Researching Lyn Collingwood
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1649 people with the Collingwood surname? In that year Collingwood was ranked number 2064 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Lyn means "Form of LINDA. pretty" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Lyn Collingwood on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lyn Collingwood and the Collingwood Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Collingwood 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 Collingwood family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Lyn Collingwood at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Lyn Collingwood using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Lyn Collingwood.
Research the Collingwood surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Collingwood Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2101 people with the Collingwood surname in the UK? Collingwood is now ranked number 2287 for popularity in the UK. |
Collingwood Genealogy Databases
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Find Lyn Collingwood from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Collingwood Forums
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Miscellaneous Collingwood Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Lyn Collingwood. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Lyn Collingwood
Lyn Collingwood
Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936, Sydney), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an Australian actress. Collingwood was cast as comic character Colleen Smart, (later Stewart) on soap opera Home and Away and was a recurring original character in 1988 to 1989. In 1997 she returned for a guest appearance, and then returned in 1999 as a regular character until leaving in May 2012, after playing the role of Colleen for 13 years. Lyn made a brief return to the series on 27 November 2012.
Collingwood has worked as a social worker and an English, drama and history teacher. She has also worked in research and as an editor of The Australian Encyclopaedia, as well as The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Australia and The New Age Encyclopaedia.
Source: Lyn Collingwood, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Collingwood
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