Researching Gavin Trippe
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14 people with the Trippe surname? In that year Trippe was ranked number 3565 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Gavin means "one of King Arthur's knights" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Gavin Trippe on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Gavin Trippe 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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Trippe 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 Gavin Trippe and the Trippe Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Trippe 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 Trippe family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Gavin Trippe at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Gavin Trippe using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Gavin Trippe records.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Gavin Trippe.
Research the Trippe surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Trippe Military records.
Trippe 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 Gavin Trippe.
Study MyTrees for information on the Trippe family and people looking to contact living Trippe relations.
Study One Great Family for Trippe records submitted by people who are already researching the Trippe Family Tree.
Find Gavin Trippe from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Trippe 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 Trippe surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Trippe Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Gavin Trippe. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gavin Trippe
Gavin Trippe
Gavin Trippe (1940 - 2 July 2018) was a motorcycle racing promoter, journalist, and publisher who was inducted to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2005. He died following an automobile accident in California.
Trippe was a motorcycling journalist in the UK until he founded a motorcycling magazine, Motor Cycle Weekly, in the United States in 1969. In the early 1970s he brought European style motocross racing to the US by founding the Carlsbad USGP. Trippe was also the creator of supermoto racing, which attracted a large US television audience from 1979–1985, and had a resurgence, first in Europe and then beyond, since the early 2000s. Since 2007 Trippe worked to create a single cylinder racing class with low barriers to entry for amateur racers and young riders.
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