Researching Sarah Wykes
Delve into the history of Sarah Wykes using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1045 people with the Wykes surname? In that year Wykes was ranked number 2549 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Sarah means "princess" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Sarah Wykes on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Sarah Wykes 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 Wykes 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 Sarah Wykes and the Wykes Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wykes 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 Wykes family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Sarah Wykes at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Sarah Wykes using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Sarah Wykes.
Research the Wykes surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Wykes Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1544 people with the Wykes surname in the UK? Wykes is now ranked number 2656 for popularity in the UK. |
Wykes 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Sarah Wykes.
Study MyTrees for information on the Wykes family and people looking to contact living Wykes relations.
Study One Great Family for Wykes records submitted by people who are already researching the Wykes Family Tree.
Find Sarah Wykes from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Wykes 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 Wykes surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Wykes Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Sarah Wykes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sarah Wykes
Sarah Wykes
Sarah Wykes is a British human rights activist. Wykes was born in York in July 1965 and had her early upbringing there. She has a PhD in Hispanic Studies from London University. She worked with Amnesty International for Corporate accountability and has been part of Oxfam.
She was accused of violating the national security of Angola and arrested on the morning of 18 February 2007 in Cabinda, the northern oil-rich exclave separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She was released on bail on 21 February 2007 but was required to remain in a hotel while investigations continued. She was eventually freed and returned to the UK in March 2007.
Source: Sarah Wykes, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Wykes
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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