Records of Bernard Leake on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bernard Leake 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.

A Moment of your Time Please...

In order to try and help fund this website, I've tried producing some music. Click the banner below to listen to my latest album on your favourite streaming service. If you like it, please consider adding your favourite songs to a playlist!

Play music by Gracie James
Country Collection
Globe Ancestry.com Global records search results for Bernard Leake.
USA Ancestry.com US records search results for Bernard Leake.
UK Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Bernard Leake.
Canada Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Bernard Leake.
Australia Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Bernard Leake.

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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Leake ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

Unlock your DNAHave you reached a brick wall in your Leake Tree?

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bernard Leake and the Leake Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Leake 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 Leake family tree.

Check out Parish Records for Bernard Leake at Find My Past.

Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Bernard Leake using the FreeBMD database.

Study Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Bernard Leake records.

Look at MyHeritage for Bernard Leake information.

Study the LDS Database for records about Bernard Leake.

Research the Leake surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Leake Military records.

ukDid you know that there are currently 1734 people with the Leake surname in the UK? Leake is now ranked number 2519 for popularity in the UK.

Leake Family History 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.

Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Bernard Leake.

Study MyTrees for information on the Leake family and people looking to contact living Leake relations.

Search One Great Family for Leake records submitted by people who are already researching the Leake Family Tree.

Find Bernard Leake from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Leake 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 Leake surname using Genealogy.com forums .

ukDid you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Leake surname in the USA? Leake is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Leake Databases

Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Bernard Leake. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

Comments

Looking for information on a Bernard Leake in your family tree? Why not post a question here -

Some Famous People called Bernard Leake

Bernard Elgey Leake

Bernard Elgey Leake (born 29 July 1932) is an English geologist. He is Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Glasgow, was Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow at Cardiff University 2000-2002 and has been an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University since 1997.

Leake was born on 29 July 1932, son of Norman Sidney Leake and Clare Evelyn Walgate. He was educated at the Wirral Grammar School for Boys and the University of Liverpool, where he gained a first class BSc in 1952 and PhD in 1955. He gained DSc degrees from Bristol in 1974 and Glasgow in 1997.

Leake was a Leverhulme research fellow at Liverpool 1955-57. In 1957 he was appointed lecturer in geology at the University of Bristol, becoming Reader in 1968. He was a research associate at University of California, Berkeley in 1966.

In 1974 Leake was appointed professor and head of the department of geology at the University of Glasgow and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1978. He was also honorary keeper of geological collections at the Hunterian Museum.

He was awarded the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1977 and was president of the society 1986-88.

In 1997 Leake moved to Cardiff University where he continued to work on the petrogenesis of the Galway Granite, the geology of Joyces Country, the Clifden and Roundstone areas of Connemara and the massif as a whole. He also completed biographies of geologists F.C. Phillips and J.W.Gregory and the 125 year history of the staff in the Cardiff Geology Department 1891-2016.

Source: Bernard Elgey Leake, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Leake

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.

Laack Laakko Laase Laccohee Lace Lacey Lach Lachay Lachey Laci Lack Lackey Lackeye Lackie Lacko Lacks Lacksz Lacky Lacy Laczko Laga Lage Lagge Lago Lagow Lagoy Lague Lahaise Lahocki Laiche Laise Lajoie Lake Lakea Lakeway Lakey Lakie Laks Laque Las Lasch Lasci Lasco Lascy Lash Lashua Lashway Laska Laske Laskey Laski Laskie Lasky Lass Lassa Lassey Lasso Latch Latchu Lau-chu Lauchu Lauck Lauga Laugee Lauks Lausch Laushway Lauwick Laux Lawes Laws Lawse Lawshae Lax Laxe Layus Lazo Leach Leacy Leag Leagge League Leak Leakey Leakie Leaquee Leas Lease Leasia Leask Leasy Leaugeay Lech Leck Leckey Leckie Lecko Lecky Ledgeway Leece Leech Leege Leek Leeka Leeke Lees Leese Legg Legge Leggio Leggs Leguay Legue Leguey Lehoczky Leich Leick Leija Leijs Leis Leisch Leise Leisey Leisk Leiss Leisso Leissow Leisy Leisz Leitch Leitche Leix Leize Leja Leksa Lequia Les Lesa Lesch Lesh Lesho Leske Lesko Leso Less Letch Leuck Leus Leuze Leweke Lewicki Lewis Lewk Lewsey Lewsie Lewsy Lewzey Lex Lexa Lexo Lexow Leyck Leyes Leys Lias Lich Lick Lickey Licki Licko Lico Lidgey Liegey Lies Liese Lieske Liess Liesse Ligoe Lijka Like Lique Liquia Lis Lisa Liscio Liscoe Lise Lisee Lish Lisi Lisk Liska Liss Lissa Lissy Liszka Litch Lix Loach Loache Loague Locey Loch Loche Lochi Lock Locke Lockey Lockie Locks Locs Lodge Loecke Loes Loesch Loga Logg Loggie Logie Logoe Logue Lohaus Lohse Loick Loiseau Loisi Loiz Lokey Look Looke Looks Loos Loose Loosk Los Losca Losch Losco Lose Losee Losey Losh Loshaw Losoya Loss Losse Lossee Losso Louca Louch Louche Loucks Lougeay Lougee Louis Louiso Louk Louque Loux Louys Louze Lowes Lowick Lowicki Lowis Lowke Loza Lozaw Lozii Luc Luca Lucchi Luce Lucey Lucha Luchia Luci Lucia Lucio Luck Lucke Luckey Luckie Luckow Lucks Lucky Lucy Lueck Luecke Lueke Luessow Luga Lugg Lugo Luick Luigi Luis Luiz Luke Lukey Luque Lusa Lusch Luse Lush Lushe Lushey Lusk Luske Lusso Lussow Lux Luza Luze Lyes Lygo Lygoe Lyke Lys Lyssy Lyzwa