My study began in 1963 to prove positive my father's lineage to the Earl of Huntingdon in order to use part of the crest on his memorial, that satisfied, the aim now is to bring together all family branches split apart by religious wars, civil wars, inheritance disputes and emigration and to clarify the many erroneous family trees appearing on various sites by helping to establish fact . The earliest Hastings in England is said to be Robert de Eu, Port Reeve of Hastings, who had married the aunt of William de Falaise or Conqueror, Beatrice, sister of Arlette Fulbert, but the de Eu family can trace its ancestry to Rollo 1st Duke of Normandy and beyond. At its zenith, the family held land in 22 counties and were known by many different titles..