Researching Chet Helms
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 98 people with the Helms surname? In that year Helms was ranked number 3481 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Chet means "From the fortified camp" and is of English origin.
Records of Chet Helms on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Chet Helms and the Helms Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Helms 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 Helms family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Chet Helms at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Chet Helms using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Helms surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Helms Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 76 people with the Helms surname in the UK? Helms is now ranked number 3970 for popularity in the UK. |
Helms Genealogy Databases
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Helms Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 36459 people with the Helms surname in the USA? Helms is ranked number 145 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Chet Helms. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Chet Helms
Chet Helms
Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (August 2, 1942 – June 25, 2005), often called the father of San Francisco's 1967 "Summer of Love," was a music promoter and a counterculture figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the mid- to-late 1960s.
Helms was the founder and manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company and recruited Janis Joplin as its lead singer. He was a producer and organizer, helping to stage free concerts and other cultural events at Golden Gate Park, the backdrop of San Francisco's Summer of Love in 1967, as well as at other venues, including the Avalon Ballroom.
He was the first producer of psychedelic light-show concerts at the Fillmore and the Avalon Ballroom and was instrumental in helping to develop bands that had the distinctive San Francisco Sound. Helms died June 25, 2005, of complications of a stroke. He was 62.
Source: Chet Helms, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Helms
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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