On this page, I list my main sources of information. This may seem particularly important because most of my sources are people whom I have never even met !

• One important source has been various webpages, and also some of the publications listed in the Bibliography -- principally the books written by Lady Fanny Blunt and Lady Patricia Maddocks.
• My great-great-grandfather, Peter Thomas Henry Gordon Zohrab, was apparently the first to construct a family tree of any part of the Zohrab/Zorab family, although it was limited in scope to his great-uncle, his grandfather, and the latter's decendants.
• Judge Edgar Zorab drew up the second Roman alphabet version of a Zohrab/Zorab family tree on the basis of the genealogical tree composed in Armenian by Aviet (Avetick) Carapiet Zohrabiants, of New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran, in 1919. Judge Edgar's tree was spread over five (5) pages of a notebook. I have received a version of this by email from Dr. John Zorab, and then a photocopy by mail from Mr. Kelvin Pollock. The two versions which I have received are clearly not photocopies of each other or of the same original, and the latter seems more authentic, in that it shows lines appearing to be those of a notebook, and in that it includes writing in Dutch, which was clearly Judge Edgar Zorab's main language (apart from Armenian, if he knew that).
• The third Roman alphabet Zohrab/Zorab family tree was drawn up by Dr. Philip Zorab, of England, on the basis of research carried out in Armenia and Iran by Judge Edgar Zorab, including the first Roman alphabet tree. This seems to depart from Judge Edgar's tree in some important respects, and for unknown reasons.
• The fourth Roman alphabet family tree was drawn up by Kelvin and Rosemary Pollock, of England. They are one of my main sources on various aspects of the family's history, starting in 1996. In 2003 they sent me detailed answers to a list of questions I had sent them about discrepancies between their version and Dr. Philip Zorab's version of the family tree, etc.. I did not start applying their answers to my webpages until mid-2006.
• The late Dr. John Zorab, of England, researched the family's history and planned to write a book on the Zorab branch of the Zorab/Zohrab family. He was also one of my main sources on various aspects of the family's history, starting in 2000 --particularly as regards his branch of the family.
• Tom King has lent me photographs and given me other information at various times.
• Caroline Ann Wilson gave me some information by email about her mother's maiden name in 2002.
• John Neish gave me some information by email about Frank Farquhar Colledge in 2002.
• Judy Siers passed on to me some images from Jonathan Page in 2002 See The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor" http://www.millwood-heritage.com/5.html.
• Sandra Staples gave me some information by email about relatives of Mary Irene Bruce of Ashburton, New Zealand in 2002.
• Mark Donoghue gave me some information about Sophie Zohrab's son William Thornton in 2002.
• Hans Zorab gave me some information about the Dutch Zorabs in 2002.
• Richard (Dick) Bevin gave me some information about his branch of the family in 2003.
• Gustavo Wray gave me some information about the Blunt part of the family in 2003.
• Fran Kukula gave me some information about the Kukula part of the family in 2003.
• Gain Zohrab gave me some information on the descendants of Geoffrey Paul Zohrab in 2003.
• Alex Zorab gave me some information on the descendants of Arthur Zorab (son of Leonard) in 2003.
• Stephanie Smith gave me some information about the Batten family in 2003.
• John Woodyear-Smith gave me some information on his part of the family in 2004.
• Edward van Put sent me a copy of the original version of Judge Edgar's first English-language Zohrab/Zorab family tree in 2004.
• Anahid van der Putten and Simone van der Putten sent me some information about their part of the family in 2004.
• Alison deCaen sent me some photographs and paintings in 2005 -- principally of my grandmother and her Silverstream house.
• Jean-Paul Maas sent me some information about his mother, Gracy Zorab, and her parents in 2005.
• Gain Zohrab gave me some more information on the descendants of Geoffrey Paul Zohrab in 2006.
• Erica Beattie gave me some information on the descendants of Ruth Zohrab in 2006.
• Mary Anne Miller gave me some information about John Smaillie Tennant and his wife Edith Ethel Moresby Zohrab in 2006.
• Liz Cheter kindly allowed use of photos of Zorab & Manuk tombs in India in 2006.
• Jill Haley, Otago Settlers Museum Archivist, provided details in 2006 of Constantine Edward Zohrab's 1862 journey from Australia to New Zealand.
• Dr. John Zorab kindly supplied some details about his extended family in 2006, which I used (in 2006) to amend the family tree.
• The above information by Dr. John Zorab in 2006 also included information passed on from Clive Zorab in Durban about the death of Wyn Zorab.
• Tom Zorab informed me of his father (Dr. John Zorab)'s death in 2006.
• Caroline Wilson told me her brother's middle name in 2006.
• Alec Zorab gave me some information about his immediate family in 2006.
• Clive Zorab gave me some information about his immediate family in 2006.
• Theresa Rose sent me some information about her descent from Lady Adela Holmes (nee Zohrab) in 2006.
• Louise Bevin sent me some information about her branch of the Bevin family in 2006 & 2007.
• Hans Zorab sent me some information about his branch of the Zorab family in 2007.
• Jon Metes sent me some information about Thagoohi (Takouhi) Manuk in 2007.
• Peter John Zorab sent me some information about his immediate family in 2007.
• Tui Bevin sent me some information about her immediate family in 2007.
• Carol Brunello sent me some information about Peter Thomas Henry Gordon Zohrab and about the photograph at diancaro.html in 2007.
• Diana Houtman, Carol Brunello and Moera McNaughton gave me some information about Jess Bennett's family in 2007.
• Moera McNaughton gave me some photographs and information about Constantine Edward Zohrab's family in 2007.
• Jenna Lee Cartwright gave me some information about her immediate family in 2007.
• Diana Houtman sent me a mini-family tree of her part of the family in 2007.
• Carey Zorab sent me some information concerning her part of the family in 2007 and 2008.
• Dr. David Arathoon provided the correct date of John Theodore Manuk's birth on the page: http://equality.netfirms.com/manucharian/manukgra.html, and also a web address correction, in 2008.
• Caroline Wilson provided some information about her ancestors in 2008.
• Carol Brunello provided some information about her grandchild in 2008.
• David Skinner provided some information about Katherine Zohrab in 2008.
• Clive Zorab provided some information about his family in 2008.
• Carol Brunello provided some information about her great-nephew in 2008.
• Belinda Zohrab provided some information about her family in 2008.
• Diane Belford provided details and photographs of her extended family, including her great-great-grandfather, Edward John Paul Zohrab in 2009.
• Carey Zorab provided details about her extended family in 2009.
• Renee Milders provided some information about Judge Edgar and the Dutch branch of the Zorab family in 2009.
• A person who wishes to be anonymous provided some information about her stepmother, Iraida, and her second husband, Frank Ponsford, in 2009.