Researching Christopher Maccabe
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 147 people with the Maccabe surname? In that year Maccabe was ranked number 3432 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Christopher means "Christ-bearer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Christopher Maccabe on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Christopher Maccabe 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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Maccabe 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 Christopher Maccabe and the Maccabe Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Maccabe 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 Maccabe family tree.
Study Parish Records for Christopher Maccabe at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Christopher Maccabe using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Christopher Maccabe.
Research the Maccabe surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Maccabe Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 189 people with the Maccabe surname in the UK? Maccabe is now ranked number 3865 for popularity in the UK. |
Maccabe Family Tree 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 Christopher Maccabe.
Study MyTrees for information on the Maccabe family and people looking to contact living Maccabe relations.
Check out One Great Family for Maccabe records submitted by people who are already researching the Maccabe Family Tree.
Find Christopher Maccabe from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Maccabe 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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Miscellaneous Maccabe Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Christopher Maccabe. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Christopher Maccabe
Christopher Maccabe
Professor Christopher George Maccabe CB (born 17 December 1946) is a former Political Director of the Northern Ireland Office, and a former British Joint Secretary of the British Irish Intergovernmental Conference. Since 2006 he has been involved in conflict resolution and political development in various parts of the world, including Sri Lanka, Kosovo, the Middle East, Tanzania, Iraq, Lebanon, Cameroon and Colombia. He is a member of a team appointed by the Minister of Justice in Northern Ireland to oversee the August 2010 agreement between the Minister and dissident republican prisoners in Maghaberry Prison. He was a member of the International Verification Commission in the Basque Country that monitored the permanent ceasefire declared by ETA at the beginning of 2011. The Commission’s work came to an end in April 2017 when it oversaw ETA’s final act of decommissioning its weapons and explosive. He is Chair of Enterprise Media Ireland CIC, a Director of the Forum for Cities in Transition (Belfast) Ltd, a Director of the Center for Democracy and Peace Building, and a member of the New Ireland Commission. He was educated at Brackenber House School, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen’s University Belfast and the University of London. He is the son of Max (died 2000) and Gladys Maccabe MBE (died 2018), a renowned Irish artist. He is married to Jenny and has three children and nine grandchildren.
Source: Christopher Maccabe, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Maccabe
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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