documented ancestry of Benjamin and Jonathan Walker to notable historical figures in medieval history. To name just a few, in these pages you will find numerous Holy Roman Emperors, Byzantine Emperors, kings of England, France, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Ireland. Many Catholic and Orthodox saints are highlighted. The bulk of this work focuses upon Denmark Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. There are many ancestors who came from Russia, Spain, France, England as well. These volumes contain almost 2,500 pages, 900,000 words and 9,700 footnotes and references. The references that are used, in most cases, are the same as those used by hereditary societies to track the ancestry of their applicants. These are listed in the bibliography at the end of each volume.ORGANIZATION: This book begins with Benjamin and Jonathan Walker as the first persons in generation 1. They are both listed as person number 1. Generation 2 consists of their parents as persons 2 and 3. Generation 3 shows the four grandparents as persons 4, 5, 6, and 7 and so forth. Every generation begins on a new page. To find any person’s father, double their number. To find that person’s mother, double their number and add 1. This follows the numbering pattern on a standard pedigree chart and is known as an ahnentafel pedigree. Each generation, theoretically, has twice as many people in it as the previous one. Obviously, not all ancestors are known and once you get into medieval times close relatives often married and shared ancestors. This is called pedigree collapse. These volumes go back to Merovech, founder of the Merovingian dynasty, Hengist, the Jute mercenary who became King of Kent, Ercc, ancient King of Dalriada, and Cerdic, the earliest King of Wessex. All of the men go back to the to the 5th century AD. The documented references stop at this point as we move from the very early medieval period to the late Roman era and from history to l