Researching John Harrop
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3406 people with the Harrop surname? In that year Harrop was ranked number 1231 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Harrop on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Harrop 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 John Harrop and the Harrop Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Harrop 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 Harrop family tree.
Look at Parish Records for John Harrop at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Harrop using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about John Harrop.
Research the Harrop surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Harrop Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 3392 people with the Harrop surname in the UK? Harrop is now ranked number 1655 for popularity in the UK. |
Harrop Family History 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Harrop.
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Check out One Great Family for Harrop records submitted by people who are already researching the Harrop Family Tree.
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Harrop 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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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Harrop surname in the USA? Harrop is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Harrop Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on John Harrop. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Harrop
John James Harrop
John James Harrop (1910 – September 22, 1988) was an accountant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Athabasca from 1956 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.
He was born in Alameda, Saskatchewan. He worked for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Actually his son's James Donald Harrop wife Linda Olive Whyte father was the vise president of the Wheat Pool which he worked at his whole life. Later the Sherwood Co-operative Association (Regina) is also wrong that's where Linda Olive (Trafford) now worked as a secretary. Those are my family members I should know. Harrop married Myrtle Salter in 1938. During World War II, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1953, he moved to Uranium City where he was employed as a hotel manager, later as a mine manager. Harrop moved to Timmins, Ontario in 1960 where he managed a mine. Less than 6-months later, he returned to Regina, Saskatchewan, where he worked for the Saskatchewan Power Corporation until he retired in 1975.
Source: John James Harrop, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Harrop
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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