Researching Jack Cardiff
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 63 people with the Cardiff surname? In that year Cardiff was ranked number 3516 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Cardiff on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Cardiff and the Cardiff Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cardiff 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 Cardiff family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Jack Cardiff at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Jack Cardiff using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 165 people with the Cardiff surname in the UK? Cardiff is now ranked number 3887 for popularity in the UK. |
Cardiff Family Tree Databases
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Cardiff Forums
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Some Famous People called Jack Cardiff
Jack Cardiff
Jack Cardiff, (18 September 1914 – 22 April 2009) was a British cinematographer, film and television director, and photographer. His career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor, to filmmaking more than half a century later.
He is best known for his influential color cinematography for directors such as Powell and Pressburger (A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, and The Red Shoes), John Huston (The African Queen) and Alfred Hitchcock (Under Capricorn). He is also known for his work as a director – in particular, his critically acclaimed film Sons and Lovers (1960) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
In 2000, he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and, in 2001, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award for his contribution to the cinema.
Jack Cardiff's work is reviewed in the documentary film: Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) and Terry Johnson's stage play Prism (2017).
Source: Jack Cardiff, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cardiff
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