Researching Brian Poll
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 478 people with the Poll surname? In that year Poll was ranked number 3101 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Brian means "Strong" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Brian Poll on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Brian Poll 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Brian Poll and the Poll Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Poll 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 Poll family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Brian Poll at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Brian Poll using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Brian Poll records.
Search MyHeritage for Brian Poll information.
Explore the LDS Database for records about Brian Poll.
Research the Poll surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Poll Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 534 people with the Poll surname in the UK? Poll is now ranked number 3537 for popularity in the UK. |
Poll Family Tree Databases
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Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Brian Poll.
Study MyTrees for information on the Poll family and people looking to contact living Poll relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Poll records submitted by people who are already researching the Poll Family Tree.
Find Brian Poll from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Poll 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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Miscellaneous Poll Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Brian Poll. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Brian Poll
Brian Poll
Brian William Poll (5 January 1941 – 18 June 1999) was an English cricketer. Poll was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Poll made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Poll played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1966 to 1980, which included 131 Minor Counties Championship matches. In 1969, he made his List A debut against Middlesex in the Gillette Cup. He played 7 further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last coming against Suffolk in the 1979 Gillette Cup. He also played 2 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup against Somerset and Glamorgan. In his total of 10 List A matches, he scored 73 runs at a batting average of 14.60, with a high score of 23. Behind the stumps he took 6 catches and made 2 stumpings.
He died on 18 June 1999.
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