Researching Robert Silver
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1714 people with the Silver surname? In that year Silver was ranked number 2019 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Silver on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Robert Silver in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 Silver 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 Robert Silver and the Silver Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Silver 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 Silver family tree.
Study Parish Records for Robert Silver at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Robert Silver using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Robert Silver records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Robert Silver information.
Check out the LDS Database for records about Robert Silver.
Research the Silver surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Silver Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 2899 people with the Silver surname in the UK? Silver is now ranked number 1855 for popularity in the UK. |
Silver Family Tree 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Robert Silver.
Study MyTrees for information on the Silver family and people looking to contact living Silver relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Silver records submitted by people who are already researching the Silver Family Tree.
Find Robert Silver from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Silver 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 Silver surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Silver surname in the USA? Silver is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Silver Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Robert Silver. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Robert Silver
Robert Silver
Prof Robert Simpson Silver CBE, MA, Ph.D, D.Sc., D.Tech, F.I.Mech.E, F.Inst.P, FRSE (1913–1997) was a Scottish physicist and mechanical engineer, awarded the Unesco Prize for Science in 1968 for his discovery of a process for the demineralisation of sea water. Prior to his work there had been no commercially viable desalination process that involved continuous flow; plants had to be stopped and emptied of accumulated salt from time to time, such as when a passenger liner using desalination was in port. Silver performed a thermodynamic analysis (now known as "Second Law Analysis") showing that reverse osmosis and "multi-stage flash" were the optimal processes for purification of water. As reverse osmosis technology was less advanced in the mid-20th century he designed multi-stage flash equipment, of which the first operational large-scale installation was in Kuwait.
Source: Robert Silver, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Silver
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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