Researching Dick Spady
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The name Dick means "form of RICHARD - strong like a ruler, powerful" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Dick Spady on Ancestry
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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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Spady 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 Dick Spady and the Spady Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Spady 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 Spady family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Dick Spady at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Dick Spady using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Spady surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Spady Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1 people with the Spady surname in the UK? Spady is now ranked number 4040 for popularity in the UK. |
Spady 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.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Dick Spady.
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Spady 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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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Spady surname in the USA? Spady is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Spady Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Dick Spady. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Dick Spady
Dick Spady
Richard Jack Spady (October 15, 1923 – January 10, 2016) was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and namesake of Dick's Drive-In, a chain of fast food restaurants local to Seattle, Washington. Born in Portland, Oregon, he served military service in World War II and the Korean War. Inspired by a restaurant selling hamburgers, he made the decision to open his own drive-in. With the help of two partners whose shares he later bought out, Spady opened the first Dick's Drive-In in Wallingford in 1954.
Source: Dick Spady, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Spady
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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