Researching Mary Eddy
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1794 people with the Eddy surname? In that year Eddy was ranked number 1959 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Eddy on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Mary Eddy 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. 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 Eddy 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 Eddy and the Eddy Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Eddy 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 Eddy family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Mary Eddy at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Mary Eddy using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Mary Eddy.
Research the Eddy surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Eddy Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1743 people with the Eddy surname in the UK? Eddy is now ranked number 2512 for popularity in the UK. |
Eddy 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.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Mary Eddy.
Study MyTrees for information on the Eddy family and people looking to contact living Eddy relations.
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Find Mary Eddy from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Eddy 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 21268 people with the Eddy surname in the USA? Eddy is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Eddy Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Eddy. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, in New England in 1879. She also founded The Christian Science Monitor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning secular newspaper, in 1908 and three religious magazines: the Christian Science Sentinel, The Christian Science Journal, and The Herald of Christian Science. She wrote numerous books and articles, the most notable of which was Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which had sold over nine million copies as of 2001.
Members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist consider Eddy the "discoverer" of Christian Science, and adherents are therefore known as Christian Scientists or students of Christian Science. The church is sometimes informally known as the Christian Science church.
Eddy was named one of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time" in 2014 by Smithsonian Magazine, and her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures was ranked as one of the "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World" by the Women's National Book Association.
Source: Mary Baker Eddy, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaMary Pierson Eddy
Dr. Mary Pierson Eddy (1864-1923) was a religious and medical missionary. She was born in Syria to American missionary parents. Dr. Eddy followed in her parents' footsteps to become a medical missionary in the Middle East. She was the first woman to obtain a license to practice medicine in the Ottoman Empire. Dr. Eddy spent most of her missionary career traveling among remote villages of Syria until her death at age 59.
Her family is credited with the success of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Syria.
Source: Mary Pierson Eddy, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Eddy
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