Researching Alexander Mackie
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The name Alexander means "Helper and defender of mankind" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Alexander Mackie on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alexander Mackie and the Mackie Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mackie 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Mackie family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Alexander Mackie at Find My Past.
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Mackie Family History Databases
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Mackie Forums
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Miscellaneous Mackie Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Alexander Mackie. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alexander Mackie
Alexander Brown Mackie
Alexander Brown Mackie (May 1, 1894 – June 5, 1966) was an American football and basketball, coach, college athletics administrator, professor, and college founder and president. He served as the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas from 1921 to 1937, compiling a record of 79–52–13. He was also the head basketball coach at Kansas Wesleyan from 1921 to 1938, tallying a mark of 113–161. Mackie was the co-founder of Brown Mackie College, also in Salina, for which he served as president from 1938 until his retirement in 1963.
Source: Alexander Brown Mackie, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Mackie
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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