Researching Alan Seeger
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 31 people with the Seeger surname? In that year Seeger was ranked number 3548 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alan means "Handsome, cheerful" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Alan Seeger on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Alan Seeger 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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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Seeger ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alan Seeger and the Seeger Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Seeger 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 Seeger family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Alan Seeger at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Alan Seeger using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Alan Seeger.
Research the Seeger surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Seeger Military records.
Seeger 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Alan Seeger.
Study MyTrees for information on the Seeger family and people looking to contact living Seeger relations.
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Find Alan Seeger from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Seeger 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 6076 people with the Seeger surname in the USA? Seeger is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Seeger Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Alan Seeger. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alan Seeger
Alan Seeger
Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist and the uncle of folk musician, Pete Seeger. He is best known for the poem "I Have a Rendezvous with Death", a favorite of President John F. Kennedy. A statue representing him is on the monument in the Place des États-Unis, Paris, honoring fallen Americans who volunteered for France during the war. Seeger is sometimes called the "American Rupert Brooke".
Source: Alan Seeger, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Seeger
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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