Researching Francis Hall
Dig into the past of Francis Hall using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 88104 people with the Hall surname? In that year Hall was ranked number 19 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Francis Hall on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Francis Hall 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.
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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 Hall ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Francis Hall and the Hall Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hall 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 Hall family tree.
Study Parish Records for Francis Hall at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Francis Hall using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Francis Hall.
Research the Hall surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hall Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 110810 people with the Hall surname in the UK? Hall is now ranked number 19 for popularity in the UK. |
Hall Family Tree 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Francis Hall.
Study MyTrees for information on the Hall family and people looking to contact living Hall relations.
Study One Great Family for Hall records submitted by people who are already researching the Hall Family Tree.
Find Francis Hall from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hall 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.
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| Did you know that there are currently 607649 people with the Hall surname in the USA? Hall is ranked number 23 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hall Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Francis Hall. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Francis Hall
Francis William Hall
Francis William Hall (December 10, 1871 – after 1927) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Lanark South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 to 1919 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Perth, the son of Francis Alexander Hall and Harriet F. Dunham, and was educated in Perth and at Osgoode Hall. In 1903, he married Margaret Elise, the daughter of Peter McLaren. Hall was president of the Perth Shoe Company. He served as mayor of Perth from 1909 to 1912. In 1927, Hall was found guilty of theft and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Source: Francis William Hall, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFrancis Hall (Japan)
Francis Hall (1822–1902) was an upstate New York book dealer who went to Japan in 1859 and became the founder of Walsh, Hall and Co, America's leading Trading House in 19th Century Japan. Hall served as Japan correspondent for Horace Greeley's New York Tribune during the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, publishing nearly 70 articles in the Tribune. While in Japan he kept a detailed journal that has become a major source on life in Japan during the middle of the 19th century. Having made a fortune in trade between Japan and the United States he returned home in 1866 and became a philanthropist and world traveler.
Source: Francis Hall (Japan), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Hall
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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