Researching Matthew Marsh
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 21363 people with the Marsh surname? In that year Marsh was ranked number 162 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Matthew means "gift of God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Matthew Marsh on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Matthew Marsh 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 Matthew Marsh and the Marsh Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Marsh 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 Marsh family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Matthew Marsh at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Matthew Marsh using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Marsh surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Marsh Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 28944 people with the Marsh surname in the UK? Marsh is now ranked number 168 for popularity in the UK. |
Marsh Family History Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Matthew Marsh.
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Find Matthew Marsh from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Marsh 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 75956 people with the Marsh surname in the USA? Marsh is ranked number 132 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Marsh Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Matthew Marsh. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Matthew Marsh
Matthew Marsh (actor)
Matthew Marsh (born 8 July 1954) is an English actor. He is the older brother of Jon Marsh of the English dance band "The Beloved". He has appeared in the films The Fourth Protocol (1987), Diamond Skulls (1989), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Alambrado (1991), Dirty Weekend (1993), Spy Game (2001), Miranda (2002), Bad Company (2002), Quicksand (2003) and An American Haunting (2005). In 2011 Marsh starred in the biopic film The Iron Lady as the United States Secretary of State Alexander Haig. In 2005, Marsh starred as Simon Hewitt in the first series of The Thick of It.
In May 1998, Marsh portrayed the character Alex Duncan in the British TV program As Time Goes By, series 7, episode 3 entitled "The New Neighbours". He co-starred with Amanda Burton in The Commander, and guest-starred in the sixth series of the spy drama Spooks in 2007 and the second series of Lewis in 2008. He played Harry Gallo in the New Tricks (series 7, episode 9) "Gloves Off" in 2010. He appeared twice in Midsomer Murders (season 6, episode 3 "Painted Blood" and season 10, episode 7 "They Seek Him Here"). He has also appeared in the Red Dwarf episode "Holoship" and the fifth episode of series two of Game On, "Tangerine Candy Floss and Herne Bay Rock" as Brian Kennedy, Mandy's lecherous former university tutor in 1996, as well as portraying Elton John in John and Yoko: A Love Story the 1985 made-for-TV film. In 2019 Marsh went on to play Jacques De Molay, the ill-fated 14th century Grand Master of the Knights Templar in seven episodes of History's Knightfall.
His frequent theatre work includes Copenhagen (1998) and Blood and Gifts (2010). He played Winston Churchill in Michael Dobbs's play Turning Point which aired as one of a series of TV plays broadcast live on Sky Arts channel. The two-hander depicted a little-known October 1938 meeting between the future prime minister and Soviet spy Guy Burgess, then a young man working for the BBC. Burgess was played by Benedict Cumberbatch, with whom Marsh had previously worked in the acclaimed 2004 TV movie Hawking.
Source: Matthew Marsh (actor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Marsh
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