Researching Champat Jain
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3 people with the Jain surname? In that year Jain was ranked number 3576 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Champat Jain on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Champat Jain and the Jain Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Jain 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 Jain family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 747 people with the Jain surname in the UK? Jain is now ranked number 3337 for popularity in the UK. |
Jain Family Tree Databases
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Jain 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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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Jain surname in the USA? Jain is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Jain Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Champat Jain. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Champat Jain
Champat Rai Jain
Champat Rai Jain (1867–1942) was a Digambara Jain born in Delhi and who studied and practiced law in England. He became an influential Jainism scholar and comparative religion writer between 1910s and 1930s who translated and interpreted Digambara texts. In early 1920s, he became religiously active in India and published essays and articles defending Jainism against misrepresentations by colonial era Christian missionaries, contrasting Jainism and Christianity. He founded Akhil Bharatvarsiya Digambara Jain Parisad in 1923 with the aim of activist reforms and uniting the south Indian and north Indian Digambara community. He visited various European countries to give lectures on Jainism. He was conferred with the title Vidya-Varidhi (lit. Ocean of Wisdom) by Bharata Dharma Mahamandal (The India-Religious Association).
Source: Champat Rai Jain, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Jain
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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