Records of David Cates on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Cates and the Cates Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cates 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 Cates family tree.

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Cates Family History Databases

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Some Famous People called David Cates

David Allan Cates

David Allan Cates (born 1956), in Madison, Wisconsin, is an American novelist and poet, and the executive director of Missoula Medical Aid. His work has appeared in a number of publications which include The Sun, Outside Magazine, The Montanan, and The New York Times Sophisticated Traveler.

Cates has worked in a wide variety of jobs, however his focus is on writing, and he has received multiple awards in recognition of his work as an author. His latest work was published in 2016, The Mysterious Location of Kyrgyzstan, a chapbook of poetry.

He has a journalism degree and a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Montana. He is married to wife, Rosalie, and they have 3 daughters.

Source: David Allan Cates, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Cates

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