Researching Richard Shope
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Shope surname? In that year Shope was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Shope on Ancestry
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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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Shope 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 Richard Shope and the Shope Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shope 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 Shope family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Richard Shope at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Richard Shope using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Richard Shope.
Research the Shope surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Shope Military records.
Shope Genealogy Databases
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Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Richard Shope.
Study MyTrees for information on the Shope family and people looking to contact living Shope relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Shope records submitted by people who are already researching the Shope Family Tree.
Find Richard Shope from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Shope 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 Shope surname in the USA? Shope is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Shope Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Richard Shope. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Richard Shope
Richard Shope
Richard Edwin Shope (December 25, 1901 – October 2, 1966) was an American virologist who, together with his mentor Paul A. Lewis at the Rockefeller Institute, identified influenzavirus A in pigs in 1931. Using Shope's technique, Smith, Andrewes, and Laidlaw of England's Medical Research Council cultured it from a human in 1933. They and Shope in 1935 and 1936, respectively, identified it as the virus circulating in the 1918 pandemic. In 1933, Shope identified the Shope papillomavirus, which infects rabbits. His discovery later assist other researcher to link the papilloma virus to warts and cervical cancer. He received the 1957 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award.
Source: Richard Shope, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Shope
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.
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