Researching Tony Wright
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 96073 people with the Wright surname? In that year Wright was ranked number 14 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Tony means "Form of ANTHONY. priceless" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Tony Wright on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tony Wright and the Wright Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wright 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 Wright family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 125574 people with the Wright surname in the UK? Wright is now ranked number 13 for popularity in the UK. |
Wright Family Tree Databases
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Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Tony Wright.
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Wright 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 574229 people with the Wright surname in the USA? Wright is ranked number 28 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Wright Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Tony Wright. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Tony Wright
Tony Wright (cricketer)
Anthony John Wright (born 27 June 1962 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire), England was a Gloucestershire cricketer from 1980 till 1998.
A right-handed batsman, he scored 13440 runs for Gloucestershire which makes him one of 31 cricketers to have made over 10 000 runs for the county and puts him 20th for most runs (as of Feb 2007). His most prolific season with the bat came in 1991 when he made 1596 runs.
He was also highly successful in the one day game for Gloucestershire, his 5 centuries is the most by an Englishman for the county and his 7118 runs is their 3rd highest run aggregate.
In a game against Scotland in 1997 he made 177 which remains the highest ever individual one day score for Gloucestershire some 10 years later. His 311 run opening stand with Nicholas Trainor is the county's highest ever partnership for any wicket.
After he retired from the game he became a coach and was the first director of the Gloucestershire Academy when it was set up in 2002.
Source: Tony Wright (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTony Wright (artist)
Tony Wright (born 23 October 1949, in London), also known as Sue Ab Surd, is an artist who created album covers such as Bob Marley's Natty Dread and Traffic's The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and others including Bob Dylan's SavedHis art work for Traffic's 1971 album The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Steve Winwood's 1980 Arc of a Diver were listed amongst Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers.'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' cover is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Source: Tony Wright (artist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Wright
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