Researching William Close
Dig into the past of William Close using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2613 people with the Close surname? In that year Close was ranked number 1506 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Close on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Close and the Close Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Close 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 Close family tree.
Search Parish Records for William Close at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Close using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about William Close.
Research the Close surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Close Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 4215 people with the Close surname in the UK? Close is now ranked number 1385 for popularity in the UK. |
Close Family Tree Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for William Close.
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Search One Great Family for Close records submitted by people who are already researching the Close Family Tree.
Find William Close from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Close 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 12153 people with the Close surname in the USA? Close is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Close Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on William Close. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Close
William Brooks Close
William Brooks Close (1853–1923) was a British businessman active in the Midwestern United States. He first arrived in the United States during the summer of 1876 to compete in a regatta in Philadelphia while he was the president of the Cambridge University Boat Club. Close and two brothers, Frederick and James, created a colony in Iowa called the Close Colony. They made a profit from buying public land and reselling it. He was the co-founder of the Close Brothers Group. Close helped finance the building of a railway from Skagway into the Yukon, named the White Pass and Yukon Route.
Source: William Brooks Close, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Close
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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