Researching James Kinlay
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Kinlay on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Kinlay 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 James Kinlay and the Kinlay Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kinlay 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 Kinlay family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for James Kinlay at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of James Kinlay using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about James Kinlay.
Research the Kinlay surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kinlay Military records.
Kinlay Family History Databases
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Find James Kinlay from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Kinlay Forums
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Miscellaneous Kinlay Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on James Kinlay. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called James Kinlay
James Kinlay
James Kinlay (17 October 1926 – 8 June 2010) was a Scottish journalist and assistant editor of the Sunday Express, where for thirty years he was the right-hand man of the late editor in chief John Junor.
As features editor he worked with celebrated cartoonists Carl Giles and Michael Cummings and interviewed many of the leading political figures of the day, including Reginald Maudling, Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson.
Born in Glasgow, he studied classics at Glasgow University before emigrating with his new wife, Elizabeth, to Kenya in the early 1950s to begin his career in journalism on the Nairobi Times. His five children include hedge fund manager Jonathan Kinlay and the actress Antonia Kinlay is one of five grandchildren.
Other names that sound a bit like Kinlay
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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