Researching Ben Roberts
Delve into the history of Ben Roberts using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 112666 people with the Roberts surname? In that year Roberts was ranked number 10 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ben means "Son" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Ben Roberts on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ben Roberts 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 Roberts 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 Ben Roberts and the Roberts Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Roberts 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 Roberts family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Ben Roberts at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ben Roberts using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Ben Roberts.
Research the Roberts surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Roberts Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 136800 people with the Roberts surname in the UK? Roberts is now ranked number 11 for popularity in the UK. |
Roberts 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Ben Roberts.
Study MyTrees for information on the Roberts family and people looking to contact living Roberts relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Roberts records submitted by people who are already researching the Roberts Family Tree.
Find Ben Roberts from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Roberts 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 Roberts surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 464852 people with the Roberts surname in the USA? Roberts is ranked number 38 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Roberts Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Ben Roberts. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts (writer)
Benjamin Eisenberg Roberts (March 23, 1916 – May 12, 1984) was a film and television writer, producer and one of the creators of the Charlie's Angels and Time Express television series. In 1958 he was nominated for an Academy Award for writing the Lon Chaney biopic Man of a Thousand Faces. He has also been nominated for two Emmy awards and an Edgar Award. In 1972, Roberts won a Golden Globe Award for Best Television series, drama for Mannix.
Roberts entered New York University at age 16, graduating three years later. By the time he was 22, Roberts was successfully running his own independent public-relations counseling firm and was contributing comedy material to several Broadway musicals. In 1941, he collaborated with another young writer, Ivan Goff, on the theatrical suspense thriller Portrait in Black. He briefly worked in films in the early 1940s, returned to the stage for six years, then settled in Hollywood permanently in 1949. All of his subsequent film efforts, as both screenwriter and producer, were in collaboration with his old friend Ivan Goff. The pair contributed to the success of such varied projects as White Heat (1949), Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) and Midnight Lace (1960); and in 1957, they shared an Academy Award nomination for their scriptwork on Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). Roberts and Ivan Goff were also executive producers for the weekly television series Mannix and Nero Wolfe.
Source: Ben Roberts (writer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Roberts
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