Researching Harrison Summers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8398 people with the Summers surname? In that year Summers was ranked number 485 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Harrison means "son of harry" and is of English origin.
Records of Harrison Summers on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harrison Summers and the Summers Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Summers 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 Summers family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 11888 people with the Summers surname in the UK? Summers is now ranked number 481 for popularity in the UK. |
Summers Genealogy Databases
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Summers Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 69880 people with the Summers surname in the USA? Summers is ranked number 134 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Summers Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Harrison Summers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Harrison Summers
Harrison Boyd Summers
Harrison Boyd Summers (1894-1980) was a broadcast historian and educator who conducted audience surveys of radio listeners.
After several years as an advance man for the Chautauqua circuit, Summers was awarded a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Missouri in 1931. His first academic post was at Kansas State College (now University) where in 1937 he began conducting large-scale radio audience surveys.
He soon joined the industry he had been studying, holding positions in New York City radio and serving as a member of the Radio Research Council (1937–46). He was director of public service programs for NBC's Eastern Division from 1939 to 1942 and manager of the public service division of the Blue Network (later American Broadcasting Company) from 1942 to 1946.
In 1946, Summers joined Ohio State University's speech communication program where his teaching and research centered on station and network programming, policy and regulation of broadcasting, and audience research.
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