Researching Mary Sidney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 589 people with the Sidney surname? In that year Sidney was ranked number 2990 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Sidney on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Mary Sidney 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 Mary Sidney and the Sidney Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sidney 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 Sidney family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Mary Sidney at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Mary Sidney using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Mary Sidney.
Research the Sidney surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sidney Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 586 people with the Sidney surname in the UK? Sidney is now ranked number 3487 for popularity in the UK. |
Sidney Genealogy 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 Sidney.
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Look at One Great Family for Sidney records submitted by people who are already researching the Sidney Family Tree.
Find Mary Sidney from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Sidney 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 Sidney surname in the USA? Sidney is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sidney Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Sidney. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Sidney
Mary Sidney
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (born Sidney, 27 October 1561 – 25 September 1621) was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare among the notable authors of the day in John Bodenham's verse miscellany Belvidere. Her play Antonius is widely seen as reviving interest in soliloquy based on classical models and as a likely source of Samuel Daniel's closet drama Cleopatra (1594) and of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (1607). She was also known for translating Petrarch's "Triumph of Death", for the poetry anthology Triumphs, and above all for a lyrical translation of the Psalms.
Source: Mary Sidney, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sidney
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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