Researching Ceri Sherlock
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2017 people with the Sherlock surname? In that year Sherlock was ranked number 1823 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Ceri Sherlock on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ceri Sherlock and the Sherlock Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sherlock 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Sherlock family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3197 people with the Sherlock surname in the UK? Sherlock is now ranked number 1734 for popularity in the UK. |
Sherlock Genealogy Databases
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Sherlock Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Sherlock surname in the USA? Sherlock is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sherlock Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Ceri Sherlock. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ceri Sherlock
Ceri Sherlock
Ceri Sherlock (born August 1954) is a Welsh theatre, film and television director.
Ceri Sherlock was educated at Ysgol Dewi Sant, Llandovery College, King's College, London, the University of Glamorgan and as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Judith E Wilson Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and a Niipkow Fellow, Berlin. He was a trainee director and director with Theatr Cymru and Welsh National Opera and held posts as Artistic Director of Actors' Touring Company and Theatrig.
In 1993 Sherlock directed Dafydd for BBC 2. In 1995, his Welsh-language film Branwen won the Best Film award at the Celtic Film Festival. His feature Cameleon won a Golden Spire and a Golden Gate at the San Francisco Film Festival 1999.
He was first Expert Advisor in Culture and Arts for the National Assembly of Wales 2000–2002.
Sherlock was a Commissioning Editor at S4C before joining the BBC as Commissioning Executive Arts (BBC Wales) and an Executive Producer (BBC4) in 2006. He is an Honorary Professor in Drama at Kingston University and the University of Aberystwyth. He re-located in 2010 to Hong Kong, where he became a Professor and Dean of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2016, after being cleared of an accusation of sexual harassment, he resigned from his position.
Source: Ceri Sherlock, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sherlock
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