Researching Glenys 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. |
Records of Glenys Collard on Ancestry
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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 Collard 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 Glenys Collard and the Collard Genealogy
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 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 Collard family tree.
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Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Glenys Collard using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | 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 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.
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Check out One Great Family for Collard records submitted by people who are already researching the Collard Family Tree.
Find Glenys Collard from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Collard 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 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 Glenys Collard. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Glenys Collard
Glenys Collard
Glenys Collard is a Noongar educator and writer. She was born in 1958 at Kondinin and is a member of the Stolen Generation. She is the daughter of Donald and Sylvia Collard who had nine children removed and sent to Sister Kate's when they were living in Brookton between 1958 and 1961. At the age of two she was removed from her family and placed in Sister Kate's Children's Home, Perth. Her parents sued the State of Western Australia over the poor treatment of their children while they were at Sister Kate's. This case was lost in 2013.
Collard ran away from Sister Kate's at the age of 11. She has spoken of her experience of being a stolen child in the Bringing them Home oral history project.She is a mother of six, grandmother of 30, a great grandmother, and matriarch within her family of over 280 people. She is a published author and also spent six years as an executive board member of the Aboriginal Legal Service in Western Australia.
Collard and Rose Whitehurst started the Nyungar Language Project around 1990. They recorded elders who were Noongar speakers and helped bring about agreement on how the language should be spelled.
She has played a leading role in the Western Australian Department of Education's ABC of Two-Way Literacy and Learning project which she has co-managed with Patricia Konigsberg since 1996. Collard and Rosemary Cahill were interviewed about their work in the Education Department as Deadly Ways to Learn Education officers.
Source: Glenys Collard, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Collard
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