Researching Reg Foster
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 40041 people with the Foster surname? In that year Foster was ranked number 73 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Reg Foster on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Reg Foster in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Foster ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Reg Foster and the Foster Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Foster 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 Foster family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Reg Foster at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Reg Foster using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Reg Foster.
Research the Foster surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Foster Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 54358 people with the Foster surname in the UK? Foster is now ranked number 74 for popularity in the UK. |
Foster Family History 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 Reg Foster.
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Investigate One Great Family for Foster records submitted by people who are already researching the Foster Family Tree.
Find Reg Foster from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Foster 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 276480 people with the Foster surname in the USA? Foster is ranked number 72 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Foster Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Reg Foster. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Reg Foster
Reg Foster
Reginald William Foster (July 23, 1904 – December 29, 1999) was a British journalist who specialised in crime reporting and, because he covered fires as well, was known as "Fireman Foster". He was the first reporter to arrive at the scene of the fire that destroyed the Crystal Palace in 1936. In 1963, Foster, then a freelance reporter for the Daily Sketch, and fellow reporter Brendan Mulholland, of the Daily Mail, known as the 'Silent Journalists', were sentenced to prison terms for refusing to reveal their sources to the Vassall Tribunal.
After training at the South London Press, he joined the staff at the Daily Mail (1924 to 1932) before going on to join the Daily Herald, where, on 31 May 1940, he broke the news of "one of the most glorious feats of British arms", the Dunkirk evacuation.
While at the Herald, he also wrote Dover Front (1941), published by Searchlight Books, the short-lived imprint of Secker & Warburg co-ordinated by T. R. Fyvel and George Orwell. He later served as a corporal at the South East Asia Command (SEAC).
After the war, Foster joined the News Chronicle, covering notorious criminal cases such as those of the acid bath murderer John George Haigh (1949), the serial killer John Christie and the Derek Bentley case (1952). Following the closure of the Chronicle in 1960, Foster freelanced for a while at the Sunday Dispatch, Sunday Express, Daily Mirror and the Daily Sketch in 1963.
In 1963, after covering the Vassall spy trial as a freelance reporter for the Sketch, Foster, then 58, was jailed for 3 months for refusing to disclose his source, and subsequently released after 61 days. At the same trial, Brendan Mulholland, of the Daily Mail, was given a six-month sentence.
Foster then worked at the London office of the Yorkshire Evening Post before retiring.
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