Records of Claude Sclater on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Claude Sclater in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 Claude Sclater and the Sclater Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sclater 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 Sclater family tree.

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Sclater Forums

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Some Famous People called Claude Sclater

Claude Sclater

Commander Claude Edward Lutley Sclater DSO and bar, FRGS, MA (b. 24 January 1910, Odiham, Hampshire - d. 20h April 1986), was a British naval officer and, in later life, academic.

Sclater saw much action in World War II, mainly in destroyers, in several notable actions (Dunkirk evacuation and Scharnhorst sinking) and being decorated with the Distinguished Service Order and bar, for his command of the destroyer HMS Wild Swan. After his retirement from the Navy, he was a senior member of the management staff at King's College, Cambridge.

Source: Claude Sclater, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Sclater

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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