Researching Andrew Oddy
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The name Andrew means "Manly" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Andrew Oddy on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Andrew Oddy and the Oddy Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Oddy 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 Oddy family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Andrew Oddy at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Andrew Oddy using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Andrew Oddy.
Research the Oddy surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Oddy Military records.
Oddy Family History Databases
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Study MyTrees for information on the Oddy family and people looking to contact living Oddy relations.
Look at One Great Family for Oddy records submitted by people who are already researching the Oddy Family Tree.
Find Andrew Oddy from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Oddy 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.
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Miscellaneous Oddy Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Andrew Oddy. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Andrew Oddy
Andrew Oddy
William Andrew Oddy, (born 6 January 1942) is a former Keeper of Conservation at the British Museum, notable for his publications on artefact conservation and numismatics, and for the development of the Oddy test. In 1996 he was awarded the Forbes Prize "for outstanding work in the field of conservation" by the International Institute for Conservation, and gave the attendant Forbes Lecture that year in Copenhagen. He retired in 2002 and was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire the same year.
Source: Andrew Oddy, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Oddy
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.
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