Researching Martin Palmer
Dig into the past of Martin Palmer using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 35300 people with the Palmer surname? In that year Palmer was ranked number 87 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Martin means "Warlike" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Martin Palmer on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Martin Palmer 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
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Palmer ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Martin Palmer and the Palmer Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Palmer 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 Palmer family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Martin Palmer at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Martin Palmer using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Martin Palmer.
Research the Palmer surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Palmer Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 47848 people with the Palmer surname in the UK? Palmer is now ranked number 87 for popularity in the UK. |
Palmer 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 Martin Palmer.
Study MyTrees for information on the Palmer family and people looking to contact living Palmer relations.
Study One Great Family for Palmer records submitted by people who are already researching the Palmer Family Tree.
Find Martin Palmer from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Palmer 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.
Research the Palmer surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 188371 people with the Palmer surname in the USA? Palmer is ranked number 95 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Palmer Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Martin Palmer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Martin Palmer
Martin Palmer
Martin Giles Palmer (born 14 October 1953) is a theologian, Sinologist, author and international specialist on all major faiths and religious traditions and cultures. He is the Founding President and Chief Executive of FaithInvest, an international not-for-profit membership association for religious groups and faith-based institutional investors, which empowers faith groups to invest in line with their values. FaithInvest grew out of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) of which Palmer was Secretary General from 1995 to 2019. Palmer is also the Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture (ICOREC).
Palmer is the author and editor of more than 20 books on religious and environmental topics and the translator of several popular books on Sinology, including Zhuangzi and I Ching. His 2001 book The Jesus Sutras, a translation of the Jingjiao Documents, gives a popular and controversial interpretation of early Chinese Christianity as ‘syncretistic’. In 2018, Palmer's abridged translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms was published by Penguin Classics.
An Anglican Christian, Palmer studied theology and religious studies at Cambridge University. He is a regular contributor to the BBC on religious, ethical and historical issues. He appears regularly on BBC Radio 3 and 4, BBC World Service and BBC TV as a presenter, and is also a contributor to programmes such as In Our Time, Thought for the Day, Night Waves, Beyond Belief and Songs of Praise. He appeared on the BBC World Service for a week-long China series in October 2007.
In 2009 Palmer was Co-Chair of a joint ARC-UNDP programme on the faiths, climate change and the environment, which launched a series of major faith commitments on the environment at Windsor Castle in November 2009 followed by a further commitments launched in Nairobi, Kenya. In total, more than 60 faith long-term commitments were developed which have profoundly shaped the faiths' response to key environmental issues. In 2020, FaithInvest began a programme, Faith Plans, building on the 2009 commitments, asking the faiths to consider how they will manage their assets, investments, influence and resources to drive practical action on climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development over the next seven to ten years.
Source: Martin Palmer, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Palmer
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