Researching Homer Neal
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8861 people with the Neal surname? In that year Neal was ranked number 456 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Homer means "Promise" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Homer Neal on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Homer Neal 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Homer Neal and the Neal Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Neal 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 Neal family tree.
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Research the Neal surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Neal Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 10561 people with the Neal surname in the UK? Neal is now ranked number 544 for popularity in the UK. |
Neal Family History 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Homer Neal.
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Neal 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 118492 people with the Neal surname in the USA? Neal is ranked number 118 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Neal Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Homer Neal. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Homer Neal
Homer Neal
Homer Alfred Neal (June 13, 1942 – May 23, 2018) was an American particle physicist and a distinguished professor at the University of Michigan. Neal was President of the American Physical Society in 2016. He was also a board member of Ford Motor Company, a council member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and a director of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Neal was the interim President of the University of Michigan in 1996. Neal's research group works as part of the ATLAS experiment hosted at CERN in Geneva.
Source: Homer Neal, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Neal
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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