Records of Graham Smith on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Graham Smith 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 Graham Smith and the Smith Family Tree

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

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Smith 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.

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Smith Forums

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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Graham Smith. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Graham Smith

Graham Smith (Canadian swimmer)

Donald Graham Smith (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who won a silver medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He did so alongside teammates Stephen Pickell, Clay Evans and Gary MacDonald. His brother George and sister Becky also competed in swimming.

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, he became the first competitor to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games; he won the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, 200- and 400-metre individual medleys, and was part of the winning 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay teams. Smith twice broke the world record in the men's 200-metre individual medley (long course).

He also won an NCAA national swimming championship at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1978.

Source: Graham Smith (Canadian swimmer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Graham Smith (Durham cricketer)

John Graham David Smith (21 August 1950 – 12 October 2012) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.

Smith made his debut for Durham against Northumberland in 1982 MCCA Knockout Trophy. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham in 1982 and 1983, making 6 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his only List A appearance against Surrey in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. He scored 3 runs in the match, before being dismissed by Kevin Mackintosh. Graham Smith died of cancer on Friday 12 October 2012.

Source: Graham Smith (Durham cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Graham Smith (Leicestershire cricketer)

Graham Stuart Smith (4 July 1923 – 3 April 1997) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.

Smith made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, in the 1949 County Championship. Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 239 runs in their first-innings. In response, Leicestershire made 264 runs in their first-innings, with Smith scoring 22 runs in it, before being dismissed by Gordon Brice. Northamptonshire had an improved batting display in their second-innings, declaring on 350/5. This left Leicestershire with a target of 326 for victory, in their second-innings chase they made 271/7 before the match was declared a draw. Smith scored 7 runs in this innings, before being dismissed by Bill Barron. This was his only major appearance for Leicestershire.

He died at Cosby, Leicestershire, on 3 April 1997.

Source: Graham Smith (Leicestershire cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Smith

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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