Researching Elias Hicks
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The name Elias means "form of ELIJAH - Lord is my God" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Elias Hicks on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Elias Hicks 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Elias Hicks and the Hicks Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hicks 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 Hicks family tree.
Search Parish Records for Elias Hicks at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Elias Hicks using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Elias Hicks.
Research the Hicks surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hicks Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 15352 people with the Hicks surname in the UK? Hicks is now ranked number 369 for popularity in the UK. |
Hicks Genealogy 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 Elias Hicks.
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Explore One Great Family for Hicks records submitted by people who are already researching the Hicks Family Tree.
Find Elias Hicks from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hicks 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 Hicks surname using Genealogy.com forums .
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Miscellaneous Hicks Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Elias Hicks. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Elias Hicks
Elias Hicks
Elias Hicks (March 19, 1748 – February 27, 1830) was a traveling Quaker minister from Long Island, New York. In his ministry he promoted unorthodox doctrines that led to controversy, which caused the second major schism within the Religious Society of Friends, the first being the schism caused by George Keith in 1691. He broke with the Philadelphia Friends Yearly meeting and established a separate Christian Quaker meeting. His followers were called "Keithians" or "Christian Quakers." Elias Hicks was the older cousin of the painter Edward Hicks.
Source: Elias Hicks, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Hicks
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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