Researching William Hartnell
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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Hartnell on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Hartnell and the Hartnell Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hartnell 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 Hartnell family tree.
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Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Hartnell using the FreeBMD database.
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Hartnell Family Tree Databases
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Hartnell Forums
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Miscellaneous Hartnell Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on William Hartnell. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Hartnell
William Hartnell
William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor. While he made numerous stage and television appearances and acted in over 75 British films, he is best remembered today as the First Doctor in BBC Television's Doctor Who, which he played from 1963 to 1966. He was also well known for military roles, playing Company Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore in the ITV sitcom The Army Game (1957, 1961) and Sergeant Grimshaw, the title character of the first Carry On film Carry On Sergeant (1958).
Source: William Hartnell, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
William Edward Petty Hartnell
William Edward Petty Hartnell (April 24, 1798 – February 2, 1854), later known by his Spanish name Don Guillermo Arnel, was a merchant, schoolmaster, and government official in California. He arrived in California in 1822 as a trader, where he married into the prominent Guerra family of California and became a Mexican citizen. He held several public roles during the Mexican era and after the American Conquest of California, notably serving as the official translator at the Monterey Constitutional Convention.
Source: William Edward Petty Hartnell, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Hartnell
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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