Researching Ferdinand Arnold
Delve into the history of Ferdinand Arnold using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16144 people with the Arnold surname? In that year Arnold was ranked number 237 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Ferdinand means "To be Courageous" and is of German origin.
Records of Ferdinand Arnold on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ferdinand Arnold in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. 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 Ferdinand Arnold. |
![]() |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Ferdinand Arnold. |
![]() |
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Ferdinand Arnold. |
![]() |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Ferdinand Arnold. |
![]() |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Ferdinand Arnold. |
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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Arnold 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 Arnold Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ferdinand Arnold and the Arnold Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Arnold 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 Arnold family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Ferdinand Arnold at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ferdinand Arnold using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Ferdinand Arnold records.
Search MyHeritage for Ferdinand Arnold information.
Investigate the LDS Database for records about Ferdinand Arnold.
Research the Arnold surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Arnold Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 21707 people with the Arnold surname in the UK? Arnold is now ranked number 248 for popularity in the UK. |
Arnold Family History 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 Ferdinand Arnold.
Study MyTrees for information on the Arnold family and people looking to contact living Arnold relations.
Study One Great Family for Arnold records submitted by people who are already researching the Arnold Family Tree.
Find Ferdinand Arnold from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Arnold 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 Arnold surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 170142 people with the Arnold surname in the USA? Arnold is ranked number 101 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Arnold Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Ferdinand Arnold. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ferdinand Arnold
Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold
right|thumb|Ferdinand Christian Gustav ArnoldFerdinand Christian Gustav Arnold (24 February 1828 – 8 August 1901) was a German lichenologist and taxonomist born in Ansbach, Bavaria. Even as a high school student he showed an active interest in botany: "Ich und August Gattinger ... durchstreiften von November 1846 bis zum Spätherbst 1847, Pflanzen sammelnd, die Landschaft von München nach allen Richtungen." ("August Gattinger and I … roamed across the landscape of Munich from November 1846 up to the late autumn 1847, collecting plants, in all directions.").
He studied jurisprudence in Munich and Heidelberg and during his career practiced law in Eichstätt (1857–77) and Munich (1877–96). He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Munich in 1878. Additionally he was a student of botanists Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) and Otto Sendtner (1813–1859), and his spare time was devoted to floristics and classification of plants and fungi.
His initial studies dealt with vascular plants, but his primary focus later shifted to lichens and bryophytes. Well known for his studies of herbarium specimens (exsiccatae), his personal herbarium contained approximately 150,000 specimens, largely consisting of lichens and lichenicolous fungi. Today this collection is kept at the Botanische Staatssammlung in Munich.
Arnold was the author of Lichenologische Ausflüge in Tirol (Lichenological Excursions in Tyrol), which is still considered to be an important source of information on alpine lichenology . He was a founding member of the Bayerische Botanische Gesellschaft, and in 1878 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Munich. Arnold died in Munich in 1901. The journal series Arnoldia, named in his honor, started publication in 1991. It is devoted to describing the labels and annotations of the dried herbarium specimens in the Botanische Staatssammlung.__NOTOC__
Source: Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Arnold
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.
Ahrenholz Armal Armall Armel Armelin Armelius Armell Armold Arnal Arnald Arnaldi Arnaldo Arnaldy Arnall Arnault Arneil Arnell Arnely Arnhold Arnholdt Arnholtz Arnholz Arniel Arnley Arnli Arnoldi Arnolds Arnoll Arnoul Arnould Arnoult Arnull Aronhalt





Comments
Looking for information on a Ferdinand Arnold in your family tree? Why not post a question here -