Researching David Hitt
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 194 people with the Hitt surname? In that year Hitt was ranked number 3385 for popularity in the UK. |

The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Hitt on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Hitt and the Hitt Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hitt 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 Hitt family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 208 people with the Hitt surname in the UK? Hitt is now ranked number 3847 for popularity in the UK. |
Hitt Family History Databases
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Hitt Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Hitt surname in the USA? Hitt is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on David Hitt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called David Hitt
David Hitt
William David Hitt is an American author specializing in spaceflight history.
Hitt is co-author of Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story, a history of the Skylab program, with NASA astronauts Owen K. Garriott and Joseph Kerwin. Homesteading Space was published in 2008 by the University of Nebraska Press as part of its Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight series. Hitt's second book, Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986, also part of the Outward Odyssey series, was published in June 2014.
Homesteading Space was reviewed in the Spring 2009 edition of the National Space Society's Ad Astra magazine, by Rick Sturdivant in Air Power History in Spring 2010, by Roger Lanius in the January 2009 issue of Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine, and by the American Library Association's Booklist in November 2008. It was reviewed also in the Fall/Winter 2009 edition of "Faith & Family Matters" magazine.
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