Researching Hugh Exton
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1003 people with the Exton surname? In that year Exton was ranked number 2589 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Hugh means "Bright in Mind and Spirit" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Hugh Exton on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Hugh Exton 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 Hugh Exton and the Exton Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Exton 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 Exton family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Hugh Exton at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Hugh Exton using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Hugh Exton.
Research the Exton surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Exton Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1083 people with the Exton surname in the UK? Exton is now ranked number 3030 for popularity in the UK. |
Exton 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.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Hugh Exton.
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Check out One Great Family for Exton records submitted by people who are already researching the Exton Family Tree.
Find Hugh Exton from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Exton Forums
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Miscellaneous Exton Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Hugh Exton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Hugh Exton
Hugh Exton
Hugh Exton (26 March 1864 Western Cape – 1955) was a South African self-taught photographer noted for creating more than 23000 glass slides during his career spanning 1892 to 1945, and preserved at the Hugh Exton Photographic Museum, a former Dutch Reformed church built in Pietersburg in the 1890s. He was the son of physician, anthropologist, geologist and collector, Hugh Exton (1833-1903) F.G.S., who was President of the South African Geological Society from its founding in 1895, and Jacomina Hendrina van der Poel.
Exton moved north from Cape Town in 1886, visiting the Marabastad Goldfields near Pietersburg, eventually settling in the town in 1899. He photographed a wide variety of historic events, including the Anglo-Boer War, documenting ordinary people and celebrities in the dress of the period, the architecture of the time, as well as images of the local industry and trade. He kept meticulous notes in appointment books, recording the details of every photograph he took. Exton's formal portraits of young dandies in three-piece suits, loving couples and demure farmers’ wives were produced in his studio around the turn of the 20th century. His collection of images traces the first 50 years of Pietersburg.
A photo album with images taken by Exton and inscribed ‘Souvenir of Northern Transvaal’ was presented to Chaim Weizmann by the Pietersburg Zionist Society in March 1932.
Source: Hugh Exton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Exton
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