Researching Carl Arlt
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5 people with the Arlt surname? In that year Arlt was ranked number 3574 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Carl means "Man" and is of German origin.
Records of Carl Arlt on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Carl Arlt and the Arlt Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Arlt 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 Arlt family tree.
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Arlt Genealogy Databases
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Arlt Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Carl Arlt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Carl Arlt
Carl Ferdinand von Arlt
Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt (April 18, 1812 – March 7, 1887) was an Austrian ophthalmologist born in Ober-Graupen, a village near Teplitz (Teplice) in Bohemia.
He earned his doctorate in Prague in 1839, and later became a professor of ophthalmology in Prague (1849–1856) and Vienna (1856–1883). His son Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt (1842–1917) was also an ophthalmologist.
Arlt published a prodigious number of books and articles concerning diseases of the eye, and collaborated with Albrecht von Graefe and Franciscus Donders on the journal Archiv für Ophthalmologie. He was the first physician to provide proof that myopia (short-sightedness) is generally a consequence of excessive length of the sagittal axis of the eye (bulbus).
Annually. he returned to his home town in order to treat people in its vicinity who were afflicted with eye diseases. Arlt died in Vienna on 7 March 1887.
The following eponyms are named after Arlt:* "Arlt's line": Linear scar present in sulcus subtarsalis during Chlamydia trachomatis infection.* "Arlt's operation": Transplantation of eyelashes back from the edge of the eyelid for treatment of distichiasis.* "Arlt's syndrome": A contagious eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.* "Arlt's triangle": keratic precipitates distributed in a wedge-shaped area on the inferior corneal endothelium.
Source: Carl Ferdinand von Arlt, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Arlt
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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