Special thanks
The database relies on donations to be able to run and we are very grateful for any we receive as the database does have a number of external costs which need to be covered each year — for example, a donation of £50 covered an eighth of the annual hosting costs in 2022. In 2025, we were very grateful to:
- Peter Robertson for helping us cover an eighth of the annual hosting costs
And of course the team, the pillar of what makes the database run, the very special people who help check / modify / add data to the database, spending a number of hours each day on this task. They allow me to concentrate on keeping things running smoothly, work on new database features and incorporate corrections. In alphabetical order, they currently are: Bernice Emanuel, Val Hawker, Julian Lloyd and Lindsay Rose. Thank you.
Thanks are also very much due to people who have offered substantial part of their time to helping with the database, over the years these have been: Helen Aucott, Joy Costello, Bruce Kilsby, Jana Malinska, Pauline Marshall, and Angelika Wild. They worked extremely hard tidying up particular sections of the database, sacrificing their free time in order to make the database better for everyone.
Our gratitude also goes to our friends who have formed part of the ABCD team for years, Chris Green, who ensured the database could even carry on running by not only maintaining data but by also exceedingly successfully keeping up the infrastructure for years (despite not being an IT person!), and Sheena Kilsby. We are very sorry to report that Sheena Kilsby passed away on the 31st July 2014. Not just a great friend and wealth of knowledge, Sheena spent many hours each day working hard on the database, making sure pedigrees were correct, tracking down missing information as well as tidying up data so the database could run as smoothly as possible. Most of the information on the database has gone through her hands, and so each page viewed is a reminder of her. She is greatly missed.
