Records of James Pollock on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Pollock 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 Pollock and the Pollock Family Tree

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

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Pollock Genealogy 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.

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Pollock 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.

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

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Some Famous People called James Pollock

James Arthur Pollock

James Arthur Pollock, FRS, (17 November 1865 – 24 May 1922) was an Irish-born physicist, active in Australia.

Born in Douglas, County Cork, Ireland and educated in England, in 1885 Pollock moved to Australia followed with by his family. In 1886, he was appointed second astronomical assistant to the New South Wales government astronomer, Henry Chamberlain Russell.

In 1889 Pollock became professor of physics at the University of Sydney. He studied atmospheric ions and vacuum technology amongst other areas.

In World War I, Pollock enlisted in the Engineering Corps and served with Edgeworth David. Pollock designed apparatus for use in tunnelling. This enabled destruction of German fortifications on the Messines and Wytschaete ridges in Belgium. He finished the war with the rank of major.

Pollock died in Sydney, he had no children. He was buried in Waverley Cemetery.

Source: James Arthur Pollock, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

James Pollock (Northern Ireland politician)

Captain Sir James Huey Hamill Pollock, (1893–14 March 1982), also known as Shamus Pollock, was a British colonial administrator and unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Pollock studied at the Royal School, Armagh and the University of Leeds. During the First World War he served as a Lieutenant, Captain, and Major in the 6th Royal Irish Rifles. He then joined the Colonial Service, spending many years in British Palestine, including service as District Officer in Ramallah and District Commissioner for Jerusalem.

He retired in 1954, and was immediately elected an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Senate of Northern Ireland, serving until 1957.

Source: James Pollock (Northern Ireland politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

James Pollock (artist)

James Pollock (born 1943, South Dakota) is an American artist living in Pierre, South Dakota. Pollock has been characterized as a painter whose work is a bridge between the abstract and the concrete. His style varies widely, sometimes drawing on the abstract styles reminiscent of artists of the early 20th-century Bauhaus school, characterized by strong lines and bold colors, sometimes resembling ancient cave paintings, and sometimes straightforward renderings of landscapes and objects." Pollock is an active plein air painter and member of the South Dakota Plein Air Artists movement. Source: James Pollock (artist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Pollock

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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