Researching Richard Woodbury
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 264 people with the Woodbury surname? In that year Woodbury was ranked number 3315 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Woodbury on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Richard Woodbury 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Woodbury and the Woodbury Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Woodbury 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 Woodbury family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Richard Woodbury at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Richard Woodbury using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Richard Woodbury.
Research the Woodbury surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Woodbury Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 135 people with the Woodbury surname in the UK? Woodbury is now ranked number 3915 for popularity in the UK. |
Woodbury Family Tree Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Richard Woodbury.
Study MyTrees for information on the Woodbury family and people looking to contact living Woodbury relations.
Check out One Great Family for Woodbury records submitted by people who are already researching the Woodbury Family Tree.
Find Richard Woodbury from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Woodbury 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 9115 people with the Woodbury surname in the USA? Woodbury is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Woodbury Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Richard Woodbury. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Richard Woodbury
Richard Woodbury
Richard Glen Woodbury (born October 10, 1961) is an American politician and economist from Maine. Woodbury served as an unenrolled State Senator from Maine's 11th District, representing part of Cumberland County, including the population centers of Falmouth and Cumberland as well as his residence in Yarmouth. He was first elected to the Maine State Senate in 2010 after defeating incumbent Republican Gerald Davis and Green Independent Chris Miller. The Democrat in the race, Cynthia Bullens, dropped out of the race and endorsed Woodbury, though her name remained on the ballot. He served three terms from 2002 to 2008 in the Maine House of Representatives. He has also been a visiting scholar with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and written extensively on tax reform in Maine.
Source: Richard Woodbury, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Woodbury
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.
Wadford Wadforth Watford Weddeburn Wedebrand Whatford Whitbourne Whitbread Whitebread Whitebrook Whiteburn Whiteford Whitford Widbur Wiedeburg Witberg Witheford Witover Witteborg Woodberry Woodbridge Woodburn Woodburne Woodford Woodfork
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