Researching Carl Nessel
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3 people with the Nessel surname? In that year Nessel was ranked number 3576 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Carl means "Man" and is of German origin.
Records of Carl Nessel on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Carl Nessel and the Nessel Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nessel 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 Nessel family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Carl Nessel at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Carl Nessel using the FreeBMD database.
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Nessel Genealogy Databases
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Nessel Forums
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Miscellaneous Nessel Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Carl Nessel. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Carl Nessel
Carl Nessel
Carl Nessel (born 1947), nicknamed Coach, is an American poker player.
In 2004, he was a retired fire fighter and part-time poker tournament employee who won a bracelet in the Casino Employees Championship event at the World Series of Poker.
Prior to the 2004 WSOP, Nessel was a regular poker player around Thousand Oaks, California and worked part-time at various poker tournaments around the city.
At the 2004 WSOP, Nessel was employed as a "Chip Runner." "To get to any final table, let alone the World Series, is an accomplishment that goes beyond anything else in poker," the Coach said. "I saw light at the end of the tunnel when I got (heads-up against Pockat), but the light turned out to be a train."
Nessel's lifetime winnings exceed $83,000.
Source: Carl Nessel, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nessel
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