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The 26 year old singer who hails from Louisana in the USA is linked to Tottenham via her great grandparents.

According to London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) and The Times newspaper who jointly uncovered the research,Ìý Britney's great grand parents, George Anthony Portell is reported to have lived in "sin" with Esther Lewis in the 1920s.

Parish records show that they were married on July 29, 1923 at St John's Church in Tottenham.

Britney Spears family history which was uncovered at the LMA, is just one example of what will soon be made available online, with 77 million peoples records available.

Ancestry.co.uk

The most comprehensive collection of historical London records, covering 500 years of the city’s history, is to be made available online for the first time.

Following a lengthy tendering process, Ancestry has secured the exclusive online rights to digitize and host key records from LMA and Guildhall Library Manuscripts.

Ancestry.co.uk has more then 800 million names in major collections including seven England, Wales and Scotland Censuses from 1841-1901, the Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes from 1837-2000 and World War One British Army Service and Pension records.

Early 2009

The first records will launch on Ancestry.co.uk in early 2009, with the following prioritised for launch in the coming year:

Parish records – records from more than 10,000 Greater London parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials dating from the 1530s to the 20th Century.

Poor Law documents - relating to the administration of poor relief, including workhouse registers from 1834 onwards.

London school admissions – records from 843 individual London schools dating from the early Victorian times through to 1911, providing admission and personal details for millions of London students.