Researching Simon Turner
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 83364 people with the Turner surname? In that year Turner was ranked number 24 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Simon means "he who hears" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Simon Turner on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Simon Turner 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 Turner 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 Turner and the Turner Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Turner 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 Turner family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Simon Turner at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Simon Turner using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Simon Turner.
Research the Turner surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Turner Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 99478 people with the Turner surname in the UK? Turner is now ranked number 28 for popularity in the UK. |
Turner 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 Turner.
Study MyTrees for information on the Turner family and people looking to contact living Turner relations.
Search One Great Family for Turner records submitted by people who are already researching the Turner Family Tree.
Find Simon Turner from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Turner 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 Turner surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 461813 people with the Turner surname in the USA? Turner is ranked number 39 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Turner Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Simon Turner. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Simon Turner
Simon Fisher Turner
Simon Fisher Turner (born 21 November 1954) is an English musician, songwriter, composer, producer and actor.
After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (1978), Turner rose to fame as a teenage star in Britain when his mentor, Jonathan King, released Turner's eponymous first album on UK Records in 1973. For a period of two years Turner was a member of The Gadget and also joined The The. He has used several names as a recording artist, including Simon Fisher Turner, The King of Luxembourg, Deux Filles and Simon Turner. He continues to record albums for Mute Records as Simon Fisher Turner.
Turner was also a member of The Portsmouth Sinfonia Orchestra, and plays clarinet on the orchestra's only live album recorded at The Albert Hall, London.
Source: Simon Fisher Turner, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaSimon Turner (cricketer)
Simon Jonathan Turner (born 28 April 1960) played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset in 1984 and 1985. He was born at Cuckfield, West Sussex.
In first-class and List A cricket, Turner played as a left-handed lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper, acting as deputy to Trevor Gard in two spells – the month of July 1984 and a week in June 1985 – when Gard was injured. He made some useful runs in first-class matches with a highest score of 27 not out in the game against Glamorgan at Taunton in 1984. He was less successful with the bat in one-day matches.
Turner's younger brother, Rob, was Somerset's regular wicketkeeper for 15 years from 1991 to 2005. Simon Turner played high-calibre club cricket for Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club for more than 20 years from 1978, and his brother also played for the club. Turner has also played a handful of games for Axbridge cricket club in 2010 and 2011. The latest game for Axbridge was 11 September 2011 vs Horrington scoring 30 not out from 38 balls.
Source: Simon Turner (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Turner
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