Researching Billy Nicks
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 201 people with the Nicks surname? In that year Nicks was ranked number 3378 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Billy means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Billy Nicks on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Billy Nicks and the Nicks Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nicks 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 Nicks family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 233 people with the Nicks surname in the UK? Nicks is now ranked number 3823 for popularity in the UK. |
Nicks Family Tree Databases
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Nicks Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Nicks surname in the USA? Nicks is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Billy Nicks. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Billy Nicks
Billy Nicks
William James Nicks (August 2, 1905 – November 2, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He coached at historically black colleges in the Southern United States from 1930 to 1965. Nicks served as the head football coach at Morris Brown College in Georgia (1930–1935, 1937–1939, 1941–1942) and at Prairie View A&M University in Texas (1945–1947, 1952–1965), compiling a career college football record of 192–60–21. He was the NAIA Football Coach of the Year in 1963 and his teams were declared the black college football national champions six times. Nicks was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1999.
Source: Billy Nicks, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Nicks
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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