It is more than twenty years since curiosity about my roots got the better of  me, & I started a long journey taking me back from my suburban home in the East  Midlands city of Leicester, to agricultural roots in rural Warwickshire.   I have to thank my late Aunt Ivy (my father`s older sister) who pointed me in  the direction of Kenilworth...the birthplace of her father, my grandfather,  Frederick James Adkins.
 It has not been easy, there are still more questions than answers, & there are  others who have shared this interest in this family`s history.   In recent years & months we have learned of distant cousins in America,  Australia, & other parts of England who have also set about researching the  Adkins of Warwickshire.
 We all share the same gt gt gt grandfather John Adkins of Ashow.   His own ancestors are all there awaiting further research.
 I hope he would be pleasantly surprised at the efforts of his descendants more  than two centuries after his own birth.
 I hope that our children & grandchildren will find this of interest...if not  now then in years to come.

N.B. For visitors to this page please do call frequently as information is  still being updated on a regular basis...the site will undergo many more  changes before it is more or less complete...what you have read or will read so  far is by no means the finished article.
 N.B. The data entered for the 16th & 17th centuries is a guide only & requires  further research to confirm the accuracy of the details given.  This  information was submitted to the IGI by Tom Carter of Australia...an Adkins  descendant.

Tony (& Doreen)Adkins 2003.