Researching Herbert Pinna
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The name Herbert means "Bright, excellent army or ruler" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Herbert Pinna on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Herbert Pinna 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 Pinna 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 Herbert Pinna and the Pinna Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Pinna 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 Pinna family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Herbert Pinna at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Herbert Pinna using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Herbert Pinna records.
Search MyHeritage for Herbert Pinna information.
Study the LDS Database for records about Herbert Pinna.
Research the Pinna surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Pinna Military records.
Pinna 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.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Herbert Pinna.
Study MyTrees for information on the Pinna family and people looking to contact living Pinna relations.
Check out One Great Family for Pinna records submitted by people who are already researching the Pinna Family Tree.
Find Herbert Pinna from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Pinna 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 Pinna surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Pinna Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Herbert Pinna. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Herbert Pinna
Herbert De Pinna
Herbert De Pinna (1883–1936) was a composer and doctor. He was a medicine graduate from Cambridge University who trained at Middlesex Hospital. He opened a hospital in Queensland, but claimed he made more money from music.
Herbert De Pinna is best remembered for Broadway-style numbers written for successful pantomimes The Bunyip and Robinson Crusoe, which toured major Australian cities. A song from the 'Bunyip was adopted by schools and enjoyed phenomenal sales
De Pinna won a successful Supreme Court case for defamatory remarks made to his medical clients.
During world war two, his son Arthur was shot down and killed by Imperial Japanese Army Air Service over Kupang, Indonesia.
Source: Herbert De Pinna, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Pinna
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