Records of Bert Nelson on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bert Nelson and the Nelson Genealogy

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

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Some Famous People called Bert Nelson

Bert Nelson (publisher)

Albert "Bert" Nelson (born November 17, 1921, in San Diego, California – January 9, 1994) was an American publisher and writer. In 1948, after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley he was a co-founder of Track & Field News, along with his brother Cordner. The upstart magazine's first headquarters were Cordner's garage in San Bruno, California. The magazine covers the sport of track and field and other aspects of the umbrella of athletics. The monthly magazine has declared itself to be "The Bible of the Sport".

Bert had run the 880 yard dash in high school and continued to the cross country team at Berkeley. Returning from the Navy after World War II he first got his feet wet starting a small newspaper before the brothers began the magazine. Bert became one of the top writers of the sport.

Starting in 1960 he established TAFNEWS Press, which went on to become the nation's leading track and field publisher. The company has over 100 titles. The first of those was the Little Red Book. Within the sport, the book was as important as Chairman Mao's Book, but this book provided conversions between the metric system that are used in the sport worldwide and the imperial units that are still common in America. The next book was the Little Gold Book which converted decathlon scores.

Nelson was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1991.

Source: Bert Nelson (publisher), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Nelson

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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