Researching Hugh Barnes
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 36048 people with the Barnes surname? In that year Barnes was ranked number 85 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Hugh means "Bright in Mind and Spirit" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Hugh Barnes on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Hugh Barnes in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 Barnes 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 Hugh Barnes and the Barnes Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Barnes 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 Barnes family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Hugh Barnes at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Hugh Barnes using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Hugh Barnes.
Research the Barnes surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Barnes Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 45642 people with the Barnes surname in the UK? Barnes is now ranked number 92 for popularity in the UK. |
Barnes 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Hugh Barnes.
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Explore One Great Family for Barnes records submitted by people who are already researching the Barnes Family Tree.
Find Hugh Barnes from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Barnes 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 Barnes surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 294710 people with the Barnes surname in the USA? Barnes is ranked number 66 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Barnes Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Hugh Barnes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Hugh Barnes
Hugh Barnes
Hugh Barnes (born 1963) is a journalist and specialist on Russian matters. Born in London, he was educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He covered the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan for various newspapers in the UK and abroad. He has also been the director of the democracy and conflict programme at the Foreign Policy Centre.
His publications include Special Effects (a novel), Understanding Iran (a report co-authored with Alex Bigham) and Gannibal: The Moor of Petersburg, a biography of Abram Gannibal, the African soldier-scholar at the tsar's court who was also the great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin.
He is currently the managing editor of Oblomovism Ltd, an independent consultancy focusing on Russia and the CIS, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Source: Hugh Barnes, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Barnes
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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