Records of William Laud on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of William Laud 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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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Laud and the Laud Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Laud 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 Laud family tree.

Explore Parish Records for William Laud at Find My Past.

Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Laud using the FreeBMD database.

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Laud Family Tree Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for William Laud.

Study MyTrees for information on the Laud family and people looking to contact living Laud relations.

Look at One Great Family for Laud records submitted by people who are already researching the Laud Family Tree.

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Laud 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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Miscellaneous Laud Databases

Study the Ellis Island Database for information on William Laud. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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William Laud

William Laud ( 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a clergyman in the Church of England, appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633. A key advocate of Charles's religious reforms, he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 and executed towards the end of the First English Civil War in January 1645.

A firm believer in Episcopalianism, or rule by bishops, Laudianism refers to liturgical practices designed to enforce uniformity within the Church of England, as outlined by Charles. Often highly ritualistic, these were precursors to what are now known as High Church views.

In theology, Laud was accused of Arminianism, favouring doctrines of the historic Church prior to the Reformation and defending the continuity of the English Church with the primitive and mediaeval Church, and opposing Calvinism. On all three grounds, he was regarded by Puritan clerics and laymen as a formidable and dangerous opponent. His use of the Star Chamber to persecute opponents such as William Prynne made him deeply unpopular.

Source: William Laud, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Laud

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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