Researching Alfred Swift
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9249 people with the Swift surname? In that year Swift was ranked number 443 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Alfred means "Counselor" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Alfred Swift on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Alfred Swift 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alfred Swift and the Swift Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Swift 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 Swift family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Alfred Swift at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Alfred Swift using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Alfred Swift.
Research the Swift surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Swift Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 12186 people with the Swift surname in the UK? Swift is now ranked number 467 for popularity in the UK. |
Swift Family History Databases
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Find Alfred Swift from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Swift Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Swift surname in the USA? Swift is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Swift Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Alfred Swift. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alfred Swift
Alfred Swift
Alfred James Swift (25 June 1931 – 13 April 2009) was a South African Olympic athlete and cyclist.
Swift was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on 25 June 1931. He was awarded provincial colours for Natal (Kwazulu Natal) and then later for Transvaal (Gauteng). He was awarded his springbok colours in 1952 and competed at two Olympic games, 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne. He also captained the South African Team to the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
He won a silver (4,000m Team Pursuit Men 1952) and bronze medal (1,000m Time Trial Men 1956) at the games. He went to two British Empire & Commonwealth Games, 1954 in Vancouver, Canada, and 1958 in Cardiff, Wales. He won gold (Time Trial) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He was one of only three athletes (of all types) to win South Africa's highest honour, the Shield of Jove.
He gave back to his sport by serving and being president of South African Cycling Federation and was one of the creators of the Rapport Tour (South Africa's Tour de France). Swift died on 13 April 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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