Researching Alan Shallcross
Explore the detail of Alan Shallcross using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 527 people with the Shallcross surname? In that year Shallcross was ranked number 3052 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alan means "Handsome, cheerful" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Alan Shallcross on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Alan Shallcross in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
 |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for Alan Shallcross. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Alan Shallcross. |
|
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Alan Shallcross. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Alan Shallcross. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Alan Shallcross. |
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Shallcross ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Shallcross Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alan Shallcross and the Shallcross Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shallcross Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Shallcross family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Alan Shallcross at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Alan Shallcross using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Alan Shallcross records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Alan Shallcross information.
Investigate the LDS Database for records about Alan Shallcross.
Research the Shallcross surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Shallcross Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 629 people with the Shallcross surname in the UK? Shallcross is now ranked number 3446 for popularity in the UK. |
Shallcross Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Alan Shallcross.
Study MyTrees for information on the Shallcross family and people looking to contact living Shallcross relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Shallcross records submitted by people who are already researching the Shallcross Family Tree.
Find Alan Shallcross from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Shallcross Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Shallcross surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Shallcross Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Alan Shallcross. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alan Shallcross
Alan Shallcross
Alan Shallcross (8 June 1932 in Heswell, Cheshire (now Merseyside) – 22 December 2010) was a British television producer
Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where his contemporaries were Alan Bennett and Russell Harty, he joined BBC Television initially working as a programme planner. Shifting to programme production he came to know the producer Cedric Messina, responsible for adaptations of classic plays, and worked with him on such anthology series as Play of the Month. Under Messina, Shallcross worked as script editor on the first twelve productions in the BBC Television Shakespeare cycle.
He was the producer of such single plays (in this case with Jack Levin) as Ian Curteis' Churchill and the Generals (1979) and several episodes of the BBC2 Playhouse series. In 1983 he produced To the Lighthouse, an adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel of the same name. One of his last productions was a serial adaptation of the Oswald Wynd novel The Ginger Tree (1989) co-produced by the BBC, Japanese broadcaster NHK and WGBH Boston from the novel of the same name. Alan Shallcross retired in the late 1990s, moving to Settle in Yorkshire.
Source: Alan Shallcross, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Shallcross
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Salasar Salazar Salchert Salser Salzer Salzhauer Saulser Schlager Schlazer Schleger Schleicher Schleker Schlicher Schlieker Schloesser Schlosser Scholcroft Schoolcraft Schoolcroft Schulkers Sclager Scowlecrowft Selcer Selchert Selcraig Selkirk Selser Selzer Shalcras Shalcros Shallcrass Shallcroff Shalliker Shellcross Shellshear Shellsheere Shelsher Shillaker Silkworth Skelcher Skillicorn Slager Slaikjer Slaker Slatcher Sleisher Slessar Slesser Slessor Slicer Sliger Slikker Sloegrave Slogar Slograve Slogrove Slosser Slowgrave Slowgrove Slucarzyk Slucher Slusarchuk Slusarczyk Slusher Slusser Sulcer Sulgrove Sulsar Sulser Sulzer Sylskar
Comments
Looking for information on a Alan Shallcross in your family tree? Why not post a question here -