Researching Alexander King
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 65268 people with the King surname? In that year King was ranked number 37 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alexander means "Helper and defender of mankind" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Alexander King on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Alexander King 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 King 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 King and the King Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the King 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 King family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Alexander King at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Alexander King using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Alexander King.
Research the King surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original King Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 87871 people with the King surname in the UK? King is now ranked number 35 for popularity in the UK. |
King Genealogy Databases
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Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Alexander King.
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Find Alexander King from Ireland on findmypast.ie
King 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.
Research the King surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 577267 people with the King surname in the USA? King is ranked number 27 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous King Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Alexander King. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alexander King
Alexander King (author)
Alexander King (1899–1965), born Alexander Koenig in Vienna, was a bestselling humorist, memoirist and media personality of the early television era, based in the United States.
In his late fifties, after becoming a frequent guest on the Tonight Show hosted by Jack Paar, King emerged as an incongruous presence in the realm of national celebrity: an aging, irascible raconteur, with elegant mannerisms and trademark bow tie, who spoke frankly and disarmingly about his bohemian lifestyle, multiple marriages, and years-long struggle with drug addiction. His checkered past led Time magazine to describe him as:
an ex-illustrator, ex-cartoonist, ex-adman, ex-editor, ex-playwright, ex-dope addict. For a quarter-century he was an ex-painter, and by his own bizarre account qualifies as an ex-midwife. He is also an ex-husband to three wives and an ex-Viennese of sufficient age (60) to remember muttonchopped Emperor Franz Joseph. When doctors told him a few years ago that he might soon be an ex-patient (two strokes, serious kidney disease, peptic ulcer, high blood pressure), he sat down to tell gay stories of the life of all these earlier Kings.
He was also the author of several books, including May This House Be Safe from Tigers, Mine Enemy Grows Older, (an account of his addiction to morphine, and his recovery), I Should Have Kissed Her More, and Is There Life After Birth. He illustrated and/or translated numerous editions of classics in the early 20th century as well as a book by Peter Altenberg released as Alexander King Presents Peter Altenberg's Evocations of Love (a collection of sweet memories of the heart from another place and time in history). King's easy conversational recollections of the first part of the 20th century are informative and often funny.
Source: Alexander King (author), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaAlexander King (scientist)
Alexander King (26 January 1909 – 28 February 2007) was a British chemist and pioneer of the sustainable development movement who co-founded the Club of Rome in 1968 with the Italian industrialist Aurelio Peccei. The Club was one of the first institutions to voice concerns about the impact on the environment of unprecedented economic growth in the 20th century. "Peccei and King were lonely prophets at a time of overwhelming optimism," who did much to push environmental issues on to the political agenda. At the time of the Club's founding, King was Director-General for Scientific Affairs at the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Source: Alexander King (scientist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Alexander King (footballer)
Alexander King (27 July 1871 – 12 December 1957) was a Scottish footballer who played for clubs including Heart of Midlothian and Celtic. He scored one of the goals for Hearts as they won the 1896 Scottish Cup Final by 3–1 against Hibernian, and continued his success with Celtic, winning the Scottish Football League title in 1897–98 and the Scottish Cup in 1899.
King represented Scotland six times and played for the Scottish Football League XI four times.
His nephew John King was also a footballer whose clubs included Partick Thistle and Newcastle United.
Source: Alexander King (footballer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like King
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