Records of Ira Copley on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ira Copley 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.

A Moment of your Time Please...

In order to try and help fund this website, I've tried producing some music. Click the banner below to listen to my latest album on your favourite streaming service. If you like it, please consider adding your favourite songs to a playlist!

Play music by Gracie James
Country Collection
Globe Ancestry.com Global records search results for Ira Copley.
USA Ancestry.com US records search results for Ira Copley.
UK Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Ira Copley.
Canada Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Ira Copley.
Australia Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Ira Copley.

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 Copley ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

Unlock your DNAHave you reached a brick wall in your Copley Tree?

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ira Copley and the Copley Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Copley 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 Copley family tree.

Look at Parish Records for Ira Copley at Find My Past.

Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ira Copley using the FreeBMD database.

Check out Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Ira Copley records.

Search MyHeritage for Ira Copley information.

Investigate the LDS Database for records about Ira Copley.

Research the Copley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Copley Military records.

ukDid you know that there are currently 2847 people with the Copley surname in the UK? Copley is now ranked number 1884 for popularity in the UK.

Copley 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 Ira Copley.

Study MyTrees for information on the Copley family and people looking to contact living Copley relations.

Study One Great Family for Copley records submitted by people who are already researching the Copley Family Tree.

Find Ira Copley from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Copley 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 Copley surname using Genealogy.com forums .

ukDid you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Copley surname in the USA? Copley is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Copley Databases

Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Ira Copley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

Comments

Looking for information on a Ira Copley in your family tree? Why not post a question here -

Some Famous People called Ira Copley

Ira Clifton Copley

Ira Clifton Copley (October 25, 1864 – November 1, 1947) was an American publisher, politician, and utility tycoon. Born in rural Knox County, Illinois, Copley's family moved to Aurora when Copley was 2 so he could be treated for scarlet fever. After graduating from Yale College and the Union College of Law in Chicago, Copley assumed management of the Aurora Gas Light Company. He successfully guided the company into a regional utilities giant, eventually merging his assets into the Western Utility Corporation, which he sold in 1926.

Copley purchased his first newspaper in 1905, eventually amassing over two dozen papers as Copley Press. He was a Republican and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1911, where he served until 1923. From 1915 to 1917, he represented his district as a Progressive. Copley was defeated in a primary in 1922. He is the namesake of the Old Copley Hospital in Aurora, IL, built in 1880, originally named the City Hospital of Aurora. It was re-named in 1937 Copley Memorial Hospital when Mr. Copley donated $2 million toward an expansion. A new hospital was built in 1995 about 3 miles southwest of the old hospital and was named the Rush–Copley Medical Center. His adopted sons James S. and William went on to notable careers in business and art, respectively.

Source: Ira Clifton Copley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Copley

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.

Caball Cabbell Cabble Cabel Cabell Cabello Cable Cabley Cafall Caffall Caffell Cahbell Cahbuhl Capel Capell Capella Capelle Capelow Capewell Caple Caplow Cappallo Cappel Cappell Cappella Cappelle Cappelli Cappello Cappiello Capwell Cauble Cauffiel Cavalli Cavallo Caveill Cavell Cavil Cavill Cavilla Caville Cefali Chabaille Chable Chabolla Chapalay Chapel Chapele Chapelhow Chapell Chapelle Chapellow Chaple Chapleo Chaplow Chappel Chappell Chappelle Chappelow Chapple Chevolleau Chieffallo Chipley Chovil Ciavola Cifelli Ciffelli Cipolla Civil Civille Coballe Cobbell Cobble Cobel Cobelli Cobello Coble Cobleigh Cobley Coffel Coffell Copal Copel Copella Copelli Copello Coppel Coppell Copple Coppola Coufal Coupal Coveley Covell Covelle Covely Coviello Covil Covill Cubley Cuffel Cuffley Cufley Cuvley Cybula Cybulla Czapla Czaple