Researching Karl Arnold
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16144 people with the Arnold surname? In that year Arnold was ranked number 237 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Karl means "Form of CHARLES. man, strong" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Karl Arnold on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Karl Arnold and the Arnold Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Arnold 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 Arnold family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 21707 people with the Arnold surname in the UK? Arnold is now ranked number 248 for popularity in the UK. |
Arnold Family History Databases
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Arnold Forums
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Some Famous People called Karl Arnold
Karl Arnold (chemist)
Karl Arnold variously Carl Johann Moritz Arnold or Johann Karl Moritz Arnold (12 March 1853, Uffenheim - 24 June 1929, Hanover) was a German chemist and mountaineer. He served as Director and briefly as Vice-Chancellor of the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover. His published works on organic chemistry were of importance to veterinarians, medical students and pharmacists. He was also an accomplished alpinist and chairman of the Hanover section of the German-Austrian Alpine Association.
Source: Karl Arnold (chemist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Arnold
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.
Ahrenholz Armal Armall Armel Armelin Armelius Armell Armold Arnal Arnald Arnaldi Arnaldo Arnaldy Arnall Arnault Arneil Arnell Arnely Arnhold Arnholdt Arnholtz Arnholz Arniel Arnley Arnli Arnoldi Arnolds Arnoll Arnoul Arnould Arnoult Arnull Aronhalt





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