Researching Peter Salmon
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6830 people with the Salmon surname? In that year Salmon was ranked number 598 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Peter means "A Rock" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peter Salmon on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Peter Salmon and the Salmon Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Salmon 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 Salmon family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Peter Salmon at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Peter Salmon using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Peter Salmon.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 8704 people with the Salmon surname in the UK? Salmon is now ranked number 677 for popularity in the UK. |
Salmon Family Tree Databases
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Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Peter Salmon.
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Find Peter Salmon from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Salmon 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 Salmon surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Salmon surname in the USA? Salmon is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Salmon Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Peter Salmon. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Peter Salmon
Peter Salmon (producer)
Peter Salmon (born 15 May 1956) is a British television producer and executive. He is Chief Creative Officer of global content creator, producer and distributor Endemol Shine Group, leading the company’s creative direction globally and overseeing the Group’s UK business. Prior to taking his current role in April 2016, Salmon was Director of BBC Studios, the corporation's production arm, and before that held a number of senior BBC roles including Chief Creative Officer of BBC Vision, effectively overseeing all of BBC television's in-house programme production, and Director of BBC North.
Source: Peter Salmon (producer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Salmon
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.
Psalmonds Salaman Salamon Salman Salmans Salmen Salmena Salminen Salmond Salmoni Salmons Salmonsen Salomanca Salomon Schleining Schliemann Schoelman Scholman Schoolman Schulman Schulmann Sealomen Seilmann Selliman Sellman Selman Shellman Shelmandine Sholman Shulman Silliman Sillman Silman Silmon Skillman Slamin Sleeman Sleiniene Slemin Slemming Slemmonds Slemmons Sliman Slimings Slimming Slimmon Slimon Sloman Slomin Slominski Sluman Slyman Soleman Solimeno Solman Solmon Soloman Solomon Solomonides Solomons Sulman





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