Researching Brenda Hale
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10746 people with the Hale surname? In that year Hale was ranked number 383 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Brenda means "Sword-blade" and is of German origin.
Records of Brenda Hale on Ancestry
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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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Hale 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 Brenda Hale and the Hale Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hale 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 Hale family tree.
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Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Brenda Hale using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 13288 people with the Hale surname in the UK? Hale is now ranked number 433 for popularity in the UK. |
Hale Family Tree Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Brenda Hale.
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Hale 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 112415 people with the Hale surname in the USA? Hale is ranked number 120 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hale Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Brenda Hale. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Brenda Hale
Brenda Hale (Northern Ireland politician)
Brenda Hale, OBE, (born 29 January 1968) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland. She sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2011 until her narrow defeat at the 2017 Assembly election.
Hale's husband served with the British Army and was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Hale then started to speak to the Ministry of Defence on behalf of other war widows. As of August 2015, she is a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
Her book, I Married A Soldier, was published in 2017. It details Hale's family life with her husband and daughters leading to her entry into Northern Irish politics.
Hale was honoured in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours list and was appointed an OBE for political service.
Source: Brenda Hale (Northern Ireland politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hale
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