Researching Anna Comstock
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8 people with the Comstock surname? In that year Comstock was ranked number 3571 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Anna means "Gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Anna Comstock on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Anna Comstock and the Comstock Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Comstock 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 Comstock family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Anna Comstock at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Anna Comstock using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Anna Comstock.
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| Did you know that there are currently 11 people with the Comstock surname in the UK? Comstock is now ranked number 4031 for popularity in the UK. |
Comstock Family History Databases
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Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Anna Comstock.
Study MyTrees for information on the Comstock family and people looking to contact living Comstock relations.
Explore One Great Family for Comstock records submitted by people who are already researching the Comstock Family Tree.
Find Anna Comstock from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Comstock 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 Comstock surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Comstock surname in the USA? Comstock is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Comstock Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Anna Comstock. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Anna Comstock
Anna Botsford Comstock
Anna Botsford Comstock (September 1, 1854 – August 24, 1930) was an acclaimed author, illustrator, and educator of natural studies. The first female professor at Cornell University, her over 900-page work, The Handbook of Nature Study (1911), is now in its 24th edition. Comstock was an American artist and wood engraver known for illustrating entomological text books with her her husband, John Henry Comstock including their first joint effort, The Manual for the Study of Insects (1885). Comstock worked with Liberty Hyde Bailey, John Walton Spencer, Alice McCloskey, Julia Rogers, and Ada Georgia as part of the department of Nature Study at Cornell University. Together they wrote nature study curricula to develop a curiosity for, and education about, the surrounding natural world. Comstock also was a proponent for conservationism by instilling a love and appreciation of the natural world around us.
Source: Anna Botsford Comstock, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Comstock
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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