Researching James Jacks
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 681 people with the Jacks surname? In that year Jacks was ranked number 2899 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Jacks on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Jacks 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 James Jacks and the Jacks Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Jacks 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 Jacks family tree.
Search Parish Records for James Jacks at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of James Jacks using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about James Jacks.
Research the Jacks surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Jacks Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 968 people with the Jacks surname in the UK? Jacks is now ranked number 3132 for popularity in the UK. |
Jacks Family History Databases
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Jacks Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Jacks surname in the USA? Jacks is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Jacks Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on James Jacks. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called James Jacks
James Jacks
James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014) was an American film producer of several blockbuster films.
Born December 29, 1947, Jacks grew up in a military family. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and from Cornell University with an MBA. He was working as a Wall Street financial analyst when he decided to be a screenwriter. Unsuccessful, he became head of production at Circle Films in the early- to mid-1980s and then senior vice-president of production at Universal Studios from the late-1980s into the early-1990s. In 1992, he became an independent producer with Alphaville Films, which he co-founded with Sean Daniel. He left Alphaville Films in 2004.
The shrimp parmigiana at the Los Angeles restaurant Dan Tana's is named for him.
Jacks died on January 20, 2014 of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home at the age of 66.
Source: James Jacks, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Jacks
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