Researching Alexander Gerst
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3 people with the Gerst surname? In that year Gerst was ranked number 3576 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alexander means "Helper and defender of mankind" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Alexander Gerst on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Alexander Gerst 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 Gerst 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 Alexander Gerst and the Gerst Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Gerst 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 Gerst family tree.
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Gerst Family History Databases
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Gerst 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 3038 people with the Gerst surname in the USA? Gerst is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Gerst Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Alexander Gerst. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alexander Gerst
Alexander Gerst
Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg) is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to November 2014. Gerst returned to space on 6 June 2018, as part of Expedition 56/57. He was the Commander of the International Space Station. He returned to Earth on 20 December 2018. After the end of his second mission and before being surpassed by Luca Parmitano in 2020, he held the record for most time in space of any active ESA astronaut (362 days), succeeding Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, and German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, who formally held the record for the longest time in space for any active or retired ESA astronaut.
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Other names that sound a bit like Gerst
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.
Garecht Garestner Gargate Gargett Garshet Garside Garst Garstan Garstang Garstecki Garstin Georgeot Georgiades Georgot Gerecht Gerstad Gerstandt Gersten Gerstenberg Gerstenschlaeger Gerstenschlager Gerstenshlager Gerstenslager Gerster Gerstkemper Gerstl Gerstlacher Gerstler Gerstley Gerstmeyer Gerstner Gerstorff Giorgetti Giorgietto Giorgiutti Girogetti Gjerstad Gorseth Gorst Gorstidge Gracewood Grassett Grassot Grasty Grastye Grayston Greasty Greest Greist Greiswood Gressett Gresswood Greste Grestie Gresty Grestye Greystock Greystoke Gricewood Griest Grieswood Grigaut Grisdale Grisedale Grisetti Grisewood Grissett Grissitt Grist Gristhwaite Gristick Gristock Griston Gristwood Griswaite Griswood Grocott Grocutt Groestad Grokett Grosset Grosteffon Grostefon Grostyow Groucutt Growcott Grugett
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