Researching Margaret Catchpole
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1930 people with the Catchpole surname? In that year Catchpole was ranked number 1875 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Margaret means "child of light" and is of Persian origin.
Records of Margaret Catchpole on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Margaret Catchpole 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 Margaret Catchpole and the Catchpole Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Catchpole 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 Catchpole family tree.
Search Parish Records for Margaret Catchpole at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Margaret Catchpole using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Margaret Catchpole records.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Margaret Catchpole.
Research the Catchpole surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Catchpole Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2350 people with the Catchpole surname in the UK? Catchpole is now ranked number 2130 for popularity in the UK. |
Catchpole 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Margaret Catchpole.
Study MyTrees for information on the Catchpole family and people looking to contact living Catchpole relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Catchpole records submitted by people who are already researching the Catchpole Family Tree.
Find Margaret Catchpole from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Catchpole 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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Miscellaneous Catchpole Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Margaret Catchpole. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Margaret Catchpole
Margaret Catchpole
Margaret Catchpole (14 March 1762 – 13 May 1819) was a Suffolk servant girl, chronicler and deportee to Australia. Born in Suffolk, she worked as a servant in various houses before being convicted of stealing a horse and later escaping from Ipswich Gaol. Following her capture, she was transported to the Australian penal colony of New South Wales, where she remained for the rest of her life. Her entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography describes her as "one of the few true convict chroniclers with an excellent memory and a gift for recording events".
Source: Margaret Catchpole, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Catchpole
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.
Caccavale Caccavella Cacciapalle Casbolt Casebolt Caspell Caspole Chacksfield Checksfield Cockfield Cogbill
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