Researching Donald Keyhoe
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The name Donald means "proud chief, world ruler" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Donald Keyhoe on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Donald Keyhoe 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. 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 Keyhoe 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 Donald Keyhoe and the Keyhoe Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Keyhoe 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 Keyhoe family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Donald Keyhoe at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Donald Keyhoe using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Donald Keyhoe records.
Check out MyHeritage for Donald Keyhoe information.
Search the LDS Database for records about Donald Keyhoe.
Research the Keyhoe surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Keyhoe Military records.
Keyhoe 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Donald Keyhoe.
Study MyTrees for information on the Keyhoe family and people looking to contact living Keyhoe relations.
Explore One Great Family for Keyhoe records submitted by people who are already researching the Keyhoe Family Tree.
Find Donald Keyhoe from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Keyhoe 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.
Research the Keyhoe surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Keyhoe Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Donald Keyhoe. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Donald Keyhoe
Donald Keyhoe
Donald Edward Keyhoe (June 20, 1897 – November 29, 1988) was an American Marine Corps naval aviator, writer of many aviation articles and stories in a variety of leading publications, and manager of the promotional tours of aviation pioneers, especially of Charles Lindbergh.
In the 1950s he became well known as a UFO researcher, arguing that the U.S. government should conduct research in UFO matters, and should release all its UFO files. Jerome Clark writes that "Keyhoe was widely regarded as the leader in the field" of ufology in the 1950s and early to mid-1960s.
Source: Donald Keyhoe, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Keyhoe
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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