My Father’s Fathers
Paul Budd

My Father’s Fathers is a meticulously researched family history tracing the Budd family of Meonstoke, Hampshire, from the late sixteenth century to the present day. Drawing on parish records, wills, legal documents and personal archives, Paul Budd reconstructs the lives of successive generations, placing them within the social, economic and historical contexts that shaped them.

More than a genealogy, this is a portrait of ordinary lives lived across extraordinary times, revealing how inheritance, work, faith and family ties evolved over centuries. Written with clarity and care, My Father’s Fathers will appeal not only to family historians but to anyone interested in local history and the enduring threads that connect past and present.