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This site focuses on information about people called Doodson – the history of the Doodson name, family trees, various Doodsons in the public eye or from around the world, as well as photos of Doodsons and various memorabilia and genealogy tips. The menu at left is pretty self-explanatory. 

Recent Updates: 

September 2026

Yes, we’re still here! (Again!).  Not much has happened in the past 18 months, with day-to-day family activities dominating.  But a couple of updates of note:

First, in August we had a holiday in British Columbia, Canada, and on our fourth day we were bowling along the Sea to Sky Highway, which runs from Horseshoe Bay (where our ferry arrived from Nanaimo on Vancouver Island) to Squamish at the top end of Howe Sound. We were off to Whistler, but I realised that we might be able to see Doodson’s Corner (see description in the Places page). I think I worked out exactly where it used to be before the road was remodelled in 2009, about 17km north of Horseshoe Bay, and while there’s no sign recording the original name, I took a short video. A bit disappointing that our coach couldn’t stop for a better look!

Second update is an article in The Times newspaper by Ben MacIntyre, on Saturday 5th September, about the work that Arthur Thomas Doodson did in predicting optimal times for the D-Day Landings (which took place  on 6th June 1944). I think the article was partly prompted by the new film “Pressure” which focuses on the conflicting weather forecasts for the landing, but doesn’t, as far as I’m aware, mention the criticality of the tides.  Sadly the article is behind The Times paywall, but if you have a subscription here’s the link: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/tide-predictions-critical-for-d-day-success-jgbhbsmpr I was sent a scan of the page by a web site correspondent Matthew Barber - thanks again Matthew!

January 2025

Yes, we’re still here!  Latest changes are to the Glossop tree #1, following interesting correspondence with Mark Doodson.  Lots of “new” Doodsons added.

And yes, it’s a whole quarter century since this site was launched.  Not sure when in 2000 it was but yes, 25 years ago.

May 2024

Update to the Australia (Robert Doodson) family tree with new information from Angie Knight (nee Doodson) from Wollongong in New South Wales.  Thanks Angie!

Also - I got round to updating the “Friends of the Site” list.  Don’t know why I’ve forgotten to update that, as it’s so great to hear from so many people around the world, and I want to give credit for additional information and say “hello” to you all.

January 2023

The domain doodson.com will no longer be associated with this site from the end of January 2023.  This won’t affect anyone much as search engines ignored the fact that that domain was redirected to doodson.co.uk

All previous updates are now listed in the Updates Log (see menu at left)