Researching Cameron Sharp
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 24957 people with the Sharp surname? In that year Sharp was ranked number 130 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Cameron Sharp on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Cameron Sharp 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 Cameron Sharp and the Sharp Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sharp 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 Sharp family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Cameron Sharp at Find My Past.
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Research the Sharp surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sharp Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 26145 people with the Sharp surname in the UK? Sharp is now ranked number 194 for popularity in the UK. |
Sharp Family History Databases
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Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Cameron Sharp.
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Sharp Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 100262 people with the Sharp surname in the USA? Sharp is ranked number 124 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sharp Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Cameron Sharp. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Cameron Sharp
Cameron Sharp
Robert Cameron Sharp (born 3 June 1958) is a Scottish former sprinter. In 1978 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in the 4 × 100 m relay alongside David Jenkins, Allan Wells, and Drew McMaster. He went on to compete in the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games picking up three bronze medals, in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4x100 metres relay.
In 1975 he won the Scottish schoolboys 100 and 200 championships. He went on to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow in the 100m, 200m where he reached the semi finals of both sprints, and was a member of the 4 × 100 m relay where the U.K. finished 4th in the final in a new British record.
He took the silver medal in the 200 m at the European Athletics Championships in Athens in 1982, narrowly losing the gold to East German sprinter Olaf Prenzler, but beating another top East German (Frank Emmelmann, the 100 metre winner) into bronze. Sharp also finished fourth in the 100 metres final, again narrowly missing out on a medal.
He also competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and again reached the semi finals of both the sprints, narrowly missing out in places of the finals.
He was also Scottish 100 m and 200 m champion with a famous 100 m victory over 1980 Olympic champion Allan Wells. Sharp also won three UK National Championships, the AAA Championships 100 metres and was also the AAA's indoor 60 metres champion.
He competed in his third Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986, where he won another bronze medal with the sprint relay team.
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