Researching Francis Heydt
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Records of Francis Heydt on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Francis Heydt and the Heydt Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Heydt 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 Heydt family tree.
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Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Francis Heydt using the FreeBMD database.
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Heydt Family History Databases
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Heydt Forums
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Miscellaneous Heydt Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Francis Heydt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Francis Heydt
Francis Heydt
Francis Elmer Heydt (August 15, 1918 – November 25, 2008) was a competitive swimmer who won three NCAA men's swimming championships, including the 150-yard backstroke event and two 300-yard medley relay championships as a member of the University of Michigan swimming team in 1940 and 1941. He later operated a successful clothing and export business that manufactured camouflage clothing to governments in the United States, Israel, and Libya. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1988.
Source: Francis Heydt, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Heydt
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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