Researching Carwyn Ellis
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 43488 people with the Ellis surname? In that year Ellis was ranked number 67 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Carwyn Ellis on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Carwyn Ellis 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 Carwyn Ellis and the Ellis Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ellis 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 Ellis family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Carwyn Ellis at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Carwyn Ellis using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Carwyn Ellis.
Research the Ellis surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Ellis Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 55352 people with the Ellis surname in the UK? Ellis is now ranked number 72 for popularity in the UK. |
Ellis 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 Carwyn Ellis.
Study MyTrees for information on the Ellis family and people looking to contact living Ellis relations.
Explore One Great Family for Ellis records submitted by people who are already researching the Ellis Family Tree.
Find Carwyn Ellis from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Ellis 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.
Research the Ellis surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 233945 people with the Ellis surname in the USA? Ellis is ranked number 81 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Ellis Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Carwyn Ellis. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Carwyn Ellis
Carwyn Ellis
Carwyn Ellis (born Carwyn Meurig Ellis; 9 August 1973) is a Welsh musician, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known as the frontman of British alternative band Colorama, as a member of The Pretenders and as a long-time collaborator with Edwyn Collins. In 2014, they worked together on the soundtrack to the film The Possibilities Are Endless which won the Mojo 'Film of the Year' Award.
Ellis has also recorded electronic music as Zarelli, releasing an album, Soft Rains in 2015 which featuring the voice of Leonard Nimoy narrating the Ray Bradbury short story There Will Come Soft Rains. In 2017 Ellis formed the Welsh folk group Bendith and their self-titled album was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize and went on to win the Welsh Language Album of the Year 2017 award at National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Since 2016 Ellis has hosted a regular themed radio show on Soho Radio.
In 2019, Ellis embarked on the first solo project under his own name, Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18. A collaborative project sung in Welsh and recorded mainly in Rio de Janeiro. The album, Joia! was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize. A documentary film on the making of the record, Carwyn Ellis: Ar Y Cei Yn Rio went on to win the Best Welsh language short Film award at the Wales International Documentary Festival.
In 2020, Ellis releases Single Cherry Blossom Promenade and EP Ti to raise funds for personal protective equipment (PPE) for Welsh health and care workers.
During lockdown in UK, Ellis released Chaos Wonderland under the Colorama project on 31 July 2020 and the follow-up to 2019’s Welsh Music Prize shortlisted Joia!, Ellis released Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18's second album Mas on 25 February 2021.
The most recent album Yn Rio by the Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 features the BBC National Orchestra of Wales was released on 22 October 2021, originally performed live and broadcast in March 2021 on BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 6 Music.
Source: Carwyn Ellis, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ellis
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