Researching Gary Hunt
Delve into the history of Gary Hunt using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 39775 people with the Hunt surname? In that year Hunt was ranked number 75 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Gary means "spear carrier" and is of English origin.
Records of Gary Hunt on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Gary Hunt 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
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 Hunt 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 Gary Hunt and the Hunt Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hunt 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 Hunt family tree.
Study Parish Records for Gary Hunt at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Gary Hunt using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Gary Hunt records.
Look at MyHeritage for Gary Hunt information.
Check out the LDS Database for records about Gary Hunt.
Research the Hunt surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hunt Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 48708 people with the Hunt surname in the UK? Hunt is now ranked number 83 for popularity in the UK. |
Hunt Family Tree 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Gary Hunt.
Study MyTrees for information on the Hunt family and people looking to contact living Hunt relations.
Check out One Great Family for Hunt records submitted by people who are already researching the Hunt Family Tree.
Find Gary Hunt from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hunt 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 Hunt surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 191410 people with the Hunt surname in the USA? Hunt is ranked number 94 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hunt Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Gary Hunt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gary Hunt
Gary Hunt
Gary Hunt (born 11 June 1984), also known as Roger Gary Hunt, is an elite sports diver, specialising in cliff or high diving, and is the 2015 World champion in the High diving at World Aquatics Championships event, where he holds the championship record. With a silver in the 2013 edition of the event, Hunt is the most successful male diver in the short history of the FINA recognised event.
Hunt is a former Olympic hopeful and Commonwealth diver who has a number of medals at Great Britain National Diving championships and placed 3rd in the 10m Synchro event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He chose to focus his diving career in the niche area of Cliff Diving, and has enjoyed a rapid rise to the top of the sport. In 2010 he won the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, the premier championship within the sport, showing complete domination throughout the series and is thus considered to be the current reigning World Champion. He has a reputation for pushing the sport to new extremes and inventing new moves to stay ahead of his competition. He acquired French nationality in 2020.
Source: Gary Hunt, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hunt
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