Researching Duck Macdonald
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11884 people with the Macdonald surname? In that year Macdonald was ranked number 348 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Duck Macdonald 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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Macdonald 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 Duck Macdonald and the Macdonald Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Macdonald 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 Macdonald family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Duck Macdonald at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Duck Macdonald using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Duck Macdonald.
Research the Macdonald surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Macdonald Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 34699 people with the Macdonald surname in the UK? Macdonald is now ranked number 131 for popularity in the UK. |
Macdonald Family History Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Duck Macdonald.
Study MyTrees for information on the Macdonald family and people looking to contact living Macdonald relations.
Search One Great Family for Macdonald records submitted by people who are already researching the Macdonald Family Tree.
Find Duck Macdonald from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Macdonald 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 45574 people with the Macdonald surname in the USA? Macdonald is ranked number 142 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Macdonald Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Duck Macdonald. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Duck Macdonald
Duck MacDonald
Andrew "Duck" MacDonald (born September 17, 1953) is an American heavy metal/hard rock guitarist, who has played in several bands, the most well-known of which being Blue Cheer.
He started playing in various bands around New York City. In 1980 he was asked to join Shakin' Street, replacing guitarist Ross the Boss. Shakin Street toured the U.S., supporting Black Sabbath and Blue Öyster Cult on the Black and Blue tour. Following this and a tour of France, Shakin Street broke up.
MacDonald met with ex-Elf/Rainbow members Gary Driscoll and Craig Gruber, and started the band Bible Black. They recorded the album Ground Zero with singer Jeff Fenholt. After this, MacDonald and Driscoll worked with Anthrax producer Carl Canedy to put together the album Thrasher, with various other musicians. It was released in 1985.
For the next three years he worked with various artists, such as David Feinstein, in his band The Rods, and Kim Simmonds, in the Kim Simmonds Band. In 1988 he was contacted by Blue Cheer bassist Dickie Peterson, and he joined them for the 1989 live album Blitzkrieg over Nüremberg and 1990's Highlights and Lowlives, followed by a tour of the United States. In 1992 he left Blue Cheer, being replaced with Dieter Saller, following which he built a recording studio and started the band Playground. Playground released several unsuccessful albums before he re-joined Blue Cheer in 1999. He had been playing with them up until Dickie Peterson's death and Blue Cheer's official disbandment on October 12, 2009.
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