Researching Lydia Child
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5092 people with the Child surname? In that year Child was ranked number 832 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Lydia means "form Lydia, beauty" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Lydia Child on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Lydia Child 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 Lydia Child and the Child Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Child 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 Child family tree.
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Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Lydia Child using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3663 people with the Child surname in the UK? Child is now ranked number 1550 for popularity in the UK. |
Child 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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Child 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 9115 people with the Child surname in the USA? Child is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Child Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Lydia Child. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Lydia Child
Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child ( Francis; February 11, 1802 – October 20, 1880), was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism.
Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories.
Despite these challenges, Child may be most remembered for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood." Her grandparents' house, which she wrote about visiting, was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and stands near the Mystic River on South Street, in Medford, Massachusetts.
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