Records of Frederick Weis on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Frederick Weis 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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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frederick Weis and the Weis Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Weis 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 Weis family tree.

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Some Famous People called Frederick Weis

Frederick Lewis Weis

Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis, Th.D. (August 22, 1895 – April 11, 1966) was the author of a number of well-known genealogical books.

Born in Cranston, Rhode Island to John Peter Carl Weis and his wife Georgina Lewis, both natives of Massachusetts. Frederick was the second child of four children.

In April 1913, he entered the United States Naval Academy, graduating in March 1917. He served on the Wisconsin and North Dakota and retired prematurely due to illness. He was active in various genealogical organizations and authored numerous books and articles. He is today still remembered as a foundational author in many areas of genealogical research.

He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists in 1951.

He died at Brattleboro, Vermont.

Source: Frederick Lewis Weis, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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