Researching Anne Tolley
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1566 people with the Tolley surname? In that year Tolley was ranked number 2121 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Anne means "Full of grace" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Anne Tolley on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Anne Tolley 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.
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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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Tolley ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Anne Tolley and the Tolley Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tolley 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 Tolley family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Anne Tolley at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Anne Tolley using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Anne Tolley.
Research the Tolley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Tolley Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3327 people with the Tolley surname in the UK? Tolley is now ranked number 1679 for popularity in the UK. |
Tolley Family Tree 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 Anne Tolley.
Study MyTrees for information on the Tolley family and people looking to contact living Tolley relations.
Check out One Great Family for Tolley records submitted by people who are already researching the Tolley Family Tree.
Find Anne Tolley from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tolley 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 Tolley surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Tolley surname in the USA? Tolley is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tolley Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Anne Tolley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Anne Tolley
Anne Tolley
Anne Merrilyn Tolley (née Hicks, born 1 March 1953) is a New Zealand politician and former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives representing the National Party. She was New Zealand's first female Minister of Education from 2008 to 2011 and the first Minister for Children from 2016 to 2017. During the Fifth National Government, she was also Minister of Social Development, Minister of Corrections, Minister of Police, Minister of Local Government. She served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2020. She is currently the Chair of the Commission overseeing the Tauranga City Council which created after persistent problems within the Tauranga City Council.
Source: Anne Tolley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tolley
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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