Researching George Strait
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 33 people with the Strait surname? In that year Strait was ranked number 3546 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Strait on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of George Strait in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Strait and the Strait Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Strait 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 Strait family tree.
Check out Parish Records for George Strait at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of George Strait using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about George Strait.
Research the Strait surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Strait Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 8 people with the Strait surname in the UK? Strait is now ranked number 4034 for popularity in the UK. |
Strait Family History Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for George Strait.
Study MyTrees for information on the Strait family and people looking to contact living Strait relations.
Search One Great Family for Strait records submitted by people who are already researching the Strait Family Tree.
Find George Strait from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Strait 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.
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Strait surname in the USA? Strait is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Strait Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on George Strait. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Strait
George Strait
George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. George Strait is known as the "King of Country" and is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He is known as a pioneer of the neotraditionalist country style and movement, cowboy look, and being one of the first and most prominent country artists to bring country music back to its roots and away from the pop country era in the 1980s.
Strait's success began when his first single "Unwound" was a hit in 1981 during the midst of the Urban Cowboy country pop era, setting the standard for neo-traditional country's emergence into the 1980s and 1990s. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on the country charts. In the 2000s, Strait was named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music, was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and won his first Grammy award for the album Troubadour. Strait was named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013, and ACM Entertainer of the Year in 1990 and 2014. He has been nominated for more CMA and ACM awards and has more wins in both categories than any other artist.
By 2009, he broke Conway Twitty's previous record for the most number-one hits on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart when his 44 number one singles surpassed Twitty's 40. Counting all music charts, Strait has amassed a total of 60 number-one hits, hitting the landmark with "Give It All We Got Tonight" in 2013, breaking a record also previously set by Twitty, giving him more number one songs than any other artist in any genre of music.
Strait is also known for his touring career when he designed a 360-degree configuration and introduced festival style tours. For example, the Strait Tours earned $99 million in three years. His final concert for The Cowboy Rides Away Tour at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in June 2014, drew 104,793 people, marking a new record for largest indoor concert in North America.
Strait has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His certifications from the RIAA include 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums. His best-selling album is Pure Country (1992), which sold 6 million (6× platinum). His highest certified album is Strait Out of the Box (1995), which sold 2 million copies (8× Platinum due to being a box set with four CDs). According to the RIAA, Strait is the 11th best-selling album recording artist in the United States overall.
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