Researching Michael Neal
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8861 people with the Neal surname? In that year Neal was ranked number 456 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Michael Neal on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Michael Neal 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 Michael Neal and the Neal Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Neal 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 Neal family tree.
Search Parish Records for Michael Neal at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Michael Neal using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Neal surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Neal Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 10561 people with the Neal surname in the UK? Neal is now ranked number 544 for popularity in the UK. |
Neal 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.
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Neal 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 118492 people with the Neal surname in the USA? Neal is ranked number 118 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Neal Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Michael Neal. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Michael Neal
Michael Shane Neal
Michael Shane Neal (born November 23, 1968) is an American portrait artist. In 2020, Neal's painting of Congressman John Lewis was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery as a part of their permanent exhibit entitled "The Struggle for Justice." Neal has created official portraits for the United States Capitol of U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg, former Majority Leader and U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, 10th Architect of the Capitol Alan Hantman, and over 400 works of art depicting various public figures. Commissions include Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for the Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law at Arizona State University, former Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham for the Department of Energy, and U.S. Senator Arlen Specter for Yale Law School.
Source: Michael Shane Neal, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Neal
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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