Records of Bertram Nelson on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bertram Nelson 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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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bertram Nelson and the Nelson Family Tree

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

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Nelson Genealogy 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.

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Nelson Forums

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Miscellaneous Nelson Databases

Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Bertram Nelson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Bertram Nelson

Bertram Nelson

Bertram Nelson CBE (1905–1984) was a senior partner at Lithgow Nelson & Co and as President of the Society of Incorporated Accountants played a leading role in its amalgamation with the ICAEW in 1957. His wide variety of roles reflected his interest in supporting the development of the accountancy profession as well as business, education and the arts in Liverpool :* Honorary Secretary of the Merseyside Civic Society (1938-1953)* Member of BBC North Regional Council (1947-1957)* Director of the Liverpool Playhouse (1949-1963)* Chairman of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce (1951-1953)* Chairman of the Liverpool Youth Welfare Advisory Committee (1952-1965)* Director of Liverpool Exchange Newsroom Company (1956)* Member of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (1951-1965)* President of the Liverpool Athenaeum (1962)* Senior Pro-Chancellor, Liverpool University (1967-1973)* Member of Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board (1967 - 1976)* Chairman of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo PLC (1972-1976)* Chairman Wirral Estates PLC (1980-1983)

At a national level his roles included :* Member of the Society of Incorporated Accountants Council (1937-1957)* President of the Society of Incorporated Accountants (1954-1956)* Secretary of the Overall Manufacturers Association (1940 - 1982)* Member of the Board of Trade Consultative Committee on Companies (1954-1973)* Vice President of the British Chamber of Commerce (1956)* Treasurer of the Committee of the Export Credit Guarantee Department (1958)* Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Council (1957-1975)

He married Eleanor Kinsey in June, 1954. He was made a CBE in the 1956 New Year Honours.

Source: Bertram Nelson, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Nelson

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