Researching Harry Kew
Delve into the history of Harry Kew using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 879 people with the Kew surname? In that year Kew was ranked number 2705 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Harry means "Form of HAROLD. army-power" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Harry Kew on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Harry Kew 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 Kew 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 Harry Kew and the Kew Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kew 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 Kew family tree.
Study Parish Records for Harry Kew at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Harry Kew using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Harry Kew records.
Explore MyHeritage for Harry Kew information.
Search the LDS Database for records about Harry Kew.
Research the Kew surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kew Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1173 people with the Kew surname in the UK? Kew is now ranked number 2954 for popularity in the UK. |
Kew 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 Harry Kew.
Study MyTrees for information on the Kew family and people looking to contact living Kew relations.
Study One Great Family for Kew records submitted by people who are already researching the Kew Family Tree.
Find Harry Kew from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Kew 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 Kew surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Kew Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Harry Kew. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Harry Kew
Harry Wallis Kew
Harry Wallis Kew (1868–1948) was an amateur English zoologist.
Wallis Kew worked as a bank clerk in Kent and devoted his free time to the study of pseudoscorpions and molluscs. He is best remembered for his book entitled The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc, which included a preface by Alfred Russel Wallace. In this work, Wallis Kew was tracking the phenomena that is now referred to as invasive species in relation to molluscs, and in particular the zebra mussel.
Wallis Kew was the grandson of woodcarver, Thomas Wilkinson Wallis, and in 1884 founded the Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian and Literary Society.
The gastropod Ameranella kewi (Dickerson, 1915) was named in his honour.
Source: Harry Wallis Kew, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kew
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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