Researching Alan Head
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7289 people with the Head surname? In that year Head was ranked number 564 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alan means "Handsome, cheerful" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Alan Head on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alan Head and the Head Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Head 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 Head family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 8034 people with the Head surname in the UK? Head is now ranked number 731 for popularity in the UK. |
Head Family History Databases
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Head Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 36459 people with the Head surname in the USA? Head is ranked number 145 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Alan Head
Alan Head
Alan Kenneth Head AO, FAA, FRS (10 August 1925 – 9 January 2010) was an Australian physicist, and Chief of the Division of Chemical Physics, at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1981 to 2010.
Head earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne, PhD from the University of Bristol, and Doctorate of Science from the University of Melbourne. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of his "service to science through research into the structure of solids and its application to industry".
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