Researching Trevor Tainton
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The name Trevor means "prudent" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Trevor Tainton on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Trevor Tainton and the Tainton Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tainton 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 Tainton family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Trevor Tainton at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Trevor Tainton using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Trevor Tainton.
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Tainton Family History Databases
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Find Trevor Tainton from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tainton Forums
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Miscellaneous Tainton Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Trevor Tainton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Trevor Tainton
Trevor Tainton
Trevor Keith Tainton (born 8 June 1948) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League between the 1960s and 1980s for Bristol City.
He was born in Bristol and first appeared in the league for Bristol City in the 1967–68 season and he went on to play 486 League games for the Ashton Gate side. He was a member of the successful promotion side of 1976, and went on to play for City in the First Division. He is third on City’s all-time appearances list, playing in 581 matches.
During the 1981/82 season Tainton joined Torquay United, scoring one goal in 19 league appearances that season before moving to Trowbridge Town.
He is a member of Bristol City's Hall of Fame.
After retiring from football he worked as a security officer at the Oldbury Nuclear Power Station.
Source: Trevor Tainton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tainton
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