Researching Sydney Croft
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7074 people with the Croft surname? In that year Croft was ranked number 580 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Sydney Croft on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Sydney Croft 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sydney Croft and the Croft Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Croft 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 Croft family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Sydney Croft at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Sydney Croft using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 8512 people with the Croft surname in the UK? Croft is now ranked number 691 for popularity in the UK. |
Croft Family Tree Databases
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Croft Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Croft surname in the USA? Croft is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Croft Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Sydney Croft. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sydney Croft
Sydney Croft
Sydney James Croft (14 January 1883 – 16 July 1965) was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club.
Croft was born at Gravesend in Kent. He made his first appearance for Kent's Second XI in 1901, playing occasionally for the side until 1907. During the 1902 season he played twice for the county's First XI, making his debut against Lancashire at Old Trafford in May before playing again against Yorkshire in Kent's following match at Bradford. These were Croft's only first-class cricket appearances.
After 1907 Croft had no known appearances for Kent or any other side until the 1920 season when he played one Minor Counties Championship match for Kent Second XI. He died at Dartford in 1965 aged 82.
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