Researching Damian Elwes
Explore the detail of Damian Elwes using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
The name Damian means "Tamer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Damian Elwes on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Damian Elwes 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.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
 |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for Damian Elwes. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Damian Elwes. |
 |
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Damian Elwes. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Damian Elwes. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Damian Elwes. |
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Elwes ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Elwes Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Damian Elwes and the Elwes Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Elwes 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 Elwes family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Damian Elwes at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Damian Elwes using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Damian Elwes records.
Explore MyHeritage for Damian Elwes information.
Search the LDS Database for records about Damian Elwes.
Research the Elwes surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Elwes Military records.
Elwes Genealogy 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Damian Elwes.
Study MyTrees for information on the Elwes family and people looking to contact living Elwes relations.
Explore One Great Family for Elwes records submitted by people who are already researching the Elwes Family Tree.
Find Damian Elwes from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Elwes 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 Elwes surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Elwes Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Damian Elwes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Damian Elwes
Damian Elwes
Damian Elwes (born 10 August 1960) is a British artist with studios in Los Angeles and the Colombian rainforest. His paintings explore themes such as the cycle of life and creativity. These artworks can be monumental and three-dimensional, such as a painting in which visitors walk from room to room on the ground floor of the "Villa La Californie (Damian Elwes)" (2006–2018), to witness the extent of Pablo Picasso's creativity in April, 1956 or an immense landscape painting on the ground, Amazon (1999), on which visitors can walk above the exotic, flowering plants of a cloud forest and search for the source of the river.
In 2018, the Musée en Herbe in Paris hosted "Secrets of the Studio, from Claude Monet to Ai Weiwei," a retrospective of Elwes' Artist Studio paintings. These paintings transport viewers directly into the worlds of creative geniuses from the 19th century to the present. More than one hundred thousand people attended his immersive and interactive exhibition. Visitors could walk through Picasso's Villa in Cannes or roam around in a VR painting of Brancusi's original Montparnasse workshop.
Source: Damian Elwes, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Elwes
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.
Eales Ealles Eallis Eeles Eells Ehuletche Eilles Elce Elcy Eles Elgee Elgey Elgie Elgy Elgye Elias Eliasz Eliaz Eliche Elies Eliesco Eliez Elige Elijah Elijahu Elis Eliss Elix Elko Elks Ellage Ellas Elledge Elles Ellice Ellick Ellige Ellis Ellise Elliss Ellisse Ells Ellse Ellyse Ellzey Eloge Els Elsay Else Elsea Elsey Elsie Elsy Elszy Elwess Elys Elz Elze Elzey Euels Eulich Eulick Eulig Euliss Ewells Ewles Ewols Eyles
Comments
Looking for information on a Damian Elwes in your family tree? Why not post a question here -