The good thing about having a rare name like Comben is that, in theory, it makes it a lot easier to trace the genealogy. Although quite a simple looking name, it is unbelievable how many people cannot pronounce it correctly. As a matter of course, I always have to spell it out slowly for people as soon as I've said it to combat the returned blank look or awkward pause. Regular mispronunciations are; Comm~den, Coom~ben, Coom~men, Cob~den, and Con~ben.
I love it when people (usually sitting at trestle tables in shopping centres) stop you and try to sell you a potted history of your family name. I've never had anyone find Comben in their database.
Hopefully, I will be able to piece together the rest of the history of my name and find out where in the world all the Combens have ended-up.
The menu at the top links to the various sections of the site:
| History: | A potted history of the Combens and their name |
| My Combens: | My findings on my line of Combens |
| Global Combens: | The Global Combens Family Tree - 6271 people at present |
| BMD data: | Comben Births, Marriages and Deaths indices from the Public Records Office |
| Census Returns: | Combens and their whereabouts at census time |
| Contacts/Links: | Useful links to other sites |
| Forum: | A Yahoo open Forum for all Comben hunters |
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