Records of Nora Polley on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Nora Polley in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

A Moment of your Time Please...

In order to try and help fund this website, I've tried producing some music. Click the banner below to listen to my latest album on your favourite streaming service. If you like it, please consider adding your favourite songs to a playlist!

Play music by Gracie James
Country Collection
Globe Ancestry.com Global records search results for Nora Polley.
USA Ancestry.com US records search results for Nora Polley.
UK Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Nora Polley.
Canada Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Nora Polley.
Australia Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Nora Polley.

DNA

Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Polley ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

Unlock your DNAHave you reached a brick wall in your Polley Tree?

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Nora Polley and the Polley Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Polley 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 Polley family tree.

Check out Parish Records for Nora Polley at Find My Past.

Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Nora Polley using the FreeBMD database.

Look at Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Nora Polley records.

Study MyHeritage for Nora Polley information.

Look at the LDS Database for records about Nora Polley.

Research the Polley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Polley Military records.

ukDid you know that there are currently 1228 people with the Polley surname in the UK? Polley is now ranked number 2907 for popularity in the UK.

Polley 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.

Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Nora Polley.

Study MyTrees for information on the Polley family and people looking to contact living Polley relations.

Explore One Great Family for Polley records submitted by people who are already researching the Polley Family Tree.

Find Nora Polley from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Polley 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.

Research the Polley surname using Genealogy.com forums .

ukDid you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Polley surname in the USA? Polley is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Polley Databases

Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Nora Polley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

Comments

Looking for information on a Nora Polley in your family tree? Why not post a question here -

Some Famous People called Nora Polley

Nora Polley

Nora Margaret Polley ( Fischer; 29 July 1894 – 1988) was the first female to represent India at the Summer Olympics when she competed in the tennis events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Nora Fischer was born in Budaun, British India, records show that in 1901 she was living in Scotland before going to boarding school in Eastbourne in 1911, she would later marry Sydney Trepess Polley in 1915, who had been serving in the Indian Army since 1902 and would later be promoted to Major.

Polley competed in both the women's singles and mixed doubles tennis events at the 1924 Summer Olympics which were held in Paris, France, she had prepared for the event by reaching the semi-finals in a tournament in Cannes. In the Olympic women's singles she received a bye in the first round before meeting Greek player Lena Valaoritou-Skaramaga in the second round, she eventually won in three sets, in the third round she was up against Spanish player Lilí Álvarez, unfortunately she was totally outplayed and lost in straight sets 0–6, 3–6. In the mixed doubles she teamed up with Sydney Jacob also from India, they received a bye in the first round, then in the second round they lost to the Irish pair of Edwin McCrea and Mary Wallis in three sets.

In the same summer after the Olympics, Polley traveled to England and played a couple of more tournaments in the south of England, including the Tunbridge Wells Tennis Tournaments, and an event in Bexhill-on-Sea, after this no more records can be found.

Nora Polley died in 1988 in Leominster, Herefordshire.

Source: Nora Polley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Polley

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.

Paal Pahel Pahl Pahlow Pail Paille Pala Palay Pale Paley Pali Palia Pallai Palle Palley Pallo Pally Paoli Paolo Pauel Pauelua Paul Paula Paule Pauleau Pauley Pauli Paull Paulley Paulo Paulou Pauly Pauwel Pawel Pawle Pawley Payle Payley Paylie Peal Peale Pealy Peel Peele Peelle Peil Peila Peile Peill Pel Pelaia Pelawa Pele Pell Pelle Pellew Pelley Pelli Pellow Pelly Pelow Piehl Piel Piela Piele Piell Pielow Piheal Pihl Pile Pill Pilla Pille Pilley Pillo Pilloe Pillow Pilo Piloe Piola Pioli Piolli Piwall Piwell Pla Plau Pleau Plew Plewa Pley Pllu Plo Ploegh Plou Plough Plow Plowy Plue Ply Poel Pohl Pohle Pohley Poile Pol Pole Poley Poleye Poli Poll Pollay Polle Polleye Polli Pollie Pollow Pollu Polly Polo Polowy Polye Pool Poole Pooley Pooly Pouel Powel Powelee Powell Powley Poyle Puhl Pula Puleo Pull Pulley Pyle Pyloo Pylow Pywell