Researching Simon Edge
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5159 people with the Edge surname? In that year Edge was ranked number 824 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Simon means "he who hears" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Simon Edge on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Simon Edge 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 Edge 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 Simon Edge and the Edge Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Edge 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 Edge family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Simon Edge at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Simon Edge using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Simon Edge.
Research the Edge surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Edge Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 7330 people with the Edge surname in the UK? Edge is now ranked number 808 for popularity in the UK. |
Edge 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.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Simon Edge.
Study MyTrees for information on the Edge family and people looking to contact living Edge relations.
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Find Simon Edge from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Edge 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 Edge surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Edge surname in the USA? Edge is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Edge Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Simon Edge. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Simon Edge
Simon Edge
Simon John Edge (born 25 December 1964 in Chester, England) is a British novelist and journalist.
Educated at the King's School, Chester, he went on to receive a master's degree in Philosophy from St Catharine's College, Cambridge and has a master's degree in Creative Writing from City University, where he also taught as a visiting lecturer.
He got his first job in journalism at the Middle East business magazine MEED and went on to be the final editor of Capital Gay. He was on staff at the London Evening Standard and joined the Daily Express in 1999, where he spent many years as a feature writer and theatre critic. He is a former senior contributing editor of Attitude magazine.
He is the author of With Friends Like These, a critique of the Left's record on gay rights.
Edge has written five novels, all published by London-based Lightning Books. His first novel, The Hopkins Conundrum (2017), was based on the life of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. It was described by The Spectator as "a pleasurable literary thriller [in which] Edge wears his Hopkins learning lightly," and by the Daily Express as "enjoyable on every level." It was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award 2017–18. His second novel, The Hurtle of Hell (2018), was inspired by scientific research into what happens in the brain during a near-death experience. His third, A Right Royal Face-Off (2019), is a comic novel based on the life of painter Thomas Gainsborough, and has been described by Gainsborough authority Hugh Belsey as "beguiling" and "beautifully managed and brilliantly resolved." His fourth novel, Anyone for Edmund? (2020), imagines the rediscovery of the body of Edmund the Martyr, England's lost patron saint. The i (newspaper) said "Edge's sharp-edged political comedy is guaranteed to have you laughing out loud". His fifth novel, The End of the World is Flat (2021), was blurbed by Francis Wheen as a "bracingly sharp satire on the sleep of reason and the tyranny of twaddle." The Times called it "nifty, often snort-inducingly funny satire".
Edge was married to Ezio Alessandroni, a former Roman Catholic priest, until the latter's death from cancer in March 2017.
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