Researching Mick Exley
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1424 people with the Exley surname? In that year Exley was ranked number 2229 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Mick means "Form of MICHAEL. who is like God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mick Exley on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mick Exley and the Exley Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Exley 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 Exley family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1784 people with the Exley surname in the UK? Exley is now ranked number 2483 for popularity in the UK. |
Exley Genealogy Databases
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Exley Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Exley surname in the USA? Exley is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Mick Exley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mick Exley
Mick Exley
George Henry Exley (15 November 1911 – February 1990), also known by the nickname of 'Mick', was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and coached rugby league in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (non-Test matches), England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 352) (captain) (two spells, pre and post-World War II) and Hanging Heaton WMC ARLFC, as a and later as, i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 11 or 12 during the era of contested scrums, and club level rugby union (RU) for Wakefield RFC Old Boys (in a period of dispensation for "retired" rugby league players during World War II, he would later return to rugby league with Wakefield Trinity), and coached at club level for Batley.
Source: Mick Exley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Exley
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