Researching Herman Spieth
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The name Herman means "man of the army" and is of German origin.
Records of Herman Spieth on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Herman Spieth and the Spieth Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Spieth 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 Spieth family tree.
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Spieth Family History Databases
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Spieth Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Herman Spieth. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Herman Spieth
Herman Spieth
Herman Spieth (21 August 1905 – 20 October 1988) was an American zoologist and university administrator. He was the first chancellor of the University of California, Riverside from 1956 to 1964. Originally hired as a professor in the Life Sciences Department, he was responsible for administering UCR's change from a liberal arts college to a major research university. Spieth Hall at UCR is named after him.
Spieth served the University of California for 20 years, first as professor of Zoology and Chairman of the Department of Life Sciences at the newly founded UC campus at Riverside, and then as provost and the first chancellor of the Riverside campus, and finally as chairman of the Department of Zoology at UC Davis. He retired in 1973 and devoted full-time to his research on the evolutionary biology of Drosophila.
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