Researching Chester Travis
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3513 people with the Travis surname? In that year Travis was ranked number 1192 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Chester means "From the fortified camp" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Chester Travis on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Chester Travis 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Chester Travis and the Travis Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Travis 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 Travis family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Chester Travis at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Chester Travis using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Chester Travis.
Research the Travis surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Travis Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 3745 people with the Travis surname in the UK? Travis is now ranked number 1524 for popularity in the UK. |
Travis Family History 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Chester Travis.
Study MyTrees for information on the Travis family and people looking to contact living Travis relations.
Search One Great Family for Travis records submitted by people who are already researching the Travis Family Tree.
Find Chester Travis from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Travis Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 42535 people with the Travis surname in the USA? Travis is ranked number 143 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Travis Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Chester Travis. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Chester Travis
Chester Travis
Chester Travis (born 4 July 1987) is a New Zealand film maker, author and musician. His most notable works include his music video for Kimbra's "Goldmine".
"Goldmine" was filmed in a factory in Berlin. It was shot in black-and-white using a high amount of stop-motion animation; and was co-directed by Timothy Armstrong.
The music video has received critical acclaim. Rolling Stone called the video "stunning"; while Paley Martin of Billboard proclaimed it as "an artful and edgy [...] piece set to a soul-piercing soundtrack". Scott Heins of Okayplayer described the video as "hypnotic".
In 2015, his ten part web series, "How To Be Gay" won Best Queer Series at San Franscisco Web Festival.
Travis is also a musician, going by the stage name Great Danes. In 2016, Great Danes released their first EP and toured with Scottish rock band, Travis.
In 2017, Travis composed three songs for the Amazon Series You Are Wanted.
In June 2017, Travis received the APRA Best Country Music Song for Toothache at the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards.
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