Researching Big Studd
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Records of Big Studd on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Big Studd and the Studd Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Studd 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 Studd family tree.
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Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Big Studd using the FreeBMD database.
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Studd Family History Databases
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Studd Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Big Studd. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Big Studd
Big John Studd
John William Minton (February 19, 1948 – March 20, 1995) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name, Big John Studd. Studd is best known for his appearances with the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s.
Studd held a number of championships over his career, including the NWA American Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship, and was the winner of the 1989 Royal Rumble. He was posthumously inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame in 1995 and the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004.
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