Researching Frank Tate
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The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Tate on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Tate and the Tate Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tate 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 Tate family tree.
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Tate Genealogy Databases
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Tate Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Frank Tate. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Frank Tate (musician)
Frank Eastman Tate (born July 18, 1943) is an American jazz double-bassist. He plays a five-string double-bass.
Tate was born in Washington, DC but raised in Arlington, Virginia, where he learned to play trumpet in his youth. He picked up bass when he was 23 years old, and from 1972 to 1975 was the house bassist at the Blues Alley club. He relocated to New York City in 1975, and in the later 1970s played with Bobby Hackett, Dave McKenna, Red Balaban, and Marian McPartland. He joined Zoot Sims's band in 1980 and worked with him until 1983. He led a band in Ireland at the Queen's University Festival in 1983 that featured Al Cohn, John Bunch, Billy Hart, and Spanky Davis; he played the festival again in 1985 with Scott Hamilton, Dave McKenna, and Davis once again. Later in the 1980s he played with Pearl Bailey, Ruby Braff, and the Alden-Barrett Quintet.
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