Researching Nicholas Orme
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2500 people with the Orme surname? In that year Orme was ranked number 1559 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Nicholas means "Victory of the People" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Nicholas Orme on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Nicholas Orme and the Orme Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Orme 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 Orme family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3242 people with the Orme surname in the UK? Orme is now ranked number 1718 for popularity in the UK. |
Orme Genealogy Databases
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Orme Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Nicholas Orme. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Nicholas Orme
Nicholas Orme
Nicholas Orme (born 1942) is a British historian specialising in the Middle Ages and Tudor period, focusing on the history of children, and ecclesiastical history, with a particular interest in South West England.
Orme is an Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and has worked as a visiting scholar at, among others, Merton College, Oxford, St John's College, Oxford, and the University of Arizona. He retired on 31 May 2007. and is a canon of the Church of England.
Source: Nicholas Orme, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Orme
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