Records of Andrew Kerr on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Andrew Kerr 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 Kerr 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 Andrew Kerr and the Kerr Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kerr 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 Kerr family tree.

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ukDid you know that there are currently 27384 people with the Kerr surname in the UK? Kerr is now ranked number 184 for popularity in the UK.

Kerr Genealogy 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.

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Kerr 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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ukDid you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Kerr surname in the USA? Kerr is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Kerr Databases

Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Andrew Kerr. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Andrew Kerr

Andrew Kerr

Andrew Kerr IV (October 7, 1878 – February 17, 1969) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Stanford University (1922–1923), Washington & Jefferson College (1926–1928), Colgate University (1929–1946), and Lebanon Valley College (1947–1949), compiling a career college football record of 137–71–14. His 1932 Colgate team went a perfect 9–0, was not scored upon, and was named a national champion by Parke H. Davis. Kerr was also the head basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh for one season (1921–1922) and at Stanford for four seasons (1922–1926), tallying a career college basketball mark of 54–26. In addition, he coached track and field at Pittsburgh from 1913 to 1921. Kerr was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Colgate's home football stadium, Andy Kerr Stadium, was dedicated in his honor in 1966. Source: Andrew Kerr, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Andrew Kerr (Australian politician)

Andrew Taylor Kerr (10 November 1837 – 15 November 1907) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Green Swamp near Bathurst to pastoralist Andrew Kerr and Elizabeth Livingstone. He worked on his father's station near Wellington, which he inherited with his sister on his father's death in 1866. On 18 March 1863 he married Isabel Helen Dunbar Johnson, with whom he had six children. He sold his property in 1877. In 1879 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange, serving until 1882. In 1888 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Orange in 1907.

Source: Andrew Kerr (Australian politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Kerr

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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