Researching Thornsbury Brown
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 197415 people with the Brown surname? In that year Brown was ranked number 4 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Thornsbury Brown on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Thornsbury Brown 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 Thornsbury Brown and the Brown Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Brown 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 Brown family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Thornsbury Brown at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Thornsbury Brown using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Brown surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Brown Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 247515 people with the Brown surname in the UK? Brown is now ranked number 4 for popularity in the UK. |
Brown Family Tree Databases
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Brown Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 1886751 people with the Brown surname in the USA? Brown is ranked number 4 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Brown Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Thornsbury Brown. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Thornsbury Brown
Thornsbury Bailey Brown
Thornsbury Bailey Brown (May 15, 1829 – May 22, 1861) of Taylor County, Virginia (now West Virginia) is generally considered the first Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. Brown, a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Union with the grade of private, was killed by a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Confederacy at Fetterman, Virginia (now West Virginia) on May 22, 1861. The members of both companies were from the same general vicinity of Taylor County.
Source: Thornsbury Bailey Brown, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Brown
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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