Researching Bill Townsend
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12721 people with the Townsend surname? In that year Townsend was ranked number 314 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bill means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Bill Townsend on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bill Townsend in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 Townsend 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 Bill Townsend and the Townsend Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Townsend 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 Townsend family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Bill Townsend at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Bill Townsend using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Bill Townsend.
Research the Townsend surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Townsend Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 17161 people with the Townsend surname in the UK? Townsend is now ranked number 317 for popularity in the UK. |
Townsend 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 Bill Townsend.
Study MyTrees for information on the Townsend family and people looking to contact living Townsend relations.
Look at One Great Family for Townsend records submitted by people who are already researching the Townsend Family Tree.
Find Bill Townsend from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Townsend 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.
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| Did you know that there are currently 91147 people with the Townsend surname in the USA? Townsend is ranked number 127 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Townsend Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Bill Townsend. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bill Townsend
Bill Townsend
Bill Townsend (born c.1965) is an entrepreneur who helped create and build several global companies, most notably search engine Lycos, social networking pioneer sixdegrees.com, whose intellectual property formed the basis of LinkedIn, GeoCities (sold to Yahoo!) and Deja.com (sold to Google and eBay). Townsend cofounded RevolutionSports, a television and event production company, with the late Roddy Piper and Shane Douglas. He is President & CEO of TRICCAR, Inc., a publicly-held bioceutical research and development company focused on pharmaceutical and bioceutical solutions to common diseases.
Source: Bill Townsend, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Townsend
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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