Researching Simon Shaw
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 55011 people with the Shaw surname? In that year Shaw was ranked number 49 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Simon means "he who hears" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Simon Shaw on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Simon Shaw and the Shaw Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shaw 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 Shaw family tree.
Study Parish Records for Simon Shaw at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Simon Shaw using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Shaw surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Shaw Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 68459 people with the Shaw surname in the UK? Shaw is now ranked number 55 for popularity in the UK. |
Shaw Genealogy 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Simon Shaw.
Study MyTrees for information on the Shaw family and people looking to contact living Shaw relations.
Check out One Great Family for Shaw records submitted by people who are already researching the Shaw Family Tree.
Find Simon Shaw from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Shaw 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 197486 people with the Shaw surname in the USA? Shaw is ranked number 92 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Shaw Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Simon Shaw. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Simon Shaw
Simon Shaw (footballer)
Simon Robert Shaw (born 21 September 1973) is an English former footballer who made 176 appearances in the Football League playing as a right back for Darlington in the 1990s. He went on to play 72 times in the Conference Premier for Doncaster Rovers, and was capped for England semi-professional XI while with the club. He went on to play for Northern Premier League club Barrow, and for other non-league teams including Thornaby, Bishop Auckland, and Billingham Synthonia, where he spent four seasons, scoring 24 goals from 104 appearances, and took the free kick from which James Magowan scored the only goal of the 2009 Durham Challenge Cup final.
Source: Simon Shaw (footballer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Shaw
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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