Researching Brian John
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10829 people with the John surname? In that year John was ranked number 378 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Brian means "Strong" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Brian John on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Brian John 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 John 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 Brian John and the John Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the John 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 John family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Brian John at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Brian John using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Brian John.
Research the John surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original John Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 14211 people with the John surname in the UK? John is now ranked number 406 for popularity in the UK. |
John 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.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Brian John.
Study MyTrees for information on the John family and people looking to contact living John relations.
Investigate One Great Family for John records submitted by people who are already researching the John Family Tree.
Find Brian John from Ireland on findmypast.ie
John 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.
Research the John surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the John surname in the USA? John is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous John Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Brian John. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Brian John
Brian John
Dr Brian S. John (born 1940) is a Welsh writer. He is the author of the historical-fiction series Angel Mountain Saga.right|Brian John
John was born in Carmarthen, Wales. He studied at Haverfordwest Grammar School and at Jesus College, Oxford, where he read Geography from 1959 to 1962 and went on to obtain a D Phil for a study of the Ice Age in Wales. He worked as a field scientist in Antarctica and spent eleven years as a geography lecturer at Durham University. He has travelled widely in the Arctic, Antarctic and Scandinavia. Since 1977 he has made his living as a writer and publisher. He is the author of The Stonehenge Bluestones and he has made extensive studies of the relationships between megalithic structures and landscape in the Preseli region of Pembrokeshire. He is the author of Part Two of An Historical Atlas of Pembrokeshire (2019).
John is also actively involved in environmental and community organisations; in 1980 he founded Eco Centre Wales in Newport and is one of the leaders of the community group GM Free Cymru. He is the author of a number of articles and 90 books, including university texts, walking guides, coffee table glossies, and books of popular science. His Glaciers and Landscape (written with David Sugden), a university textbook, remained in print as a geomorphology classic for almost 30 years. He also writes on topics of local interest related to Wales: tourist guides, books of local jokes, walkers' handbooks, and titles on local folklore and traditions.
In 2012 he won the Wishing Shelf Book award for his children's book called The Strange Affair of the Ethiopian Treasure Chest.
In recognition of his contributions to polar geomorphology, a glacier in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica was named John Glacier.
In recent years John has done radio and TV work, and has featured in the BBC2W programme called The Man from Angel Mountain and on the BBC1 One Show.
Source: Brian John, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like John
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