Researching Harold Comber
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1006 people with the Comber surname? In that year Comber was ranked number 2587 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Harold means "army-power" and is of English origin.
Records of Harold Comber on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Harold Comber 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harold Comber and the Comber Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Comber 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 Comber family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Harold Comber at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Harold Comber using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Harold Comber.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1085 people with the Comber surname in the UK? Comber is now ranked number 3029 for popularity in the UK. |
Comber 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Harold Comber.
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Search One Great Family for Comber records submitted by people who are already researching the Comber Family Tree.
Find Harold Comber from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Comber 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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Miscellaneous Comber Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Harold Comber. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Harold Comber
Harold Frederick Comber
Harold Frederick Comber ALS (31 December 1897 – 23 April 1969) was an English horticulturist and plant collector who was to specialise in the study of lilies Lilium sp. The eldest child of three, and only son of James and Ethel Comber, he was born at Nymans, Staplefield, Sussex, where his father was Head Gardener. He was educated at Handcross Council School until aged 12, when he entered Ardingly College for two years. He did not excel academically, failing his Oxford Local examinations, but was noted for his keen powers of observation and a retentive memory.
Source: Harold Frederick Comber, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Comber
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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