Researching John Tomlin
Dig into the past of John Tomlin using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2678 people with the Tomlin surname? In that year Tomlin was ranked number 1469 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Tomlin on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Tomlin 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 Tomlin and the Tomlin Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tomlin 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 Tomlin family tree.
Study Parish Records for John Tomlin at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Tomlin using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3766 people with the Tomlin surname in the UK? Tomlin is now ranked number 1515 for popularity in the UK. |
Tomlin Family Tree 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Tomlin.
Study MyTrees for information on the Tomlin family and people looking to contact living Tomlin relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Tomlin records submitted by people who are already researching the Tomlin Family Tree.
Find John Tomlin from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tomlin 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 15191 people with the Tomlin surname in the USA? Tomlin is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tomlin Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on John Tomlin. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Tomlin
John Read le Brockton Tomlin
John Read le Brockton Tomlin (15 August 1864 – 24 December 1954) was a British malacologist. He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London and was president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland on two separate occasions.
Tomlin named more than a hundred taxa of gastropod molluscs, including:
* The family Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927* The family Columbariidae Tomlin, 1928
He also named some scaphopods and bivalves.
Source: John Read le Brockton Tomlin, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tomlin
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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