Researching Mary Chesnut
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 44 people with the Chesnut surname? In that year Chesnut was ranked number 3535 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Chesnut on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Mary Chesnut in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Chesnut 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 Mary Chesnut and the Chesnut Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chesnut 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 Chesnut family tree.
Search Parish Records for Mary Chesnut at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Mary Chesnut using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Mary Chesnut.
Research the Chesnut surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Chesnut Military records.
Chesnut 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.
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Find Mary Chesnut from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Chesnut 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 3038 people with the Chesnut surname in the USA? Chesnut is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Chesnut Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Chesnut. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Chesnut
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Mary Boykin Chesnut (née Miller) (March 31, 1823 – November 22, 1886) was an American author noted for a book published as her Civil War diary, a "vivid picture of a society in the throes of its life-and-death struggle." She described the war from within her upper-class circles of Southern slaveowner society, but encompassed all classes in her book. She was married to a lawyer who served as a United States senator and Confederate officer.Chesnut worked toward a final form of her book in 1881–1884, based on her extensive diary written during the war years. It was published in 1905, 19 years after her death. New versions were published after her papers were discovered, in 1949 by the novelist Ben Ames Williams, and in 1981 by the historian C. Vann Woodward, whose annotated edition of the diary, Mary Chesnut's Civil War (1981), won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1982. Literary critics have praised Chesnut's diary—the influential writer Edmund Wilson termed it "a work of art" and a "masterpiece" of the genre—as the most important work by a Confederate author.
Source: Mary Boykin Chesnut, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Chesnut
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.
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