Researching Fredrick Silva
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 83 people with the Silva surname? In that year Silva was ranked number 3496 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Fredrick Silva on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Fredrick Silva 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. 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 Silva 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 Fredrick Silva and the Silva Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Silva 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 Silva family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Fredrick Silva at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Fredrick Silva using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Fredrick Silva.
Research the Silva surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Silva Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1491 people with the Silva surname in the UK? Silva is now ranked number 2693 for popularity in the UK. |
Silva Family Tree Databases
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Find Fredrick Silva from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Silva 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 Silva surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 127606 people with the Silva surname in the USA? Silva is ranked number 115 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Silva Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Fredrick Silva. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Fredrick Silva
Fredrick de Silva
Edmund Fredrick Lorenz "Fred" de Silva, (1912 – 1993) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the Mayor of Kandy, Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka's Ambassador to France.
Born to George E. de Silva a prominent lawyer and legislator, he was educated at Hillwood Girls' School (Hillwood College, Kandy); Trinity College, Kandy and at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, where he was classmates of Dudley Senanayake. He returned to Trinity College for his final year. In 1931 he won the Open Law Scholarship to Ceylon Law College and became a proctor in 1935 and started his practice at his father's firm De Silva & Karunaratne. In 1950 became an Advocate and was called to bar from the Gray's Inn in 1959 as a Barrister. He also played rugby union for the Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club and the Kandy Sports Club and was the President of the Kandy YMCA.
In 1939 he was elected to the Kandy Municipal Council and was elected Mayor of Kandy in 1947. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his humanitarian work during the 1947 floods. In 1954, de Silva was elected the Member of Parliament for Kandy and held the post till 1956.
From 1968 to 1971 he served as Ceylon's Ambassador to France and was the head of the Sri Lanka's Delegation to UNESCO from 1968 to 1971. He was elected to the governing body (executive board) of the UNESCO. He was the Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya from 1990 to 1993.
His son is Sir Desmond de Silva, former United Nations Chief War Crimes Prosecutor in Sierra Leone.
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