Researching Paul Silk
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1474 people with the Silk surname? In that year Silk was ranked number 2188 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Paul means "small" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Paul Silk on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Paul Silk and the Silk Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Silk 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 Silk family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Paul Silk at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Paul Silk using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Paul Silk.
Research the Silk surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Silk Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2004 people with the Silk surname in the UK? Silk is now ranked number 2346 for popularity in the UK. |
Silk Genealogy Databases
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Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Paul Silk.
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Find Paul Silk from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Silk 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 3038 people with the Silk surname in the USA? Silk is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Silk Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Paul Silk. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Paul Silk
Paul Silk
Sir Evan Paul Silk (born 8 February 1952) is a former clerk in the British House of Commons. He was formerly Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales from March 2001 to January 2007, the most senior official of the Assembly, and acted as the principal adviser to the Presiding Officer, responsible for all the services that are delivered to Assembly Members through the Assembly Parliamentary Service. In 2011, he was appointed as chair of the Commission on Devolution in Wales.In 2017 he was a member of the Expert Panel on Electoral Reform set up by the Assembly.
Sir Paul Silk is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Constitution Reform Group (CRG), a cross-party pressure group chaired by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, which seeks a new constitutional settlement in the UK by way of a new Act of Union. The Constitution Reform Group's Act of Union Bill 2018 was introduced as a Private Member's Bill by Lord Lisvane in the House of Lords on 9 October 2018, when it received a formal first reading. The Bill has been described by the BBC as "one to watch" in the current Parliament.
In 2018, Silk was appointed Chair of the Membership Selection Panel of Glas Cymru. From 2019 to 2021 he was Deputy Chair of the Representative Body of the Church in Wales. He is a member of the UK Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee.
Source: Paul Silk, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Silk
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