Researching Hilary Kay
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15559 people with the Kay surname? In that year Kay was ranked number 249 for popularity in the UK. |
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Records of Hilary Kay on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Hilary Kay 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 Hilary Kay and the Kay Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kay 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 Kay family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Hilary Kay at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Hilary Kay using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Hilary Kay.
Research the Kay surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kay Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 16664 people with the Kay surname in the UK? Kay is now ranked number 330 for popularity in the UK. |
Kay 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Hilary Kay.
Study MyTrees for information on the Kay family and people looking to contact living Kay relations.
Look at One Great Family for Kay records submitted by people who are already researching the Kay Family Tree.
Find Hilary Kay from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Kay 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 Kay surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Kay surname in the USA? Kay is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Kay Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Hilary Kay. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Hilary Kay
Hilary Kay
Hilary Marion Kay (born 16 December 1956) is a British antiques expert, author and lecturer, probably best known for her many appearances on BBC TVs Antiques Roadshow programme on which she is a member of the team of experts.
Kay's first job was working for fine art and antique dealers Spink & Son in St. James's. In 1977, Kay accepted an offer to join Sotheby's Collectors’ Department. Later that year Kay became head of that department and, aged 21, became the company's youngest ever auctioneer. A rock and roll fan, in 1981 Kay held the world's first rock and roll memorabilia auction, handled the sale of Elton John's collection in 1988 and in 1992 wrote Rock ’n’ Roll Collectables: An Illustrated History of Rock Memorabilia, the first textbook on the subject.
As well as working on television as an expert on Antiques Roadshow from 1979 onwards, Kay presented a landmark series for BBC One, Brilliantly British, which explored the lives of Thomas Chippendale, Josiah Wedgwood and William Morris. Kay has written or contributed to a number of books on the subject of antiques and collectables and has appeared in numerous television and radio programmes.
Kay is a fan of mechanical antiques, having been born into a family of engineers. She is also a car enthusiast; one of her early influences was the James Bond film Goldfinger, where she loved the Aston Martin DB5. In 2009, for a special episode of BBC TV's Priceless Antiques Roadshow, Kay was behind the wheel of the Aston Martin DB5 driven by Daniel Craig in Casino Royale.
Kay, by then a Senior Director, left Sotheby's in 1999. She now runs Art & Antique Events, a corporate entertainment company which provides antiques-based events and entertainments to corporate and private clients. She created and produces a stage show with fellow Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury called 'Have You Had it Long Madam?' (Tales from the Roadshow), which has toured the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. On 27 December 2010 Kay won an edition of BBC One's Celebrity Mastermind, with a score of 36 points, having chosen 'The Life and Works of Josiah Wedgwood' as her specialist subject.
Currently Kay presents and curates the online art appreciation course, The Art Institute, operating in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and Ireland.
Kay has joint British and Australian citizenship.
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