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The earliest occurrence of the Adams surname in our family history documents is from 1498, and we currently have 3,309,377 records where Adams appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
2633 Adamses were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Adamses were most likely to live in London.
Not all Adamses were law-abiding. We found 3031 in criminal records.
3654 Adamses served in the First World War.
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