Researching Jane Arden
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 720 people with the Arden surname? In that year Arden was ranked number 2860 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Jane means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jane Arden on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jane Arden and the Arden Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Arden 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 Arden family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Jane Arden at Find My Past.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 878 people with the Arden surname in the UK? Arden is now ranked number 3215 for popularity in the UK. |
Arden Family Tree Databases
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Find Jane Arden from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Arden 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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Miscellaneous Arden Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Jane Arden. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jane Arden
Jane Arden (director)
Jane Arden (29 October 1927 – 20 December 1982, born Norah Patricia Morris) was a British film director, actress, singer/songwriter and poet, who gained note in the 1950s. Born in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She started acting in the late 1940s and writing for stage and television in the 1950s. In the 1960s, she joined movements for feminism and anti-psychiatry. She wrote a screenplay for the film Separation (1967). In the late 1960s and 1970s, she wrote for experimental theatre, adapting one work as a self-directed film, The Other Side of the Underneath (1972). In 1978 she published a poetry book. Arden committed suicide in 1982. In 2009, her feature films Separation (1967), The Other Side of the Underneath (1972) and Anti-Clock (1979) were restored by the British Film Institute and released on DVD and Blu-ray. Her literary works are out of print.
Source: Jane Arden (director), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Arden
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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