Researching Dudley Collard
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1822 people with the Collard surname? In that year Collard was ranked number 1944 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Dudley means "From the meadow" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Dudley Collard on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dudley Collard and the Collard Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Collard 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 Collard family tree.
Search Parish Records for Dudley Collard at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Dudley Collard using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Dudley Collard.
Research the Collard surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Collard Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1996 people with the Collard surname in the UK? Collard is now ranked number 2351 for popularity in the UK. |
Collard Family History Databases
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Find Dudley Collard from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Collard Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Collard surname in the USA? Collard is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Collard Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Dudley Collard. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Dudley Collard
Dudley Collard
William Dudley Collard (1907-1963) was a British barrister and writer on law in the Soviet Union. Collard was a member of the Anglo-Soviet Law Association, and represented the Communist Party of Great Britain as a lawyer. His affiliation with communism led to the intelligence services keeping a file on him.
Following the "Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center" in 1937 (the second of the Moscow Trials), Collard published a book through the Left Book Club entitled Soviet Justice and the Trial of Radek and Others which argued that the trials had been conducted fairly. Most historians now conclude that the Moscow Trials were show trials.
He was married to Elizabeth Katherine Collard (1911—28 December 1978), a writer, journalist and political activist with a particular interest in Middle Eastern issues.
Source: Dudley Collard, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Collard
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