Researching James Keast
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 882 people with the Keast surname? In that year Keast was ranked number 2702 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Keast on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Keast and the Keast Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Keast 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Keast family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 910 people with the Keast surname in the UK? Keast is now ranked number 3185 for popularity in the UK. |
Keast Family History Databases
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Keast Forums
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Some Famous People called James Keast
James Allen Keast
James Allen Keast (15 November 1922 – 8 March 2009) was an Australian ornithologist, and Professor of Biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Born in Turramurra, New South Wales, he performed war service 1941–1945 in New Guinea and New Britain. He earned his BSc (1950) and MSc (1952) degrees at the University of Sydney, going on to earn an MA (1954) and PhD (1955) from Harvard. He started the first natural history series on Australian television in 1958–1960. A long-time member and benefactor of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), he was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1960. Keast joined the faculty of Queen's in 1962, and in 1989 became a professor emeritus. In 1995 he was awarded the D.L. Serventy Medal for outstanding published work on birds in the Australasian region. As well as numerous scientific papers, he authored and edited several books.
Keast endowed a postgraduate student award - Birds Australia's (formerly Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union) Professor Allen Keast Research Award. At Queen's, the J. Allen Keast Lake Opinicon Undergraduate Research Fellowship provides funds for an undergraduate to carry out summer study at Queen's University Biological Station. The J. Allen Keast Field Biology International Exchange Fund assists exchanges of biologists between Queen's and universities in the southern hemisphere.
The fictional city-state of Keastipol, on the coast of the Great Southern Continent of K.V. Johansen's children's novel Torrie and the Firebird, was named after Keast.
Source: James Allen Keast, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Keast
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