Researching Andy Strangeway
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The name Andy means "Form of ANDREW - manly" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Andy Strangeway on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Andy Strangeway and the Strangeway Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Strangeway 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Strangeway family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Andy Strangeway at Find My Past.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Andy Strangeway.
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Strangeway Family Tree Databases
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Strangeway Forums
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Miscellaneous Strangeway Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Andy Strangeway. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Andy Strangeway
Andy Strangeway
Andy Strangeway (born 1965 in Londesborough, East Riding of Yorkshire) is a decorator and adventurer from the Yorkshire Wolds. He has landed and slept on all 162 of Scotland's islands of 100 acres (40 hectares) and above. He completed this challenge on 29 August 2007 after landing on Soay, St. Kilda the day before.
On Saturday 8 August 2009, upon landing Out Stack, Strangeway claimed to be the first person to land the four extreme points of Scotland. However, as he has not yet landed on Rockall, this claim is disputed. On 10 May 2010, Strangeway claimed to have successfully applied for the first ever planning permission for Rockall to replace the Queen's plaque. He intended to do this 2011 but abandoned the trip. However, Tom McClean had in fact applied successfully for consent for his temporary shelter in 1985.
Upon landing and sleeping on the southerly point of Yorkshire on 5/6 February 2011 Strangeway became the first person to not only sleep on the summits of the three Ridings but also the first person to sleep on the seven extreme points of Yorkshire. On 31 August 2011 Strangeway became the first person to sleep at each of the six extreme points of Great Britain solo on consecutive nights. In September 2012, he became the first person to sleep on the summit of all 52 counties of England and Wales.
Strangeway is an access rights campaigner. In June 2012, he successfully campaigned for the removal of 69 No Overnight Parking signs on trunk roads in the Highlands. He followed this in September 2012 by successfully campaigning for an estimated 250 No Overnight Parking signs to be removed from non-trunk roads across the Highlands.
On 7 May 2015, Strangeway stood as the UK Independence Party candidate for the Wolds Weighton ward of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, finishing fourth in the three-member ward with 1,915 votes. As an independent candidate, he was elected for the Pocklington Provincial ward in a by-election on 7 April 2016.Standing in the May 2019 election, he lost his place and is no longer a councillor.
Source: Andy Strangeway, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Strangeway
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