This page should be a useful resource for ODELL (= Odell,O'Dell, Odle, Oadle etc) family historians. But for your UK family history see instead our United Kingdom ODELL genealogy pages.
Worldwide (but especially US) ODELLfamily history
There is:
- an online ODELL genealogy message board
- an online email-based discussion list. Join by sending the word "subscribe" as the text of an otherwise blank message to ODELL-L-request@rootsweb.com ; and
- Distant Cousin's archive of genealogical data and document images
- The ODELL noticeboard
Notice board courtesy of
Whichever part of the world you start from, as you trace back your ODELL family history you are likely to find yourself converging on the area of northern Bedfordshire, southern Northamptonshire, eastern Buckinghamshire or north-eastern Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. This appears to be an ancient epicentre of the ODELL population. Particularly densely populated parishes in the 17th-15th century were: Mollington, Oxfordshire ("Oxon"); Cranfield, Bedfordshire ("Beds"); Salford, Beds; and Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire ("Bucks").As you search you may well find that the name ODELL appears in its variant forms at the same time or same place. This is partly due to differences in pronounciation of the vowels, partly due to this being the first time when many people had their names put in writing and there were no consistent ways of spelling, and partly a way that families could differentiate themselves in the register.There is an alleged link between ODELL and Wodhull (at Thenford, Northamptonshire) or Wadehull/de Wahul. But for some researchers it still has to be conclusively established.
Other online genealogical information
A full catalogue of genealogical resources, including some suggestions of where to start, is available in Cyndi's list
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