Researching Christopher Mitchell
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The name Christopher means "Christ-bearer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Christopher Mitchell on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Christopher Mitchell and the Mitchell Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mitchell 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 Mitchell family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Christopher Mitchell at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Christopher Mitchell using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Christopher Mitchell.
Research the Mitchell surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Mitchell Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 78842 people with the Mitchell surname in the UK? Mitchell is now ranked number 44 for popularity in the UK. |
Mitchell Genealogy Databases
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Mitchell Forums
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Research the Mitchell surname using Genealogy.com forums .
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Miscellaneous Mitchell Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Christopher Mitchell. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Christopher Mitchell
Christopher Mitchell (actor)
Christopher Mitchell Driver (21 May 1948 – 22 February 2001) was a British actor known for his role in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum as Gunner Nigel 'Parky' Parkin. His film credits include Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967), This, That and the Other (1969), The Sex Thief (1973) and What's Up Superdoc! (1978).
He appeared in two episodes of Only Fools and Horses ("May the Force Be With You", 1983 and "To Hull and Back", 1985), playing policeman Terry Hoskins. In addition he had parts in many other comedies such as: Keeping Up Appearances; Never the Twain and That's My Boy.
He died from cancer at the age of 52, a month before his father, actor Norman Mitchell, and in the same year as Kenneth MacDonald, another actor with a role as a gunner in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, who died of a heart attack aged 50.
Source: Christopher Mitchell (actor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Mitchell
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