Researching Brad Smith
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The name Brad means "Broad" and is of English origin.
Records of Brad Smith on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Brad Smith and the Smith Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Smith 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 Smith family tree.
Study Parish Records for Brad Smith at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Brad Smith using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Smith surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Smith Military records.
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Smith Genealogy Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Brad Smith.
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Find Brad Smith from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Smith 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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Miscellaneous Smith Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Brad Smith. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Brad Smith
Brad Smith (ice hockey)
Bradley Allan Smith (born April 13, 1958 in Windsor, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 222 games over nine National Hockey League seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was also a member of the Central Hockey League's Adams Cup winning Dallas Blackhawks, 1978–79. After retiring Smith became a scout, and since 2016 has been the Director of Scouting for the Colorado Avalanche. Smith's nephew, Hunter, was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
Source: Brad Smith (ice hockey), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Brad Smith (Canadian football)
Bradley Smith (born October 2, 1983 in Hudson, Quebec) is a Canadian former professional football wide receiver, slotback and television personality who played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2007 CFL Draft.
Smith is the son of Senator and former Montreal Alouettes' president, Larry Smith, and the brother-in-law of former Alouettes' kicker Damon Duval, who married his sister, Ashley Smith.
Smith was released at the end of the 2009 Toronto Argonauts training camp. He was re-signed to the practice roster on June 27, 2009. He was released on July 14, 2009. Smith was re-signed to the active roster on July 21, 2009, but placed back on their practice roster on July 29, 2009.
On February 10, 2010, Smith was traded from the Argonauts to the Eskimos along with receiver Andre Talbot in exchange for defensive tackle Eric Taylor.
On May 1, 2012, Smith was announced as the Bachelor for the opening season of Citytv's The Bachelor Canada on that morning's episode of Breakfast Television. He and Bianka Kamber become engaged by the end of The Bachelor Canada's first season. On March 19, 2014, the couple called it quits after being engaged for two years.
After the Bachelor, and until May 29, 2015, Smith was a featured co-host of Canada's number one morning show "Breakfast Television Toronto. He was also an entertainment reporter with Rogers Media, seen on Rogers Cable TV channel 1, co-hosting Your World This Week (the Rogers promotional channel), and seen on City Toronto as an entertainment reporter, mostly appearing on Breakfast Television. On that date, Smith announced that he was leaving Rogers Media for an opportunity that he just couldn't pass up. On June 8, 2015, Smith tweeted that he would be able to announce his new gig "next week".
On June 23, 2015, Shaw Media announced that Smith would host the new season of Food Network Canada's high-stakes culinary competition series, Chopped Canada''.
Source: Brad Smith (Canadian football), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBrad Smith (entrepreneur)
Bradley “Brad” Smith (born 1 July 1987) is an Australian entrepreneur and former motocross rider, who founded the motocross brand “Braaap”. In 2010 he was named Young Australian of the Year for Tasmania, Australian Young Entrepreneur of the year and International Young Entrepreneur of the year runner up.
In 2008 Smith launched the first braaap store, a retail outlet intended to be “the motocross equivalent of a surf shop”. braaap expanded to a peak of four retail outlets across Tasmania and Victoria.
Source: Brad Smith (entrepreneur), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBrad Smith (racing driver)
Bradley Smith (born October 9, 1968) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet SS for his team, Brad Smith Motorsports. Smith is a veteran of the series, having made over 350 starts in it since 1988. He made his debut in the ARCA Menards Series East (previously the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) in 2020 and ARCA Menards Series West (previously the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West) in 2021, and he and his team have also competed part-time in those series since then.
Source: Brad Smith (racing driver), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Smith
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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