Researching James Geary
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2342 people with the Geary surname? In that year Geary was ranked number 1639 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Geary on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Geary and the Geary Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3306 people with the Geary surname in the UK? Geary is now ranked number 1688 for popularity in the UK. |
Geary Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Geary surname in the USA? Geary is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called James Geary
James Geary
James Geary (born 1962) is an American writer, former Europe editor of Time and deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. In this role he is also editor of Nieman Reports, oversees other Nieman print and online publications and manages a range of duties related to the Nieman Fellowship program and the foundation's journalism outreach efforts.
Among his journalistic credits, apart from his work at Time, Geary was Editor at Large for Ode magazine and writes online for The Huffington Post, Salon.com and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc's Newsletter.
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