Researching Ruskin Bond
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The name Ruskin means "red-haired one" and is of French origin.
Records of Ruskin Bond on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ruskin Bond and the Bond Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bond 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 Bond family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 19899 people with the Bond surname in the UK? Bond is now ranked number 275 for popularity in the UK. |
Bond Family Tree Databases
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Bond Forums
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Some Famous People called Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond (Born 19 MAY 1934) is an Indian author of British descent. His father, Aubrey Alexander Bond was an officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF) posted in India. He studied in Bishop Cotton School in Shimla. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in the Dehra, his novel in English. Bond has written hundreds of short stories, essays, novels and books for children. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014. He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie.
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Other names that sound a bit like Bond
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